Globalism and Local Democracy

FRANA OIS ASCHER Professor, French Institute of Urban Affairs, University of Paris SCOTT BOLLENS Professor and Chair, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Irvine DENNIS BROEDERS Scientific Council for Government Policy, The Hague ANDREW CHURCH Professor of Human Geography, University of Brighton TERRY NICHOLS CLARK Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago SUSAN E. CLARKE Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder CHRIS COLLINGE Senior Lecturer, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham BERNARD JOUVE Associate Professor, Political Science Institute, Lyons ROBERT C. KLOOSTERMAN Professor of Economic Geography and Planning, University of Amsterdam CHRISTIAN LEFAeVRE Professor of Urban Government and Planning, French Institute of Urban Affairs, University of Paris MARGARET F. REID Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville PETER REID Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Greenwich ALAN SRBJANIN ITC Business Growth Manager, East Midlands Regional Development Agency

This new book argues that cities and citizens are not helpless victims in a global flow of events. Written by leading urban scholars in Europe and North America the book draws on a range of disciplines to enhance academic understanding and illuminate lessons for policy and practice.This new book argues that cities and citizens are not helpless victims in a global flow of events. Three crucial questions are addressed through the three part structure: What is the nature of the globalization? What resulting challenges now confront cities and localities? How can local leaders respond to this changing environment in ways which strengthen local democracy? Written by leading urban scholars in Europe and North America the book draws on a range of disciplines to enhance academic understanding and illuminate lessons for policy and practice.