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How have local economic conditions been affected by the emergence of a global economy? What changes, if any, have local political authorities made to counterbalance the new emphasis on world interests? Comprehensive and timely, The New Localism answers these and other vital questions by exploring local political restructuring in the face of massive global economic change. Prominent urban scholars cover the privatization of local politics, the emergence of local economic and social activism, and increased competition–on both local and national levels. This important volume examines various levels of development in such diverse political settings as the United States, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. The New Localism is a must read for students and scholars of urban studies, comparative politics, political science, third world development, planning, public administration, and sociology. “Goetz and Clarke's book brings a useful perspective to this literature, not so much because of its theoretical originality, but for its didactic value. It is a straightforward presentation of cases of urban restructuring, well integrated within a common conceptual framework labelled “new localism” –Canadian Journal of Urban Research
Local Government in Poland: Political Failure and Economic Success
Local Government in Poland: Political Failure and Economic Success
The most challenging task faced by the first post-Communist governments in Poland is that of setting in motion the mechanisms of both economic growth and social redistribution. Under the former regime, these two functions had largely been performed by a huge sector of the state-owned industry. The dismantling of this sector, although necessary by the criteria of economic rationality, has been tantamount to the elimination of the only existing mechanism of both industrial production and social protection.
It would seem only too obvious that the role of local government in managing this painful transition should be substantial. In the brief account below, only the contours of emerging local governments ...
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