2010

  • Limits to Local Democracy: The Politics of Urban Governance Transformations in Cape Town

    Is a decentralized government more effective and accountable than a state centred public administration?  This publication provides the reader with a new way of understanding modern urban governance from a South African perspective. The question of how to create political legitimacy is in focus and this publication is therefore a good source for understanding the…

  • Limits to Local Democracy: The Politics of Urban Governance Transformations in Cape Town

    Is a decentralized government more effective and accountable than a state centred public administration?  This publication provides the reader with a new way of understanding modern urban governance from a South African perspective. The question of how to create political legitimacy is in focus and this publication is therefore a good source for understanding the…

  • Governance Dilemmas of Sustainable Cities

    New problems have emerged in a global context through the existence of major urban areas – how do these areas manage to combine sustainable city planning with decentralization and/or participatory local democracy? For researchers, public administration professionals and development practitioners alike this is a must read as a tool for creating sustainable solutions for urban…

  • Governance Dilemmas of Sustainable Cities

    New problems have emerged in a global context through the existence of major urban areas – how do these areas manage to combine sustainable city planning with decentralization and/or participatory local democracy? For researchers, public administration professionals and development practitioners alike this is a must read as a tool for creating sustainable solutions for urban…