Local and regional governance is changing both in Switzerland and in most other European countries. Over the last few years and decades, new political governance structures have emerged that are increasingly based on voluntary, purpose-oriented cooperation and the greater involvement of social and economic actors - which is discussed in social science literature under the term governance. The present dissertation refers to the current debate on the democratic quality of new governance structures and analyzes the impact of such local and regional arrangements on urban democracy. It tests two rival hypotheses—an optimistic versus a pessimistic perspective on governance and democracy. The focus of the study is on the role of city parliamentari...
Throughout Europe, local authorities are facing problems of scale. Municipalities have a variety of ...
Experimentation and hybridization are pervasive in city-regional governance. Administrations cope wi...
Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Varianzen der quantifizierbaren Staatstätigkeit in den 26 Schweizer Ka...
Die lokale und regionale politische Steuerung ist sowohl in der Schweiz als auch in den meisten ande...
Metropolitan decision-making in flexible policy networks based on voluntary cooperation is present i...
Local democracy is undoubtedly related to the size of the municipality. So far, however, we know lit...
In today’s cities, councillors see themselves increasingly confronted with new forms of political st...
The growing internationalisation of governance in the modern era means that states are increasingly ...
This volume researches concepts of direct, participatory and deliberative democracy, their structure...
'The following two papers summarize preliminary findings of a research project on 'Democratic Legiti...
This dissertation is guided by two main research questions: First, how does consensus democracy in S...
Welche Faktoren bestimmen den Wandel von Governance? Der Autor untersucht anhand von vier dichten Fa...
The main aim of this study is to examine how the mature [con]federation of Switzerland approaches lo...
The growing internationalisation of governance in the modern era means that states are increasingly ...
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analys...
Throughout Europe, local authorities are facing problems of scale. Municipalities have a variety of ...
Experimentation and hybridization are pervasive in city-regional governance. Administrations cope wi...
Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Varianzen der quantifizierbaren Staatstätigkeit in den 26 Schweizer Ka...
Die lokale und regionale politische Steuerung ist sowohl in der Schweiz als auch in den meisten ande...
Metropolitan decision-making in flexible policy networks based on voluntary cooperation is present i...
Local democracy is undoubtedly related to the size of the municipality. So far, however, we know lit...
In today’s cities, councillors see themselves increasingly confronted with new forms of political st...
The growing internationalisation of governance in the modern era means that states are increasingly ...
This volume researches concepts of direct, participatory and deliberative democracy, their structure...
'The following two papers summarize preliminary findings of a research project on 'Democratic Legiti...
This dissertation is guided by two main research questions: First, how does consensus democracy in S...
Welche Faktoren bestimmen den Wandel von Governance? Der Autor untersucht anhand von vier dichten Fa...
The main aim of this study is to examine how the mature [con]federation of Switzerland approaches lo...
The growing internationalisation of governance in the modern era means that states are increasingly ...
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analys...
Throughout Europe, local authorities are facing problems of scale. Municipalities have a variety of ...
Experimentation and hybridization are pervasive in city-regional governance. Administrations cope wi...
Dieser Beitrag analysiert die Varianzen der quantifizierbaren Staatstätigkeit in den 26 Schweizer Ka...