Comparative urban governance - Uncovering complex causalities

被引:194
作者
Pierre, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Gothenburg Univ, S-41124 Gothenburg, Sweden
[2] Univ Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
关键词
urban governance; local government; comparative research; political institutions; urban politics;
D O I
10.1177/1078087404273442
中图分类号
TU98 [区域规划、城乡规划];
学科分类号
0814 ; 082803 ; 0833 ;
摘要
Unlike most other areas of the social sciences, the study of urban politics has been slow in developing a comparative research agenda. This article explores the potential in comparative urban governance research. Urban regime theory does not travel very well, partly because it is an undertheorized framework and partly because it is in many ways an abstraction of U.S. urban political economy. To escape these obstacles to comparative research, this article argues that regimes should be conceived of as a culturally and historically specific model of urban governance. Comparative urban governance holds tremendous potential in assisting scholars in uncovering causal mechanisms and drivers of political, economic, and social change at the urban level.
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页码:446 / 462
页数:17
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