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100			_aJouve, Bernard
245			_aFrom government to urban governance in Western Europe: a critical
260			_c2005
300			_ap.285-94.
362			_aOct
520			_aThis article examines structural reorganisation in Western Europe and various factors explaining the new institutinal dynamics affecting the governance of their cities: the historical origins of renewed interest in metropolitan government; the division of powers between state and local and regional levels; and the linkage of the latter to 'Fordist' modes of state organisation. Since the 1990s new processes of decentralisation and regionalisation have affected the institutional landscape. Against the background of exacerbated territorial competition and the questioning of the welfare state, there has also been a transformation of a raison d'etre of urban institutions resulting in reformulated connections between civil societies and the dynamics of globalisation. - Reproduced.
650			_aUrbanization - Western Europe
650			_aUrban development - Western Europe
650			_aUrban development
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
909			_a67437
999			_c67437 _d67437