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The issue of local governance is currently high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues for urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more complementary one to the other can lead to more effective as well as legitimate policy outcomes. The authors examine the dilemmas involved in ensuring effective governance, focusing on issues such as legitimacy, citizen participation, economic performance and social inclusion. *Part I identifies the key themes and provides the framework of the main arguments in the book, offering an overall conceptual model. *Part II develops this model providing a detailed discussion of key elements such as multi-level and multi-actor governance, leadership, community involvement and performance indicators etc. *Part III explores the policy and practice implications. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners concerned with questions of local governance and local democracy, in the fields of political science and urban studies and regional planning.

Social Sciences and Humanities. Development Studies --- Cities and towns --- Community development --- Community leadership --- Democracy --- Municipal government --- Public-private sector cooperation --- Urban Development. --- Citizen participation. --- OECD countries --- Economic conditions. --- #SBIB:052.IO --- #SBIB:324H50 --- #SBIB:35H1350 --- #SBIB:35H500 --- Private-public partnerships --- Private-public sector cooperation --- Public-private partnerships --- Public-private sector collaboration --- Cooperation --- City government --- Municipal administration --- Municipal reform --- Municipalities --- Urban politics --- Local government --- Metropolitan government --- Municipal corporations --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Community life --- Community power --- Leadership --- Regional development --- Economic assistance, Domestic --- Social planning --- Global cities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Citizen participation --- Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) --- Organisatie en beleid: lokale besturen: algemeen --- Bestuur en samenleving: algemene werken --- Government --- Government policy