Handbook on Local and Regional Governance

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Edited by Filipe Teles, Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal

整体方法,这个手册’s international range of leading scholars present complementary perspectives, both theoretical and empirically pertinent, to explore recent developments in the field of local and regional governance.

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'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance brings together a timely and much-needed collection of essays on a myriad set of issues that synthesizes enduring questions and challenges in governing subnational systems. A leading scholar of local governance, Filipe Teles has assembled a compelling volume that is theoretically rigorous and empirically rich in its depth and breadth of contributions from around the world. Scholars and practitioners will benefit from these insightful conversations and reflections on the future of local and regional governance.'
– Thomas J. Vicino, Northeastern University, US

'The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is probably the most comprehensive publication on governance issues to date. With a coverage of governance problems from meta-governance to citizen participation in cross-boundary policy networks, from those of digital era governance to ethical challenges of fragmented decision-making systems, the Handbook offers fresh perspectives on and analytical tools for better understanding of the issues involved. The contributions will set new directions for teaching as well as future research on the subject in the years to come.’
– Harald Baldersheim, University of Oslo, Norway

‘With this book, Teles and colleagues have raised the study of local governance to a new level. This is a comprehensive synthesis of work in the field and will map out future work for a considerable time in the future. This is essential reading for any scholar and student working in this field.’
– Peter John, King's College London, UK

‘The Handbook on Local and Regional Governance is a very welcome, comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge within a broad range of relevant areas in this field of research. I would recommend it to the professional researcher as well as to the undergraduate student.’
– Anders Lidström, Professor Emeritus, Umeå University, Sweden