Outlining the results of a three-country study, this text examines the impact of EU policy on the domestic, political and institutional environment. It also tests ideas about new forms of…

Die EU-Strukturfonds sind in verschiedener Hinsicht interessant. Dies gilt zunachst fur ihre zunehmende finanzielle Bedeutung. Die Hoehe der Foerder- mittel des EU-Budgets, die fur die Strukturfonds verwendet worden sind, hat…

Title first published in 2003. This book focuses on whether participatory governance can lead to sustainable and innovative outcomes. Using an empirical analysis of the development, implementation and review of…

mentiert und entwickelt die dort begonnene Diskussion und pr?sentiert somit den aktuellen Stand der bundesrepublikanischen Forschungslage zur Moder nisierung der Kommunalpolitik.

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand im Rahmen des vom Land Nieder- sachsen finanziell gefoerderten Forschungsprojekts Grenzen und Moeglichkeiten institutioneller Hilfen bei der Integration von Aus- siedlern , das am Forschungsschwerpunkt Sozialpolitik…

This book provides a thematic and cross-national analysis of the key actors in local government that form the crucial components of effective and democratic policy making.

Some cities manage to mobilize innovation potentials and respond to challenges, such as demographic change and immigration as well as economic restructuring, while others do not. This book solves this…

The book addresses theoretically and empirically the question under what conditions innovative and sustainable policies can be achieved through participatory governance.