New Mayors
France and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4523959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Balme (0000-0001-9698-5737), Jeanne Becquart-Leclercq, Terry Nichols Clark, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot, Vincent Hoffmann‐martinot, Jean-Yves Nevers |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Pages | 263-275 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Tocqueville Review/La revue Tocqueville (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0730-479X • E-ISSN: 1918-6649 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ttr.8.263 |
| OpenAlex | W3210192713 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In 1983 we organized a conference on "Questioning the Welfare State and the Rise of the City" at the University of Paris, Nanterre. About a hundred persons attended, including many French social scientists and political activists. Significant support came from the new French Socialist government. Yet with Socialism in power since 1981, it was clear that the old Socialist ideas were being questioned inside and outside the Party and government-especially in the important decentralization reforms. There was eager interest in better ways to deliver welfare state services at the local level
Decentralization · Government (linguistics · Local government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social Welfare · Socialism · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · French Urban and Social Studies · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Political and Social Issues · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2004 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |