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Comparative Urban Governance

An Integrated Approach

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ID6405079
AuthorsAlan Digaetano (Baruch College), Elizabeth Strom (0000-0002-6115-8181, Rutgers University–Newark)
Year2003
Volume38
Issue3
Pages356-395
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1078087402238806
OpenAlexW2093300258
LanguageEN
Citations received140
References cited75

This article develops an integrated framework for comparing urban governance cross nationally. Joining together structural, cultural, and rational actor approaches to cross-national comparison, it explains the institutional milieux of urban governance in the United States, Great Britain, France, and Germany. Comparison of public-private partnership arrangements in cities of these four countries is used to demonstrate the utility of this integrated framework

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