Urban Research & Practice, Volume 7, Issue 2 (2014)

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Output Legitimacy in Local Government

Editorial

Editorial
Introduction: Toward output legitimacy in local government?
Annelin Gustavsen, Asbjørn Røiseland & Jon Pierre
Pages: 119-122
Published online: 19 May 2014
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Mirror of the state or independent image? – Conceptual perspectives on the question of a legitimacy shift to the output dimension in local democracy
Michael Haus
Pages: 123-136
Published online: 22 May 2014
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Local policies and local government legitimacy. The Swedish case
Katarina Roos & Anders Lidström
Pages: 137-152
Published online: 23 May 2014
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Beyond ‘What do I get?’ Functional and procedural sources of Dutch citizens’ satisfaction with local democracy
Bas Denters
Pages: 153-168
Published online: 23 May 2014
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Councillors’ perspectives on democratic legitimacy in English local government: politics through provision?
Colin Copus
Pages: 169-181
Published online: 22 May 2014
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Democratic metropolitan governance: experiences in five German metropolitan regions
Karsten Zimmermann
Pages: 182-199
Published online: 23 May 2014
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Procedure or performance? Assessing citizen’s attitudes toward legitimacy in Swedish and Norwegian local government
Annelin Gustavsen, Asbjørn Røiseland & Jon Pierre
Pages: 200-212
Published online: 22 May 2014
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What if performance accountability mechanisms engender distrust?
Vicki Johansson & Stig Montin
Pages: 213-227
Published online: 22 May 2014
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‘The Rhinish Greeks’. Bailout funds for local government in German federal states
Hubert Heinelt & Philipp Stolzenberg
Pages: 228-240
Published online: 27 May 2014
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Book reviews

Book Review
Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe, edited by Ali Madanipour, Sabine Knierbein and Aglaée Degros, New York and London, Routledge, 2014, xi + 217 pp., £27.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-415-64055-8
Pedro Gomes
Pages: 241-242
Published online: 22 May 2014
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Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy & Urban Space, by Annika Marlen Hinze, Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota Press, 2013, xxix + 201 pp., $25.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8166-7815-0
Matthew G. Hannah
Pages: 243-244
Published online: 22 May 2014
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Negotiating cohesion, inequality and change: uncomfortable positions in local government, by Hannah Jones, Bristol, Policy Press, 2013, 237 pp, £70.00 (Hardback), ISNB 978-1-4473-1003-7
Tom Collins
Pages: 244-246
Published online: 27 May 2014
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Resilient sustainable cities – a future, edited by Leonie J. Pearson, Peter W. Newton and Peter Roberts, New York, Routledge, 2014, xii + 254 pp., £24.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-415-81621-2 / £105.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-415-81620-5
Emma Terama
Pages: 246-248
Published online: 23 May 2014
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Book Review
Urban Politics: Critical Approaches, edited by Mark Davidson and Deborah Martin, London, Sage, 2013, 235 pp, £24.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-85702-398-8.
Eric Sarmiento
Pages: 248-250
Published online: 23 May 2014
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Book Review
The Future of Planning: Beyond Growth Dependence by Yvonne Rydin, Bristol, Policy Press, 2013, viii + 232 pp., £18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-44730-840-9
Anthony Levenda
Pages: 250-252
Published online: 23 May 2014
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The collaborating Planner? Practitioners in the neoliberal age, by Ben Clifford and Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2013, xii + 288 pp., £70.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-44730-511-8
Carlos Nunes Silva
Pages: 252-254
Published online: 27 May 2014
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