Frankenberger / Chernenkova Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective

The Cases of Petrozavodsk and Tübingen
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-8452-8221-3
Verlag: Nomos
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 49, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm

Reihe: Schriftenreihe des Europäischen Zentrums für Föderalismus-Forschung

Local self-government is one of the core principles of the political organisation of municipalities across Europe, and municipalities are the venue for citizens to directly experience politics. But they are also embedded in broader social and political contexts, which influence and shape political processes and structures at the local level. If we then want to understand local politics, we should widen the perspective of our analysis and examine regional culture, institutional settings and multilevel governance at least as potential determinants of variation.

Examining two cities - Petrozavodsk and Tübingen -, social scientists and practitioners in politics and civil society analyse how local politics and political culture are shaped in multilevel governance and how participation and the organization of citizens function in different systemic settings.

With contributions by:

Daniel Buhr, Elena Chernenkova, Rolf Frankenberger, Martin Große Hüttmann, Marina Gvozdeva, Aleksandr Ilin, Varvara Inozemtseva, Stephan Klingebiel, Ilona Kosheleva, Inna Kreneva, Natalya Lavrushina, Anastasia Lesik, Nikolay Oskin, Yuliya Petrovskaya, Maria Pitukhina, Svetlana Rozhneva, Konstantin Terentyev, Oleg Tolstoguzov, Elena Tsumarova, Dmitry Tsvibel, Gertrud van Ackern, Olga Veselovskaya und Gleb Yarovoy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frankenberger, Rolf

Chernenkova, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2; Introduction;11
3;PART 1: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS;19
3.1; Does the Systematic Environment Matter? Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Local Politics across World Regions;21
3.2; Understanding Multi-Level Governance. The Example of Migration Policy and Integration Management in Germany;35
3.3; “Lifeworld”, Democracy and the Creation of Social Trust;43
3.4; Methodological Challenges and Sociological Surveys. The Example of Surveys on the Quality of State and Municipal Services;59
4;PART 2: POLITICAL CULTURE; IDENTITY AND PUBLIC OPINION;65
4.1; Discourses on the “National Idea” in Political Party Programs. The Case of the Republic of Karelia;67
4.2; Political Life Worlds in Baden-Württemberg;77
4.3; Sustainability of Social Relations: Internal and External Factors;89
4.4; Petrozavodsk Citizens‘ Attitude towards the Activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karelia;103
5;PART 3: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN LOCAL POLITICS;115
5.1; Innovation by Participation – Quadruple Helix of a Welfare State;117
5.2; Innovative Technologies and Social Participation as Factors of Social Well-Being;131
5.3; The LebensPhasenHaus. Innovation by Participation in Practice;139
6;PART 4: PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL POLITICS;151
6.1; Political Participation in Local Politics. The Case of Tübingen;153
6.2; The Institution of Public Heraings in the City of Petrozavodsk;163
6.3; Expert Communities and the State. Experience from the Republic of Karelia;173
7;PART 5: STATE-SOCIETY-RELATIONS AND NGOS IN LOCAL POLITICS;187
7.1; Several Directions of State Support for Socially-Oriented NGOs in the Municipalities of the Republic of Karelia;189
7.2; State-Society Cooperation in Improving the Quality of Social Services at the Municipal Level;201
7.3; Some Practices of the Karelian Resource Center of NGOs: Success Brings Experience, Activity and Interaction;215
7.4; Social Partnership in the Sphere of Legal Awareness of Socially-Oriented NGOs. The Experience of Petrozavodsk;231
8;PART 6: LOCAL POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS;239
8.1; Cultural and Social Exchange as a Vital of Citizen Participation. Petrozavodsk’s View;241
8.2; Cultural and Social Exchange as a Vital Part of Citizen Participation. The Tübingen View;249
8.3; Sister City Collaboration as an Added Value for a University. A Case Study of Petrozavodsk;255
8.4; Jews of Petrozavodsk and Christians of Tübingen. An Amazing Love-Story;265
9; Editors and Authors;271