englischThis volume is based on an online survey among members of administrative committees of local employment agencies, advisory boards of local job centres, youth welfare committees, foreigners' advisory boards as well as supporting bodies of local economic development corporations and agencies [...]

englischSome cities manage to mobilise innovation potential and respond to challenges such as demographic change, immigration or economic restructuring, while others do not. This book addresses the question: What are the conditions for the development of local innovation? Rather than primarily [...]

englischFaced with a new housing problem, cities are becoming more important in solving it, and a communalisation of housing policy can be observed. On the basis of case studies from 14 cities, this book comparatively analyses the limits and varieties of local housing policy in Germany and the [...]

englischExperts from politics, the media and science have stated for years that the number of suitable candidates for the position of mayor in the state of Baden-Württemberg has been declining steadily. This volume examines whether this is really the case and what the reasons for the seemingly [...]

englischPolitical steering through conditionality is highly controversial. Nevertheless, German federal states have set up conditional consolidation programmes for their highly indebted local governments. These programmes provide financial relief, but in return they also require significant fiscal [...]

englischThis book not only examines the views of German mayors in municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants on problems in politics, but also their general attitudes and their self-perception as political protagonists in their respective municipalities. Based on a survey, the study analyses [...]