Brennpunkte der Kommunalpolitik in Deutschland

Local affairs is being tested by both challenges that have existed for a long time and by specific exceptional circumstances such as the current migration crisis and the Covid pandemic. In this realm, researchers and distinguished practitioners discuss the key challenges that municipalities face as they elaborate starting points for a sustainable and prosperous future from a transdisciplinary perspective.
The book addresses the main topics of the crisis of local democracy, municipalities in a perpetual state of financial crisis, urban polarisation, new forms of political participation as an extension of representative democracy, municipal and regional reform, the modernisation of administrative authorities, re-municipalisation instead of neoliberal privatisation policies, and urban environmental and climate policies.
With contributions by
Dr. Christoph Ewen, Prof. em. Dr. Oscar W. Gabriel, Stefan Henn, M.A., Prof. Dr. Elmar Hinz, Dr. André Jethon, Annkatrin Jünger, Prof. Dr. Martin Junkernheinrich, Prof. Dr. Norbert Kersting, Dr. Gerd Landsberg, Dr. Jens Libbe, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Lorig, OB a.D. Dr. Ulrich Maly, Dr. Kai Masser, OB Boris Palmer, Dr. Andreas Paust, Sascha Regolot, M.A., Dr. Bettina Reimann, Dr. Matthias Schulze-Böing, Prof. Dr. Gunnar Schwarting, RegPräs Hans-Josef Vogel, OB‘in Karin Welge, Franziska Ritter, M.A., Prof. Dr. Rainer Winkel, OB Prof. Dr. Eckart Würzner and Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Jan Ziekow.