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Foregrounding Urban AgendasLocating Urban Issues in German Policy-Making: Metropolitan Regions and Urban Development Policies in a Multi-scalar Context

Foregrounding Urban Agendas: Locating Urban Issues in German Policy-Making: Metropolitan Regions... [ThisMulti-scalar contextcontributionGerman policy-making explores the emergence andUrban development policy relevance of urban and metropolitan issues in German national policies. In particular, the contribution draws attention to policy shifts, first, toward metropolitan regions in the mid-1990s and, second, toward citiesCities of all sizes in the mid-2000s. Methodologically, the contribution builds on the qualitative-interpretive analysis of policy documents and insights into selected expert interviews. Thereby, the comparison of urban and metropolitan policiesMetropolitan policies in GermanyGermany proposes an innovative perspective on the complementarity of metropolitan regions and citiesCities as issues emerging on the political agendaAgenda and as actors in the policy-making process. Moreover, analyzing the underlying processes of conceptual and instrumental innovation contributes to understanding the influence of institutional and ideational mechanisms on policy shifts. Theoretically, the analysis reflects on German urban policy-Urban policymaking as a complex process in a multi-scalar system involving communities of practice between academics, applied research institutes, national ministries, federal statesState’ governments and representatives from the municipal level.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Foregrounding Urban AgendasLocating Urban Issues in German Policy-Making: Metropolitan Regions and Urban Development Policies in a Multi-scalar Context

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series
Editors: Armondi, Simonetta; De Gregorio Hurtado, Sonia
Fricke, Carola
Foregrounding Urban Agendas — Nov 1, 2019
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-29072-6
Pages
167 –184
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-29073-3_8
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[ThisMulti-scalar contextcontributionGerman policy-making explores the emergence andUrban development policy relevance of urban and metropolitan issues in German national policies. In particular, the contribution draws attention to policy shifts, first, toward metropolitan regions in the mid-1990s and, second, toward citiesCities of all sizes in the mid-2000s. Methodologically, the contribution builds on the qualitative-interpretive analysis of policy documents and insights into selected expert interviews. Thereby, the comparison of urban and metropolitan policiesMetropolitan policies in GermanyGermany proposes an innovative perspective on the complementarity of metropolitan regions and citiesCities as issues emerging on the political agendaAgenda and as actors in the policy-making process. Moreover, analyzing the underlying processes of conceptual and instrumental innovation contributes to understanding the influence of institutional and ideational mechanisms on policy shifts. Theoretically, the analysis reflects on German urban policy-Urban policymaking as a complex process in a multi-scalar system involving communities of practice between academics, applied research institutes, national ministries, federal statesState’ governments and representatives from the municipal level.]

Published: Nov 1, 2019

Keywords: Metropolitan regions; Urban development policies; Multi-scalar system; Policy shifts

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