Strategic Planning in Local Communities A Cross-National Study of 7 Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hințea, Călin Emilian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Profiroiu, Marius Constantin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Țiclău, Tudor Cristian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Governance and Public Management,
• Subjects: Public policy.; Political science.; Political leadership.; Comparative politics.; Legislative bodies.; Municipal government.; Public Policy.; Governance and Government.; Political Leadership.; Comparative Politics.; Legislative and Executive Politics.; Urban Politics.

This is a comparative international study of the patterns of planning in local governments. While strategic planning has been a field of interest for public management and administrative science for over half a century there are very few cross-national studies of the specifics of planning in local g...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Through the Looking-Glass: What does strategic planning reveal in French local governments?
• Chapter 3: Strategic Planning in Post-Communist Settings - The Example of Hungary
• Chapter 4: Strategic planning in local public administration. The case of Romania
• Chapter 5: Local strategic planning: the case of Russia
• Chapter 6: Actors, aims and challenges of local strategic planning in Spain
• Chapter 7: Strategic Planning Experiences in Turkish Municipalities
• Chapter 8: Strategic planning in U.S. municipalities
• Chapter 9: Transnational perspectives on strategic planning in local communities.