Dedication

pp iii-iv

Contents

pp v-vii

List of figures, tables, boxes and appendices

pp viii-ix

List of abbreviations

pp x-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

one - Introduction

pp 1-6

two - New Localism(s) in Europe: restructuring local state spaces and public-service delivery in England and Germany

pp 7-22

three - National urban policies for deprived urban areas: the birth of Area-Based Initiatives

pp 23-40

four - Exploring the impacts of Area‑Based Initiatives through a neo-institutionalist perspective

pp 41-54

five - Lost in transformation: urban governance practices and the New Deal for Communities in Bristol

pp 55-86

six - Local-government experiments to cope with structural change: the Social City Programme in Duisburg

pp 87-120

seven - The crystallisation of New Localism(s) in Bristol and Duisburg: a cross-case comparison

pp 121-134

eight - The neo-institutional study of New Localism(s) as an analytical window for comparative urbanism: concluding reflections

pp 135-146

Appendices

Appendix I - Research design

pp 147-152

Appendix II - Sociogram depicting interorganisational trust among the New Deal for Communities partnership (n = 21)

pp 153-154

Appendix III - Sociogram depicting interorganisational trust among the Social City Programme partnership (n = 25)

pp 155-156

Appendix IV - Implemented projects financed by New Deal for Communities Bristol between 2000 and 2010

pp 157-166

Appendix V - Key project spending in New Deal for Communities Bristol, 2000–10

pp 167-168

Appendix VI - Key project spending in Social City Programme Duisburg, 1996–2009

pp 169-172

References

pp 173-214

Index

pp 215-225