Introduction / Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt and Murray Stewart
How to achieve governability at the local level? : theoretical and conceptual considerations on a complementarity of urban leadership and community involvement
Michael Haus and Hubert Heinelt
Urban leadership and community involvement : an institutional analysis / Pieter-Jan Klok and Bas Deters
The institutional setting of local political leadership and community involvement / Henry Bäck
Cities in transition : from statism to democracy / Pawel Swianiewicz
Cities in the multi-level governance of the European Union / Laurence Carmichael
Collaboration in multi-actor governance / Murray Stewart
Changes in urban political leadership : leadership types and styles in the era of urban governance / Panagiotis Getimis and Despoina Grigoriadou
Leading localities : rethinking the agenda / Robin Hambleton
Legitimacy and community involvement in local governance / Jan Erling Klausen and David Sweeting
Participation and leadership in planning theory and practices / Alessandro Balducci and Claudio Calvaresi.