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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
geography
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Eran Razin
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 10:30-11:30
Teaching Staff:
Prof Eran Razin
Course/Module description:
The course deals with local government as a local governance system and as a service provision system
Course/Module aims:
The course has two major objectives: (1) a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental concepts in the organization and functioning of the local government system: the local government map, local government finance, central-local government relationships, local democracy and political culture. (2) Discussion of the role of local aythorities in urban and regional development: land use planning, economic development and inter-local disparities, development tools, municipal corporations, public-private-partnerships, development finance. Local government reforms will also be discussed.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
In depth exposure to the field of local government from a comparative perspective: research and practice.
Exposure to the theoretical discourse in the field.
Writing skills to those taking the course as a seminar.
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures
Seminar
Course/Module Content:
1. Local development and local government: introduction
2. Local government organization
3. Dimensions in local government organization and the position of Israel in each dimension: territorial/structural, functional, political, fiscal, democratic/electoral, local politics.
4. The role of local government in local development: local development strategies, tools, bylaws, planning obligations, municipal corporations, PPP
Required Reading:
England, R.E., Pelissero, J.P. and Morgan, D.R. (2017) Managing Urban America, eighth edition, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
*. Ch. 3 Urban Political Structure, pp. 68-91.
*. Moore, A.A. (2016) Decentralized decision-making and urban planning: a case study of density for benefit agreements in Toronto and Vancouver, Canadian Public Administration 59: 425-447.
UN-Habitat (2016) Finance for City Leaders Handbook, Nairobi.
*. Ch. 1 Principles of municipal finance pp. 4-15
*. Ch. 2 Expanding municipal revenues pp. 16-27
*. Ch. 7 Public-private partnerships pp. 98-110
*. Ch. 9 Sharing the wealth: private land value and public benefit pp. 132-155
Additional Reading Material:
In English only. For Hebrew material refer to the list in Hebrew
Ammons, D.N. (2012) Municipal Benchmarks, Third edition, Armonk, NY: M.E.Sharpe.
Back, H., Heinelt, H. and Magnier, A. (eds.) (2006) The European Mayor, Wiesbaden: VS verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften.
Brunet-Jailly, E. and Martin, J.F. (eds.) (2010) Local Government in a Global World, Australia and Canada in Comparative Perspective, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Carr, J.B. and Feiock, R.C. (eds.) (2004) City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives, Reshaping the Local Government Landscape, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Council of European Municipalities and Regions (2013) Decentralization at a Crossroads, Territorial Reforms in Europe in times of Crisis, Brussels.
Haus, M., Heinelt, H. and Stewart, M. (eds.) (2005) Urban Governance and Democracy, Leadership and Community Involvement, London: Routledge.
Heinelt, H. and Kubler, D. (eds.) (2005) Metropolitan Governance, Capacity, Democracy and the Dynamics of Place, London: Routledge.
Heinelt, H., Razin, E. and Zimmermann, K. (eds.) (2011) Metropolitan Governance, Different Paths in Contrasting Contexts: Germany and Israel, Frankfurt and New York: Campus.
Herrschel, T. and Newman, P. (2002) Governance of Europe's City Regions, Planning, Policy and Politics, London: Routledge.
Hoffmann-Martinot, V. and Sellers, J. (eds.) (2005) Metropolitanization and Political Change, Wiesbaden: VS verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 231-264.
Hoffmann-Martinot, V. and Wollmann, H. (eds.) (2006) State and Local Government Reforms in France and Germany, Wiesbaden: VS verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften.
Hulst, R. and van Montfort, A. (eds.) (2007) Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe, Dordrecht: Springer.
Kersting, N. and Vetter, A. (2003) Reforming Local Government in Europe, Closing the Gap between Democracy and Efficiency, Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
Knox, P.L. and McCarthy, L. (2005) Urbanization, An Introduction to Urban Geography, Second edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Leland, S.M. and Thurmaier, K. (eds.) (2004) Case Studies in City-County Consolidation, Reshaping the Local Government Landscape, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Meligrana, J. (ed.) (2004) Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures and Decisions, Vancouver: UBC University Press, pp. 206-226.
Mossberger, K., Clarke, S.E. and John, P. (2012) The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics, New York: Oxford University Press.
Razin, E. (2000) The impact of local government organization on development and disparities - a comparative perspective, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 18: 17-31.
Razin, E. (2004) Needs and impediments for local government reform: lessons from Israel, Journal of Urban Affairs 26: 623-640.
Razin, E. and Hazan, A. (2013) Attitudes of European local councilors towards local governance reforms: a North-South divide? Local Government Studies.
Razin, E., Rosen, G., Dachoach-Halevi, M. and Hazan, A. (2007) Is the role of the state in local governance diminishing? The case of Israel's metropolitan areas, in: Collin, J-P. and Robertson, M. (eds.) Governing Metropolises: Profiles of Issues and Experiments on Four Continents, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, pp. 29-53.
Razin, E. and Rosentraub, M. (2000) Are fragmentation and sprawl interlinked? North American evidence, Urban Affairs Review 35: 821-836.
Razin, E. and Smith, P.J. (eds.) (2006) Metropolitan Governing: Canadian Cases, Comparative Lessons, Jerusalem: Magnes Press.
Reiser, M. and Holtmann, E. (eds.) (2008) Farewell to the Party model, Independent Local Lists in East and West European Countries, Wiesbaden: VS verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften.
Rosen, G. and Razin, E. (2007) The college chase: higher education and urban entrepreneurialism in Israel, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie.
Ross, B.H. and Levine, M.A. (2006) Urban Politics, Power in Metropolitan America, Seventh edition, Belmont, CA: Thomson.
Rothblatt, D.N. and Sancton, A. (eds.) (1998) Metropolitan Governance Revisited, American/Canadian Intergovernmental Perspectives, Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies Press.
Sancton, A. and Young, R. (eds.) (2009) Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces, Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Savitch H.V. and Kantor, P. (2002) Cities in the International Marketplace, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Savitch, H.V. and Vogel, R.K. (2000) Paths to new regionalism, State and Local Government Review 32: 158-168.
Slack, E. and Chattopadhyay, R. (eds.) (2013) Governance and Finance of Metropolitan Areas in Federal Systems, Don Mills: Oxford University Press.
Stoker, G. (2004) Transforming Local Governance, From Thatcherism to New Labour, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Teaford J C, 1997 Post-Suburbia, Government and Politics in the Edge Cities (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore)
United Cities and Local Governments (2009) Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World, First Global Report 2008, Barcelona: United Cities and Local Governments and The World Bank.
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (HABITAT) (1996) An Urbanizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements, 1996, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
UN-Habitat (2004) The State of the World's Cities 2004/2005, Globalization and Urban Culture, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, London: Earthscan.
UN-Habitat (2013) Property Tax Regimes in Europe, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Nairobi.
Wollmann, H. (2008) Comparing Local Government Reforms in England, Sweden, France and Germany: Between Continuity and Change, Divergence and Convergence, in:
www.wuestenrot-stiftung.de/download/local-government
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Detailed requirements are specified in Hebrew
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