Premium
An American Perestroika in Dutch Cities? Urban Policy in the Netherlands at the End of a Millennium
Author(s) -
Denters Bas,
Van Heffen Oscar,
De Jong Huib
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9299.00182
Subject(s) - corporate governance , democracy , urban policy , coping (psychology) , public administration , democratic governance , political science , regional science , economic growth , development economics , urban planning , sociology , economics , law , psychology , management , engineering , civil engineering , psychiatry , politics
This paper discusses the implications of the recent adoption of interactive forms of governance in Dutch urban policy. Advocates of this new approach claim that interactive governance will have positive effects for (1) the quality of urban democracy and urban governability and (2) for the solution of the information problems inherent in coping with (wicked) urban problems. On the basis of an extensive evaluation of the implementation of the new policies in four of the 25 Dutch municipalities involved, these claims are critically assessed.