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Introduction: toward the comparative study of urban governance / Richard E. Stren -- Confronting critical disjunctures in the governance of cities / Patricia L. McCarney -- Ethnographies of governance: urban spaces and actors in the Middle East / Seteney Shami -- Bellavista: local political activism in defense of a Barrio / Lucy Winchester, Teresa Cèceres, and Alfredo Rodri̕guez -- Democratic governance and participation tales of two cities / Renato Raul Boschi -- Fiscal innovations and urban governance / Om Prakash Mathur -- Rethinking the enabling strategy in urban housing: state civil society dynamics in Southeast Asia / Emma Porio -- Reforming governance in Dhaka, Bangladesh / Nazrul Islam with Mohammad Mohabbat Khan, Nurul Islam Nazem, and Mohammad Habibur Rahman -- My soul I can see: the limits of governing African cities in a context of globalization and complexity / Mark sSilling, Abdoumaliq Simone, and Firoz Khan -- Governance and municipal management in Mexico and Colombia between clientelist practices and new forms of democratic government / Emilio Duhau and Martha Schteingart

"Most European countries have experienced labour market reforms at varying times leading to extended working life and a postponement of retirement age. This book provides a gender perspective on the impact of extended working life on the different dimensions of well-being, the factors which can limit extended working life, and the working conditions of older workers. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, sociology, gender studies and labour studies more broadly"--