Local Politics in a Comparative Perspective: The Cases of Petrozavodsk and Tübingen
In: Schriftenreihe des Europäischen Zentrums für Föderalismus-Forschung v.49
Cover -- Introduction -- PART 1: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS -- Does the Systematic Environment Matter? Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Comparing Local Politics across World Regions -- Understanding Multi-Level Governance. The Example of Migration Policy and Integration Management in Germany -- "Lifeworld", Democracy and the Creation of Social Trust -- Methodological Challenges and Sociological Surveys. The Example of Surveys on the Quality of State and Municipal Services -- PART 2: POLITICAL CULTURE -- IDENTITY AND PUBLIC OPINION -- Discourses on the "National Idea" in Political Party Programs. The Case of the Republic of Karelia -- Political Life Worlds in Baden-Württemberg -- Sustainability of Social Relations: Internal and External Factors -- Petrozavodsk Citizens' Attitude towards the Activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karelia -- PART 3: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN LOCAL POLITICS -- Innovation by Participation - Quadruple Helix of a Welfare State -- Innovative Technologies and Social Participation as Factors of Social Well-Being -- The LebensPhasenHaus. Innovation by Participation in Practice -- PART 4: PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL POLITICS -- Political Participation in Local Politics. The Case of Tübingen -- The Institution of Public Heraings in the City of Petrozavodsk -- Expert Communities and the State. Experience from the Republic of Karelia -- PART 5: STATE-SOCIETY-RELATIONS AND NGOS IN LOCAL POLITICS -- Several Directions of State Support for Socially-Oriented NGOs in the Municipalities of the Republic of Karelia -- State-Society Cooperation in Improving the Quality of Social Services at the Municipal Level -- Some Practices of the Karelian Resource Center of NGOs: Success Brings Experience, Activity and Interaction