Local Governance as Government-Business Cooperation in Western Democracies: Analysing Local and Intergovernmental Effects by Multi-Level Comparison

The internationalization of economics and politics has forced local governments to develop new context‐appropriate strategies; these strategies, characterized by a greater degree of interaction with non‐governmental key actors and with the business world in particular, have been termed local or urban governance. This article is intended to illustrate the impact of three factors — local leadership, local political arenas and intergovernmental...