Prof. Hasson analyses the new urban coalitions formed over the last three decades. These coalitions expand governance activity to new partners in the business sector, NGOs, and neighborhood representatives. The coalition enables the new partners to achieve their goals using municipal resources and affords the local authority legitimacy and increased effectiveness.

Prof. Hasson identifies three main goals of urban coalitions: maintaining municipal services, enhancing welfare, and economic development. The coalitions are established in innovative organizational structures according to their goals.

Hasson Shlomo, The New Urban Order: Urban Coalitions in Israel, Floersheimer Institute, Jerusalem, 1996.

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