5 Table of contents Preface 7 Part I: Network Management as a Central Local Governance Issue 1 Emerging Practices in Network Management at Local Levels in Europe Tony Bovaird, Elke Löffler and Salvador Parrado-Díez 9 2 Aims, Approach and Structure of the Book Tony Bovaird, Elke Löffler and Salvador Parrado-Díez 25 Part II: Stakeholder-based Approaches to Network Management in Local Areas 3 The “Citizens’ Community” Arnsberg in Germany: Empowering and Enabling Citizens Jörg Bogumil and Hans-Josef Vogel 29 4 Active Local Governance Without Representative Democracy - the Example of the Municipality of Baar in Switzerland Albert Hofmeister, Jürg Dübendorfer and Elke Löffler 41 5 Achieving Citizen-Led Area Regeneration through Multiple Stakeholders in the Beacon Housing Estate, Cornwall Tony Bovaird and Mike Owen 57 6 Community Governance in Rural Finland: the Network Management of the Yläkemijoki Area Committee Tarja Saarelainen and Irma Komulainen 75 7 Interactive Policy-Making in Local Governance: An International Comparison Michiel S. de Vries 91 Part III: Instrument-based Approaches to Network Management in Local Areas 8 Community Empowerment in Irish Local Government – Strategic Planning in Blarney Aodh Quinlivan 107