Good Politics

What We Need to Achieve Them

  • Current debate book
  • Ten observations on the challenges of politics and administration - from everyday practice in cities
  • A wake-up call against disenchantment with politics

The good news is that a different politics is possible. But we need to change attitudes and conditions.

As a practitioner and long-time mayor, Peter Kurz has experienced what makes good politics difficult or even impossible. We need to tackle this if we want to tackle the challenges of climate change, education, migration, housing, mobility, health and the preservation of democracy more effectively. Above all, the experiences in the cities must be given more weight. After all, this is where the resolutions from Berlin and Brussels are implemented, where concrete experiences are made, where we realise where things are stuck and what can be done better. We need to learn from the cities!

Based on practical experience and far removed from ideology and party politics, Peter Kurz shows what is important and how the necessary change is given a chance.

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  • Publisher: S. FISCHER
  • Release: 14.08.2024
  • ISBN: 978-3-10-397663-2
  • 112 Pages
  • Author: Peter Kurz
Good Politics
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Peter Kurz

Peter Kurz, geboren 1962, war bis 2023 Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Mannheim. Nach dem Jurastudium wurde er Richter am Verwaltungsgericht in Karlsruhe und 1999 in Mannheim Bürgermeister für Bildung, Kultur und Sport. Als OB von Mannheim war er u. a. im Präsidium des Deutschen Städtetags und Gründungsmitglied des Global Parliament of Mayors. 2021 wurde er mit dem World Mayor International Award ausgezeichnet. Peter Kurz lebt in Mannheim.