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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479946003321

Autore

Reese Laura A (Laura Ann), <1958->

Titolo

The civic culture of local economic development [[electronic resource] /] / Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Paul Chapman, 2001

ISBN

1-322-41441-6

0-7619-1690-3

1-4522-5213-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenfeldRaymond A

Disciplina

338.973

Soggetti

Community development - Canada

Community development - United States

Economic development projects - Canada

Economic development projects - United States

Political culture - Canada

Political culture - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-398) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 - LOCAL CIVIL CULTURE; 2 - CIVIC CULTURE AND THEORIES OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE; 3 - A BLENDED METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; 4 - QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF LOCAL CIVIC CULTURE; 5 - MODELING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY; 6 - CATEGORIES OF LOCAL CIVIC CULTURE; 7 - THE "STRONG MAYOR" CASES; 8 - THE INCLUSIVE CASES; 9 - THE ACTIVE-ELITE CASES; 10 - THE PASSIVE-ELITE CASES; 11 - COMPARING CATEGORIES OF CIVIC CULTURE; 12 - THE CIVIC CULTURE OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Sommario/riassunto

Using survey and case study data from US and Canadian cities this work makes the case that different cultures wil produce different types of economic development policies, and that local civic culture will affect the whole array of local policies.