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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811152303321

Autore

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

Titolo

Comparative civic culture : the role of local culture in urban policy-making / / edited by Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. Rosenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012

ISBN

1-315-57304-0

1-317-16321-4

1-317-16320-6

1-283-48002-6

9786613480026

1-4094-3655-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (434 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ReeseLaura A <1958-> (Laura Ann)

RosenfeldRaymond A

Disciplina

306.20973

Soggetti

Urban policy - United States

Urban policy - Canada

Political culture - United States

Political culture - Canada

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Comparative civic culture: theory and methods -- Categorizing civic cultures: testing a typology of local civic culture -- Inclusive/bureaucratic cities: Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Vancouver -- Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities -- Civic culture in Ottawa: the endurance of local culture -- Vancouver: the sustainable city -- Market-active and passive cities: Charlotte, Calgary, Cleveland, Louisville -- Civic culture and corporate regime in Louisville -- A perpetual crisis: Cleveland's unfinished, changing, and incomplete civic agenda -- Civic culture as a policy premise: appraising Charlotte's civic culture -- Civic culture in Calgary: the oil and developers' land -- Individualistic cities: Dallas and Miami -- A tale of two cities: civic culture and public policy in Miami -- The civic culture of Dallas, Texas -- Conclusion: a theory of local civic culture.



Sommario/riassunto

While it seems that culture ""matters"" in local policy making, how to measure culture in a valid and replicable fashion presents a significant challenge. The authors of this book address this challenge, presenting their findings of a large multi-city research project to explore the nature of civic culture in cities in the US and Canada.