03438nam 2200709 a 450 991077906550332120231206231113.01-315-57304-01-317-16321-41-317-16320-61-283-48002-697866134800261-4094-3655-1(CKB)2550000000087556(EBL)866361(OCoLC)775482774(SSID)ssj0000598838(PQKBManifestationID)11422197(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598838(PQKBWorkID)10591959(PQKB)11436964(Au-PeEL)EBL866361(CaPaEBR)ebr10529451(CaONFJC)MIL924998(Au-PeEL)EBL5293690(CaONFJC)MIL348002(MiAaPQ)EBC866361(MiAaPQ)EBC5293690(EXLCZ)99255000000008755620110727d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComparative civic culture[electronic resource] the role of local culture in urban policy-making /edited by Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. RosenfeldBurlington, Vt. Ashgate20121 online resource (434 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4094-3654-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Urban policyUnited StatesCase studiesUrban policyCanadaCase studiesPolitical cultureUnited StatesCase studiesPolitical cultureCanadaCase studiesUrban policyUrban policyPolitical culturePolitical culture306.20973Reese Laura A(Laura Ann),1958-1518499Reese Laura A(Laura Ann),1958-1518499Rosenfeld Raymond A1518500MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779065503321Comparative civic culture3810885UNINA