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



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Autore: Reese Laura A (Laura Ann), <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Comparative civic culture [[electronic resource] ] : the role of local culture in urban policy-making / / edited by Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. Rosenfeld Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (434 p.)
Disciplina: 306.20973
Soggetto topico: Urban policy - United States
Urban policy - Canada
Political culture - United States
Political culture - Canada
Altri autori: ReeseLaura A <1958-> (Laura Ann)  
RosenfeldRaymond A  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Comparative civic culture  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-315-57304-0
1-317-16321-4
1-317-16320-6
1-283-48002-6
9786613480026
1-4094-3655-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910779065503321
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