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Author Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958- author.

Title The civic culture of local economic development / Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. Rosenfeld
Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 408 pages) : illustrations
Contents Local civic culture: the missing determinant? -- Civic culture and theories of local governance -- A blended methodological approach -- Quantitative measures of local civic culture -- Modeling local economic development policy -- Categories of local civic culture -- The "strong mayor" cases: Romulus and Coshocton -- The inclusive cases: Oakville and Fairborn -- The active-elite cases: Cadillac, Kettering, and Gloucester -- The passive-elite cases: Cornwall and Allen Park -- Comparing categories of civic culture: linking the methodologies -- The civic culture of local economic development: considering past and future research
Summary "In this work, the authors argue that there are distinct local factors that shape the environment of economic development decision making. These factors, taken together, constitute a community's local civic culture. Using survey and case study data from U.S. and Canadian cities, the authors make the case that different cultures will produce different types of economic development policies, and that local civic culture will affect the whole array of local policies." "The focus on economic development policy provides a window on local decision making and allows for the development of a theory, introduced by the authors, about the role of local civic culture in framing local decisions of all types. This ultimately provides a theoretical vehicle for categorizing cities and predicting policy outcomes. The book concludes with an overview of what is known about the economic development process and highlights the questions raised about that knowledge by the analyses used here and the focus on civic cultures. New research questions are posed and new directions are raised for continued application of a local civic culture approach toward understanding urban policy processes."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-398) and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Economic development projects -- United States -- Case studies
Political culture -- United States -- Case studies
Community development -- United States -- Case studies
Economic development projects -- Canada -- Case studies
Political culture -- Canada -- Case studies
Community development -- Canada -- Case studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
Community development
Economic development projects
Political culture
Regionale Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Politische Kultur
Culture politique -- États-Unis.
Administration locale -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis.
Culture politique -- Canada.
Administration locale -- Aspect économique -- Canada.
Canada
United States
USA
Kanada
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Rosenfeld, Raymond A., author.
ISBN 9781452252131
1452252130
0761916911
9780761916918