Collaborative governance for urban revitalization
Subtitle: lessons from empowerment zones
By: Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker
Contributors: Stoker, Robert Phillip, 1954- author
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780801479120; 9780801452505
Subjects: Urban renewal; Enterprise zones; Government policy
Description: The authors confront the puzzle of why the outcomes achieved by the original Empowerment Zones varied so widely given that each city had the same set of federal policy tools and resources and comparable neighborhood characteristics. Their analysis shows that revitalization outcomes are best explained by the quality of local governance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Federal aid and the cities; title: Good governance; title: Revitalization strategies and programs; title: Local governance structures and processes; title: What happened in EZ neighborhoods?; title: Atlanta's empowerment zone; title: Baltimore's empowerment zone; title: Explaining revitalization outcomes.