Comparative civic culture
Subtitle: the role of local culture in urban policy-making
By: by Laura A. Reese and Raymond A. Rosenfeld
Contributors: Rosenfeld, Raymond A.
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781409436546; 9781409436553
Subjects: Political culture; Case studies; Urban policy
Description: Civic culture is a means for understanding how municipal policy-makers weigh the interests of different groups, govern the local community, frame local goals, engage in decision-making, and ultimately select and implement public policies. This book explores the nature of civic culture in cities in the US and Canada.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Comparative civic culture: theory and methods; title: Categorizing civic cultures: testing a typology of local civic culture; title: Inclusive/bureaucratic cities: Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Vancouver; title: Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities; title: Civic culture in Ottawa: the endurance of local culture; title: Vancouver: the sustainable city; title: Market-active and passive cities: Charlotte, Calgary, Cleveland, Louisville; title: Civic culture and corporate regime in Louisville; title: A perpetual crisis: Cleveland's unfinished, changing, and incomplete civic agenda; title: Civic culture as a policy premise: appraising Charlotte's civic culture; title: Civic culture in Calgary: the oil and developers' land; title: Individualistic cities: Dallas and Miami; title: A tale of two cities: civic culture and public policy in Miami; title: The civic culture of Dallas, Texas; title: Conclusion: a theory of local civic culture.