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

Contributor(s): Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958- | Rosenfeld, Raymond A | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012Description: xiv, 415 p. : illISBN: 9781409436553 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Urban policy -- United States -- Case studies | Urban policy -- Canada -- Case studies | Political culture -- United States -- Case studies | Political culture -- Canada -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.20973 LOC classification: HT123 | .C66 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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