Comparative Civic Culture

The Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making

AvLaura A. Reese,Raymond A. Rosenfeld

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The quest for a theoretical framework for understanding urban policy-making has been a recurring focus of research into local governments. 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. While it seems that culture 'matters' in local policy making, how to measure culture in a valid and replicable fashion presents a significant challenge which the authors address in this book. They present their findings of a large multi-city research project to explore the nature of civic culture in cities in the US and Canada. The focus of their analysis is on three overarching 'systems' of community power system, the community value system, and the community decision-making system. The authors address a number of questions around the nature of civic culture and the relationships between the three systemic elements of civic culture, to refine and apply a more sophisticated theory of urban policy-making.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt:800 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:434
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138271128

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

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Laura A. Reese, Director, Global Urban Studies Program and Professor, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, USA; Raymond A. Rosenfeld, Professor, Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, USA

Recensioner i media

'Just as people have individual personalities, cities have different cultures, which account for variations in how they define and deal with issues. Not only does Comparative Civic Culture provide an enlightening conceptualization of civic culture, but it also relies on a rigorous methodology to examine its multiple manifestations as well as its impact on municipal policy-making.' Pierre Filion, University of Waterloo, Canada 'The theoretical framework developed in Comparative Civic Culture enables local political cultures to be systematically compared and will go a long way toward bringing political culture back to the center of the scientific study of urban politics and policy.' Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA

Innehållsförteckning

1: Part 1; 1: Comparative Civic Culture; 2: Categorizing Civic Cultures; 2: Part 2; 3: Inclusive/Bureaucratic Cities; 4: Partnerships in Pittsburgh; 5: Civic Culture in Ottawa; 6: Vancouver; 3: Part 3; 7: Market-Active and Passive Cities; 8: Civic Culture and Corporate Regime in Louisville; 9: A Perpetual Crisis; 10: Civic Culture as a Policy Premise; 11: Civic Culture in Calgary; 4: Part 4; 12: Individualistic Cities; 13: A Tale of Two Cities; 14: The Civic Culture of Dallas, Texas; 15: Conclusion

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