| Description |
xiv, 415 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Urban policy -- United States -- Case studies.
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Urban policy -- Canada -- Case studies.
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Political culture -- United States -- Case studies.
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Political culture -- Canada -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958-
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Rosenfeld, Raymond A.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781409436546 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9781409436553 (electronic bk.) |
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