Privatism and urban policy in Britain and the United States / Timothy Barnekov, Robin Boyle, and Daniel Rich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnekov, Timothy K. (Timothy Kiel)

Contributor:

Boyle, Robin.

Rich, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy--Great Britain.

Urban policy.

Great Britain.

Urban policy--United States.

United States.

Privatization--Great Britain.

Privatization.

Privatization--United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 267 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Summary:

Demonstrating how cities in the United Kingdom appear to be following the American patterns of urban policy, even as far as the language used, this book compares urban policy and programs in both countries. The authors show that the parallels between these two approaches to urban policy rest on the market-oriented, small government and political foundations of both countries, but that these political similarities obscure significant differences that will make transatlantic urban policy and program transfer more difficult.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0198232756 :

0198232748

OCLC:

18989449