Does local government matter? : how urban policies shape civic engagement / Elaine B. Sharp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Elaine B.

Series:

Globalization and community ; v. 19.

Globalization and community ; v. 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--United States.

Local government.

Municipal government--United States.

Municipal government.

Political participation--United States--States.

Political participation.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unlike other feedback theory investigations, which tend to focus on federal government programmes, this book looks at a broad range of policy at the local level, including community policing programmes, economic development for businesses, and neighbourhood empowerment programmes. The book suggests that local governments' social programme activities actually dampen participation of the have-nots, while cities' development programmes reinforce the political involvement of already-privileged business interests.

Contents:

Introduction. Government programs matter: political learning, policy feedbacks, and the policy-centered approach

The participatory impacts of county governments' means-tested and universal social programs

City government and neighborhoods: intentional empowerment and reactionary mobilization

Community policing: a reform policy for police responsiveness

City government, economic development incentives, and business influence

The impact of development incentive policy reform: a case study

Policy-centered theory and urban programs: community effects in a global context.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4797-X

0-8166-8145-7

0-8166-7718-2

OCLC:

833584713