From the outside in : suburban elites, third-sector organizations, and the reshaping of Philadelphia / Carolyn T. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Carolyn Teich, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Regionalism.

Nonprofit organizations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Nonprofit organizations.

City planning--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

City planning.

Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.

Urban renewal.

Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.)--Politics and government.

Philadelphia Suburban Area (Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In From the Outside In, Carolyn T. Adams addresses the role of suburban elites in setting development agendas for urban municipalities and their larger metropolitan regions. She shows how major nongovernmental, nonmarket institutions are taking responsibility for reshaping Philadelphia, led by suburban and state elites who sit on boards and recruit like-minded suburban colleagues to join them. In Philadelphia and other American cities, Third Sector organizations have built and expanded hospitals, universities, research centers, performing arts venues, museums, parks, and waterfronts, creating whole new districts that are expanding outward from the city's historic downtown. The author draws on three decades of scholarship on Philadelphia and her personal experience in the city's nonprofit world to argue that suburban elites have recognized the importance of the central city to their own future and have intervened to redevelop central city land and institutions. Suburban interests and state allies have channeled critical investments in downtown development and K-12 education. Adams contrasts those suburban priorities with transportation infrastructure and neighborhood redevelopment, two policy domains in which suburban elites display less strategic engagement. From the Outside In is a rich examination of the promise and difficulty of governance that is increasingly distinct from elected government and thus divorced from the usual means of democratic control within an urban municipality.

Contents:

Introduction : regionalism and the third sector

States create transportation authorities to cross local boundaries

Third sector organizations are re-shaping central cities

Ousiders reshape the educational landscape

Neighborhood nonprofits tap outside resources for development

Who governs the third sector?

Conclusion : harnessing the third sector to benefit the city.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801471841

0801471842

9780801479984

0801479983

9780801471858

0801471850

OCLC:

1080550394