Collaborative governance for urban revitalization : lessons from empowerment zones / Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rich, Michael J., author.

Stoker, Robert P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enterprise zones--United States.

Enterprise zones.

Urban renewal--Government policy--United States.

Urban renewal.

Urban renewal--Georgia--Atlanta.

Urban renewal--Maryland--Baltimore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For more than one hundred years, governments have grappled with the complex problem of how to revitalize distressed urban areas. In 1995, the original urban Empowerment Zones (Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia) each received a 00 million federal block grant and access to a variety of market-oriented policy tools to support the implementation of a ten-year strategic plan to increase economic opportunities and promote sustainable community development in high-poverty neighborhoods. In Collaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization, Michael J. Rich and Robert P. Stoker confront the puzzle of why the outcomes achieved by the original Empowerment Zones varied so widely given that each city had the same set of federal policy tools and resources and comparable neighborhood characteristics. The authors' analysis, based on more than ten years of field research in Atlanta and Baltimore and extensive empirical analysis of EZ processes and outcomes in all six cities shows that revitalization outcomes are best explained by the quality of local governance. Good local governance makes positive contributions to revitalization efforts, while poor local governance retards progress. While policy design and contextual factors are important, how cities craft and carry out their strategies are critical determinants of successful revitalization. Rich and Stoker find that good governance is often founded on public-private cooperation, a stance that argues against both the strongest critics of neoliberalism (who see private enterprise as dangerous in principle) and the strongest opponents of liberalism (who would like to reduce the role of government).

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Federal Aid and the Cities

2. Good Governance

3. Revitalization Strategies and Programs

4. Local Governance Structures and Processes

5. What Happened in EZ Neighborhoods?

6. Atlanta's Empowerment Zone

7. Baltimore's Empowerment Zone

8. Explaining Revitalization Outcomes

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780801470905

0801470900

9781336208094

1336208090

9780801470912

0801470919

OCLC:

880499177