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CONTINUED FROM FRONT FLAP Civic Culture and Urban Change summarizes the "solution …

The quest for a theoretical framework for understanding urban policy-making has been a
recurring focus of research into local governments. Civic culture is a means for …

This symposium presents a subset of findings from a larger multicity research project using a
single operational and methodological scheme to explore the nature of civic culture. The …

In this article, I analyze civic culture in Miami and demonstrate the ways in which this civic
culture shapes policy making in two different areas: economic development and public …

In this seminal work, the authors argue that there are distinct local factors that shape the
environment of economic development decision-making. These factors, taken together …

Despite local folklore, Chicago is not always a city that works. No longer the" Hog Butcher for
the World," the Windy City has, in recent decades, pursued economic growth at all costs--to …

This article examines the role of culture in the local urban development process through a
case study of recent proposals in Davis, California. The author argues that community …

This article lays out an argument that if the urban politics field has become marginalized, it is
because the field has neglected to develop a contemporary, theoretically grounded version …

Even as some observers criticise its insularity and excessive dependence on political
economy approaches, urban politics research has recently witnessed a profusion of studies …

The importance of a community's culture—a combination of its political, governmental,
economical, and social conditions—is believed important for understanding the power …