02426nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10529451 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110727s2012 vtua sb 001 0 eng d 2011030812 9781409436546 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781409436553 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)785778050 n-us--- n-cn--- HT123 .C66 2012eb 306.20973 23 Comparative civic culture [electronic resource] : the role of local culture in urban policy-making / edited by Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. Rosenfeld. Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2012. xiv, 415 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Comparative civic culture: theory and methods -- Categorizing civic cultures: testing a typology of local civic culture -- Inclusive/bureaucratic cities: Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Vancouver -- Partnerships in Pittsburgh: civic cultures and organizational capacities -- Civic culture in Ottawa: the endurance of local culture -- Vancouver: the sustainable city -- Market-active and passive cities: Charlotte, Calgary, Cleveland, Louisville -- Civic culture and corporate regime in Louisville -- A perpetual crisis: Cleveland's unfinished, changing, and incomplete civic agenda -- Civic culture as a policy premise: appraising Charlotte's civic culture -- Civic culture in Calgary: the oil and developers' land -- Individualistic cities: Dallas and Miami -- A tale of two cities: civic culture and public policy in Miami -- The civic culture of Dallas, Texas -- Conclusion: a theory of local civic culture. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Urban policy United States Case studies. Urban policy Canada Case studies. Political culture United States Case studies. Political culture Canada Case studies. Electronic books. local Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958- Rosenfeld, Raymond A. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10529451 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 233716 233716