The civic culture of local economic development - Reese, Laura A. (Laura Ann), 1958-; Rosenfeld, Raymond A. (Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; London : Sage Publications, 2002)
1. Local Civic Culture: The Missing Determinant? -- 2. Civic Culture and Theories of Local Governance -- 3. A Blended Methodological Approach -- 4. Quantitative Measures of Local Civic Culture -- 5. Modeling Local Economic Development Policy -- App. to Ch. 5. The Environment of Local Economic Development -- 6. Categories of Local Civic Culture -- 7. The "Strong Mayor" Cases: Romulus and Coshocton -- 8. The Inclusive Cases: Oakville and Fairborn -- 9. The Active-Elite Cases: Cadillac, Kettering, and Gloucester -- 10. The Passive-Elite Cases: Cornwall and Allen Park -- 11. Comparing Categories of Civic Culture: Linking the Methodologies -- 12. The Civic Culture of Local Economic Development: Considering Past and Future Research.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Economic development projects -- United States -- Case studies; Political culture -- United States -- Case studies; Community development -- United States -- Case studies; Economic development projects -- Canada -- Case studies; Political culture -- Canada -- Case studies; Community development -- Canada -- Case studies