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1. Comparative civic culture : theory and methods -- 2. Categorizing civic cultures : testing a typology of local civic culture -- 3. Inclusive/bureaucratic cities : Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Vancouver -- 4. Partnerships in Pittsburgh : civic cultures and organizational capacities : case study / by Louise A. Jezierski -- 5. Civic culture in Ottawa : the endurance of local culture : case study / by Laura A. Reese, Raymond A. Rosenfeld, and Davia C. Downey -- 6. Vancouver : the sustainable city : case study / by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly -- 7. Market-active and passive cities : Charlotte, Calgary, Cleveland, Louisville -- 8. Civic culture and corporate regime in Louisville : case study / by H.V. Savitch, Takashi Tsukamoto, and Ronald K. Vogel -- 9. A perpetual crisis : Cleveland's unfinished, changing, and incomplete civic agenda : case study / by Mittie David Jones and Jessica Faist-Witt -- 10. Civic culture as a policy premise : appraising Charlotte's civic culture : case study / by Hunter Bacot -- 11. Civic culture in Calgary : the oil and developers' land : case study / by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly -- 12. Individualistic cities : Dallas and Miami -- 13. A tale of two cities : civic culture and public policy in Miami : case study / by Juliet F. Gainsborough -- 14. The civic culture of Dallas, Texas : case study / by Alicia C. Schortgen, and Richard K. Scotch -- 15. Conclusion : a theory of local civic culture.

This article examines local economic development goals and policies in Canada and the United States during a 7year period. The analysis is based on surveys of cities with a population greater than 10,000 in the two countries conducted in 1994 and 2001, allowing for an assessment of the extent of change versus stability in overall approach toward economic development. Economic development priorities in both U.S. and Canadian cities have remained relatively stable, focusing most heavily on traditional economic development strategies. Cities in both countries are tightening their focus on a traditional package of policies and thus appear to be institutionalizing their approaches. Whereas U.S. cities manifest a more passive role for government, Canadian cities reflect a more active role through partnerships that require an active professional staff.

Analyzes metropolitan consolidation of multiple cities into a new city, focusing on experience of the former city of Gloucester in the Ottawa-Carleton region of Ontario, Canada; 1999-2001, chiefly.

This article raises questions about several key assumptions about business involvement in local policy making generally and in local development policy specifically. At issue is the nature and extent of systemic business influence and the nature of public policies that result. Based on data from a survey of 350 cities in Canada and the United States and nine case studies, the authors conclude that business interests are not unitary nor cohesive within cities, the composition and nature of the private sector is not uniform across cities, and that differentiated patterns of business input and policy output can result. The authors ultimately argue that a broader perspective is needed to fully portray the variety of public/private relationships present in cities than the prevalent growth machine or development regime frameworks suggest. The broader construct of local civic culture is provided as a more contextual basis for understanding the myriad roles businesses play in local economic development policy processes.

"In this work, the authors argue that there are distinct local factors that shape the environment of economic development decision making. These factors, taken together, constitute a community's local civic culture. Using survey and case study data from U.S. and Canadian cities, the authors make the case that different cultures will produce different types of economic development policies, and that local civic culture will affect the whole array of local policies." "The focus on economic development policy provides a window on local decision making and allows for the development of a theory, introduced by the authors, about the role of local civic culture in framing local decisions of all types. This ultimately provides a theoretical vehicle for categorizing cities and predicting policy outcomes. The book concludes with an overview of what is known about the economic development process and highlights the questions raised about that knowledge by the analyses used here and the focus on civic cultures. New research questions are posed and new directions are raised for continued application of a local civic culture approach toward understanding urban policy processes."--BOOK JACKET