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Author:
Sharp, Elaine B.
Title:
Does local government matter? : how urban policies shape civic engagement / Elaine B. Sharp.
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
vii, 233 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Local government--United States.
Municipal government--United States.
Political planning--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
Political participation--United States--States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction. Government programs matter: political learning, policy feedbacks, and the policy-centered approach -- The participatory impacts of county governments' means-tested and universal social programs -- City government and neighborhoods: intentional empowerment and reactionary mobilization -- Community policing: a reform policy for police responsiveness -- City government, economic development incentives, and business influence -- The impact of development incentive policy reform: a case study -- Policy-centered theory and urban programs: community effects in a global context.
Series:
Globalization and community ; v. 19
ISBN:
0816677182 (pb : alk. paper)
9780816677184 (pb : alk. paper)
0816677085 (hc : alk. paper)
9780816677085 (hc : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)745766033
LCCN:
2011031778
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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