Terry Nichols Clark

Urban Innovation

Creative Strategies for Turbulent Times

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do cities innovate in the face of fiscal austerity? Based on survey data from the Fiscal Austerity and Innovation Project this book reassesses theories of political leadership and government decisionmaking, exploring how various cities have made innovations over the past decade and reviewing 33 specific strategies. The turbulence of the past two decades is critical in reshaping our ways of thinking about how governments work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 361g
• ISBN-13: 9780803938014
• ISBN-10: 0803938012
• Artikelnr.: 37041006

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Turbulence and Innovation in Urban America - Terry Nichols
Clark
PART ONE: OLD CLEAVAGES AND NEW LEADERS
Race and Class versus the New Political Culture - Terry Nichols Clark
Containing Cleavages - Rowan A Miranda
Parties and Other Hierarchies
PART TWO: MAKING FUNDAMENTAL POLICY CHOICES
The Antigrowth Machine - Terry Nichols Clark and Edward G Goetz
Can City Government Control, Limit or Manage Growth
Growth and Decline of City Government - Rowan A Miranda and Norman Walzer
PART THREE: COPING IN LEAN YEARS II:
MAKING FUNDAMENTAL POLICY CHANGES
Cuts, Cultures, and City Limits in Reagan¿s New Federalism - Cal Clark and
Oliver Walter
Contracting Out - Rowan A Miranda
A Solution with Limits
Innovations That Work - Terry Nichols Clark
A Menu of Strategies