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Business Improvement Districts in the United States: Private Government and Public Consequences
Abraham Unger
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Description for Business Improvement Districts in the United States: Private Government and Public Consequences
hardcover. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPP; KCP; KCU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 416.
This book examines how privatization has transformed cities, particularly through the role of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the revitalization of America’s downtown. These public-private partnerships between property owners and municipal government have developed retail strips across the United States into lifestyle and commercial hubs. BIDs are non-profit community organizations with the public power to tax and spend on services in their districts, but they are unelected bodies often operating in the shadows of local government. They work as agents of economic development, but are they democratic? What can we learn from BIDs about the accountability of public-private partnerships, and ... Read more
This book examines how privatization has transformed cities, particularly through the role of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the revitalization of America’s downtown. These public-private partnerships between property owners and municipal government have developed retail strips across the United States into lifestyle and commercial hubs. BIDs are non-profit community organizations with the public power to tax and spend on services in their districts, but they are unelected bodies often operating in the shadows of local government. They work as agents of economic development, but are they democratic? What can we learn from BIDs about the accountability of public-private partnerships, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319322933
SKU
V9783319322933
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99-15
About Abraham Unger
Abraham Unger is Assistant Professor of Government and Director of Urban Programs at Wagner College, USA, and Senior Research Fellow at the Carey Institute for Government Reform. Unger is a member of the Staten Island Borough President’s Strategic Policy Advisory Committee.
Reviews for Business Improvement Districts in the United States: Private Government and Public Consequences
“Abraham Unger provides readers with a new lens for understanding the inner workings of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). … The author’s in-depth analysis and methodological approach to reviewing New York BIDs will serve countless practitioners and academics studying internal complexities of BIDs and the role of government and private sector and may ultimately lead to improved levels of accountability and ... Read more