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7%OFFElaine B. Sharp - Does Local Government Matter?: How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement - 9780816677184 - V9780816677184
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Does Local Government Matter?: How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement

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Description for Does Local Government Matter?: How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement Paperback. Series: Globalization and Community. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 b&w photos, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JPHV; JPRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.

Until recently, policy evaluation has mostly meant assessing whether government programs raise reading levels, decrease teen pregnancy rates, improve air quality levels, lower drunk-driving rates, or achieve any of the other goals that government programs are ostensibly created to do. Whether or not such programs also have consequences with respect to future demands for government action and whether government programs can heighten—or dampen—citizen involvement in civic activities are questions that are typically overlooked.

This book applies such questions to local government. Employing policy feedback theory to a series of local government programs, Elaine B. Sharp shows that these programs do have ... Read more

With this clear-eyed analysis, Sharp finds that local governments’ social program activities actually dampen participation of the have-nots, while cities’ development programs reinforce the political involvement of already-privileged business interests. Meanwhile, iconic urban programs such as community policing and broader programs of neighborhood empowerment fail to enhance civic engagement or build social capital at the neighborhood level; at worst, they have the potential to deepen divisions—especially racial divisions—that undercut urban neighborhoods.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Globalization and Community
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816677184
SKU
V9780816677184
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About Elaine B. Sharp
Elaine B. Sharp is professor of political science at the University of Kansas. She is the author of several books, including Morality Politics in American Cities.

Reviews for Does Local Government Matter?: How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement
"In this probing and innovative study, Elaine B. Sharp explores how local governments, through policies ranging from social welfare to community policing, affect participation by citizens. Her nuanced and sophisticated analysis extends and challenges what scholars know about the impact of policies on the quality of democracy. Sharp’s findings are sobering: government closest-to-home appears, in many ways, to exacerbate political ... Read more

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