The Civic Culture of Local Economic Development

In this seminal 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 effect the whole array of local policies.

Laura A. Reese, a political scientist, is Professor in the Urban Planning Program and a Fellow in the Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs, at Wayne State University Raymond A. Rosenfeld is Professor of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University