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OverviewThis 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 how they impact our lives as citizens? Unger explores these questions of local democracy and urban political economy in this age of rampant privatization and the reinvention of neighborhoods. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Abraham UngerPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2017 Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 3.896kg ISBN: 9783319322933ISBN 10: 3319322931 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 21 November 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Privatization in the Neighborhood .- 2. The Structure of Bids: Public-Private Hybrids .- 3. The Real Lives of BIDs .- 4. How BIDs Behave: Publicness and Privateness in BID Organizational Life .- 5. DSBS and BIDs: Advocacy, Not Oversight .- 6. Epilogue.ReviewsAbraham 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 transparency in BIDs and improved models of governance in PPPs. (Haris Alibasic, Public Administration Review, Vol.78 (1), 2018) Climate change, far from being a distant problem that will plague future generation, is with us already. ... Capturing this to enable political action is both challenging and essential. Flaherty does an excellent job of making these debates both more precise and more accessible. (Marx and Philosophy, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, February, 2019) 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 transparency in BIDs and improved models of governance in PPPs. (Haris Alibasic, Public Administration Review, Vol.78 (1), 2018) Author InformationAbraham 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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