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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elaine B. SharpPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9780816677085ISBN 10: 0816677085 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 23 February 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction. Government Programs Matter: Political Learning, Policy Feedbacks, and the Policy-Centered Approach 1.The Participatory Impacts of County Governments’ Means-Tested and Universal Social Programs 2.City Government and Neighborhoods: Intentional Empowerment and Reactionary Mobilization 3.Community Policing: A Reform Policy for Police Responsiveness 4.City Government, Economic Development Incentives, and Business Influence 5.The Impact of Development Incentive Policy Reform: A Case Study 6.Policy-Centered Theory and Urban Programs: Community Effects in a Global Context Appendix A: The Study Cities and their 2000 Populations Appendix B: Additional Detail on Content Analysis Procedures and Coding Rules Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsIn 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 inequality, amplifying the voice of the powerful and stifling that of the less advantaged. --Suzanne Mettler, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Programs Undermine American Democracy <p> 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 inequality, amplifying the voice of the powerful and stifling that of the less advantaged. --Suzanne Mettler, The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Programs Undermine American Democracy Author InformationElaine 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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