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STROM . "RETHINKING THE POLITICS OF DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT" Journal of urban affairs [0735-2166] 30 (2008). 37-61.
ABSTRACT: In the political science literature, downtown redevelopment has long been seen as the project of a region's economic elites. But in recent years, large corporations, banks, and department stores have in many cases abandoned central business districts, and downtowns are now more likely to be developed as centers of entertainment and culture, or as residential districts. This article posits that changing downtown land uses are accompanied by changes in the downtown influence structure, with nonprofit sector and real estate industry leaders now dominating downtown business organizations.
tagged downtown regime_theory urban_studies city_planning redevelopment economic_development
by jn
...on 23-JAN-08
Title The Political Economy of Urban Regimes: A Comparative Perspective
Author Kantor, Paul; Savitch, H. V.; Haddock, Serena Vicari
Affiliation Fordham University [Kantor]; University of Louisville [Savitch]; University of Pavia (Italy) [Haddock]
Source Urban Affairs Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 348-377, January 1997
Author Kantor, Paul; Savitch, H. V.; Haddock, Serena Vicari
Affiliation Fordham University [Kantor]; University of Louisville [Savitch]; University of Pavia (Italy) [Haddock]
Source Urban Affairs Review, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 348-377, January 1997
Abstract
The authors suggest how regime politics is influenced in systematic ways by particular kinds of bargaining environments. They describe a theoretical framework designed to examine the interplay of local democratic development, market environments, and intergovernmental networks on regime dynamics in eight cities in Western Europe and the United States since the 1970s. The authors explain how structural forces influence critical aspects of local regimes, particularly their governing coalitions, means of public-private coordination, and prevailing policy agendas on economic development.