Community, Culture, and Economic Development: The Social Roots of Local Action (SUNY series, Democracy in American Politics) - Hardcover

Ramsay, Meredith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791427498 ISBN 13: 9780791427491

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1995

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Críticas

"This is a fascinating and sophisticated account of rural politics that is much more than anecdotal. The book is unique in applying theories developed in the study of urban policy (market, growth machine, regime) to the politics of rural places. The analysis rings true; it is both theoretically interesting and factually revealing. It may be the best account of small-town politics since the classic Small Town in Mass Society, written about 35 years ago by Vidich and Bensman." -- Alvin D. Sokolow, University of California, Davis

"On rare occasions a book has such depth of insight and freshness of presentation that it breaks down conventional distinctions among facts, values, and theory. Meredith Ramsay's account of two rural communities is such a study. It incorporates all three in a seamless account. This is a book about everyday people engaged in real struggles, and it never loses sight of the context in which they operate. Ramsay makes social and historical embeddedness come alive and inform in a way that few authors can." -- Clarence Stone, University of Maryland

Reseña del editor

A comparative study of economic development policy, and its relationship with local power structures and cultural and social relations, in two Maryland towns that have rejected development.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0791427498
• ISBN 13: 9780791427491
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184