Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Maclin, Stephen Alexander.
URN	etd-02262007-100005
Title	A democratic governance approach to urban economic development policymaking
Degree	PhD
Department	Public Administration and Policy
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Goodsell, Charles T. Committee Chair Dudley, A. Larkin Committee Member Keller, Lawrence F. Committee Member Wamsley, Gary L. Committee Member Wolf, James F. Committee Member
Keywords	Municipal government United States Case studies Municipal government United States Urban policy United States Case studies. Urban policy United States Urban economics Urban economics Case studies
Date of Defense	1994-06-05
Availability	restricted
Abstract This dissertation contributes to the literature on urban development politics. It takes a normative ideal, democratic urban governance, out of the esoteric realm of academic debate and applies it to a critical case study which concerns the most financially consequential area of urban policy, that of urban economic development. The principal elements of democratic urban governance are described, examined, and reconstructed as a framework for evaluating the policy making potentials in the present case. Beyond its academic contribution, this dissertation provides developmental policy makers with an intellectually sound basis for considering, more candidly and more directly, issues concerning democracy and governance.
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