Business Improvement Districts in the United States (eBook)

Private Government and Public Consequences

Abraham Unger (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2017
XIII, 206 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-32294-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This 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.

Abraham 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.

Inhalt

Preface1.Privatization in the Neighborhood2.The Structure of Bids: Public-Private Hybrids3.The Real Lives of BIDs4.How BIDs Behave: Publicness and Privateness in BID Organizational Life5.DSBS and BIDs: Advocacy, Not Oversight6.EpilogueReferences

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.11.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XIII, 206 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verwaltungsverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: BIDs • Business Improvement Districts • city planning • New York • public administration • Public-private Partnerships • urban politics • US politics
• ISBN-10: 3-319-32294-X / 331932294X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-32294-0 / 9783319322940