The Risk of Regional Governance: Cultural Theory and Interlocal Cooperation (Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy)
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 113823575X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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He applies his sociocultural collective action framework to analyze social and cultural factors to understand why political and civic leaders engage in, or avoid engagement in, local cooperative and collaborative governance processes. Beyond more evidence that agreements and consolidations are not all about the costs, his sociocultural collective action model advocates a theoretical turn that may nurture more politically viable structural reforms for a variety of public services.'- Kurt Thurmaier, Presidential Engagement Professor and Chair, Northern Illinois University. 'Thomas Skuzinski uses a study of local government land use planning in Michigan, specifically the metropolitan areas of Grand
The Risk of Regional Governance builds a sociocultural collective action framework, and supports it with rich survey and interview data from hundreds of local elected officials serving in the suburbs of Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. How do these local officials think? Why do they only sometimes cooperate? What kind of governance do they choose in the face of persistent problems?The Risk of Regional Governance offers a new perspective on these questions. It is a story of the Rust Belt, of how local officials think about their community and the region, andmost importantlyof how we might craft policies that can overcome biases against regional governance.. Drawing on theory from sociology and anthropology, it argues that many of the most important cooperative decisions local officials makethose about land use planning and regulationare driven by heuristic, biased reasoning driven by cultural values. Creating metropolitan regions that are more e
He holds doctoral and master degrees from the University of Michigan, and a law degree from Michigan State University. Thomas Skuzinski is Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech University. His work uses a sociological institutionalist lens to examine how the rules, norms, and cultures in which l