Sharp, Elaine B. <br/><br/>
Does local government matter? :  how urban policies shape civic engagement / 
Elaine B. Sharp. 
 - Minneapolis :  University of Minnesota Press,  2012. 
 - vii, 233 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Globalization and community ;  v. 19 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Government programs matter: political learning, policy feedbacks, and the policy-centered approach -- The participatory impacts of county governments' means-tested and universal social programs -- City government and neighborhoods: intentional empowerment and reactionary mobilization -- Community policing: a reform policy for police responsiveness -- City government, economic development incentives, and business influence -- The impact of development incentive policy reform: a case study -- Policy-centered theory and urban programs: community effects in a global context. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816677085 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816677184 (pb : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011031778 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Local government--United States.<br/>Municipal government--United States.<br/>Political planning--United States.<br/>Urban policy--United States.<br/>Political participation--States.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS331  / .S46 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.8/50973