From the Outside In : Suburban Elites, Third-Sector Organizations, and the Reshaping of Philadelphia

From the Outside In : Suburban Elites, Third-Sector Organizations, and the Reshaping of Philadelphia /

In From the Outside In, Carolyn T. Adams addresses the role of suburban elites in setting development agendas for urban municipalities and their larger metropolitan regions. She shows how major nongovernmental, nonmarket institutions are taking responsibility for reshaping Philadelphia, led by subur...

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Main Author: Adams, Carolyn Teich (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Regionalism > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
Nonprofit organizations > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
City planning > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
Urban renewal > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
City planning
Nonprofit organizations
Regionalism
Urban renewal
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : regionalism and the third sector
  • States create transportation authorities to cross local boundaries
  • Third sector organizations are re-shaping central cities
  • Ousiders reshape the educational landscape
  • Neighborhood nonprofits tap outside resources for development
  • Who governs the third sector?
  • Conclusion : harnessing the third sector to benefit the city.

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