Public-Private Partnerships for Local Economic Development

NORMAN WALZER is Professor of Economics and Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. He is the author of numerous books, including Community Strategic Visioning Programs (Praeger, 1996).BRIAN D. JACOBS is Reader in Public Policy at Staffordshire University, England. He has published three books on urban policy issues and numerous articles.

• Preface Introduction and Overview by Norman Walzer and Brian D. Jacobs Economic Development Roles in American Cities: A Contextual Analysis of Shifting Partnership Arrangements by Susan E. Clarke Public-Private Partnerships in U. S. Cities by Norman Walzer and Lori York Bureaupolitics and Public-Private Partnerships in Economic Development in the British West Midlands by Brian D. Jacobs Measuring the Success of Partnership Endeavors by Dalia Lichfield Information Technology, Local Government, and the State: The Diffusion of New Technologies in Sweden by Jon Pierre Partnerships in Two European Cities by Hazel Duffy Regenerating South Yorkshire: How the Public Sector Dominates Business Partnerships in Britain by Jim A. Chandler Urban Revitalization Strategies and Public-Private Partnerships in German Cities by J:urgen Friedrichs Partnerships as Models of Economic Governance: A Regulationist Perspective by Martin Jones The Politics of Economic Development in a French Rural Area by Andy Smith Index