@article{1358141,
      author = {Unger, Abraham,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358141},
      title = {Business Improvement Districts in the United States :  Private Government and Public Consequences.},
      publisher = {Springer International Publishing,},
      abstract = {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.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32294-0.},
      recid = {1358141},
      pages = {1 online resource (212 pages)},
      address = {Cham :},
      year = {2016},
}