Business Improvement Districts in the United States : Private Government and Public Consequences.
Unger, Abraham, 1968-
2016
JA1-92
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Title Business Improvement Districts in the United States : Private Government and Public Consequences.
Author Unger, Abraham, 1968-
ISBN 9783319322940
331932294X
9783319322933
3319322931
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32294-0.
Imprint Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-32294-0. doi
Call Number JA1-92
Dewey Decimal Classification 320
Summary 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.
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Dedication ; Preface; Contents; List of Figures ; Chapter 1: Privatization in€the€Neighborhood; Public-Private Partnerships: The€Case of€Business Improvement Districts; The Question of€BIDs and€Local Democracy; Literature and€Case Studies; Private Government Theory: Private Organizations Are Governments; Voluntary Associations: Private Governments Without Democracy; Privatization Theory: The€Benchmarks of€Privateness; Public Administration Theory: The€Benchmarks of€Publicness; Approaches; Notes; Chapter 2: The Structure of€Bids: Public-Private Hybrids; Why Organizational Structure Matters.

How BIDs Blend Publicness and€Privateness: Formal StructurePublicness and€Privateness: Criteria; Accountability; Scope of€Mission; Autonomy; Comparative Survey; CIDs, TIFs, SADs, and€BIDs: A€Question of€Aims; CIDs and€BIDs: Similar Except in€Outlook; BIDs and€Current Trends in€Urban Public-Private Partnerships: TIFs, SADs, and€the€Love of€Private Money; Conclusions: The€Extremely Public and€Private Lives of€BIDs; Notes; Chapter 3: The Real Lives of€BIDs; Introduction; Approach; Grand Central Partnership; The Corporate BID; Union Square Partnership; The Neighborhood BID; The 47th Street BID.

The Industry BIDColumbus Avenue BID; The Retail BID; The North Flatbush Avenue BID; The Activist BID; The White Plains Road BID; The Mom-and-Pop BID; Conclusions: Implications of€BID Diversity; Notes; Chapter 4: How BIDs Behave: Publicness and€Privateness in€BID Organizational Life; Mission and€Activities; Decision-Making; Constituency Relations; Fundraising; Understanding BID Behaviors; Hypotheses; Budget Size; Organizational Culture; Analytical Structure; Case Studies: Findings; Scope of€Mission and€Activities; Decision-Making Norms; Constituency Relations; Fundraising Strategies.

Budget or Culture?Why BIDs Behave the€Way They Do; Budget: Not the€Cause, but the€Symptom; Mission and€Activities; Decision-Making Norms; Constituency Relations; Fundraising; Summary and€Conclusions; Culture: Self-Image Is Everything; Mission and€Activities; Decision-Making Norms; Constituency Relations; Fundraising; Summary and€Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 5: DSBS and€BIDs: Advocacy, Not Oversight; The Mechanics of€Municipal Oversight; Grand Central Partnership; Union Square Partnership; 47th Street BID; Columbus Avenue BID; North Flatbush Avenue BID; White Plains Road BID.

Advocacy, Not OversightExplanations; DSBS: Always the€Promoter and€Still the€Overseer; Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 6: Epilogue; Theoretical Possibilities: Publicness and€Privateness Illuminated; Notes; References; Interviews; Index.

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