Diversity and localism long have been two of the central non-economic objectives of communications policymaking. The purpose of this presentation is to articulate the specific policy goals inherent in these principles, in an effort to facilitate effective policymaking and – most important – rigorous and relevant policy analysis. To this end, this presentation will explore the underlying rationa...

In this paper, we examine the comparative effect of US and Canadian federalism on urban development using the differential impact of political capitals on city population. In the US, the Jeffersonian-Jacksonian tradition of states rights and localism was transformed into a more nationally centralized form of federalism during the Progressive Era, but states and localities continued to retain si...

Two emergent “green” forms of regional development are compared and contrasted in terms of a concept of sustainability that includes ecological, economic, and equity considerations. The green technopole is built around the ecological modernization of existing industries or the development of new environmentally oriented industries, and green localism is based on production for the regional econ...

Abstract Cultural institutions can play an important enabling and educative role in fostering strengthening democratic governance as they have a uniquely trusted position on the frontline of community democracy, civic agency learning. This chapter critically evaluates theory practice localism which has emerged disciplines public policy management, geography to examine that local cultural could ...

Public policy decisions are increasingly made by regional governance efforts that involve diverse decision makers from multiple government units within a geographic region. These decision-making bodies face competing pressures to represent regional and local interests. We study how decision makers balance preferences for regionalism and localism within metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)...

Reform in the People’s Republic of China has seen a dramatic change in the discourse of localism, which has now moved from being a political crime to being a technique for encouraging entrepreneurialism and economic development. One of the oft-cited arguments about the coincidence of economic growth and localism is that this might result in a weakening of central governments and even the agenda...

Two emergent “green” forms of regional development are compared and contrasted in terms of a concept of sustainability that includes ecological, economic, and equity considerations. The green technopole is built around the ecological modernization of existing industries or the development of new environmentally oriented industries, and green localism is based on production for the regional econ...