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Issues, actors, and policy environments: a comparative case study on arts, sports, and gambling strategies for urban economic development

Paschal, Katherine Shawn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407486520

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2007, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Arts Policy and Administration.
This thesis is a comparative case study on arts, sports, and gambling as strategies for urban revitalization. It is an exploratory look at the issues, actors, and policy environments of each strategy noting similarities and differences and how these transfer into either strengths or weaknesses of the strategy in relation to the urban environment. I created a three lens framework to assess these areas in the literature review. The three lenses are advocacy issues and messages, stakeholders, and policy environments. I present research literature on arts, sports, and gambling initiatives with a brief discussion following each initiative incorporating the concepts of the framework. My hypothesis that is being tested is whether or not coalition building efforts by arts advocates could increase the likelihood of their inclusion in urban economic development plans versus maintaining a traditional stakeholder base and using new economic benefit arguments. In the final two chapters, I provide the results of the three analyses on the research literature which are content analysis, stakeholder analysis, and process analysis. I have created a general list of issues and actors that appeared in at least two of the strategies. Each strategy received a positive score if the research cited positive arguments, a negative score if negative evidence was found, or a zero if issue did not apply. The same scoring system was used in both the content analysis and stakeholder analysis results. The results from these analyses served as a foundation for my policy analysis. The concluding results confirmed that a primary weakness in arts advocacy arguing for inclusion in urban economic development plans is its coalition gap stemming from a deficiency of stakeholders from the business sector. Sports and gambling were shown to have stakeholders from the business sector or urban regimes, but not from the community at large. With a more complete coalition, I conclude in my thesis that the arts will be better equipped to advocate economic benefits along with inherent public value.
Margaret Wyszomirski (Advisor)
Wayne Lawson (Committee Member)
121 p.
Public Policy

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  • Paschal, K. S. (2007). Issues, actors, and policy environments: a comparative case study on arts, sports, and gambling strategies for urban economic development [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407486520

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Paschal, Katherine. Issues, actors, and policy environments: a comparative case study on arts, sports, and gambling strategies for urban economic development. 2007. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407486520.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Paschal, Katherine. "Issues, actors, and policy environments: a comparative case study on arts, sports, and gambling strategies for urban economic development." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407486520

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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