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100			_aWittwer, Stefan _943603
245			_aHow strong is local politics’ grip on local economic development? The case of Swiss small and medium-sized towns
260			_aUrban Affairs Review
300			_a59(2), Mar, 2023: p. 476-505
520			_aEconomic development directly manifests itself in the form of employment at the local level. This paper examines the ability of local politics to shape this development in a competitive federalist environment by examining how local party–political developments affect local economic development in Swiss small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs). Local economic development in the form of employment is a central local policy domain in federal and polycentric Switzerland. This paper argues that party–political influence is conditional on the characteristics of four distinguished economic sectors that differ in their dependence on the regional context. By analyzing the panel data of all Swiss SMSTs, the paper finds that local party–political developments only systematically precede growth in the residential economy, while regional processes determine the economic sectors in ambiguous ways. The grip of local politics on the development of export-oriented economies therefore is not guided by party–political development and more influential at regional levels. – Reproduced
650			_aSmall and medium-sized towns, Local politics, Local economic development, Regionalism, Multilevel governance. _940502
773			_aUrban Affairs Review
906			_aURBAN DEVELOPMENT
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