MENAHEM, Gila <br/><br/>
Urban Civic Worlds :  a conceptual and empirical exploration 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> This article addresses the issue of local citizenship in the context of shifting urban structures. Drawing on the literature on modes of responses to local public policy based on Hirschman`s (1970) model of Exit, Voice and Layalty, the sutdy offers the concept of urban civic worlds as an explanatory concept for local citizenship behavioural manifestations. The hypotheses regarding urban civic worlds are tested in a survey in the city of Tel Avi. Eight types of urban civic worlds are examined. The implications of the multiplicity of urban civic worlds on the governance in localities is discussed