Overview

Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities.   This sixth edition highlights the global scale of the changes and challenges confronting local leaders, and explores new issues in cities and suburbs that are altering the patterns of conflict and governance, including the privatization of public urban space, the economic effect of urban sprawl, immigration, terrorism and natural disasters.

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Author:   Paul P. Kantor ,  Dennis R. Judd
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   6th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780205745456

ISBN 10:   0205745458
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   13 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205251759
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface Introductory Essay: Governing the Metropolis in the Global Era PART 1: GLOBALIZATION AND THE ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE Chapter 1. The Political Economy of Urban Governance Editors' Essay: Entrepreneurial Cities Reading 1: Paul E. Peterson, The Interests of the Limited City Reading 2: Clarence N. Stone, Urban Regimes NEW - Reading 3: Elizabeth Strom, Rethinking the Politics of Downtown Development Chapter 2. Cities in a Global World Editors' Essay. The New Urban Economy and Local Politics Reading 4: H.V. Savitch and Paul Kantor, Cities in the International Marketplace Reading 5: Royce Hanson, Harold Wolman, David COnnolly, Katherine Pearson, Robert McManmon, Globalization and Leadership in American Cities Reading 6: Richard Foglesong, When Disney Comes to Town Reading 7: Paul Kantor and H.V. Savitch, Can Politicians Bargain with Business? Chapter 3. Development Politics and Urban Culture Editors' Essay. Cultural Strategies of Urban Development Reading 8: Richard Florida, The Power of Place: The Creative Class Reading 9: Elizabeth Strom, Culture, Art, and Downtown Development NEW - Reading 10: Kevin Fox Gotham, (Re)Branding the Big Easy PART 2: GOVERNING THE MULTI-ETHNIC METROPOLIS Chapter 4. The Cities: The Politics of Inter-Ethnic Bargaining NEW - Editors' Essay. The New Group Politics Reading 11: Thomas J. Sugrue, Racial Confrontation in Post-War Detroit Reading 12: Reuel Rogers, Minority Groups and Coalitional Politics NEW - Reading 13: Zoltan L. Hajnal, Black Incumbents and a Declining Racial Divide Chapter 5. The Suburbs: The Politics of Space, Race, and Ethnicity Editors' Essay. Immigration and the Spatial Mosaic of the Suburbs Reading 14: Rosalyn Baxandall and Elizabeth Ewen, New Immigrants in Suburbia NEW - Reading 15: Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. LeFurgy, THe Ethnic Diversity of Boomburgs Reading 16: Eric Avila, Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles NEW - Reading 17: Paul G. Lewis and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Police Practices in Immigrant-Destination Communities Chapter 6. Politics, Privatization and the Public Realm NEW - Editors' Essay. The Privatization of Urban Space 18 Reading 18: Margaret Kohn, The Mauling of Public Space NEW - Reading 19: Jon C. Teaford, The Spaces of Suburban Retailing Reading 20: Andrew Ross, Kinder, Gentler Government? NEW - Reading 21: H.V. Savitch, Cities in a Time of Terror PART 3: SPRAWL, FEDERALISM, AND THE DIVIDED METROPOLIS Chapter 7. The Politics of Metropolitan Regions NEW - Editors' Essay. The Debate Over Regional Governance Reading 22: Myron Orfield, Building Consensus Reading 23: David Rusk, Growth Management: The Core Regional Issue Reading 24: Fred Siegel, Is Urban Sprawl a Problem? Reading 25: Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton, The Region is the Neighborhood: Sprawl and the New Urbanism Chapter 8. Federal-City Relations and the Capacity to Govern Editors' Essay. Urban Politics in a Decentralized Federal System Reading 26: Pietro S. Nivola, Federal Prescriptions and City Problems Reading 27: Stephen D. Stehr, The Political Economy of Disaster Assistance NEW - Reading 28: Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas, Politics, Federalism and the Recovery Process in New Orleans

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