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OverviewThis volume examines how government and administration in America's largest cities have changed between 1960 and 1990. Each chapter traces demographic and economic changes over this vital, and at times turbulent, thirty year period explaining what those changes mean for politics, policies and the general quality of life. Analytic and comparative chapters extract patterns and variations which emerge from the city profiles. Each profile addresses common issues in socio-economic, coalitional, institutional, process, values and policy changes in the following American cities: Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H . V. Savitch , John Clayton ThomasPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Volume: v. 38 Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.370kg ISBN: 9780803940314ISBN 10: 0803940319 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 06 September 1991 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction - John Clayton Thomas and H V Savitch Big City Politics, Then and Now Boston - Philip L Clay The Incomplete Transformation Philadelphia - Carolyn Teich Adams The Slide Toward Municipal Bankruptcy Chicago - Barbara Ferman Race and Reform Detroit - Wilbur Rich From Motor City to Service Hub St. Louis - Andrew Glassberg Racial Transition and Economic Development Atlanta - Arnold Fleischmann Urban Coalitions in a Suburban Sea Miami - Ronald K Vogel and Genie N L Stowers Minority Empowerment and Regime Change New Orleans - Robert K Whelan and Alma H Young The Ambivalent City Denver - Carter Whitson and Dennis Judd Boosterism versus Growth Houston - Robert E Parker and Joe R Feagin Administration by Economic Elites Los Angeles - Alan L Saltzstein and Raphael J Sonenshein Transformation of a Governing Coalition San Fransisco - Richard E DeLeon Post Materialist Populism in a Global City Seattle - Margaret Gordon et al Grassroots Politics Shaping the Environment Conclusion - H V Savitch and John Clayton Thomas End of the Millenium Big CityReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |