City politics : the political economy of urban America
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City politics : the political economy of urban America
Pearson Longman, c2008
6th ed
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme - that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity - the Sixth Edition of this text brings city politics of the global era into sharp focus by tracing the continuous development of urban America from the nation's founding to the present.
Table of Contents
1. The Evolution of City Politics of America: An Introduction.
I. THE STRUGGLE FOR PRIMACY AND POWER.
2. Growth and Governance: The Political Legacy of America's Urban Past.
3. Party Machines and the Immigrants.
4. The Reform Crusades.
II. THE URBAN CRISIS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
5. A New Era Opens: Race, Ethnicity, and National Politics
6. National Policy and the City/Suburban Divide
7. Urban Policy and the Politics of Race
8. The Rise of the Sunbelt.
III. THE FRACTURED METROPOLIS.
9. The Politics of Race and Ethnicity: The Cities
10. Enclave Politics: The Suburbs.
11. Governing the Sprawled Metropolis.
12. City Finances and the Dynamics of Growth.
13. The Fall and Rise of the Inner Cities
14. Governing in the Global Era
15. The Political Fault Lines of the Global Era.
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