1st Edition

Politics, Planning and the City

By Michael Goldsmith Copyright 2007
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

Politics, Planning and the City is designed to introduce the complex political processes and problems of the modern city. The author begins by setting the theoretical context and discusses models of democracy, power and the nature of policy. Next he examines change and the city, by focusing on actual decision-making. Three major policy areas affecting the city - housing, planning and the... Read more

1. Political theory, political practice and public policy in the city

2. Analysing city politics

3. Environmental change and the city

4. Changes in city politics 1: the reactions of the political community

5. Changes in city politics 2: the regime and the authorities

6. Policy arena 1: housing 

7. Policy arena 2: planning

8. Policy arena 3: social services

9. Policy consequences and policy solutions
 

 

Biography

Goldsmith, Michael