1st Edition
The Dependent City Revisited The Political Economy Of Urban Development And Social Policy
By Paul Kantor
Copyright 1995
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Here is a book that makes sense of the L.A. riots, homelessness, tax giveaways, and the other big urban issues that are back in the national spotlight. In this streamlined and updated new edition of his classic book, The Dependent City , Paul Kantor now focuses on economic development and social welfare policies to reveal the key dilemmas of American urban politics. Returning to a political... Read more
Preface -- The Dependent City and Urban Politics -- The Emergence of the Dependent City: Mercantile Democracy -- Industrial Democracy: The Independent City -- The Postindustrial Political Economy: The New Dependent City -- Urban Entrepreneurship: The Mainstream of Community Development -- The Politics of Decline and Conversion: Central Cities -- Growth and Dependency: The Politics of Suburbia and the Sunbelt -- The Governmentalization of Inequality -- Can Dependent Cities Redistribute? -- The Future of the Dependent City
Biography
Paul Kantor is professor of political science at Fordham University.
