386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies.
The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Europe and the United States and covers such issues as 'non-decision making' and the... Read more
Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives
Introduction
1. Power, interests and causality
2. Housing, class interests and political action
3. The new urban politics
4. The question of the local state
Part 2: Empirical Applications
5. The local authority
6. The deep south
7. Participation and protest
8. Business interests and local policy
9. The sociology of urban politics research
Biography
Peter Saunders
