1st Edition
People and Politics in Urban America, Second Edition
488 Pages
by
Routledge
488 Pages
by
Routledge
488 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1998. Approximately 75 percent of Americans live in cities and surrounding suburbs, and the characteristics of those cities inescapably affect the quality of their lives. This book examines the extent to which these Americans use the political process to control the characteristics of life in their metropolises. In addition, this second edition revision places great emphasis on the role of political leaders, while recognising the interdependence between those leaders and various interests in the city.
Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, CHAPTER 1. Introduction, PART I. The Urban Environmental Context, CHAPTER 2. From Small Town to City, CHAPTER 3. The Development of Cities, CHAPTER 4. The New Immigration, PART II. Agenda Setting and Policy Formulation of Urban Issues, CHAPTER 5. Urban Actors, CHAPTER 6. Mechanisms of Citizen Control, PART III. Adoption, Implementation, and Evaluation of Urban Policy, CHAPTER 7. Structures of Government, CHAPTER 8. Urban Officials, CHAPTER 9. Metropolitanism, CHAPTER 10. Financing the City: Federal, State, and Local Roles, CHAPTER 11. Implementation, Evaluation, and Reform, PART IV: Policy Arenas, CHAPTER 12. Developmental Policy: Land-use Regulation, Economic and Community Development, and Transportation, CHAPTER 13. Quality-of-Life Issues: Education and Crime Control, CHAPTER 14. Redistributive Policy: Welfare and Housing, CHAPTER 15. Epilogue, Glossary, Index
Biography
Kweit, Robert W.; Kweit, Mary G.
