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American Urban Politics in a Global Age : The Reader
ISBN: 9780205553716 | 0205553710
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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In this thoroughly revised reader, two leading scholars bring together a collection of readings that highlight the most important trends in urban scholarship today. The engaging selections incorporated into "American Urban Politics in the Global Era" are arranged and presented within a clear thematic structure and with commentaries by the editors. In addition to the political economy perspective emphasized in previous editions of the reader, this new edition highlights the impact of globalization on urban politics and policy today. The historic... MORE
| Introductory | |
| Essay: Governing the Metropolis in the Global Era | |
| Globalization and the Economic Imperative | |
| The Politics of Urban Development | |
| Editors' Essay | |
| Entrepreneurial Cities | |
| The Imperative of Growth | |
| Urban Regimes | |
| The Urban Frontier | |
| Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares [NEW] | |
| C... MORE | |
| Editors' Essay | |
| The New Urban Economy | |
| The Great Transformation and Local Choices [NEW] | |
| When Disney Comes to Town | |
| Can Politicians Bargain with Business? | |
| The Political Economy of Urban Culture Editors' Essay | |
| Cultural Strategies of Urban Development | |
| The Power of Place: The Creative Class [NEW] | |
| Culture, Art, and Downtown Development | |
| Downtown Culture [NEW] | |
| Governing the Multi-Ethnic Metropolis | |
| The Cities: The Politics of Space, Race, and Ethnicity | |
| Editors' Essay | |
| The Cities: Confrontation and Accommodation | |
| Racial Confrontation in Post-War Detroit | |
| Minority Groups and Coalitional Politics | |
| Race and the Tourist Bubble | |
| The Suburbs:The Politics of Space, Race, and Ethnicity | |
| Editors' Essay | |
| Immigration and Seclusion in the New Suburbia | |
| Kinder, Gentler Government? [NEW] | |
| New Immigrants in Suburbia | |
| Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles [NEW] | |
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