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Understanding Urban Politics - Institutions, Representation, and Policies

English · Hardback

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This is first new urban politics text in several decades. The book uses the most recent research and other sources to explore how political institutions, participation and representation, and policy making have affected - and will continue to influence - the development, condition, and governance of urban America.

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Preface
About the Authors

Part 1: Laying the Groundwork

Chapter 1: Studying Urban Politics
·First Things First: What is 'Urban,' Anyway?
·What's Different about Local Government and Politics?
·Types of U.S. Local Governments and What They Do
·The World of Local Governments

Chapter 2: The Development of Urban America through World War II
·History as a Lens for Understanding Urban Politics
·Pre-industrial Cities
·Urban Development from the 1870s to World War I
·The 1920s through World War II

Chapter 3: Urban Development after World War II
·Suburbanization and Minority Concentration in Central Cities
·Postwar Urban Development and Politics
·New Urban Regions and Groups in the Late 20th Century
·Urban Development in the 21st Century

Part 2: Local Institutions

Chapter 4: Dealing with Other Governments at the National, State, and Local Levels
·Local Governments in the American Federal System
·State Limits on Local Governments
·Federal Efforts to Influence Local Governments
·Dealing with Other Governments

Chapter 5: Local Legislatures
·Institutional Context of Local Legislatures
·The Functions of City Councils
·Representing Constituents

Chapter 6: Mayors and Executives
·The Context of Mayoral Leadership
·Mayoral Leadership: Formal and Informal Sources of Powers
·City Managers and Administrators
·The Urban Bureaucracy
·Local Constitutional Officers

Part 3: Participation and Representation in Local Politics

Chapter 7: Elections and Voting
·Urban Electoral Process
·Voter Turnout in Urban Elections
·Voter Choice in Urban Elections

Chapter 8: Candidates and Campaigns
·From Group-Based to Candidate-Centered Elections
·Institutional Context of Urban Candidates and Campaigns
·Urban Campaigns

Chapter 9: Non-Voting Forms of Participation
·Non-Voting Forms of Participation in Urban Politics
·Citizen Contacting
·Political Parties and Urban Interest Groups
·Political Campaigning
·Protests and Rebellions
·Voting with Your Feet

Part 4: Local Government Policies

Chapter 10: Local Government Policy Making and Services
·The Policy Process
·Types of Policies
·Providing Local Services
·Alternative Service Methods

Chapter 11: Local Government Finances
·Local Government Spending
·Local Government Revenue Sources
·Local Government Budgeting

Chapter 12: Building the City: Economic Development, Land Use, & Housing Policies
·Economic Development Policies
·Land Use
·Housing
·Critical Issues in the Shaping of Urban America

Chapter 13: Policies to Promote Quality of Life
·Public Safety
·Environmental Policies
·Urban Amenities
·Morality Politics: Battling over Community Values

Glossary
Index

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By Timothy B. Krebs and Arnold Fleischmann

Summary

This is first new urban politics text in several decades. The book uses the most recent research and other sources to explore how political institutions, participation and representation, and policy making have affected – and will continue to influence – the development, condition, and governance of urban America.

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