Cities, Politics, and Policy - A Comparative Analysis

Informationen zum Autor John P. Pelissero is professor of political science and Interim President at Loyola University Chicago. He is the editor of Cities, Politics, and Policy: A Comparative Analysis (CQ Press, 2003). His most recent research on cities has appeared in Public Administration Review and Urban Affairs Review. Klappentext Just because Milwaukee isn't Manhattan, doesn't mean that those urban centers face completely unique challenges. Through effective comparative analysis of key issues in urban studies--how city managers share power with mayors, how spending policies affect economic development, and how school politics impact education policy--students can clearly see how scholars discern patterns and formulate conclusions to offer theoretical and practical insights from which all cities can benefit.Pelissero brings together an impressive team of contributors to explore variation among cities through case studies and cross-sectional analyses. Each author synthesizes the field's seminal literature while explaining how urban leaders and their constituents grapple with everything from city council politics to conflict and cooperation among minority groups. Authors identify both key trends and gaps in the scholarship, and help set the research agenda for the years to come. Lively case material will hook your students while the accessible presentation of empirical evidence make this reader the comprehensive and sophisticated text you demand.Through comparative analysis of key issues in urban studies - how city managers share power with mayors, how spending policies affect economic development, and how school politics impact education policy - this title lets students see how scholars discern patterns and formulate conclusions to offer theoretical and practical insights. Inhaltsverzeichnis School Politics in Urban Areas - Kenneth Wong Urban Services - David N. Ammons Suburban and Metropolitan Politics - Mark Baldassare Economic Development Politics - Richard D. Bingham City Managers and the Urban Bureaucracy - Robert E. England Suburban and Metropolitan Politics - Eric Oliver City Councils - John P. Pelissero and Timothy B. Krebs Minority Group Politics - Dianne Pinderhughes The Intergovernmental Environment - Michael Rich Political Participation in Cities - Elaine Sharp Mayoral Politics - Lana Stein Politics of Revenue and Spending Policies - Robert M. Stein Urban Regimes and Power in Cities - Clarence Stone ...

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• Authors: John P (Loyola University Pelissero, John P. Pelissero, John P. (Loyola University Pelissero
• Assisted by: John P. Pelissero (Editor), Pelissero John P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2002
• EAN: 9781568026862
• ISBN: 978-1-56802-686-2
• No. of pages: 335
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Urban & municipal planning, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Central government policies, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies