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Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities.
This sixth edition highlights the global scale of the changes and challenges confronting local leaders, and explores new issues in cities and suburbs that are altering the patterns of conflict and governance, including the privatization of public urban space, the economic effect of urban sprawl, immigration, terrorism and natural disasters.
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- Each chapter is introduced by an editor’s essay that places the readings into context and highlights their central ideas and findings.
- Division into three historical periods emphasizes both the changes and continuities in American urban politics over time.
- The reader is the perfect complement for Judd & Swanstrom's City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban American, 7/e, also available in a new edition (ISBN 0-205-73697-1)
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New Readings in the Sixth Edition:
Elizabeth Strom, Rethinking the Politics of Downtown Development
Kevin Fox Gotham, (Re)Branding the Big Easy
Zoltan L. Hajnal, Black Incumbents and a Declining Racial Divide
Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. LeFurgy, The Ethnic Diversity of Boomburgs
Paul G. Lewis and S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Police Practices in Immigrant-Destination Communities
Jon C. Teaford, The Spaces of Suburban Retailing
Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas, Politics, Federalism and the Recovery Process in New Orleans
Plus, three new Editors’ Essays: The New Group Politics, The Privatization of Urban Space, and The Debate over Regional Governance.
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- PublisherPearson
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0205745458
- ISBN 13 9780205745456
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number6
- Number of pages416
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