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Author : Susan S. Fainstein
Release : 1986
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Restructuring the City by : Susan S. Fainstein
Download or read book Restructuring the City written by Susan S. Fainstein. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clarence Nathan Stone
Release : 1987
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Urban Development by : Clarence Nathan Stone
Download or read book The Politics of Urban Development written by Clarence Nathan Stone. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past twenty years the study of urban politics has shifted from a predominant concern with political culture and ethos to a preoccupation with political economy, particularly that of urban development. Urban scholars have come to recognize that cities are shaped by forces beyond their boundaries. From that focus have emerged the views that cities are clearly engaged in economic competition; that market processes are shaped by national policy decisions, sometimes intentionally and sometimes inadvertently; and that the costs and benefits of economic growth are unevenly distributed. But what else needs to be said about the policies and politics of urban development? To supplement prevailing theories, The Politics of Urban Development argues that the role of local actors in making development decisions merits closer study. Whatever the structural constraints, politics still matters. Collectively the essays provide ample evidence that local government officials and other community actors do not simply follow the imperatives that derive from the national political economy; they are able to assert a significant degree of influence over the shared destiny of an urban population. The impact of the collection is to heighten awareness of local political practices and of how and why they make a difference.
Author : Mary Katherine Ludgin
Release : 1988
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Urban Redevelopment in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Denver by : Mary Katherine Ludgin
Download or read book The Politics of Urban Redevelopment in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, and Denver written by Mary Katherine Ludgin. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael A. Pagano
Release : 1997-09-05
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Cityscapes and Capital by : Michael A. Pagano
Download or read book Cityscapes and Capital written by Michael A. Pagano. This book was released on 1997-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors draw on comparative data from 10 medium sized cities and examine 40 city-supported development projects to show how city investment in, and regulation of, development projects is the most effective way for political leaders to control and shape the future of their city. 19 illustrations.
Author : Richardson Dilworth
Release : 2020-05-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development by : Richardson Dilworth
Download or read book How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development written by Richardson Dilworth. This book was released on 2020-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of international case studies that demonstrate the importance of ideas to urban political development Ideas, interests, and institutions are the "holy trinity" of the study of politics. Of the three, ideas are arguably the hardest with which to grapple and, despite a generally broad agreement concerning their fundamental importance, the most often neglected. Nowhere is this more evident than in the study of urban politics and urban political development. The essays in How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development argue that ideas have been the real drivers behind urban political development and offer as evidence national and international examples—some unique to specific cities, regions, and countries, and some of global impact. Within the United States, contributors examine the idea of "blight" and how it became a powerful metaphor in city planning; the identification of racially-defined spaces, especially black cities and city neighborhoods, as specific targets of neoliberal disciplinary practices; the paradox of members of Congress who were active supporters of civil rights legislation in the 1950s and 1960s but enjoyed the support of big-city political machines that were hardly liberal when it came to questions of race in their home districts; and the intersection of national education policy, local school politics, and the politics of immigration. Essays compare the ways in which national urban policies have taken different shapes in countries similar to the United States, namely, Canada and the United Kingdom. The volume also presents case studies of city-based political development in Chile, China, India, and Africa—areas of the world that have experienced a more recent form of urbanization that feature deep and intimate ties and similarities to urban political development in the Global North, but which have occurred on a broader scale. Contributors: Daniel Béland, Debjani Bhattacharyya, Robert Henry Cox, Richardson Dilworth, Jason Hackworth, Marcus Anthony Hunter, William Hurst, Sally Ford Lawton, Thomas Ogorzalek, Eleonora Pasotti, Joel Rast, Douglas S. Reed, Mara Sidney, Lester K. Spence, Vanessa Watson, Timothy P. R. Weaver, Amy Widestrom.
