Urban Web Politics, Policy, and Theory

Name: Urban Web Politics, Policy, and Theory
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ISBN: 9780830414581

ISBN-10: 0830414584

ISBN-13: 9780830414581

Edition: 2nd 1998 (Revised)

Authors: Lawrence J. Herson, John M. Bolland

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Two eminent scholars of urban politics present a fresh analysis of politics and policy in American cities. The central metaphor of the book is the "Urban Web"--the complex system of relationships among history, economics, demographics, geography, psychology, race, relations, and government policy. This web responds to every push or pull, and profoundly affects teh outcome of policy. The book presents ten theories of urban politics showing how each theory provides only a part of the overall picture. The authors provide new interpretations of political topics while attempting to convey the experience of two veteran observers of the American urban political scene.

Book details

List price: $73.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Wadsworth
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English




The Urban Web


The Urban jWEb: An Introduction



An Almanac of Cities



Theories of Urban Politics



A Backward Glance



The politics of Urban Development: The Development of Urban Politics



The Rulers and The Ruled



Political Rules and Political Realites in the City



Forms of Municipal Government and Formal Participants in the Urban Political Process



Informal Citizen Participation in Local Politics



Power in the City



Urban Politics and Policy: Context and Constraints



The Styles and stages of Urgan Policy



Policy Styles and Stages Continued: Entrepreneurs and Agendas



An Even Larger Web: Cities,States, and The Nation



Beyond the Central City: Cities, Their Suburbs, and Their States



Cities and the National Government



Urban Finance and Service Delivery



Urban Finance: A Prelude to the Urban Service Delivery Saga



Growth, Decline, and Resurgence of Urban Service Delivery: 1945 to the Present



Challenges for The Future



Poverty and the Urban Underclass



Urban Services, Market Considerations, and the Underclass



Reinventing the City: Policy and Reform at the Turn of the Century


Epilogue: Looking to the Future



The Shape of Things to Come