Governing the Postindustrial City

by Marcus D. Pohlmann

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801306655
• ISBN13: 9780801306655
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 399 Pages

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Making Political Decisions

This critical introduction to contemporary American urban politics examines governmental instituions in a lively, analytical framework. Centering on the evolution of these political systems and the roles of the actors that occupy them, the text explores the social and economic contexts within which a city's political decisioons are made - especially how the interrelatiionship of these societal and fiscal realities affects the distribution of political power. Governing the Postindustrial City: - Gives a thorough interdisciplinary overview of the structures of urban politics. economic development and redevelopment, and the relationship between cities and the federal government. - Emphasizes how postindustrial developments have changed the distribution of political power in American cities. - Offers a separate section on policy alternatives. - Covers a wide range of cities, among them Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Dallas, Detroit, Phoenix, Cleveland, Tampa and New Orleans. - Presents a strong treatment of minority politics in urban areas. - Includes information on the relationship of the suburbs to the cities. - Fetures as innovative urban crisis simulation. - from book's back cover