Reinventing Detroit: The Politics of Possibility

by Michael Peter Smith

Book Overview

This book addresses the questions of what went wrong with Detroit and what can be done to reinvent the Motor City. Various answers to the former-deindustrialization, white flight, and a disappearing tax base-are now well understood. Less discussed are potential paths forward, stemming from alternative explanations of Detroit's long-term decline and reconsideration of the challenges the city currently faces.

Urban crisis-socioeconomic, fiscal,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412856930
• ISBN13: 9781412856935
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"