Southern City Politics: Redefining the Study of Urban Politics and New Issues in the U.S. South

by Sarita McCoy Gregory

Recent scholarship in American urban politics focuses on suburban, metropolitan, and national policies towards urban areas. But to what degree do contemporary urban settings in the South fit models of urban studies and politics? Do we need a new urban political theory to capture the unique qualities of southern cities? How has each southern city approached its particular issues through imaginative reconstruction, offering a prescription that involves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138013749
• ISBN13: 9781138013742
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages