The Ungovernable City: The Politics of Urban Problems and Policy Making

by Douglas Yates

Book Overview

"We confront an urban wilderness more formidable and resistant and in some ways more frightening than the wilderness faced by the pilgrims or the pioneers." What Robert Kennedy warned in 1966 is, ten years later, more starkly true than ever. As controversies about American cities rage, this critique takes a hard, unflattering look at the urban plight. Those who expect facile answers, utopian visions, or panaceas should, however, be cautioned: the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262240203
• ISBN13: 9780262240208
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.