Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, CHAPTER 1. Introduction, PART I. The Urban Environmental Context, CHAPTER 2. From Small Town to City, CHAPTER 3. The Development of Cities, CHAPTER 4. The New Immigration, PART II. Agenda Setting and Policy Formulation of Urban Issues, CHAPTER 5. Urban Actors, CHAPTER 6. Mechanisms of Citizen Control, PART III. Adoption, Implementation, and Evaluation of Urban Policy, CHAPTER 7. Structures of Government, CHAPTER 8. Urban Officials, CHAPTER 9. Metropolitanism, CHAPTER 10. Financing the City: Federal, State, and Local Roles, CHAPTER 11. Implementation, Evaluation, and Reform, PART IV: Policy Arenas, CHAPTER 12. Developmental Policy: Land-use Regulation, Economic and Community Development, and Transportation, CHAPTER 13. Quality-of-Life Issues: Education and Crime Control, CHAPTER 14. Redistributive Policy: Welfare and Housing, CHAPTER 15. Epilogue, Glossary, Index