People & Politics in Urban America

ISBN-13: 9781138459298 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018

Robert W. Kweit

Opis

This revised textbook for courses on urban politics challenges the notion that the field is dominated by political economy, showing that despite the undeniable importance of economic issues, citizens do play a significant part in urban politics.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; I: The Urban Environmental Context; 2: From Small Town to City; 3: The Development of Cities; 4: The New Immigration; II: Agenda Setting and Policy Formulation of Urban Issues; 5: Urban Actors; 6: Mechanisms of Citizen Control; III: Adoption, Implementation, and Evaluation of Urban Policy; 7: Structures of Government; 8: Urban Officials; 9: Metropolitanism; 10: Financing the City; 11: Implementation, Evaluation, and Reform; IV: Policy Arenas; 12: Developmental Policy; 13: Quality-of-Life Issues; 14: Redistributive Policy; 15: Epilogue

O autorze

Robert W. Kweit, Mary G. Kweit