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Examining Chicago as a model for urban economic development in the post-World War II era, Joel Rast challenges the conventional belief that structural economic change has forced cities to concentrate resources on downtown revitalization efforts in order to remain fiscally viable. Rast argues instead that cities face multiple economic development choices and that politics play a fundamental role in deciding among them. During the late 1950s, a coalition of city officials and downtown business leaders initiated planning efforts that would help reshape central Chicago into a modern mecca of...

Modelled on post-war Chicago, this study of urban economic development argues that cities have many choices for economic development and that a major part in these decisions is played by politics. The author uses research to show the effects local administrations have had on urban based industry.