American Urban Politics in a Global Age

by Kantor, Paul; Judd, Dennis R

• ISBN13: 9780205251759
• ISBN10: 0205251757
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

Updated in its 7thedition, American Urban Politicsprovides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities. Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today this seventh edition examines the ability of highly autonomous local governments to grapple with the serious challenges of recent years, challenges such as the stresses of the lingering economic crisis, and a series of recent natural disasters.

Author Biography

Paul Kantor is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Fordham University in New York City. His teaching and research interests include American and comparative politics, public policy, urban politics and economic development in the United States and Western Europe, and urban political economy.

Dennis Judd is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a leading contributor to the literature on urban political economy, urban economic development, national urban policy, and urban revitalization.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Editors' Introductory Essay: Governing the Metropolis in the Global Era	p. 1
Globalization and the Economic Imperative
Studying Urban Governance in a Global Age	p. 8
The Interests of the Limited City	p. 10
Urban Regimes	p. 20
The Regime Moment: The Brief but Storied Career of Urban Regimes in American Cities	p. 35
The New Urban Economy and Local Politics	p. 47
Cities in the International Marketplace	p. 48
Globalization and Leadership in American Cities	p. 62
Rethinking the Politics of Downtown Development	p. 73
The Politics of Urban Development	p. 91
Why Do Cities Decline?	p. 93
Culture, Art, and Downtown Development	p. 107
Can Politicians Bargain with Business?	p. 120
"Re-stating" Theories of Urban Development	p. 133
Governing the Multiethnic Metropolis
The Cities: Governing Factional Polities	p. 156
Minority Groups and Coalitional Politics	p. 159
Black Incumbents and a Declining Racial Divide	p. 184
Paradoxes of Integration	p. 198
As Mayors Take Charge: School Politics in the City	p. 214
The Suburbs: Politics in a Changing Political Landscape	p. 226
Immigration and the New Metropolitan Geography	p. 228
Right to the Suburb?	p. 251
The Ethnic Diversity of Boomburbs	p. 275
Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles	p. 287
The Politics of Urban Resilience
Fiscal Strain and Reform in a Federal System	p. 298
City Futures: Economic Crisis and the American Model of Urban Development	p. 300
Fiscal Stress Faced by Local Governments	p. 312
City Fiscal Conditions in 2011	p. 323
Sprawl and Regional Solutions	p. 332
Building Consensus	p. 334
Growth Management	p. 340
Is Urban Sprawl a Problem?	p. 356
The Politics of Urban Resilience	p. 364
Cities in a Time of Terror	p. 366
The Political Economy of Disaster Assistance	p. 383
Politics, Federalism, and the Recovery Process in New Orleans	p. 389
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