American Urban Politics in a Global Age : The Reader

by Kantor, Paul P.; Judd, Dennis R.

• ISBN13: 9780205745456
• ISBN10: 0205745458
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-21
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today,American Urban Politicsprovides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities. This sixth edition highlights the global scale of the changes and challenges confronting local leaders, and explores new issues in cities and suburbs that are altering the patterns of conflict and governance, including the privatization of public urban space, the economic effect of urban sprawl, immigration, terrorism and natural disasters.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Editors' Introductory Essay: Governing the Metropolis in the Global Era	p. 1
Globalization and the Economic Imperative
The Political Economy of Urban Governance	p. 7
Editors' Essay Entrepreneurial Cities	p. 7
The Interests of the Limited City	p. 9
Urban Regimes	p. 18
Rethinking the Politics of Downtown Development	p. 32
Cities in a Global World	p. 47
Editors' Essay The New Urban Economy and Local Politics	p. 47
Cities in the International Marketplace	p. 49
Globalization and Leadership in American Cities	p. 61
When Disney Comes to Town	p. 72
Can Politicians Bargain with Business?	p. 75
Development Politics and Urban Culture	p. 89
Editors' Essay Cultural Strategies of Urban Development	p. 89
The Power of Place: The Creative Class	p. 90
Culture, Art, and Downtown Development	p. 104
(Re)Branding the Big Easy	p. 115
Governing the Multiethnic Metropolis
The Cities: The Politics of Interethnic Bargaining	p. 124
Editors' Essay The New Group Politics	p. 124
Racial Confrontation in Postwar Detroit	p. 126
Minority Groups and Coalitional Politics	p. 139
Black Incumbents and a Declining Racial Divide	p. 161
The Suburbs: The Politics of Space, Race, and Ethnicity	p. 175
Editors' Essay Immigration and the Spatial Mosaic of the Suburbs	p. 175
New Immigrants in Suburbia	p. 177
The Ethnic Diversity of Boomburbs	p. 184
Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles	p. 194
Police Practices in Immigrant-Destination Communities	p. 204
Politics, Privatization, and the Public Realm	p. 222
Editors' Essay The Privatization of Urban Space	p. 222
The Mauling of Public Space	p. 224
The Spaces of Suburban Retailing	p. 238
Cities in a Time of Terror	p. 243
Sprawl, Federalism, and the Divided Metropolis
The Politics of Metropolitan Regions	p. 258
Editors' Essay The Debate over Regional Governance	p. 258
Building Consensus	p. 260
Growth Management: The Core Regional Issue	p. 266
Is Urban Sprawl a Problem?	p. 281
The Region Is the Neighborhood: Sprawl and the New Urbanism	p. 290
Federal-City Relations and the Capacity to Govern	p. 296
Editors' Essay Urban Politics in a Decentralized Federal System	p. 296
Federal Prescriptions and City Problems	p. 298
The Political Economy of Disaster Assistance	p. 315
Politics, Federalism, and the Recovery Process in New Orleans	p. 320
Notes	p. 333
References	p. 363
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