City Politics: Private Power and Public Policy

by Judd, Dennis R.; Swanstrom, Todd

• ISBN13: 9780321129710
• ISBN10: 0321129717
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

Praised for its narrative style, strong research base, and distinctive themethat urban politics in the U.S. has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power and private purposesthe Fourth Edition of this number one text is completely revised throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
CHAPTER 1 The Politics of American Cities: An introduction	1	(8)
Growth, Governance, Secession	1	(2)
The Politics of Growth	3	(1)
The Politics of Governance	4	(1)
The Politics of Secession	5	(1)
Interweaving the Themes	6	(3)
PART 1 THE ENDURING ISSUES IN AMERICAN CITY POLITICS	9	(94)
CHAPTER 2 Growth and Governance: The Political Legacy of America's Urban Past	11	(34)
National Development and the Cities	11	(1)
The Urbanization of America	12	(2)
The Competition for Urban Growth	14	(31)
OUTTAKE: CITY-BUILDING HAS ALWAYS REQUIRED PUBLIC INVESTMENT	16	(5)
The Breakdown of Community: Industrialization	21	(3)
The Breakdown of Community: Transportation	24	(2)
The Breakdown of Community: Immigration	26	(5)
The Increasing Importance of Municipal Services	31	(6)
The Political Isolation of the Cities	37	(8)
CHAPTER 3 Party Machines and the immigrants	45	(25)
Machines and Machine-Style Politics	45	(1)
The Origins of Machine Politics	46	(4)
Did Machines "Get the Job Done"?	50	(1)
OUTTAKE: MACHINES HAD TWO SIDES	51	(4)
Were Machines Vehicles of Upward Mobility?	55	(3)
Did the Machines Help Immigrants Assimilate?	58	(2)
The Social Reform Alternative	60	(3)
Machine Politics in Today's Cities	63	(7)
CHAPTER 4 The Reform Crusades	70	(33)
The Motive for Reform	70	(1)
The Reform Environment	71	(3)
The Campaigns Against Machine Rule	74	(9)
OUTTAKE: MUNICIPAL REFORM WAS BIASED	75	(8)
"Efficiency and Economy" in Municipal Affairs	83	(5)
The Business Model	88	(2)
Commission and Manager Government	90	(3)
Did Reform Kill the Machines?	93	(2)
The Reform Legacy and the Politics of Representation	95	(8)
PART II NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE CITIES	103	(120)
CHAPTER 5 The New Deal Coalition and the Cities	105	(21)
The Changing Political Balance	105	(1)
The Political Isolation of the Cities	106	(1)
OUTTAKE: City Voters Became Important to the Democratic Party	106	(3)
The New Urban Consciousness	109	(2)
The Urban Wing of the Democratic Party	111	(2)
The Depression and the Cities	113	(5)
The Cities in the Intergovernmental System	118	(4)
The New Deal Legacy	122	(4)
CHAPTER 6 National Policy and the Divided Metropolis	126	(38)
National Policies and Urban Development	126	(1)
The Concern About Housing and Slums	127	(1)
OUTTAKE: SOME URBAN POLICIES REINFORCED DISCRIMINATION	128	(3)
The Struggle over Public Housing	131	(4)
Urban Renewal and Its Problems	135	(3)
The Urban Renewal Steamroller	138	(3)
Public Housing: Urban Renewal's Stepchild	141	(2)
The Legacy of Inner-City Programs	143	(1)
National Policy and the Suburbs	144	(5)
The Weak Policies of the Post-Civil Rights Era	149	(2)
The Suburban Bias in National Transportation Policies	151	(5)
The Damaging Effects of National Urban Policy	156	(8)
CHAPTER 7 The Rise and Fall of National Urban Policy	164	(38)
The Politics of National Urban Policy	164	(1)
The Democrats and the Cities	165	(1)
OUTTAKE: RACIAL DIVISIONS EVENTUALLY DOOMED URBAN PROGRAMS	166	(7)
The Great Society	171	(2)
The Republicans and the New Federalism	173	(6)
The Housing and Community Development Act	176	(3)
President Carter and the Democrats' Last Hurrah	179	(3)
Republicans and the End of Federal Assistance	182	(5)
Urban Enterprise Zones	186	(1)
Political Reality and Urban Policy	187	(6)
The Political Invisibility of the Cities	193	(9)
CHAPTER 8 The Rise of the Sunbelt	202	(21)
The Concept of the Sunbelt	202	(3)
The Rise of the Sunbelt	205	(1)
OUTTAKE: THE SUNBELT'S CONSERVATIVE BENT MAY COME UNDER CHALLENGE	206	(4)
Why the Sunbelt Boomed	210	(5)
The New Politics of Sunbelt Cities	215	(3)
Regional Convergence and National Politics	218	(5)
PART III THE FRACTURING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY	223	(187)
CHAPTER 9 The Fractured Metropolis	225	(37)
The Roots of the Urban Crisis	225	(1)
The Movement to the Central Cities	226	(2)
OUTTAKE: THE RACIAL DIVIDE IS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS	228	(6)
The Urban Crisis	234	(4)
The Suburban Movements	238	(10)
The Railroad and Streetcar Suburbs: 1815-1918	239	(2)
The First Automobile Suburbs: 1918-1945	241	(2)
The Bedroom Suburbs: 1946-1970's	243	(3)
Multiethnic Suburbs and the Rise of Residential Enclaves: 1970's-The Present	246	(2)
The New Immigrants	248	(8)
The Metropolitan Future: Segregation or Assimilation?	256	(6)
CHAPTER 10 The Politics of Secession	262	(28)
Carving Up the Metropolis	262	(1)
The Motive to Separate from the Cities	263	(1)
OUTTAKE: ATTEMPTS TO FORCE INTEGRATION HAVE FAILED	264	(4)
How Developers Shaped the Suburbs	268	(9)
Selling the American Dream	272	(2)
Enforcing Segregation	274	(3)
Suburban Governments and Zoning	277	(4)
The National Challenge to Exclusionary Zoning	281	(2)
The Costs of Exclusion	283	(7)
CHAPTER 11 Urban Sprawl and Regional Governance	290	(26)
The Sprawled Metropolis	290	(1)
The Concerns About Sprawl	291	(1)
OUTTAKE: THE COSTS OF SPRAWL ARE HOTLY DEBATED	292	(5)
Smart Growth	297	(6)
The New Urbanism	303	(4)
Reforming Metropolitan Governance	307	(4)
Whither Sprawl?	311	(5)
CHAPTER 12 City Finances and the Dynamics of Growth	316	(30)
Why City Budgets Are Political	316	(1)
Cities in the Intergovernmental System	317	(3)
City Revenues	320	(5)
City Expenditures	325	(5)
Cities for Sale: The Municipal Bond Market	330	(1)
OUTTAKE: INVESTORS HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT URBAN POLICY	331	(6)
The Powerful Fiscal Role of Special Authorities	337	(3)
Fiscal Fragmentation	340	(6)
CHAPTER 13 Reviving the Central Cities	346	(28)
An Urban Renaissance	346	(2)
The Decline and Recovery of Downtown	348	(3)
The Development of Tourism and Entertainment	351	(1)
OUTTAKE: BALTIMORE'S REVITALIZATION IS DEBATED	352	(17)
Convention Centers	355	(3)
Sports Stadiums	358	(4)
Festival Malls	362	(2)
Bubble Cities and Entertainment Complexes	364	(1)
Casino Gaming	365	(2)
Street Life and Urban Culture	367	(2)
The New Downtown Economies	369	(5)
CHAPTER 14 The Challenge of Governance	374	(32)
The Delicate Balancing Act	374	(2)
OUTTAKE: HAVE THE BENEFITS OF MINORITY INFLUENCE IN CITIES BEEN ENOUGH?	376	(1)
The Rise of the Neighborhood Organizing Movement	377	(3)
The Incorporation of Blacks and Latinos into City Politics	380	(10)
The Rewards of Political Incorporation	384	(6)
Neighborhood Organizations and Political Incorporation	390	(7)
Community Development Corporations	394	(3)
The Conservative Reaction	397	(4)
A Convergence of Styles	401	(5)
CHAPTER 15 The Emerging Metropolis	406	(4)
Downtown Revival	406	(1)
Opening the Suburbs	407	(3)
Index	410