City Politics

by Judd,Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780205032464
• ISBN10: 020503246X
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Updated in its 8th Edition, City Politics argues that the politics of growth, the politics of governance, and enclave politics are the three imperatives that dissolve the past and present into a singular, continuous narrative.  Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme - that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity - City Politics  remains a classic study of urban politics.

Author Biography

Judd and Swanstrom argue that the politics of growth, the politics of governance, and enclave politics are the three imperatives that dissolve the past and present into a singular, continuous narrative. Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme-that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity-City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Evolution of City Politics in America: An Introduction	p. 1
Three Themes	p. 1
Economic Growth and Community Identity	p. 2
Racial and Ethnic Politics	p. 5
The Fragmented Metropolis	p. 7
The Challenge of Urban Governance	p. 9
The Origins of American Urban Politics: The First Century	p. 13
The Legacy of America's Urban Past	p. 14
National Development and the Cities	p. 14
Outtake: City Building Has Always Required Public Efforts	p. 15
A Century of Urban Growth	p. 16
Interurban Rivalries	p. 20
Industrialization and Urban Community	p. 25
The Immigrant Tide	p. 30
The Capacity to Govern	p. 35
The Limited Powers of Cities	p. 41
Party Machines and the Immigrants	p. 49
Machines and Machine-Style Politics	p. 49
Outtake: Machines Had Two Sides	p. 51
The Origins of Machine Politics	p. 53
Did Machines ôGet The Job Doneö?	p. 56
Were Machines Vehicles of Upward Mobility?	p. 60
Did the Machines Help Immigrants Assimilate?	p. 63
The Social Reform Alternative	p. 65
Ethnic Politics in Today's Cities	p. 68
The Reform Crusades	p. 76
The Reformers' Aims	p. 76
Outtake: Municipal Reform Was Aimed at Immigrants	p. 78
The Fertile Environment for Reform	p. 79
The Campaigns Against Machine Rule	p. 82
ôEfficiency and Economyö in Municipal Affairs	p. 89
The Business Model	p. 94
Commission and Manager Government	p. 96
Did Reform Kill the Machines?	p. 100
The Reform Legacy	p. 101
The Battles Continue	p. 105
Urban Voters and the Rise of a National Democratic Majority	p. 111
City and Nation in the Twentieth Century	p. 111
Outtake: Urban Ethnics Became a Mainstay of the Democratic Party	p. 112
A New Political Consciousness	p. 113
The Changing Political Balance	p. 116
The Depression and the Cities	p. 119
Cities Gain a Voice	p. 124
The Urban Programs of the New Deal	p. 128
The New Deal Legacy	p. 132
The Urban Crisis of the Twentieth Century	p. 137
The City/Suburban Divide	p. 138
A Century of Demographic Change	p. 138
Outtake: Anti-Immigrant Passions Have Reached a Fever Pitch	p. 139
Streams of Migration	p. 141
Racial Conflict in the Cities: The Postwar Era	p. 147
The Emergence of a New Kind of Poverty	p. 149
The Suburban Exodus	p. 153
The Romantic Suburban Ideal: 1815-1918	p. 153
The Automobile Suburbs: 1918-1945	p. 156
The Bedroom Suburbs: 1946-1970s	p. 158
The Multiethnic Metropolis	p. 161
Has the Urban Crisis Disappeared?	p. 167
National Policy and the City/Suburban Divide	p. 177
The Unintended Consequences of National Policies	p. 177
Outtake: Highway Programs Contributed to the Decline of the Cities	p. 178
The Politics of Slum Clearance	p. 179
How Local Politics Shaped Urban Renewal	p. 181
Racial Segregation and ôThe Projectsö	p. 186
National Policy and Suburban Development	p. 189
Suburbs, Highways, and the Automobile	p. 196
The Damaging Effects of National Policies	p. 201
Federal Programs and the Divisive Politics of Race	p. 207
The Brief Life of Inner-City Programs	p. 207
Outtake: Racial Divisions Eventually Doomed Urban Programs	p. 208
The Democrats and the Cities	p. 210
The Republicans and the New Federalism	p. 216
President Carter and the Democrats' Last Hurrah	p. 217
Republicans and the End of Federal Assistance	p. 219
Political Reality and Urban Policy	p. 224
The Cities' Fall from Grace	p. 226
The End of Urban Policy	p. 228
The Rise of the Sunbelt	p. 234
A Historic Shift	p. 234
Outtake: The Electoral College Favors the Sunbelt	p. 235
The Concept of the Sunbelt	p. 236
Regional Shifts	p. 239
Why the Sunbelt Prospered	p. 242
The New Politics of Sunbelt Cities	p. 246
Regional Convergence and National Politics	p. 250
The Fractured Metropolis	p. 257
The Rise of the Fragmented Metropolis	p. 258
Metropolitan Turf Wars	p. 258
Outtake: There Is a Debate about Gated Communities	p. 259
How the Suburbs Became Segregated	p. 261
Selling the American Dream	p. 265
The Imperative of Racial Segregation	p. 267
Walling Off the Suburbs: Incorporation	p. 271
Walling Off the Suburbs: Zoning	p. 274
The Challenge to Exclusionary Zoning	p. 278
The New Face of Enclave Politics	p. 281
Governing the Fragmented Metropolis	p. 287
The Problem of Regional Governance	p. 287
Outtake: The Costs of Sprawl Are Hotly Debated	p. 288
The New Urban Form	p. 290
The Concerns about Sprawl	p. 292
A History of Metropolitan Reform	p. 297
The New Regionalism	p. 302
Smart Growth	p. 305
The New Urbanism	p. 309
The Prospect for Reform	p. 314
The Metropolitan Chase	p. 320
The Regional Battleground	p. 320
Outtake: Hundreds of Little Hoovers Make the Economic Crisis Worse	p. 321
Cities in the U.S. Federal System	p. 323
Where the Money Comes From	p. 325
Where the Money Goes	p. 331
The Municipal Bond Market	p. 336
The Rise of Special Authorities	p. 341
Fiscal Politics and Federalism	p. 344
The Renaissance of the Metropolitan Center	p. 350
The Recovery of the Central Cities	p. 350
Outtake: Baltimore's Revival Is Debated	p. 351
The Decline of Downtown	p. 353
Globalization and the Downtown Renaissance	p. 356
The New Urban Culture	p. 359
Tourism and Entertainment	p. 361
Convention Centers	p. 363
Sports Stadiums	p. 366
Malls, Entertainment, and Lifestyle Complexes	p. 370
Casino Gaming	p. 374
The Politics of Tourism	p. 375
Old and New Downtowns	p. 377
Governing the Divided City	p. 385
A Delicate Balancing Act	p. 385
Outtake: Multiethnic Coalitions Are Hard to Keep Together	p. 387
Assessing the State of Urban Governance	p. 388
The Rewards of Political Incorporation	p. 392
Neighborhood Organizing and the Urban Agenda	p. 398
Community Development Corporations	p. 401
The Conservative Reaction	p. 404
A Convergence of Styles	p. 408
City and Metropolis in the Global Era	p. 414
Politics in a Time of Change	p. 414
The New (but Actually Old) Growth Politics	p. 415
The Delicate Art of Urban Governance	p. 416
The Politics of the Fragmented Metropolis	p. 417
Index	p. 420
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