The Contested City

by Mollenkopf, John H.

• ISBN13: 9780691022208
• ISBN10: 0691022208
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-11-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Over the last five decades American cities have been transformed as profoundly and tumultuously as they were during the industrial revolution. In contrast to that earlier era, this contemporary transformation has been stimulated and guided by governmental intervention. John H. Mollenkopf analyzes the government programs and the supporting political coalitions that made this intervention possible. His book shows how the success of these programs, developed largely by urban liberal Democrats, led to new conflicts that ultimately undermined urban development policy.

Author Biography

John H. Mollenkopf is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Graduate School of the City University of New York

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. vii
List of Figures	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
Overview of the Argument	p. 12
The New Deal and After: The Political Determination of Federal Urban Policy	p. 47
The Conservative Response to Democratic Urban Program Expansion and the Construction of an Alternative Policy Emphasis	p. 97
Forging Progrowth Coalitions in Urban Politics: Boston and San Francisco	p. 139
Consequences of the Neighborhood Revolt against Renewal	p. 180
Contrasting Paths Toward the Postindustrial City: The Northeast Versus the Southwest	p. 213
Rebuilding Progrowth Politics?	p. 254
Notes	p. 301
Index	p. 325
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