The CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States

Author Christine Kelleher Palus - Richardson Dilworth

Publisher CQ Press

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Author

Christine Kelleher Palus - Richardson Dilworth

Publisher

CQ Press

Volume

Copyright

2016

ISBN13

9781483350028

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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TBD

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Overview

This guide is a useful tool to research urban politics and policy in the United States. The guide's thematic and narrative structure allows students to dip into a topic in urban politics for deeper historical and comparative context than would be possible in either an A-to-Z encyclopedia entry or in an urban studies course text. The guide includes a compilation of relevant topical data, a timeline on major historical developments, and biographical information on relevant historical figures.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Summary Contents.
Contents.
List of Illustrations.
About the Editors.
Contributors.
Introduction.
The Origins of Urban Politics and Policy.
1: Cities and Urbanization in the United States: A Statistical Overview.
2: Cities in the Early Republic.
3: Industrial Cities1.
4: Neoliberal Cities.
The Urban Political Landscape.
5: Political Parties and Elections.
6: Political Elites.
7: Media and City Politics.
8: Community Organizations1.
9: Racial and Ethnic Politics.
10: Immigration Politics and Policy.
City Governing Institutions.
11: An Overview of Local Institutions.
12: Mayors and Mayoral Leadership.
13: Mayoral Transitions.
14: Managers: From Politics to Professional Management in the Executive Branch.
15: Councils: Legislation and Representation in City Government.
16: Boards and Commissions: Hybrid City Governance Structures.
17: Policing and Police Departments.
18: Urban Schools and School District Governance.
19: American Urban Governing Institutions in Comparative Perspective.
The Changing Shape and Place of Urban Governance.
20: The Politics of Place and Space.
21: Debating Metropolitan America.
22: Planning, Zoning, and Land Use.
23: Annexation and Consolidation.
24: Local Governments and the Law.
25: Cities and the States.
26: Cities and the Federal Government.
27: Mass Transit and Urban Change.
28: Ports: The Local Interface to the Global Economy.
The Dynamics of Service Delivery.
29: Local Government Bureaucracy: Changing Forms and Function.
30: Budgeting and Financing for City Services.
31: Emergency Management and Local Services During Disasters.
32: Decentralizing City Services through Urban Informatics.
33: Benchmarking the Performance of City Governments.
Balancing Economic Development and Social Justice.
34: Coping with Urban Inequality.
35: Urban Economic Development Policy.
36: Economic Development, Federal Policy, and Community Organizations.
37: Public Housing.
38: Urban
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