Place matters: metropolitics for the twenty-first century

"Thoroughly revised and updated for its third edition, Place Matters examines the major trends and problems shaping our cities and suburbs, explores a range of policy solutions to address them, and looks closely at the potential political coalitions needed to put the country's "urban...

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Beteiligte Personen: Dreier, Peter (VerfasserIn), Mollenkopf, John H. 1946- (VerfasserIn), Swanstrom, Todd 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Lawrence, Kan. Univ. Press of Kansas 2014
Ausgabe:3. ed., revised
Schriftenreihe:Studies in government and public policy
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Zusammenfassung:"Thoroughly revised and updated for its third edition, Place Matters examines the major trends and problems shaping our cities and suburbs, explores a range of policy solutions to address them, and looks closely at the potential political coalitions needed to put the country's "urban crisis" back on the public agenda"--
Beschreibung:Includes index
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Tables and Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Place Still Matters -- 2. The Facts of Economic Segregation and Sprawl -- 3. The Costs of Economic Segregation and Sprawl -- 4. The Roads Not Taken: How Government Policies Promote Economic Segregation and Suburban Sprawl -- 5. From FDR to Obama: A Brief History of Federal Urban Policy -- 6. City Limits: What Can Motown Teach Us about Wealth, Poverty, and Municiple Finance? -- 7. Urban Politics Matter: Liberal, Progressive, and Conservative Cities -- 8. Regionalisms Old and New -- 9. Metropolicies for the Twenty-First Century -- 10. Crossing the City Line: A Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Index
Umfang:XVII, 478 S. graph. Darst.