City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America (6th Edition) (MySearchLab Series 15% off)
By:
Dennis R. Judd Todd Swanstrom
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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 -- the Sixth Edition of this text brings city politics of the global era into sharp focus by tracing the continuous development of urban America from the nation's founding to the present.
Publisher: Longman
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City politics - This is a pretty informative and interesting book. I would reccomend it to someone interested in persuing an education in urban politics.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Policies and corruption in the city - This is a good read for anyone who is interrested in the development of the city and the politics within. It opens with the birth of the city and how advances in technology led to the outward expansion of the city. One of the most interresting features is how the book describes the growth of the politcal machine in Chicago. In a later chapter, the authors then compare the fiscal policies of Chicago and New York City and how machine politics may have been the key to Chicago's success. The book also goes into detail about "white flight": the moving of the middle/upper-class sectors away from the city to settle into different types of suburbs. These suburbs then become a self-sustaining entity capable of enacting their own governmental policies which include exclusionary tactics designed to weed out those of lower incomes, certain age brackets, or those of an "unacceptable" racial background. It then goes into detail about the Court's opinion on these exclusionary policies. If you're interrested in how cities and urban politics are created then this book is a great start.
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