Description
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 between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity – City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics. Its enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of teaching the complexity and breadth of urban and regional politics which unfold at the intersection of spatial, cultural, economic, and policy dynamics. Now in a thoroughly revised tenth edition, this comprehensive resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as well-established researchers in the discipline, retains the effective structure of past editions while offering important updates, including:
- All-new sections on immigration, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the downtown condo boom, and the impact of the sharing economy on urban neighborhoods (especially the rise of Airbnb).
- Individual chapters introducing students to pressing urban issues such as gentrification, sustainability, metropolitanization, urban crises, the creative class, shrinking cities, racial politics, and suburbanization.
- The most recent census data integrated throughout to provide current figures for analysis, discussion, and a more nuanced understanding of current trends.
Taught on its own, or supplemented with the optional reader American Urban Politics in a Global Age for more advanced readers, City Politics remains the definitive text on urban politics – and how they have evolved in the US over time – for a new generation of students and researchers.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. City Politics in America: An Introduction
Part 1. The Origins of American Urban Politics: The First Century
2. The Enduring Legacy
3. Party Machines and the Immigrants
4. The Reform Crusades
5. Urban Voters and the Rise of a National Democratic Majority
Part 2. The Urban Crisis of the Twentieth Century
6. The City/Suburban Divide
7. National Policy and the City/Suburban Divide
8. Federal Programs and the Divisive Politics of Race
9. The Rise of the Sunbelt
Part 3. The Fractured Metropolis
10. The Rise of the Fragmented Metropolis
11. Governing the Fragmented Metropolis
12. The Metropolitan Battleground
13. The Renaissance of the Metropolitan Center
14. Governing the Divided City
15. City and Metropolis in the Global Era
