Urban Politics Now
Title | Urban Politics Now PDF eBook |
Author | BAVO. |
Publisher | Nai010 Publishers |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Text by Slavoj Zizek, Edward Soja, Juliet Flower MacCannell, Neil Smith, Dieter Lesage.
Urban Politics
Title | Urban Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard H. Ross |
Publisher | M.E. Sharpe |
Pages | 361 |
Release | 2011-08-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0765627752 |
This popular text mixes the best classic theory and research on urban politics with the most recent developments in urban and metropolitan affairs. Its very balanced and realistic approach helps students to understand the nature of urban politics and the difficulty of finding effective solutions in a suburban and global age. The eighth edition provides a comprehensive review and analysis of urban policy under the Obama administration and brand new coverage of sustainable urban development. A new chapter on globalization and its impact on cities brings the history of urban development up to date, and a focus on the politics of local economic development underscores how questions of economic development have come to dominate the local arena. The book traces the changing style of community participation, including the emergence of CDCs, BIDs, and other new-style service organizations. It analyzes the impacts of the New Regionalism, the New Urbanism, and much more at an approachable level. The eighth edition is significantly shorter and more affordable than previous editions, and the entire text has been thoroughly rewritten to engage students. Boxed case studies of prominent recent and current urban development efforts provide material for class discussion, and concluding material demonstrates the tradeoff between more ideal and more pragmatic urban politics. Source material provides Internet addresses for further research.
City Politics
Title | City Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Annika M. Hinze |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 520 |
Release | 2018-09-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1351678817 |
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.
City Politics, Pearson eText
Title | City Politics, Pearson eText PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis R. Judd |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2015-09-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317349555 |
This text provides a foundation for understanding the politics of America's cities and urban regions. 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 - City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics.
Urban Politics
Title | Urban Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen J. McGovern |
Publisher | CQ Press |
Pages | 1361 |
Release | 2016-02-16 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1506311210 |
Steve McGovern’s Urban Politics: A Reader examines the changing structure of political power in cities through the lens of historical development, accompanied with brief explorations of pertinent public policy issues. Having studied and taught urban politics for over 20 years, McGovern (Haverford College) foregrounds his approach with a discussion of cities in a global era, and then divides the material into five parts, or themes: the formation of city politics; city politics under stress; the politics of urban revitalization; the changing dynamics of urban politics; and visions of contemporary urban politics. He expands the scope of his exploration by integrating literature that is not commonly observed in urban politics texts, i.e. works by journalists as well as scholars, and by including debates about political power in both big and smaller cities.
Urban Politics
Title | Urban Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Saunders |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2006-12-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0415417732 |
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
American Urban Politics in a Global Age
Title | American Urban Politics in a Global Age PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Kantor |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 413 |
Release | 2015-10-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317350367 |
Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities. This seventh edition examines the ability of highly autonomous local governments to grapple with the serious challenges of recent years, challenges such as the stresses of the lingering economic crisis, and a series of recent natural disasters. Features: Each chapter is introduced by an editor's essay that places the readings into context and highlights their central ideas and findings. Division into three historical periods emphasizes both the changes and continuities in American urban politics over time. The reader is the perfect complement for Judd & Swanstrom's City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban American, 7/e, also available in a new edition (ISBN 0-205-03246-X)