Myron A Levine

Urban Politics

Cities and Suburbs in a Global Age

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban Politics, 10e blends the most insightful classic and current political science and related literature with current issues in urban affairs. Each chapter has been thoroughly rewritten to clearly relate the content to current events and academic literature, including the importance of the intergovernmental city, the role of local governments as active policy actors, and the prospects for urban policy and change in and beyond the Trump administration. Mixing classic theory and research on urban politics with the most recent developments and data in urban and metropolitan affairs, Urban Politics, 10e is an ideal introductory textbook for students of metropolitan and regional politics and policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 10th edition
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9781138604346
• ISBN-10: 1138604348
• Artikelnr.: 57496924

Autorenporträt

Myron A. Levine is a Professor in the Urban Affairs and Public Administration programs in the School of Public and International Affairs at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. His writings have appeared in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and various other urban studies and political science journals. In addition to authoring Urban Politics, he is the editor of Taking Sides: Urban Affairs and of a number of the volumes in the Annual Editions: Urban Society series. His research focuses on national urban policy, the politics of local economic development and gentrification, and the prospects for effective urban political leadership. He has received various Fulbright Foundation fellowships to study and teach in the Netherlands, Germany, the Slovak Republic, and Latvia, as well as an NEH award to study in France.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Urban Situation: Active City, Intergovernmental City, Global City,
and Bankrupt City
2. The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs
3. Recent Trends: Gentrification and Globalization
4. Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Economic Development in Cities
and Suburbs
5. Formal Powers, Government Structure, and Leadership in Local Government
6. The Rules of Local Elections and Politics: The Reform and Postreform
City
7. Citizen Participation
8. Improving Urban Services: Meeting People's Needs
9. A Suburban Nation
10. Regional Cooperation and Governance
11. The Intergovernmental City: National and State Urban Policy in (and
after) the Age of Trump
12. The Future of Urban America