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El. knyga: People & Politics in Urban America 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-book]

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An introductory text for courses on urban policymaking and citizenship, suitable for urban studies, urban history, and community development courses. The revisions place increased emphasis on the role of political leaders, incorporate literature on regime theory, and address recent urban management reforms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Tables and Figures
xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction
3(10)
The Importance of the Political Process
5(1)
The Importance of Private Control of Resources
5(1)
Citizen Influence on Policy Decisions
6(1)
Putting the Pieces Together
6(1)
Overview of the Book
7(6)
PART I The Urban Environmental Context 13(92)
Context for Urban Policy Making
13(5)
Historical Context
13(1)
General Context
14(4)
Conclusion
18(3)
From Small Town to City
21(20)
Effects of Increasing Size
21(2)
The Life-style of Small Towns
23(2)
Box 2-1. Fisher Cafe
25(1)
The Role of Citizens in Small Towns
26(2)
Immigration and the Growth of Urban Areas
28(3)
Box 2-2. Lower East Side
31(2)
The Effects of Urban Life-style on Politics
33(2)
Immigrants and Urban Politics
35(2)
Citizen Control in Cities
37(4)
The Development of Cities
41(34)
Economic and Technological Influences on Development
41(3)
Relationship of Economic and Political Factors
44(3)
Stages of Development
47(15)
The Mercantile City
47(2)
The Industrial City
49(4)
The Metropolitan City
53(9)
Box 3-1. The Postindustrial Transformation of New York City
62(6)
Conclusion
68(1)
Box 3-2. Gentrification and Resistance in San Francisco
69(6)
The New Immigration
75(30)
The Problems Faced by Newcomers
76(2)
Blacks in the City
78(7)
Box 4-1. Good Black/Bad Black?
85(2)
Latinos
87(5)
Puerto Ricans
88(4)
Box 4-2. Pressures on New Immigrants
92(5)
Cubans
92(2)
Mexicans
94(3)
Asians
97(3)
Conclusion
100(5)
PART II Agenda Setting and Policy Formulation of Urban Issues 105(60)
Agenda Setting
105(2)
Formulation
107(2)
Urban Actors
109(28)
Determinants of Participation
109(10)
Individual Determinants
109(2)
Contextual Determinants
111(2)
Business
113(3)
Media
116(2)
Challenges to Business Dominance
118(1)
Who Participates: Citizen Activists
119(2)
Blacks, Latinos, and Asians
119(2)
Box 5-1. Minority Tensions
121(6)
Neighborhood Organizations
122(5)
Box 5-2. Grassroots Urban Renewal
127(3)
Women's Groups
127(2)
Unions
129(1)
Who's in Charge Here?
130(3)
Conclusion
133(4)
Mechanisms of Citizen Control
137(28)
The Problems of Measuring Power
137(2)
Resources of Citizens
139(1)
How Citizens Use Their Resources
140(2)
The Group Basis of Participation
142(4)
Elections
146(5)
Box 6-1. Electoral Coalitions and Racial/Ethnic Voting
151(1)
Citizen-initiated Contacts
152(1)
Protests
153(3)
Public Hearings
156(1)
Box 6-2. 1992 Los Angeles Riot
157(2)
The Impact of Citizen Participation
159(1)
Conclusion
160(5)
PART III Adoption, Implementation, and Evaluation of Urban Policy 165(150)
Policy Adoption
165(3)
Implementation and Service Delivery
168(1)
Evaluation
169(2)
Structures of Government
171(34)
New England Town Meetings
171(3)
Weak Mayor-Council System
174(2)
Political Machines
176(2)
Box 7-1. The Strenuous Life of a Tammany Hall District Leader
178(3)
Strong Mayor-Council
181(1)
Reform Movement
182(4)
Electoral Reforms
185(1)
Administrative Reforms
185(1)
Commission Form
186(1)
Council-Manager Form
187(2)
Distribution of Reform
189(1)
Box 7-2. Which Is Best: The Strong Mayor or the Council-Manager System?
190(3)
Consequences of Reform
193(3)
Machine Politics at the End of the Century
196(1)
Conclusion
197(1)
Box 7-3. The Rise and Fall---and Rise of the Chicago Democratic Machine
198(7)
Urban Officials
205(18)
Mayors
205(3)
Box 8-1. Mayoral Styles: Rendell of Philadelphia and Hanna of Utica, New York
208(4)
City Councils
212(2)
Bureaucrats
214(1)
Box 8-2. There Is Never a Dull Moment for City Managers
215(2)
City Managers
217(2)
Conclusion
219(4)
Metropolitanism
223(30)
Vertical Relationships
223(2)
Horizontal Relations
225(1)
Governments in the Metropolis
226(2)
Origins of Suburbia
228(2)
Explanations of Suburbanization
230(2)
Life in Suburbia
232(1)
Box 9-1. African-Americans in the New Jersy Suburbs
233(3)
Politics in the Suburbs
236(2)
Intergovernmental Coordination Mechanisms
238(6)
Relatively Easy Forms of Coordination
238(3)
Moderately Difficult Forms of Cooperation
241(3)
Box 9-2. Experiments in Regionalism
244(4)
Very Difficult Forms of Cooperation
246(2)
Impact on Citizen Control
248(5)
Financing the City: Federal, State, and Local Roles
253(32)
Limited Goverment
254(2)
Box 10-1. The Philadelphia Story
256(1)
Evolution of Intergovernmental Relations (IGR)
257(6)
Dual Federalism (1789-1937)
257(2)
Cooperative Federalism (1933-1962)
259(1)
Creative Federalism (1960-1968)
260(1)
Competitive Federalism (1965-1980)
260(2)
New Federalism (1972-Present)
262(1)
Revenues
263(12)
Taxes
263(6)
User Charges
269(1)
Borrowing
270(1)
Intergovernmental Transfers
271(3)
Fiscal Crisis
274(1)
Box 10-2. The Belaguered County
275(1)
Politics of Taxing
276(1)
Expenditures
277(3)
Politics of Spending
280(1)
Conclusion
281(4)
Implementation, Evaluation, and Reform
285(30)
The Complex Context for Policy Implementation
285(1)
Challenges in Local Service Delivery
286(4)
Decision Rules and Service Delivery
288(1)
Patterns of Service Delivery
289(1)
Evaluation and Feedback
290(7)
Goal Setting
292(1)
Research Design
293(2)
Operationalization
295(1)
Data Collection
296(1)
Examination and Interpretation
297(1)
Reforming Government Programs and Service Delivery
297(5)
Total Quality Management (TQM)
298(3)
Reinventing Government
301(1)
Box 11-1. The Cult of Total Quality
302(4)
Box 11-2. Enterpreneurial Government: The Morning After
306(5)
Re-engineering
308(2)
Implications of Management Reform
310(1)
Conclusion
311(4)
PART IV Policy Arenas 315(128)
Developmental Policy: Land-use Regulation, Economic and Community Development, and Transportation
319(38)
Popular Control over Land-use Policy
320(2)
Planning and Land-use Regulation
322(7)
Agenda Setting
323(1)
Formulation
324(1)
Adoption
325(1)
Implementation
325(4)
Box 12-1. Reveille for Times Square
329(5)
Evaluation
331(3)
Economic and Community Development
334(2)
Agenda Setting
334(1)
Formulation
335(1)
Box 12-2. Detroit to Have New Sports Stadiums Through Public-Private Partnerships
336(6)
Adoption and Implementation
336(4)
Evaluation
340(2)
Transportation
342(1)
Agenda Setting
342(1)
Formulation and Adoption
343(3)
Box 12-3. Is Light Rail the Answer to Urban Transportation Woes?
346(5)
Implementation and Evaluation
348(3)
Conclusion
351(6)
Quality-of-Life Issues: Education and Crime Control
357(42)
Popular Control over Quality-of-Life Policies
358(1)
Education
359(12)
Agenda Setting
359(1)
Formualtion
360(4)
Adoption
364(3)
Implementation
367(3)
Evaluation
370(1)
Box 13-1. Who Should Control the Local Schools?
371(3)
Crime Control
374(3)
Box 13-2. Out of Place in a Small Town
377(9)
Agenda Setting
378(1)
Formulation
378(5)
Adoption
383(1)
Implementation
384(2)
Box 13-3. The Case of the Peeping Cop
386(6)
Evaluation
391(1)
Conclusion
392(7)
Redistributive Policy: Welfare and Housing
399(34)
Public Control over Redistributive Policy
401(2)
Welfare Policy
403(12)
Agenda Setting
403(1)
Formulation
404(3)
Adoption
407(2)
Implementation
409(3)
Evaluation
412(3)
Box 14-1. The Race to the Bottom?
415(1)
Housing Policy
416(10)
Agenda Setting and Formulation
417(1)
Adoption and Implementation: Home Ownership Programs
418(2)
Adoption and Implementation: Rental Housing Programs
420(4)
Evaluation
424(2)
Box 14-2. Children Are the Hardest Hit as Nation's Hmeless Population Continues to Grow
426(1)
Conclusion
427(6)
Epilogue
433(10)
Limits on Citizen Control
434(2)
Evidence of Citizen Control
436(3)
Citizen Control of Public Policy
439(1)
Conclusion
440(3)
Glossary 443(12)
Index 455
Robert W. Kweit, Mary G. Kweit