Urban Politics: Cities and Suburbs in a Global Age [Paperback]

1 The Urban Situation: Global City, Tourist City, City Left Behind, Growing Tech City  2 The Evolution of Cities and Suburbs  3 A Suburban Nation  4 Recent Trends: Gentrification, Concentrated Poverty, and Globalization  5 Who Has the Power? Decision Making and Economic Development in Cities and Suburbs  6 Formal Powers, the Structure of Local Government, and Leadership  7 The Rules of Local Politics and Elections: The Reform and Post-Reform City  8 Citizen Participation  9 Improving Urban Services  10 Regional Cooperation and Governance in a Global Age  11 The Intergovernmental City: National and State Urban Policy  12 The Future of Urban America

Urban Politics is an exceptionally well-researched handbook for progressive policy activists in the public and private sectors. Its value is in the depth of analysis, both positive and negative, into the factors affecting the future of urban America. The focus on power and its use historically provides a portal into the future for academics and all concerned about urban America. Its style and structure make Urban Politics an effective textbook for classroom use.

Minchin Lewis, Syracuse University, USA

Urban Politics brings together the classic and contemporary literature on urban politics and history with todays pressing urban issues.

Myron A. Levine is Professor Emeritus in the Urban Affairs, Political Science, and Public Administration programs in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies at Wright State University, USA. His writings have appeared in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and various other urban studies and political science journals. He is l³5