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The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism
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Publisher
Temple Univ Pr
Publication date
April 1, 1985
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780877223665
ISBN-10
0877223661
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$34.95
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Summary
Examines the political economy of urban growth, looks at the urban populist movement, and discusses the political and economic issues in Cleveland, Ohio
Amazon.com description: Product Description: By demonstrating the political role which investment plays in local politics, this book breaks new ground in the study of community power. Until recently, students of community power ignored growth politics because they saw the economic context of cities as nonpolitical. This study examines the effect of mobile investment on political power and public policy in Cleveland, a dying industrial city with an expanding downtown service sector. Swanstrom shows how a combative young mayor named Dennis Kucinich challenged the conservative logic of growth politics but was unable to put forth a positive agenda to address the inequities of urban development. Also, this book demonstrates how Kucinichas brand of politics resulted in paralyzing conflict with the city council and the myriad interest groups of city politics. Growth politics, very simply, is the effort by local governments to attract mobile wealth into their jurisdictions. Under economic pressure, many older cities have succumbed to the conservative logic of growth politics, a form of trickle-down economics. In order to provide the jobs and tax base necessary for a healthy city, the argument goes, local governments must compete with other cities for capital investment by cutting social expenditures for the poor and providing subsidies for mobile corporate investors. In Cleveland, such practices led to a striking contrast between its booming downtown and declining blue-collar neighborhoods, an uneven distribution of the costs and benefits of growth politics. Elected mayor in 1979, Kucinich refused to sell the municipal light plant, even under pressure from area bankers. This resulted in the cityas default, thereby killing an ineffective tax abatement program for downtown. Swanstrom, who served in the administrations of both Kucinich and his more conservative successor, offers a careful study of the background, issues, and events of this highly charged episode of confrontation politics. He sets out to dispel the illusion of growth politics, to expose the politics hidden in economic growth issues, and to explore the unintended effects of reform efforts when collective interests rather than individuals benefit from political influence. Here is a study which demonstrates that growth politics and its hidden evils must be reckoned with and reexamined by those in local power. Author note: Todd Swanstrom is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs at State University of New York, Albany He has been active in city planning both in Cleveland and in Albany.
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from Temple Univ Pr (April 1, 1985)
9780877223665 | details & prices | List price $34.95
About: Examines the political economy of urban growth, looks at the urban populist movement, and discusses the political and economic issues in Cleveland, Ohio
About: Examines the political economy of urban growth, looks at the urban populist movement, and discusses the political and economic issues in Cleveland, Ohio
Paperback
Reprint edition from Temple Univ Pr (July 1, 1988)
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About: Offering a study of community power, this book demonstrates the political role which investment plays in local politics.
About: Offering a study of community power, this book demonstrates the political role which investment plays in local politics.
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