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Tables of Contents for City Politics
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Preface
vii
CHAPTER 1 The Politics of American Cities: An introduction
1
8
Growth, Governance, Secession
1
2
The Politics of Growth
3
1
The Politics of Governance
4
1
The Politics of Secession
5
1
Interweaving the Themes
6
3
PART 1 THE ENDURING ISSUES IN AMERICAN CITY POLITICS
9
94
CHAPTER 2 Growth and Governance: The Political Legacy of America's Urban Past
11
34
National Development and the Cities
11
1
The Urbanization of America
12
2
The Competition for Urban Growth
14
31
OUTTAKE: CITY-BUILDING HAS ALWAYS REQUIRED PUBLIC INVESTMENT
16
5
The Breakdown of Community: Industrialization
21
3
The Breakdown of Community: Transportation
24
2
The Breakdown of Community: Immigration
26
5
The Increasing Importance of Municipal Services
31
6
The Political Isolation of the Cities
37
8
CHAPTER 3 Party Machines and the immigrants
45
25
Machines and Machine-Style Politics
45
1
The Origins of Machine Politics
46
4
Did Machines "Get the Job Done"?
50
1
OUTTAKE: MACHINES HAD TWO SIDES
51
4
Were Machines Vehicles of Upward Mobility?
55
3
Did the Machines Help Immigrants Assimilate?
58
2
The Social Reform Alternative
60
3
Machine Politics in Today's Cities
63
7
CHAPTER 4 The Reform Crusades
70
33
The Motive for Reform
70
1
The Reform Environment
71
3
The Campaigns Against Machine Rule
74
9
OUTTAKE: MUNICIPAL REFORM WAS BIASED
75
8
"Efficiency and Economy" in Municipal Affairs
83
5
The Business Model
88
2
Commission and Manager Government
90
3
Did Reform Kill the Machines?
93
2
The Reform Legacy and the Politics of Representation
95
8
PART II NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE CITIES
103
120
CHAPTER 5 The New Deal Coalition and the Cities
105
21
The Changing Political Balance
105
1
The Political Isolation of the Cities
106
1
OUTTAKE: City Voters Became Important to the Democratic Party
106
3
The New Urban Consciousness
109
2
The Urban Wing of the Democratic Party
111
2
The Depression and the Cities
113
5
The Cities in the Intergovernmental System
118
4
The New Deal Legacy
122
4
CHAPTER 6 National Policy and the Divided Metropolis
126
38
National Policies and Urban Development
126
1
The Concern About Housing and Slums
127
1
OUTTAKE: SOME URBAN POLICIES REINFORCED DISCRIMINATION
128
3
The Struggle over Public Housing
131
4
Urban Renewal and Its Problems
135
3
The Urban Renewal Steamroller
138
3
Public Housing: Urban Renewal's Stepchild
141
2
The Legacy of Inner-City Programs
143
1
National Policy and the Suburbs
144
5
The Weak Policies of the Post-Civil Rights Era
149
2
The Suburban Bias in National Transportation Policies
151
5
The Damaging Effects of National Urban Policy
156
8
CHAPTER 7 The Rise and Fall of National Urban Policy
164
38
The Politics of National Urban Policy
164
1
The Democrats and the Cities
165
1
OUTTAKE: RACIAL DIVISIONS EVENTUALLY DOOMED URBAN PROGRAMS
166
7
The Great Society
171
2
The Republicans and the New Federalism
173
6
The Housing and Community Development Act
176
3
President Carter and the Democrats' Last Hurrah
179
3
Republicans and the End of Federal Assistance
182
5
Urban Enterprise Zones
186
1
Political Reality and Urban Policy
187
6
The Political Invisibility of the Cities
193
9
CHAPTER 8 The Rise of the Sunbelt
202
21
The Concept of the Sunbelt
202
3
The Rise of the Sunbelt
205
1
OUTTAKE: THE SUNBELT'S CONSERVATIVE BENT MAY COME UNDER CHALLENGE
206
4
Why the Sunbelt Boomed
210
5
The New Politics of Sunbelt Cities
215
3
Regional Convergence and National Politics
218
5
PART III THE FRACTURING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY
223
187
CHAPTER 9 The Fractured Metropolis
225
37
The Roots of the Urban Crisis
225
1
The Movement to the Central Cities
226
2
OUTTAKE: THE RACIAL DIVIDE IS MOVING TO THE SUBURBS
228
6
The Urban Crisis
234
4
The Suburban Movements
238
10
The Railroad and Streetcar Suburbs: 1815-1918
239
2
The First Automobile Suburbs: 1918-1945
241
2
The Bedroom Suburbs: 1946-1970's
243
3
Multiethnic Suburbs and the Rise of Residential Enclaves: 1970's-The Present
246
2
The New Immigrants
248
8
The Metropolitan Future: Segregation or Assimilation?
256
6
CHAPTER 10 The Politics of Secession
262
28
Carving Up the Metropolis
262
1
The Motive to Separate from the Cities
263
1
OUTTAKE: ATTEMPTS TO FORCE INTEGRATION HAVE FAILED
264
4
How Developers Shaped the Suburbs
268
9
Selling the American Dream
272
2
Enforcing Segregation
274
3
Suburban Governments and Zoning
277
4
The National Challenge to Exclusionary Zoning
281
2
The Costs of Exclusion
283
7
CHAPTER 11 Urban Sprawl and Regional Governance
290
26
The Sprawled Metropolis
290
1
The Concerns About Sprawl
291
1
OUTTAKE: THE COSTS OF SPRAWL ARE HOTLY DEBATED
292
5
Smart Growth
297
6
The New Urbanism
303
4
Reforming Metropolitan Governance
307
4
Whither Sprawl?
311
5
CHAPTER 12 City Finances and the Dynamics of Growth
316
30
Why City Budgets Are Political
316
1
Cities in the Intergovernmental System
317
3
City Revenues
320
5
City Expenditures
325
5
Cities for Sale: The Municipal Bond Market
330
1
OUTTAKE: INVESTORS HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT URBAN POLICY
331
6
The Powerful Fiscal Role of Special Authorities
337
3
Fiscal Fragmentation
340
6
CHAPTER 13 Reviving the Central Cities
346
28
An Urban Renaissance
346
2
The Decline and Recovery of Downtown
348
3
The Development of Tourism and Entertainment
351
1
OUTTAKE: BALTIMORE'S REVITALIZATION IS DEBATED
352
17
Convention Centers
355
3
Sports Stadiums
358
4
Festival Malls
362
2
Bubble Cities and Entertainment Complexes
364
1
Casino Gaming
365
2
Street Life and Urban Culture
367
2
The New Downtown Economies
369
5
CHAPTER 14 The Challenge of Governance
374
32
The Delicate Balancing Act
374
2
OUTTAKE: HAVE THE BENEFITS OF MINORITY INFLUENCE IN CITIES BEEN ENOUGH?
376
1
The Rise of the Neighborhood Organizing Movement
377
3
The Incorporation of Blacks and Latinos into City Politics
380
10
The Rewards of Political Incorporation
384
6
Neighborhood Organizations and Political Incorporation
390
7
Community Development Corporations
394
3
The Conservative Reaction
397
4
A Convergence of Styles
401
5
CHAPTER 15 The Emerging Metropolis
406
4
Downtown Revival
406
1
Opening the Suburbs
407
3
Index
410