00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1686042739784821609 Buklod 20240712100810.0 m |o d | ta 240712t20202020nyua agr |000 0|eng d 9781138604346 (paperback : alk. paper) 20822566 SS-12471 Forefront Php6,388.00 Department of Political Science DLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC JS 323 R665 2020 Levine, Myron A. author. Urban politics cities and suburbs in a Golden Age Myron A. Levine. Tenth Edition. New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2020] ©2020 xviii,513 pages illustrations 24 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Previous edition: 2015. 1. The urban situation -- 2. The evolution of cities and suburbs -- 3. A suburban nation -- 4. Recent trends: Gentrification 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 blends the most insightful classic and current political science and related literature with current issues in urban affairs. The book’s integrative theme is ‘power,’ demonstrating that the study of urban politics requires an analysist to look beyond the formal institutions and procedures of local government. The book also develops important subthemes: the impact of globalization; the dominance of economic development over competing local policy concerns; the continuing importance of race in the urban arena; local government activism versus the ‘limits’ imposed on local action by the American constitutional system and economic competition; and the impact of national and state government action on cities. Urban Politics engages students with pragmatic case studies and boxed material that use classic and current urban films and TV shows to illustrate particular aspects of urban politics. The book’s substantial concluding discussion of local policies for environmental sustainability and green cities also appeals to today’s students. Each chapter has been thoroughly rewritten to clearly relate the content to current events and academic literature.-- Back cover. Metropolitan government United States. Municipal government United States. FO UPD DMLS JS 323 R665 2020 Book