Urban America Reconsidered : : Alternatives for Governance and Policy / / David L. Imbroscio.
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina laid bare the tragedy of American cities. What the storm revealed about the social conditions in New Orleans shocked many Americans. Even more shocking is how widespread these conditions are throughout much of urban America. Plagued by ineffectual and inegalitarian...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Reconsidering Urban America
- Part I. Reconsidering Urban Governance: The Critique of Regime Theory
- 1. Reconceiving the State-Market Division
- 2. Reengaging Economics
- Part II. Reconsidering Urban Policy: The Critique of Liberal Expansionism
- 3. Reassessing the Shaming of the Inside Game
- 4. Rethinking the Dispersal Consensus
- Part III. Alternatives
- 5. The Local Public Balance Sheet
- 6. A Triad for Community Economic Stability
- Part IV. On Politics: The Desirable and the Feasible
- 7. The Folly of Liberal Politics
- 8. The Possibilities of an Alternative Politics
- Notes
- References
- Index