Urban Elites and Mass Transportation : : The Dialectics of Power / / J. Allen Whitt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Whitt, J. Allen,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 526
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter One. The Pluralist, Elitist, and Dialectical Models --; Chapter Two. Bart and the Gentlemen Engineers --; Chapter Three. Trying to Emulate Bart: The Los Angeles Campaigns --; Chapter Four. The California Highway Trust Fund: The Lobby Shows Its Hand --; Chapter Five. What These Campaigns Tell Us About Political Power: The Pluralist and Elitist Interpretations --; Chapter Six. The Dialectical Politics of Transit --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400857456; 9783110413441; 9783110413489; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400857456
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. Allen Whitt.

In an unusually systematic approach to the study of urban politics, this study compares three different models of political power to see which can best explain the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System in San Francisco and the attempts of Los Angeles to build a comparable system.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.