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Cities, Politics, and Policy

A Comparative Analysis
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Just because Milwaukee isn't Manhattan, doesn't mean that those urban centers face completely unique challenges. Through effective comparative analysis of key issues in urban studies--how city managers share power with mayors, how spending policies affect economic development, and how school politics impact education policy--students can clearly see how scholars discern patterns and formulate conclusions to offer theoretical and practical insights from which all cities can benefit. Pelissero brings together an impressive team of contributors to explore variation among cities through case studies and cross-sectional analyses. Each author synthesizes the field's seminal literature while explaining how urban leaders and their constituents grapple with everything from city council politics to conflict and cooperation among minority groups. Authors identify both key trends and gaps in the scholarship, and help set the research agenda for the years to come. Lively case material will hook your students while the accessible presentation of empirical evidence make this reader the comprehensive and sophisticated text you demand.
John P. Pelissero is professor of political science and Interim President at Loyola University Chicago. He is the editor of Cities, Politics, and Policy: A Comparative Analysis (CQ Press, 2003). His most recent research on cities has appeared in Public Administration Review and Urban Affairs Review.
School Politics in Urban Areas - Kenneth Wong Urban Services - David N. Ammons Suburban and Metropolitan Politics - Mark Baldassare Economic Development Politics - Richard D. Bingham City Managers and the Urban Bureaucracy - Robert E. England Suburban and Metropolitan Politics - Eric Oliver City Councils - John P. Pelissero and Timothy B. Krebs Minority Group Politics - Dianne Pinderhughes The Intergovernmental Environment - Michael Rich Political Participation in Cities - Elaine Sharp Mayoral Politics - Lana Stein Politics of Revenue and Spending Policies - Robert M. Stein Urban Regimes and Power in Cities - Clarence Stone
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