Political Monopolies In American Cities

Author : Jessica Trounstine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226812830

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Political Monopolies in American Cities by Jessica Trounstine Pdf

Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony “Dutch” Hamann’s “reform” government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements—a similarity that seems to defy their reputations—Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. Situating her in-depth studies of Chicago and San Jose in the broad context of data drawn from more than 240 cities over the course of a century, she finds that the answer—a resounding yes—illuminates the nature of political power. Both political machines and reform governments, she reveals, bias the system in favor of incumbents, effectively establishing monopolies that free governing coalitions from dependence on the support of their broader communities. Ironically, Trounstine goes on to show, the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Envisioning an alternative future for American cities, Trounstine concludes by suggesting solutions designed to free urban politics from this damaging cycle.

Author : Jessica Trounstine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226812823

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Political Monopolies in American Cities by Jessica Trounstine Pdf

Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony “Dutch” Hamann’s “reform” government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements—a similarity that seems to defy their reputations—Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. Situating her in-depth studies of Chicago and San Jose in the broad context of data drawn from more than 240 cities over the course of a century, she finds that the answer—a resounding yes—illuminates the nature of political power. Both political machines and reform governments, she reveals, bias the system in favor of incumbents, effectively establishing monopolies that free governing coalitions from dependence on the support of their broader communities. Ironically, Trounstine goes on to show, the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Envisioning an alternative future for American cities, Trounstine concludes by suggesting solutions designed to free urban politics from this damaging cycle.

Author : Jessica Trounstine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108634120

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Segregation by Design by Jessica Trounstine Pdf

Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early twentieth century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them. Documenting changing patterns of segregation and their political mechanisms, Trounstine argues that city governments have pursued these policies to enhance the wealth and resources of white property owners at the expense of people of color and the poor. Contrary to leading theories of urban politics, local democracy has not functioned to represent all residents. The result is unequal access to fundamental local services - from schools, to safe neighborhoods, to clean water.

Author : Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317349556

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City Politics, Pearson eText by Dennis R. Judd Pdf

This text provides a foundation for understanding the politics of America's cities and urban regions. Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme - that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity - City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics.

Author : Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0316475610

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The Politics of American Cities by Dennis R. Judd Pdf

Author : Arthur H. Sinclair
Publisher : s.n.], 1891 (Toronto : Warwick)
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Municipal ownership
ISBN : HARVARD:HNDKKX

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Municipal Monopolies and Their Management by Arthur H. Sinclair Pdf

Author : Eric S. Heberlig,Suzanne M. Leland,David Swindell
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438466408

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American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions by Eric S. Heberlig,Suzanne M. Leland,David Swindell Pdf

Uncovers the politics involved when a city recruits and implements a presidential convention. Political party conventions have lost much of their original political nature, serving now primarily as elaborate infomercials while ratifying the decisions made by voters in state primaries and caucuses. While this activity hasn’t changed significantly since the 1970s, conventions themselves have changed significantly in terms of how they are recruited, implemented, and paid for. American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions analyzes how and why cities advance through the site selection process. Just as parties use conventions to communicate their policies, unity, and competence to the electorate, cities use the convention selection process to communicate their merits to political parties, businesses and residents. While hosting such a “mega event” provides some direct economic stimulus for host cities, the major benefit of the convention is the opportunity it provides for branding and signaling status. Combining a case studies approach as well as interviews with party and local officials, Eric S. Heberlig, Suzanne M. Leland, and David Swindell bring party convention scholarship up to date while highlighting the costs and benefits of hosting such events for tourism bureaus, city administrators, elected officials, and the citizens they represent. Eric S. Heberlig is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and coauthor (with Bruce A. Larson) of Congressional Parties, Institutional Ambition, and the Financing of Majority Control. Suzanne M. Leland is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and coeditor (with Kurt Thurmaier) of City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept? David Swindell is the Director of the Center for Urban Innovation and Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University.

Author : Richardson Dilworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135853174

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The City in American Political Development by Richardson Dilworth Pdf

There are nearly 20,000 general-purpose municipal governments—cities—in the United States, employing more people than the federal government. About twenty of those cities received charters of incorporation well before ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and several others were established urban centers more than a century before the American Revolution. Yet despite their estimable size and prevalence in the United States, city government and politics has been a woefully neglected topic within the recent study of American political development. The volume brings together some of the best of both the most established and the newest urban scholars in political science, sociology, and history, each of whom makes a new argument for rethinking the relationship between cities and the larger project of state-building. Each chapter shows explicitly how the American city demonstrates durable shifts in governing authority throughout the nation’s history. By filling an important gap in scholarship the book will thus become an indispensable part of the American political development canon, a crucial component of graduate and undergraduate courses in APD, urban politics, urban sociology, and urban history, and a key guide for future scholarship.

Author : Morris Zeitlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018529092

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American Cities by Morris Zeitlin Pdf

An overview of U.S. cities from the colonial period to the present with useful ideas on how their central problems came about and some ideas to solve them.

Author : Annika Marlen Hinze,Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000600926

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City Politics by Annika Marlen Hinze,Dennis R. Judd Pdf

City Politics has received praise for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity. The book’s enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of teaching the complexity and breadth of urban and regional politics which unfold at the intersection of spatial, cultural, economic, and policy dynamics. This 11th edition has been thoroughly updated while retaining the popular structure of past editions. Key updates include: • Individual chapters introducing students to pressing urban issues such as race and racism, gentrification, sustainability and the environment, urban crises, shrinking cities, immigration, and suburbanization, political polarization, and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on cities • The most recent census data integrated throughout to provide current figures for analysis, discussion, and a more nuanced understanding of current trends. • The effects of the events of 2020 on cities – namely the Coronavirus pandemic; the murder of George Floyd and its aftermath, and the growth of the Black Lives Matter Movement; and the U.S. presidential election in November • The new and present challenges of the climate crisis, and its growing significance for cities. Taught on its own, or supplemented with the optional reader American Urban Politics in a Global Age for more advanced readers, City Politics remains the definitive text on urban politics – and how they have evolved in the United States over time. This is a comprehensive resource for a new generation of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as established researchers in the discipline. This book is accompanied by Support Material online: www.routledge.com/9781032006352

Author : Annika M. Hinze,Dennis R. Judd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351678810

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City Politics by Annika M. Hinze,Dennis R. Judd Pdf

Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity – City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics. Its enduring appeal lies in its persuasive explanation, careful attention to historical detail, and accessible and elegant way of teaching the complexity and breadth of urban and regional politics which unfold at the intersection of spatial, cultural, economic, and policy dynamics. Now in a thoroughly revised tenth edition, this comprehensive resource for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as well-established researchers in the discipline, retains the effective structure of past editions while offering important updates, including: All-new sections on immigration, the Black Lives Matter Movement, the downtown condo boom, and the impact of the sharing economy on urban neighborhoods (especially the rise of Airbnb). Individual chapters introducing students to pressing urban issues such as gentrification, sustainability, metropolitanization, urban crises, the creative class, shrinking cities, racial politics, and suburbanization. The most recent census data integrated throughout to provide current figures for analysis, discussion, and a more nuanced understanding of current trends. Taught on its own, or supplemented with the optional reader American Urban Politics in a Global Age for more advanced readers, City Politics remains the definitive text on urban politics – and how they have evolved in the US over time – for a new generation of students and researchers.

Author : Richard A. Harris,Daniel J. Tichenor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1467 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781851097180

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A History of the U.S. Political System [3 volumes] by Richard A. Harris,Daniel J. Tichenor Pdf

This reference resource combines unique historical analysis, scholarly essays, and primary source documents to explore the evolution of ideas and institutions that have shaped American government and Americans' political behavior. One of the most active and revealing approaches to research into the American political system is one that focuses on political development, an approach that combines the tools of the political scientist and the historian. A History of the U.S. Political System: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions is the first comprehensive resource that uses this approach to explore the evolution of the American political system from the adoption of the Constitution to the present. A History of the U.S. Political System is a three-volume collection of original essays and primary documents that examines the ideas, institutions, and policies that have shaped American government and politics throughout its history. The first volume is issues-oriented, covering governmental and nongovernmental institutions as well as key policy areas. The second volume examines America's political development historically, surveying its dynamic government era by era. Volume three is a collection of documentary materials that supplement and enhance the reader's experience with the other volumes.

Author : Robert E. England,John P. Pelissero,David R. Morgan
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506310503

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Managing Urban America by Robert E. England,John P. Pelissero,David R. Morgan Pdf

Managing Urban America guides students through the challenges, politics, and practice of urban management—including managing conflict through politics, adapting to demographic and social changes, balancing budgets, and delivering a myriad of goods and services to citizens in an efficient, equitable, and responsive manner. The Eighth Edition has been thoroughly updated to include a discussion of the difficulties cities confront as they deal with the lingering economic challenges of the 2008 recession, the concept of e-government and how it affects the theory and practice of management, and the implications of environmental issues for urban government management.

Author : Richard M. Valelly,Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191086984

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The Oxford Handbook of American Political Development by Richard M. Valelly,Suzanne Mettler,Robert C. Lieberman Pdf

Scholars working in or sympathetic to American political development (APD) share a commitment to accurately understanding the history of American politics - and thus they question stylized facts about America's political evolution. Like other approaches to American politics, APD prizes analytical rigor, data collection, the development and testing of theory, and the generation of provocative hypotheses. Much APD scholarship indeed overlaps with the American politics subfield and its many well developed literatures on specific institutions or processes (for example Congress, judicial politics, or party competition), specific policy domains (welfare policy, immigration), the foundations of (in)equality in American politics (the distribution of wealth and income, race, ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual and gender orientation), public law, and governance and representation. What distinguishes APD is careful, systematic thought about the ways that political processes, civic ideals, the political construction of social divisions, patterns of identity formation, the making and implementation of public policies, contestation over (and via) the Constitution, and other formal and informal institutions and processes evolve over time - and whether (and how) they alter, compromise, or sustain the American liberal democratic regime. APD scholars identify, in short, the histories that constitute American politics. They ask: what familiar or unfamiliar elements of the American past illuminate the present? Are contemporary phenomena that appear new or surprising prefigured in ways that an APD approach can bring to the fore? If a contemporary phenomenon is unprecedented then how might an accurate understanding of the evolution of American politics unlock its significance? Featuring contributions from leading academics in the field, The Oxford Handbook of American Political Development provides an authoritative and accessible analysis of the study of American political development.

Author : Eleonora Pasotti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521762052

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Political Branding in Cities by Eleonora Pasotti Pdf

This book examines how cities suffering from poor government made a transition to brand politics to break a cycle of inertia.