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  • Civic Culture and Urban Change

    Governing Dallas

    de Royce Hanson ...
    A study of how civic culture shaped policy responses to the demographic and economic transformations of Dallas, Texas.Civic Culture and Urban Change analyzes the Dallas government's adaptation to shifts in its demography and economic structure that occurred after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The book examines civic culture as a product of a governing regime and the ... Leer más

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  • Nation's Metropolis

    The Economy, Politics, and Development of the Washington Region

    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Nation’s Metropolis describes how the national capital region functions as a metropolitan political economy. Its authors distinguish aspects of the Washington region that reflect its characteristics as a national capital from those common to most other metropolitan regions and to other capitals. To do so, they employ an interdisciplinary approach that draws from economics, political science, ... Leer más

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  • Nation's Metropolis

    The Economy, Politics, and Development of the Washington Region

    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Nation’s Metropolis describes how the national capital region functions as a metropolitan political economy. Its authors distinguish aspects of the Washington region that reflect its characteristics as a national capital from those common to most other metropolitan regions and to other capitals. To do so, they employ an interdisciplinary approach that draws from economics, political science, ... Leer más

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  • Suburb

    Planning Politics and the Public Interest

    de Royce Hanson ...
    Land-use policy is at the center of suburban political economies because everything has to happen somewhere but nothing happens by itself. In Suburb, Royce Hanson explores how well a century of strategic land-use decisions served the public interest in Montgomery County, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Transformed from a rural hinterland into the home a million people and a half-million ... Leer más

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  • Reform as Reorganization

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    As the fourth report in a series on the Governance of Metropolitan Areas, Reform as Reorganization explores the welfare and development of metropolitan America in terms of political reorganization. Originally published in 1974, this study reflects on metropolitan problems and governmental structure to provide some new options for policy makers and an overview of what political action can be taken. ... Leer más

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    How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?

    Walter E. Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and still face in the present to show that that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities. He debunks many common labor market myths and reveals how excessive government regulation and the minimum-wage law have imposed incalculable ... Leer más

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  • The Land of Enterprise

    A Business History of the United States

    This groundbreaking account of the development of American business from the colonial period to the present explains that the history of the United States can best be understood not as a search for freedom—but as a search for wealth and prosperity.The Land of Enterprise charts the development of American business from the colonial period to the present. It explores the nation’s evolving economic, ... Leer más

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  • Bernie Sanders and the Boundaries of Reform

    Socialism in Burlington

    de W. Conroy ...
    Series series Conflicts In Urban & Regional
    Today, Bernie Sanders is a household name, a wildly popular presidential candidate and an icon for progressive Democrats in the United States. But back in the 1980s, this “democratic socialist”—though some folks would prefer the term “social democrat”—was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, where his administration attempted radical reforms. Some efforts were successful, but when a waterfront deal ... Leer más

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  • Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship

    This volume isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only between blacks and whites, but amongst blacks as well. Key factors discussed include the current state of the economy the influence of public policies, the persistence of urban poverty, economic opportunities, changes in family and social structure and equal opportunities. The city o ... Leer más

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  • A History of American State and Local Economic Development

    As Two Ships Pass in the Night

    A History of American State and Local Economic Development presents the history of American local and state economic development from 1790 to 2000. This multi-variable, multi-disciplinary history employs a bottom-up policy-making systems approach through three eras of American state and local economic development.The history offers insight into why the practice and profession evolved as it has and ... Leer más

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  • The Rise of the Public Authority

    Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America

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    In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation. Stymied by legal and financial barriers, they created a new class of quasi-public agencies called public authorities. Today these entities operate at all levels of government, ... Leer más

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  • City Politics

    Cities and Suburbs in 21st Century America

    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 ... Leer más

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