Fenced off : the suburbanization of American politics / Juliet F. Gainsborough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gainsborough, Juliet F.

Series:

American governance and public policy

American governance and public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Suburbs--Political aspects.

Suburbs.

United States.

Suburbs--Political aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 191 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2001]

Contents:

1 Suburban Myths Then and Now: Camptown and Arroyo Blanco 1

2 Political Science and the Suburbs 6

The Emergence of Suburbia 8

The Suburban Myths 9

Contemporary Views of Suburbia 11

Why Now? 16

3 What Is a Suburb? 31

Defining Suburbia 32

Comparing Cities and Suburbs in Statistical Terms 35

4 Laying the Groundwork: Methodological Issues 52

Choice and Formulation of Variables 53

Causality 57

5 Party Identification, Vote Choice, and Policy Preferences in the Suburbs 66

Suburban Politics, 1952-1992 66

Suburban Politics, 1988-1992 71

6 Suburban Diversity and Metropolitan Context 80

Suburban Variation 81

Metropolitan Variation 88

The Causal Connection 97

7 Suburban Representation in Congress 100

Change over Time 103

Consequences of Increased Suburban Representation 105

8 Party Politics and the Suburbs 116

Devolution: A Suburban Approach to Social Policy 117

Democrats and the Suburban Vote 121

Party Platforms and Devolution 124

9 Prospects for the Future 136.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index.

ISBN:

0878408304

0878408312

OCLC:

44777227