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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
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