Place Matters : metropolitics for the twenty-first century / Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf & Todd Swanstrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dreier, Peter, 1948- author.

Mollenkopf, John H., 1946- author.

Swanstrom, Todd, author.

Series:

Studies in government and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--United States.

Urban poor.

United States.

Urban policy--United States.

Urban policy.

Federal-city relations--United States.

Federal-city relations.

Metropolitan areas--United States.

Metropolitan areas.

Physical Description:

xvii, 478 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition, revised.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]

Summary:

"Thoroughly revised and updated for its third edition, Place Matters examines the major trends and problems shaping our cities and suburbs, explores a range of policy solutions to address them, and looks closely at the potential political coalitions needed to put the country's "urban crisis" back on the public agenda"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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List of Tables and Illustrations

Preface

1. Place Still Matters

2. The Facts of Economic Segregation and Sprawl

3. The Costs of Economic Segregation and Sprawl

4. The Roads Not Taken: How Government Policies Promote Economic Segregation and Suburban Sprawl

5. From FDR to Obama: A Brief History of Federal Urban Policy

6. City Limits: What Can Motown Teach Us about Wealth, Poverty, and Municiple Finance?

7. Urban Politics Matter: Liberal, Progressive, and Conservative Cities

8. Regionalisms Old and New

9. Metropolicies for the Twenty-First Century

10. Crossing the City Line: A Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700619276

0700619275

OCLC:

881469218

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