Dilemmas of pluralist democracy : autonomy vs. control / Robert A. Dahl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahl, Robert A., 1915-2014.

Series:

Yale studies in political science ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy.

Public interest.

Cultural pluralism.

Associations, institutions, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 229 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Future urban America : post-affluent or advanced industrial society? / Gary Gappert

Part I. Urban changes : what pattern is this place?

The evolving dynamics of American urban development / James F. Richardson

City development in advanced industrial societies / Richard V. Knight

Seven scenarios of urban changes / Arthur Shostak

Part II. Demographic relaties : is demography destiny?

Urban growth in the sunbelt / Kathleen Butler and Ben Chinitz

The Hispanic-American urban order : a border perspective / Warner Bloomberg and Rodrigo Martinez-Sandoval

The future of black ghettos / Harold M. Rose

Part III. Forces of transformation : will cities enjoy the future?

New city types in an energy-short world / Jon Van Til

Middle managers go on strike : a report from 2001 / Larry Hirschhorn

New technologies and their urban impact / Joseph F. Coates

Toward the androgynous city / Susan Saegert

Irregular economies / John P. Blair

Part IV. Forces of intertia : will urban changes ever change?

The future of urban neighborhoods / David J. O'Brien and Lynn Clough

Enduring elements of urban design and architecture / Richard Fleischman

Frontierism and civil leadership / Frank Costa and Yong Cho

The future of urban danger / Sally Engle Merry

Part V. Policies of transition : can cities manage their transformation?

The future of fiscal federalism / James Alm and Jesse Burkhead

Changes in the provision of public services / Deborah Bickford and Charles Vehorn

Epilogue : Urban management and the future / Gary Gappert and Richard V. Knight.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 211-217.

ISBN:

0-300-17340-7

0-585-34879-0