[PDF] Bibliography On Comparative Urban Politics And Development eBook

Author : Harald Baldersheim
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2006-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3847412973

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The book provides a the state-of-the-art of local government studies, with an emphasis on contributions by political science. Particular attention is paid to the development of the research agenda in the field, of which a potential future development is outlined.

Author : Douglas Elliott Ashford
Publisher :
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 47,14 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Municipal government
ISBN :

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Forty-one limericks, rhymes, jokes, and riddles.

Author : Mickey Lauria
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761901515

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Urban regime theory has gained a dominant position in the literature on local politics in the United States and its use in comparative cross-national research despite its cited shortcomings. In Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory, editor Mickey Lauria presents a challenging argument for the need to reconceptualize urban regime's middle-level abstraction by interpreting it through the lens of the higher-level abstraction of regulationist theory. The noted contributors to this volume propose stronger conceptual linkages between local agents and institutions, regime transformation, and the restructuring of urban space. The blend of empirical and case-study chapters provide an excellent mix of theory and practice that makes Reconstructing Urban Regime Theory well suited to a broad spectrum of upper-level undergraduate courses covering urban studies, political science, sociology, and geography as well as a rich resource for academics and researchers in these fields.

Author : John P. Pelissero
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 14,28 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1483301486

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Just because Milwaukee isn't Manhattan, doesn't mean that those urban centers face completely unique challenges. Through effective comparative analysis of key issues in urban studies--how city managers share power with mayors, how spending policies affect economic development, and how school politics impact education policy--students can clearly see how scholars discern patterns and formulate conclusions to offer theoretical and practical insights from which all cities can benefit. Pelissero brings together an impressive team of contributors to explore variation among cities through case studies and cross-sectional analyses. Each author synthesizes the field's seminal literature while explaining how urban leaders and their constituents grapple with everything from city council politics to conflict and cooperation among minority groups. Authors identify both key trends and gaps in the scholarship, and help set the research agenda for the years to come. Lively case material will hook your students while the accessible presentation of empirical evidence make this reader the comprehensive and sophisticated text you demand.