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Place Matters: Metropolitics for the TwentyFirst Century (Studies in Government and Public Policy)
Dreier, Peter, Mollenkopf, John, Swanstrom, Todd
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Description for Place Matters: Metropolitics for the TwentyFirst Century (Studies in Government and Public Policy)
Paperback. A thoroughly updated third edition of an urban politics classic. Analyzes the problematic trends facing America's cities and older suburbs and assesses what's needed to put America's urban crisis back on the national agenda. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPP; JPV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems—poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy consumption, and housing, among others? That’s the basic question addressed by the new edition of this award-winning book. 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.
The problem of rising inequality is at ... Read more
How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems—poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy consumption, and housing, among others? That’s the basic question addressed by the new edition of this award-winning book. 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.
The problem of rising inequality is at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Government and Public Policy
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700619276
SKU
V9780700619276
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About Dreier, Peter, Mollenkopf, John, Swanstrom, Todd
Peter Dreier is Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College, USA. John Mollenkopf is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology and director of the Center for Urban Research at CUNY Graduate Center, USA. Todd Swanstrom is Des Lee Endowed Professor of Community Collaboration ... Read more
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