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Author Dreier, Peter, 1948-

Title Place Matters : metropolitics for the twentyfirst century / Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf & Todd Swanstrom.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  307.76 D813p 2014    ---  Available
 FSCC Non-Fiction  307.7609 D813p 2014    ---  Available
Edition Third edition.
Description xvii, 478 pages ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Series Studies in government and public policy
Studies in government and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-451) and index.
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 Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
Subject Urban poor -- United States.
Urban policy -- United States.
Federal-city relations -- United States.
Metropolitan areas -- United States.
Federal-city relations. (OCoLC)fst00922369
Metropolitan areas. (OCoLC)fst01018849
Urban policy. (OCoLC)fst01162489
Urban poor. (OCoLC)fst01162512
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Mollenkopf, John H., 1946-
Swanstrom, Todd.
ISBN 9780700619276 (paperback)
0700619275 (paperback)
Standard No. 40023969064

 
    
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