| Description |
xv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in government and public policy |
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Studies in government and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Power and local democracy : Clarence N. Stone and American political science / Marion Orr and Valerie C. Johnson -- Systemic power in community decision making : a restatement of stratification theory -- Social stratification, nondecision-making, and the study of community power -- Urban regimes and the capacity to govern : a political economy approach -- Paradigms, power, and urban leadership -- Political leadership in urban politics -- Race, power, and political change -- Race and regime in Atlanta -- Civic capacity and urban education -- Powerful actors versus compelling actions -- Civic capacity : what, why, and from whence -- Urban politics then and now -- Clarence N. Stone and the study of urban politics / Jennifer Hochschild. |
| Subject |
Municipal government -- United States.
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Metropolitan government -- United States.
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Urban policy -- United States.
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Stone, Clarence N. (Clarence Nathan), 1935-
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| Added Author |
Orr, Marion, 1962-
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Johnson, Valerie C.
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| ISBN |
0700615733 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780700615735 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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