Urban America
Processes and Problems
Published on 12. October 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-13-287111-2 (ISBN)
Description
For introductory courses in Urban Politics in Departments of Political Science, Urban Studies, Sociology, Geography, Urbanization, Urban Affairs, and Urban Problems.
Balanced and non-judgmental in tone, this comprehensive study on urban America provides an historic overview of the field, highlights key economic and political factors, and exposes students to some of the most significant and pressing urban issues and problems facing the United States today-such as multiculturalism, the controversy over immigration, poverty, crime, and public education. Enticing students with its contemporary, relevant, and informal approach, it offers detailed analyses on the present state of urban housing, urban planning, urban governance, urban economy, and the financing of urban government; presents facts, hypotheses, mechanisms and explanations that encourage students to really think about the subject; and supplies numerous newspaper and magazines sources for further research.
Balanced and non-judgmental in tone, this comprehensive study on urban America provides an historic overview of the field, highlights key economic and political factors, and exposes students to some of the most significant and pressing urban issues and problems facing the United States today-such as multiculturalism, the controversy over immigration, poverty, crime, and public education. Enticing students with its contemporary, relevant, and informal approach, it offers detailed analyses on the present state of urban housing, urban planning, urban governance, urban economy, and the financing of urban government; presents facts, hypotheses, mechanisms and explanations that encourage students to really think about the subject; and supplies numerous newspaper and magazines sources for further research.
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Content
I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
1. The Origins of the City.
2. The American City in the Nineteenth Century.
3. The Emergence of Metropolitan America.
II. THE MODERN CITY.
4. City Government: Part I.
5. City Government: Part II.
6. City Finances: Raising the Money and Paying the Bills.
7. The Economy of the City.
8. Planning the City.
9. Housing: An Overview.
10. Housing: Part II-Public Policy.
III. ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.
11. Melting Pots, Mosaics and Salad Bowls.
12. The Controversy Over Immigration.
13. Poverty: The Background.
14. Poverty and Public Policy.
15. Crime and the Criminal Justice System.
16. Public Education and the City.
Photo Credits.
Index.
1. The Origins of the City.
2. The American City in the Nineteenth Century.
3. The Emergence of Metropolitan America.
II. THE MODERN CITY.
4. City Government: Part I.
5. City Government: Part II.
6. City Finances: Raising the Money and Paying the Bills.
7. The Economy of the City.
8. Planning the City.
9. Housing: An Overview.
10. Housing: Part II-Public Policy.
III. ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.
11. Melting Pots, Mosaics and Salad Bowls.
12. The Controversy Over Immigration.
13. Poverty: The Background.
14. Poverty and Public Policy.
15. Crime and the Criminal Justice System.
16. Public Education and the City.
Photo Credits.
Index.