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PrefaceAbout the AuthorsPart 1: Laying the GroundworkChapter 1: Studying Urban Politics·First Things First: What is ‘Urban,’ Anyway?·What’s Different about Local Government and Politics?·Types of U.S. Local Governments and What They Do·The World of Local GovernmentsChapter 2: The Development of Urban America through World War II·History as a Lens for Understanding Urban Politics·Pre-industrial Cities·Urban Development from the 1870s to World War I·The 1920s through World War IIChapter 3: Urban Development after World War II·Suburbanization and Minority Concentration in Central Cities·Postwar Urban Development and Politics·New Urban Regions and Groups in the Late 20th Century·Urban Development in the 21st CenturyPart 2: Local InstitutionsChapter 4: Dealing with Other Governments at the National, State, and Local Levels·Local Governments in the American Federal System·State Limits on Local Governments·Federal Efforts to Influence Local Governments·Dealing with Other GovernmentsChapter 5: Local Legislatures·Institutional Context of Local Legislatures·The Functions of City Councils·Representing ConstituentsChapter 6: Mayors and Executives·The Context of Mayoral Leadership·Mayoral Leadership: Formal and Informal Sources of Powers·City Managers and Administrators·The Urban Bureaucracy·Local Constitutional OfficersPart 3: Participation and Representation in Local PoliticsChapter 7: Elections and Voting·Urban Electoral Process·Voter Turnout in Urban Elections·Voter Choice in Urban ElectionsChapter 8: Candidates and Campaigns·From Group-Based to Candidate-Centered Elections·Institutional Context of Urban Candidates and Campaigns·Urban CampaignsChapter 9: Non-Voting Forms of Participation·Non-Voting Forms of Participation in Urban Politics·Citizen Contacting·Political Parties and Urban Interest Groups·Political Campaigning·Protests and Rebellions·Voting with Your FeetPart 4: Local Government PoliciesChapter 10: Local Government Policy Making and Services·The Policy Process·Types of Policies·Providing Local Services·Alternative Service MethodsChapter 11: Local Government Finances·Local Government Spending·Local Government Revenue Sources·Local Government BudgetingChapter 12: Building the City: Economic Development, Land Use, & Housing Policies·Economic Development Policies·Land Use·Housing·Critical Issues in the Shaping of Urban AmericaChapter 13: Policies to Promote Quality of Life·Public Safety·Environmental Policies·Urban Amenities·Morality Politics: Battling over Community ValuesGlossaryIndex

xv, 292 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), tables, graphs, maps (some color) ; 26 cm

"In Understanding Urban Politics: Institutions, Representation, and Policies, Timothy B. Krebs and Arnold Fleischmann introduce a framework that focuses on the role of institutions in establishing the political "rules of the game," the representativeness of city government, the influence of participation in local democracy, and how each of these features influences the adoption and implementation of public policies"-- Provided by publisher

Understanding urban politics : institutions, representation, and policies