Urban Politics Reader

Taylor & Francis

Introduction Part 1:The Social and Economic Context of Urban Politics A Top 10 List of Things to Know About American CitiesElvin K. Wyly, Norman J. Glickman, and Michael L. Lahr. Poverty, Social Rights, and the Politics of Place in the United States Margaret Weir. Overview and Economic Restructuring as Class and Spatial Polarization Saskia Sassen. Social Polarisation, Economic Restructuring and Welfare State Regimes Chris R. Hamnett Part 2:The Roots of Urban Politics Tammany Hall and the Democracy Richard Croker. The Ward Organizations Milton Rakove. Why Political Machines have not Withered Away and Other Revisionist Thoughts Raymond E. Wolfinger. Writing the Rules to Win the Game: The Middle-Class Regimes of Municipal Reformers Amy Bridges and Richard Kronick. Resistance from Outside: Machine Politics and the (Non) Incorporation of ImmigrantsMichael Jones-Correa Part 3:Understanding Urban Power How to Study Urban Political Power John H. Mollenkopf. Who Governs? Robert A. Dahl. Thf