Governing America's Urban Areas
- ISBN-10
- 0155073796
- ISBN-13
- 9780155073791
- Category
- Metropolitan government
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Author
- Alan Saltzstein
Description
GOVERNING AMERICA'S URBAN AREAS offers students a detailed understanding of the structures and political processes intrinsic to metropolitan government. Focusing on the problems and promises of coordinated metropolitan governance, Alan Saltzstein demonstrates that American cities--which need strong government--are often governed in reality by a variety of weak institutions and forces. This theme is woven throughout the text, giving students a common framework within which to understand such fundamental social science concepts as power, efficiency, violence, representation, and organizational structure.
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