Independent cities : rethinking U.S. urban policy / Robert J. Waste
- Bib ID:
- 225887
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- Author:
- Waste, Robert J
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- Description:
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998
- x, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 0195108299 (alkaline paper)
- 0195108302 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Summary:
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Independent Cities explores the factors which have caused the decline of America's major industrial cities, paying particular attention to the effects of federal policies. Robert Waste uses the unique problems and opportunities presented by contemporary American urban politics to explore public policy and administrative options. He sets forth a rigorous examination of the current state of American cities, with careful consideration given to a wide variety of policy alternatives. From the moderate alterations identified with the Clinton administration to more radical positions, including amending the American Constitution and the massive overhauling of the nation's infrastructure, Independent Cities suggests an array of solutions to the problems affecting urban America and the peculiar dynamics of urban politics.
Waste abandons ideological purity and academic neutrality in favor of trying to put together a set of programs and policies that, if given a fair trial at the national level, would help solve the current crisis in American cities.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Permanent Crisis: The New Ecology of American Cities
- 2. Need More Proof? Forty-four Adrenaline Cities
- 3. The Political Invisibility of American Cities
- 4. Washington's Cities: Status Quo National Policies for American Cities
- 5. Jefferson's Cities: Status Quo Subnational Policies for American Cities
- 6. MetroBall, Safe Cities, and the Letter Voter Bill: Progressive Policies for American Cities
- 7. Cities in Flames: Radical Policies for American Cities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-202) and index.
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