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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Urban politics
    sub title: cities and suburbs in a global age
  name:
    name part: Levine, Myron A.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ProQuest (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2015
    edition: Ninth edtion.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  table of contents: Machine generated contents note: The Postindustrial Transformation of Pittsburgh -- Global City -- Tourist City -- Bankrupt City -- Power and the Study of Urban Politics -- Power: The Ability to Get Things Done -- Privatism: The Limited Power of Government -- The Subthemes of This Book -- Conclusion: The Urban Situation -- Key Terms -- The Natural Factors that Shape the Growth and Decline of Cities and Suburbs -- Hidden Urban Policy: How the Government Shapes Metropolitan Development -- The Importance of Corporate and Private Power -- How Public Policies and Private-Sector Actions Contribute to Homelessness -- Conclusion: Hidden Urban Policies, Private Power, and the Contemporary Urban Situation -- Key Terms -- Gentrification -- Who Transformed the Inner City: Urban Pioneers or Corporate Developers? -- Why Cities Promote Gentrification Despite Its Costs -- How Public and Private Institutions Promote Neighborhood Transformation -- Coping with Gentrification -- World Cities and the Global Hierarchy: The Position of Cities in a Global Economy -- Globalization: The Permeability of City Borders -- Conclusion: Globalization, Power, and Democracy -- Key Terms -- Moving Beyond the Old "Power Elite" versus "Pluralism" Debate -- "City Limits": How Economic Competition Shapes Local Politics -- Regime Theory: Power as Social Production -- The Transformation of San Francisco: Political Power and Economic Development in the Postindustrial City -- Conclusion: Constrained Local Politics -- Key Terms -- Municipal Incorporation, City Charters, and Local Fragmentation -- Dillon's Rule -- Preemption -- Home Rule -- State Regulations Regarding Local Annexation and Secession -- Local Government Finance: State Limitations on Local Taxing and Borrowing -- The Voter Tax Revolt and Recent Trends in Financing Local Government -- "Academic Bankruptcy" Laws: The State Takeover of Schools in Crisis -- The Formal Structure of City Government -- City Councils: No Miniature Reproductions of the U.S…
  note: Myron A. Levine.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Municipal government
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Metropolitan government
    geographic: United States
  classification: JS323 .R67 2015
  classification: 320.8/50973
  related item:
    identifier: (DLC) 2014026934
  identifier: 9781317516798 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 1317516796 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9781138853577
  identifier: 1138853577
  identifier: 9780765646255
  identifier: 0765646250
  identifier: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action
  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 150304
    record change date: 20221130134226.3
    record identifier: in00003882487