The Road to Inequality - How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities (Paperback)

The Road to Inequality shows how policies that shape geographic space change our politics, focusing on the effects of the largest public works project in American history: the federal highway system. For decades, federally subsidized highways have selectively facilitated migration into fast-growing suburbs, producing an increasingly non-urban Republican electorate. This book examines the highway programs' policy origins at the national level and traces how these intersected with local politics and interests to facilitate complex, mutually-reinforcing processes that have shaped America's growing urban-suburban divide and, with it, the politics of metropolitan public investment. As Americans have become more polarized on urban-suburban lines, attitudes towards transportation policy - a once quintessentially 'local' and non-partisan policy area - are now themselves driven by partisanship, endangering investments in metropolitan programs that provide access to opportunity for millions of Americans.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2018
Authors:	Clayton Nall
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-40549-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Transport planning & policy > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-108-40549-5
Barcode:	9781108405492

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