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The Dependent City Revisited - The Political Economy Of Urban Development And Social Policy (Hardcover)
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The Dependent City Revisited - The Political Economy Of Urban Development And Social Policy (Hardcover)
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Here is a book that makes sense of the L.A. riots, homelessness,
tax giveaways, and the other big urban issues that are back in the
national spotlight. In this streamlined and updated new edition of
his classic book, The Dependent City, Paul Kantor now focuses on
economic development and social welfare policies to reveal the key
dilemmas of American urban politics. Returning to a political
economy theme, Kantor explores how city governments have struggled
to escape and accommodate the reality of their economic dependency
in the policies that they've pursued. Revisiting cities across the
nation, Kantor finds not only that they have become more dependent
but also that the character of this dependency has changed and
deepened. Exploring local regimes in the Frostbelt and Sunbelt and
in suburbia, he finds that they frequently act more like captives
of big business rather than as representatives of citizens. Local
attempts to promote social justice increasingly run up against a
wall of economic dependency created by federal policies and
business power. This book signals how American cities can find ways
of overcoming this dependency by working together with states and
the federal government to promote healthy, democratic urban
politics. The Dependent City Revisited is an accessible,
provocative supplement for a wide variety of courses in urban
studies and political economy as well as stimulating reading for
anyone who is interested in understanding America's urban mosaic.
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