City Politics : The Political Economy of Urban America (5 Rev ed)

Praised for its narrative style, strong research base, and distinctive theme-that urban politics in the U.S. has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power and private purposes-the deeply revised Fifth Edition of this text focuses on tracing the three distinct periods in the nation's urban development--the industrial era, the era of urban crisis, and the global era--and increases its emphasis on the political economy of urban America.