City and Regime in the American Republic /

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Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics-equality and efficiency-are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a comm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elkin, Stephen L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
Temas:
Municipal government > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
city, urban, metropolis, american culture, republic, democracy, political science, politicians, business, corruption, wealth, class, stratification, inequity, inequality, social justice, land use, interest groups, common good, commerce, capitalism, revenue, government, municipal, market, economy, bias, systemic racism, problem solving, judgment, selfishness, motivation, nonfiction, politics, philosophy, human nature.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. City, State, and Market
  • 3. Urban Political Economies
  • 4. An Entrepreneurial Political Economy
  • 5. Systematic Bias and Effective Problem Solving
  • 6. City and Regime
  • 7. A Commercial Republic?
  • 8. The Commercial Public Interest and the Urban Citizenry
  • 9. The Probable and the Desirable
  • 10. Some Considerations on Political Judgment
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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