Nation's Metropolis : The Economy, Politics, and Development of the Washington Region /

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Nation's Metropolis describes how the national capital region functions as a metropolitan political economy. Its authors distinguish aspects of the Washington region that reflect its characteristics as a national capital from those common to most other metropolitan regions and to other capitals...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hanson, Royce (Autor), Wolman, Harold (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Colección:The City in the Twenty-First Century
Temas:
Interdisciplinary-Urban Studies.
Poli Sci-Urban Policy/Planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
Washington, DC.
district of Columbia.
education.
ethnicity.
federal government.
geography.
housing.
inequality.
infrastructure.
labor.
metropolitan areas.
metropolitan governance.
national capitals.
poverty.
race.
regional development.
regional governance.
regional politics.
suburban politics.
suburbia.
transportation.
urban development.
urban economies.
urban political economy.
urban politics.
water supply.
workforce.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • CHAPTER 1 All Capitals Are Peculiar: Washington Is More Peculiar Than Most
  • CHAPTER 2 The National Capital Region's Basic Industry
  • CHAPTER 3 The Federal Government and the Region's Development
  • CHAPTER 4 The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the National Capital Region
  • CHAPTER 5 Race, Ethnicity, and the Region's Workforce
  • CHAPTER 6 Governing the District of Columbia
  • CHAPTER 7 Governing Suburbia
  • CHAPTER 8 Regional Institutions
  • CHAPTER 9 The Capital's Dilemma: Economic, Racial, and Ethnic Inequality
  • CHAPTER 10 Managing the Region's Vital Infrastructure: Transportation and Water Supply
  • CHAPTER 11 The Federal Interest in the National Capital Region
  • CHAPTER 12 Rethinking Governance of the Nation's Metropolis
  • CHAPTER 13 A Model for the Nation?
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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