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Civic culture and urban change : governing Dallas /

"Civic Culture and Urban Change analyzes Dallas government's adaptation to shifts in the city's demography and economic structure that occurred after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Using the example of Dallas to examine civic culture as a product of a governin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hanson, Royce
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Urban regimes and change
  • The city that invented itself
  • The transformation of the Dallas economy
  • Economic structure, demography, and political power
  • Power failure : public education in Dallas
  • The regency at work : redesigning policing
  • Growth as a public good : the Dallas growth machine
  • Making development policy the Dallas way
  • The private uses of public powers
  • The phantom publics of Dallas
  • Race, representation, and legitimacy
  • How Dallas "solves" problems
  • Reflections.