Social class, politics, and urban markets : the makings of bias in policy outcomes /

"This book is about the policymaking of public agencies in large American cities. Based on a decade of research, it studies urban mass transit in terms of the factors that bias the industry's policy outcomes to benefit one public or another. Why is there a great variance of outcomes among...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boschken, Herman L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Local transit > Government policy > United States.
Local transit > United States > Finance.
Transports publics > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Transports publics > États-Unis > Finances.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Local transit > Finance
Local transit > Government policy
Transportation Economics.
Business & Economics.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Skewing Outcomes in Agency Policymaking
  • 1. Urban Settings: The Origins of Bias in Policy Outcomes
  • 3
  • 2. Policy Outcomes from a Multiple-Constituencies Perspective
  • 28
  • Part II. Rival Theses
  • 3. The Upper-Middle-Class Genre and Other Socioeconomic Influences
  • 53
  • 4. Institutionalism and the Politics of Intergovernmental Exchange
  • 76
  • 5. Markets, Technology, and Urban Spatial Form
  • 91
  • Part III. Results, Analysis, and Implications
  • 6. Determining Outcomes: What Matters Most?
  • 117
  • 7. Paths of Indirect Relationships: Rival or Complementary Theses?
  • 136
  • 8. Interpretations and Implications
  • 150
  • 9. Policy Outcomes in Global Cities: Symbolism and Upper-Middle-Class Influence
  • 173
  • A The Transit Agency Sample
  • 187
  • B. Transit Performance Measures
  • 190.

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