Political Science

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 Fourth Edition of this number one text is completely revised throughout.

• Examines cities as a whole (i.e., it looks at social, racial, and ethnic divisions within the cities themselves and within surrounding suburban communities).

• Three primary themes are woven throughout the text: the imperative of growth, the challenge of governance, and the politics of secession.

• Emphasis on political economy.

• Excellent historical coverage sets context and reveals enduring patterns.

• Boxed “Our Takes” now appear in each chapter to help make abstract concepts concrete and demonstrate to students the chapter topics in practice.

• Complete data from the 2000 census have been incorporated throughout the text, especially in the chapters on central cities (Chs. 6, 12 & 13).

• New theme integrated throughout. Urban development has entered a historic new phase in the United States, which is marked by two seemingly contradictory occurrences: the revival of central cities (connected to globalization and the concentration of white-collar professionals downtown), and the suburbs becoming open to groups of all income and ethnic characteristics. The question now posed throughout the text is whether the multiethnic metropolis will continue to be characterized by segregation and the proliferation of enclaves, or whether it will take on a new form.

• Extensive new research on the new immigration, with a special emphasis on understanding how multiethnic cities and suburbs differ from those in the past.

• A revised analysis of minority mayors and the new generation of conservative mayors.

• An expanded and updated discussion of the revitalization of central cities, including a new discussion of the impact of globalization and the rise of the New Economy.

• Expanded and updated coverage of the urban tourism.

• A new discussion of urban finance, with an emphasis on intergovernmental relations and the creation of special authorities. (This discussion makes the finance chapter unlike any published by the competitors. It argues that most fiscal resources in urban areas are devoted to promoting growth, which has resulted in the proliferation of special, fund-raising authorities—the implication for local democracy being that municipalities do less and less.)

 1. The Politics of American Cities: An Introduction.

I. THE ENDURING ISSUES IN AMERICAN CITY POLITICS.

II. NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE CITIES.

III. THE FRACTURING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY.

Urban Politics  (Political Science)

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  City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America, 6/E
  Judd & Swanstrom
  ©2008 | Longman | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205522165 | ISBN-13: 9780205522163
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  Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme — that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity — the Sixth Edition of this text brings city politics of the global era into sharp focus by tracing the continuous development of urban America from the nation’s founding to the present.

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  City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban America, 7/E
  Judd & Swanstrom
  ©2010 | Longman | Paper; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205736971 | ISBN-13: 9780205736973
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  Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction among governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity – the Seventh Edition of this text brings city politics of the global era into sharp focus by tracing the continuous development of urban America from the nation’s founding to the present.

   

  Judd and Swanstrom argue that the politics of growth, the politics of governance, and enclave politics are the three imperatives that dissolve the past and present into a singular, continuous narrative.

Building Bridges: The Allyn & Bacon Student Guide to Service-Learning
Hamner
©2002 | Longman | Paper; 128 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319742 | ISBN-13: 9780205319749
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Classroom Response System (Download Only) for American Government
Pearson
©2010 | Longman | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205713610 | ISBN-13: 9780205713615
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Georgia (Longman State Politics Series), 2/E
Sewell & Walton
©2011 | Longman | Paper; 64 pp | Estimated Availability : 12/15/2010
ISBN-10: 0205734405 | ISBN-13: 9780205734405

InterWrite PRS RF (Personal Response System)
InterWrite PRS & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2005 | Longman | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205436951 | ISBN-13: 9780205436958

ResearchNavigator.com Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Barr
©2007 | Longman | Paper; 48 pp | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 020552396X | ISBN-13: 9780205523962

ResearchNavigator.com Guide
Allyn & Bacon
©2007 | Longman | Paper; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205517196 | ISBN-13: 9780205517190

iClicker Classroom Response System
iClicker & Allyn & Bacon/Longman
©2008 | Longman | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205594506 | ISBN-13: 9780205594504

MySearchLab (access code required)
Pearson
©2010 | Longman | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205699391 | ISBN-13: 9780205699391
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