Governing America's Urban Areas Book

	Preface	ix
	About the Author	xiii
1	The Paradox of Urban Governance	1
	Our Urban Areas: Landscape of Contrast	4
	Why Do Our Cities Fail?	7
	Why Urban Areas Need More Government	10
	Small Towns and Urban Governments	12
	How Our Urban Areas Respond to the Need for Government	15
	Summary	28
	References	28
Part I	Contours of America's Urban Areas	31
2	The Social and Economic Structure of American Cities	32
	The Walking City	33
	The Industrial City, 1880-1920	36
	The Suburban City, 1950-1970	46
	A Cacophony of Change: The American City 1970-2000	60
	Summary	69
	References	70
3	Conflicting Theories of American Urban Government	72
	The Founding Fathers and Urban Government	73
	The Practice of Government: City Government and the Age of Industrialization	82
	Summary: American Urban Government--A Conflict of Ideas	96
	References	97
4	Organizing the Government of Today	98
	The Progressive Movement and the Evils of the Machine	99
	Changing Structures of Government	109
	Reform Governments: Have They Made a Difference?	115
	Analyzing City Government	116
	Representation and Reform Governments	117
	Separating Policy and Administration: Council-Management Government Policy-Making	121
	Structure, Efficiency, and Public Policy	126
	Progressive Government: A Summary	132
	References	133
5	The Making and Unmaking of Federal Urban Policy	136
	An Urban Policy: What Should It Be?	138
	The Organization of Government and Urban Policy	140
	How the Federal Government Influences Urban Matters	145
	The Rise and Fall of Federal Urban Policy	149
	Conclusion: The Federal Government and the Paradox	167
	References	168
6	Power and Leadership in the American City	170
	What We Know About Power in American Cities	171
	Examining Big City Power	181
	Power in the American City: Summary and Conclusions	198
	Power in the Twenty-First Century City: A Brief Look at Three Big City Mayors	200
	References	203
7	Urban Riots and Public Policy	205
	Introduction	208
	Riots and Rebellions: A Brief History of Urban Unrest	209
	Analyzing Urban Riots	216
	The Los Angeles Riots of 1992: Rebellion, Profit, or Bad Management?	229
	Conclusions: What Do We Know About Urban Riots?	234
	References	235
Part II	Changing America's Urban Areas	237
8	Can Citizens Control Urban Governance?	238
	Social Capital: The Condition and the Problem	241
	Approaches to Expanding Community Involvement	246
	Methods of Expanding Public Participation	250
	Summary: The Search for Social Capital	270
	References	271
9	The Governance of Metropolitan Regions	274
	The Rise of Suburbia and the Fragmented City	277
	Government Fragmentation: Is It a Problem?	280
	Approaches to an Improved Metropolitan Organization of Governments	286
	The Practice of Modern Regional Governance	300
	Conclusions: Preserving Our Rights and Protecting Our Regions	308
	References	309
10	Resolving the Paradox of Urban Governance	311
	How Did These Conditions Come About?	312
	How Is the Paradox Resolved?	314
	Bold Approaches to the Problems of American Cities	323
	References	330
	Index	331
	Photo Credits	345