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The Politics of Urban and Regional Development and the American Exception by Kevin R Cox; hoopla digital is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Politics of Urban and Regional Development and the American Exception about?
Although all advanced industrial societies have urban and regional development policies, such policy in the United States historically has taken on a very distinct form. Compared with the more top-down, centrally orchestrated approaches of Western European countries, US cities and, to a lesser degree, states, take the lead, spurred on by developers and those with interest in rent. This bottom-up policy creates conflict as one city battles with another for new investments and as real estate developers fight over the spoils, resulting in highly contentious politics. In __The Politics of Urban and Regional Development and the American Exception__, Cox addresses the question of why US policy is so unique. In doing so, he illustrates the essential characteristics of American regional development through a series of case studies including housing politics in Silicon Valley; the history of the Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport; and a major redevelopment project that was rebuffed in Columbus, Ohio. Cox contrasts these examples with Western Europe's tradition of centralized governmental involvement and stronger labor movements that historically have been more concerned with creating w
Who reads The Politics of Urban and Regional Development and the American Exception?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kevin R Cox; hoopla digital
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press : Made available through hoopla
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780815653615
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Science, Sociology
