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<p>economic Development And Urban Growth Are The Contested Grounds Of Urban Politics. Business Elites And Politicians Tend To Forge Pro-growth Coalitions Centered Around Downtown Development While Progressive And Neighborhood Activists Counter With A More Balanced Approach That Features A Strong Neighborhood Component. Urban Politics Is Often Shaped By This Conflict, Which Has Intellectual As Well As Practical Dimensions. In Some Cities, Neighborhood Interests Have Triumphed; In Others, The Pro-growth Agenda Has Prevailed.<p>in This Illuminating Comparative Study, Barbara Ferman Demonstrates Why Neighborhood Challenges To Pro-growth Politics Were Much More Successful In Pittsburgh Than They Were In Chicago. Operating Largely In The Civic Arena, Pittsburgh's Neighborhood Groups Encountered A Political Culture And Institutional Structure Conducive To Empowering Neighborhood Progressivism In Housing And Economic Development Policymaking. In Contrast, The Pro-growth Agenda In Chicago Was Challenged In The Electoral Arena, Which Was Dominated By Machine, Ward-based Politicians Who Regarded Any Independent Neighborhood Organizing As A Threat. Consequently, Neighborhood Demands For Policy

Author

Ferman, Barbara

Publisher

Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700607860

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences