Theories of Urban Politics Export

@book{citeulike:2360540, abstract = {{Theories of Urban Politics presents an excellent survey on the current state of the theoretical debate in urban political science. Comprehensive in its approach, this masterful volume explores such salient issues as citizen involvement in the processes of urban politics, urban social movements, political leadership in urban politics, local government organization, traditional and more recent theories of power in cities, feminist theory, the nature of public bureaucracy, and urban politics in terms of the social economic environment and the complex architecture of government in which it operates. This book is essential reading for all serious scholars and students of urban studies and local government. "The authors include many of the most reflective observers, and the coverage is eclectic, ranging from feminism to public choice, from Marxism to pluralism. In addition, the authors reprise many disputes from earlier decades so that in toto the volume provides a wide sampling of postwar urban scholarship as it works toward a better understanding of past, present, and future metropolises. Recommended for all four-year and graduate institutions." --Choice "In short, this is a very serviceable book." --Canadian Journal of Urban Research}}, author = {Judge, David and Stoker, Gerry and Wolman, Hal}, citeulike-article-id = {2360540}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike01-21&path=ASIN/0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike06-21&path=ASIN/0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803988656/citeulike00-21}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0803988656}, citeulike-linkout-7 = {http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?keywords=0803988656&index=books&linkCode=qs}, citeulike-linkout-8 = {http://www.librarything.com/isbn/0803988656}, day = {11}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {0803988656}, keywords = {capitalism, governance, theory, uk, urbanstudies, us}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-02-10 23:55:39}, priority = {2}, publisher = {{Sage Publications Ltd}}, title = {Theories of Urban Politics}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0803988656}, year = {1995} }

TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:2360540 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2360540 N2 - {Theories of Urban Politics presents an excellent survey on the current state of the theoretical debate in urban political science. Comprehensive in its approach, this masterful volume explores such salient issues as citizen involvement in the processes of urban politics, urban social movements, political leadership in urban politics, local government organization, traditional and more recent theories of power in cities, feminist theory, the nature of public bureaucracy, and urban politics in terms of the social economic environment and the complex architecture of government in which it operates. This book is essential reading for all serious scholars and students of urban studies and local government. "The authors include many of the most reflective observers, and the coverage is eclectic, ranging from feminism to public choice, from Marxism to pluralism. In addition, the authors reprise many disputes from earlier decades so that in toto the volume provides a wide sampling of postwar urban scholarship as it works toward a better understanding of past, present, and future metropolises. Recommended for all four-year and graduate institutions." --Choice "In short, this is a very serviceable book." --Canadian Journal of Urban Research} SN - 0803988656 TI - Theories of Urban Politics PB - {Sage Publications Ltd} KW - capitalism KW - governance KW - theory KW - uk KW - urbanstudies KW - us AU - Judge, David AU - Stoker, Gerry AU - Wolman, Hal PY - 1995/07/11/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0803988656 ER -