Majoritarian cities : policy making and inequality in urban politics

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Majoritarian cities : policy making and inequality in urban politics

Title remainder

policy making and inequality in urban politics

Statement of responsibility

Neil Kraus

Creator

• Kraus, Neil, 1968-

Subject

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Indiana -- Gary
• Local government -- Public opinion
• Local government -- United States -- Public opinion
• Metropolitan government
• Metropolitan government -- Indiana | Gary -- Case studies
• Metropolitan government -- Minnesota | Minneapolis -- Case studies
• Metropolitan government -- Public opinion
• Metropolitan government -- United States
• Metropolitan government -- United States -- Public opinion
• Minnesota -- Minneapolis
• Municipal services -- Public opinion
• Municipal services -- United States -- Public opinion
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government | Local
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | General
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Local
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | National
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Policy
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
• Public opinion
• Public opinion -- United States
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
• United States
• Urban policy
• Urban policy -- United States
• Case studies

Genre

• Electronic book
• Electronic books
• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"Neil Kraus evaluates both the influence of public opinion on local policy-making and the extent to which public policy addresses economic and social inequalities. Drawing on several years of fieldwork and multiple sources of data, including surveys and polls; initiatives, referenda, and election results; government documents; focus groups; interviews; and a wide assortment of secondary sources, Kraus presents case studies of two Midwestern cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Gary, Indiana. Specifically, he focuses on several major policy decisions in recent decades concerning education, law enforcement, and affordable housing in Minneapolis; and education and riverboat casino development in Gary. Kraus finds that, on these issues, local officials frequently take action that reflects public opinion, yet the resulting policies often fail to meet the needs of the disadvantaged or ameliorate the effects of concentrated poverty. In light of citizens' current attitudes, he concludes that if patterns of inequality are to be more effectively addressed, scholars and policymakers must transform the debate about the causes and effects of inequality in urban and metropolitan settings"--

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• UPCC book collections on Project MUSE

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography