Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century

Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, Todd Swanstrom

University Press of Kansas, 2001 - Political Science - 349 pages

The central thesis of Place Matters is that economic segregation between rich and poor and the growing sprawl of American cities and suburbs are not solely the result of individual choices in free markets. Rather, these problems have been powerfully shaped by short-sighted government policies.

Contents

• Place Still Matters: 1
• The Facts of Economic Segregation and Sprawl: 30
• The Costs of Economic Segregation and Sprawl: 56
• What Cities Can and Cannot Do to Address Poverty: 133
• Regionalisms Old and New: 173
• Metropolicies for the Twentyfirst Century: 201
• A Metropolitics for the Twentyfirst Century: 230

Bibliographic information

• Title: Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century; Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-first Century, John H. Mollenkopf; Studies in government and public policy
• Authors: Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, Todd Swanstrom
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 2001
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 24, 2007
• ISBN: 0700611347, 9780700611348
• Length: 349 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / American Government / General; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness