Urban Politics, Urban Policy, Case Studies, and Political Theory

1977 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lester M. Salamon ◽  
Raymond E. Wolfinger ◽  
Frederick M. Wirt
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy

Two Models of Local Development Politics

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Baglioni ◽  
S Vicari
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Development Politics ◽  
Development Policies

In this paper three case studies of urban development policies are outlined in order to advance two models of the diverse structuring of interaction between business and politicians. The three cases concern the Italian cities of Pavia, Parma, and Modena. For each city we describe the economic and political context and review the planning policy, focusing on specific decisionmaking processes. This sets the stage for an analysis of the interaction between political and economic actors and for an evaluation of the results of that analysis with respect to the effectiveness of the decisionmaking and implementation processes of urban policy. Those factors which account for the relative strength of business interests and elected officials and favor their engaging in the bargaining relationships are discussed, and two contrasting models of their interaction are presented.

American Business, Public Policy, Case-Studies, and Political Theory

1964 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore J. Lowi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
American Business ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Political Relationships ◽  
Policy Making Process ◽  
Single Well ◽  
Recent Addition ◽  
The Rich

Case-Studies of the policy-making process constitute one of the more important methods of political science analysis. Beginning with Schattschneider, Herring, and others in the 1930's, case-studies have been conducted on a great variety of decisions. They have varied in subject-matter and format, in scope and rigor, but they form a distinguishable body of literature which continues to grow year by year. The most recent addition, a book-length study by Raymond Bauer and his associates, stands with Robert A. Dahl's prize-winning Who Governs? (New Haven 1961) as the best yet to appear. With its publication a new level of sophistication has been reached. The standards of research its authors have set will indeed be difficult to uphold in the future. American Business and Public Policy is an analysis of political relationships within the context of a single, well-defined issue—foreign trade. It is an analysis of business attitudes, strategies, communications and, through these, business relationships in politics. The analysis makes use of the best behavioral research techniques without losing sight of the rich context of policies, traditions, and institutions. Thus, it does not, in Dahl's words, exchange relevance for rigor; rather it is standing proof that the two—relevance and rigor—are not mutually exclusive goals.

scholarly journals Die postpolitische Stadt

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Swyngedouw
Keyword(s):  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Slavoj Zizek ◽  
Alain Badiou ◽  
Jacques Ranciere ◽  
Slavoj Žižek ◽  
Chantal Mouffe ◽  
Jacques Rancière ◽  
Kritische Theorie

Die Polis ist tot, es lebe die kreative Stadt! Während die Stadt, zumindest in Teilen des städtischen Raums, blüht und gedeiht, scheint die Polis im idealisierten griechischen Sinn dem Untergang geweiht; in diesem Verständnis ist sie der Ort der öffentlichen politischen Auseinandersetzung und demokratischen Unterhandlung und somit eine Stätte (oft radikaler) Abweichung und Unstimmigkeit, an der die politische Subjektivierung buchstäblich ihren Platz hat. Diese Figur einer entpolitisierten (oder postpolitischen und postdemokratischen) Stadt im Spätkapitalismus bildet das Leitmotiv des vorliegenden Beitrags. Ich lehne mich dabei an Jacques Rancière, Slavoj Žižek, Chantal Mouffe, Mustafa Dikeç, Alain Badiou und andere Kritiker jenes zynischen Radikalismus an, der dafür gesorgt hat, dass eine kritische Theorie und eine radikale politische Praxis ohnmächtig und unfruchtbar vor jenen entpolitisierenden Gesten stehen, die in der polizeilichen Ordnung des zeitgenössischen neoliberalen Spätkapitalismus als Stadtentwicklungspolitik [urban policy] und städtische Politik [urban politics] gelten. Ziel meiner Intervention ist es, das Politische wieder in den Mittelpunkt der zeitgenössischen Debatten über das Urbane zu stellen. [...]

Governing Without Government: Nonprofit Governance in Detroit and Flint

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 1472-1502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Reckhow ◽  
Davia Downey ◽  
Joshua Sapotichne
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Weak State ◽  
Nonprofit Governance

Scholars across the social sciences have shown how economic, social, and political changes are weakening local governments and contributing to rising nonprofit activity in urban politics. But these trends could now add up to a new form of decision-making in some American cities. The convergence of public sector austerity and a burgeoning philanthropic and nonprofit sector have created space for what we call “nonprofit governance.” In some cities, nonprofit leaders can guide urban policy, sometimes with limited input from elected officials or citizens. First, we apply insights from studies in comparative politics to demonstrate how nonprofit leadership can expand, particularly in the context of a weak state. Next, we assess trends in public sector capacity, based on local government employment in Midwestern U.S. cities. We closely examine Detroit and Flint due to dramatic declines in local government capacity and recent public sector crises in both cities, focusing on the role of nonprofits in each. These leading-edge cases allow us to trace the development of nonprofit governance and explore different forms of nonprofit and local government relationships.

The Urban Politics of Human Rights Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-427
Author(s):  
Paula Fernandez-Wulff ◽  
Christopher Yap
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Social Movement Organizations ◽  
Grassroots Organizations ◽  
Human Rights Practice ◽  
Movement Organizations

Abstract Social movement organizations are increasingly developing human rights strategies at the municipal level, particularly in European urban contexts. Yet critical scholarly work on human rights has overlooked two related realities: non-state-centric, social movement use of the tools and discourses of rights, and the strategic participation of citizen groups in municipal urban policy spaces. This article builds on critical human rights theory through the experiences of three grassroots organizations claiming and exercising social rights in urban policy spaces of Barcelona, Valladolid, and London. It engages with a number of scholarly critiques of the state and human rights, particularly focusing on those critiques that question their compatibility with autonomy, democracy, and self-government at the local level. While the value of such critical literature is undeniable, we show how urban grassroots practices and experiences with social rights-based strategies in the context of housing, water, and participation can circumvent some of these critiques on the ground, pointing at new avenues for critical legal research when infused with other critical discourses, including urban politics.

The Decline of Urban Politics: Political Theory and the Crisis of the Local State

1989 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Gordon L. Clark ◽  
Mark Gottdiener
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Local State

Politics, Economic Development, and the Volvo International Tennis Tournament

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen L. Sack ◽  
Arthur T. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Regime Theory ◽  
New Haven ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Community Power ◽  
Key Players

As cities turn to sport as a vehicle for encouraging economic development, sport managers increasingly find themselves in the midst of debates over urban policy. The purpose of this study was to examine the decision-making process that brought the Volvo International Tennis Tournament to New Haven, Connecticut. Because New Haven has been the center of classic debates over community power, the Volvo tennis case offers an excellent opportunity to examine the use of the theories of urban politics in understanding how development decisions are made. The Volvo case suggests that a synthesis of Stone's regime theory and Peterson's economistic paradigm provides a useful model for identifying the key players in economic development.

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