Social Class, Politics, and Urban Markets
Subtitle: The Makings of Bias in Policy Outcomes
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: August 7, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780804744133
Subjects: Central government policies; Political science & theory; Social research & statistics; Transportation Policy And Planning; Local transit; Local Government; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Social Policy; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / General; United States; General; History & Theory - General; Finance; Government policy
Description: "This book is about the policymaking of public agencies in large American cities. Based on a decade of research, it studies urban mass transit in terms of the factors that bias the industry's policy outcomes to benefit one public or another. Why is there a great variance of outcomes among agencies? What are the important taproots of bias in policymaking? How does the pattern of outcomes correspond to the American mosaic of public interests?" "The book's second - broader and more important - purpose is to demonstrate the value of social science theory in making sense of urban processes and the responsiveness of governmental policymaking in a plural society. The book analyzes the applicability of six rival theses - derived from political science, economics, administrative theory, sociology, social psychology, and urban planning - to understanding the forces that mold policymaking in American metropolitan areas."--Jacket.