Chapter 1: Cities in a Global Era Introduction 1-1 Richard C. Longworth, "Urban America: U.S. Cities in the Global Era" 1-2 Alan Ehrenhalt, "The Great Inversion" 1-3 Alan Mallach, "The Uncoupling of the Economic City: Increasing Spatial and Economic Polarization in American Older Cities" Conclusion Part I: THE FORMATION OF URBAN POLITICS Chapter 2: Politics in the Preindustrial City Introduction 2-1 Alan Tully, "The Ruling Elite" 2-2 Sam Bass Warner Jr., "The Environment of Private Opportunity" 2-3 Daniel J. Boorstin, "The Businessman as City Booster" Conclusion Chapter 3: Machine Politics Introduction 3-1 William L. Riorden, "To Hold Your District: Study Human Nature and Act Accordin''" 3-2 Robert Merton, "The Latent Functions of the Machine" 3-3 Alexander Callow, "That Impudent Autocrat" Public Policy Applications: The Administration of City Government Conclusion Chapter 4: Reform Politics Introduction 4-1 Andrew D. White, "The Government of American Cities" 4-2 Jacob A.

Riis, "Genesis of the Tenement" 4-3 Stanley Schultz, "The Engineered Metropolis" 4-4 Samuel P. Hays, "The Politics of Reform in Municipal Government in the Progressive Era" Conclusion PART II: URBAN POLITICS UNDER STRESS Chapter 5: Suburbanization and the Hollowing of the City Introduction 5-1 Kenneth T. Jackson, "The Loss of Community in Metropolitan America" 5-2 Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, and Todd Swanstrom, "The Roads Not Taken: How Federal Policies Promote Economic Segregation and Suburban Sprawl" 5-3 Michael N. Danielson, "Suburban Autonomy" 5-4 Arnold R. Hirsch, "The Second Ghetto and the Dynamics of Neighborhood Change" Conclusion Chapter 6: Deindustrialization and the Rise of the Postindustrial City Introduction 6-1 Thomas Sugrue, "''The Damning Mark of False Prosperities'': The Deindustrialization of Detroit" 6-2 Jon C. Teaford, "The Problem Perceived" 6-3 Joel Rast, "Creating a Unified Business Elite: The Origins of the Chicago Central Area Committee" 6-4 Guian A. McKee, "Liberals, Race, and Jobs in Postwar Philadelphia" Conclusion Chapter 7: Race, Protest, and Backlash Introduction 7-1 Stokely Carmichael and Charles V.

Hamilton, "Black Power: Its Needs and Substance" 7-2 Bayard Rustin, "From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement" 7-3 Jonathan Rieder, "The Fenced Land" and "The Lost People" Conclusion Chapter 8: Crisis Introduction 8-1 Paul S. O''Hara, "''The Very Model of Urban Decay'': Outsiders'' Narratives of Industry and Urban Decline in Gary, Indiana" 8-2 Jonathan Kozol, "Children of the Invincible City: Camden, New Jersey" 8-3 Paul Peterson, "The Interests of the Limited City" 8-4 Carl Abbott, "Urbanizing the South" Conclusion PART III: THE POLITICS OF URBAN REVITALIZATION Chapter 9: Cities in a Federal System Introduction 9-1 Tracy Neumann, "Privatization, Devolution, and Jimmy Carter''s National Urban Policy" 9-2 Peter Eisinger, "City Politics in the Era of Federal Devolution" 9-3 Karen M. Paget, "Can Cities Escape Political Isolation?" 9-4 Carl Abbott, "The Portland Region: Where City and Suburbs Talk to Each Other-and Often Agree" Conclusion Chapter 10: Grassroots Activism Introduction 10-1 Saul D. Alinsky, Excerpts from Reveille for Radicals 10-2 Mark R. Warren, "A Theology of Organizing: From Alinsky to the Modern IAF" 10-3 Michael B. Katz, "Why Don''t American Cities Burn Very Often?" Conclusion Chapter 11: Regime Politics Introduction 11-1 Clarence N. Stone, "Urban Regimes: A Research Perspective" and "Conclusion" 11-2 Raphael J. Sonenshein, "Conclusions and Implications: Toward a New Contract for Biracial Politics" 11-3 Jason Hackworth, "The Public-Private Partnership" 11-4 Paul Kantor and H.

V. Savitch, "Can Politicians Bargain with Business? A Theoretical and Comparative Perspective on Urban Development" Conclusion PART IV: CHANGING DYNAMICS OF URBAN POLITICS Chapter 12: Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Urban Politics Introduction 12-1 Andra Gillespie, "Meet the New Class: Theorizing Young Black Leadership in a ''Postracial'' Era" 12-2 Adolph Reed Jr., "Demobilization in the New Black Political Regime: Ideological Capitulation and Radical Failure in the Post-Segregation Era" 12-3 Arnold R. Hirsch and A. Lee Levert, "The Katrina Conspiracies: The Problem of Trust in Rebuilding an American City" Conclusion Chapter 13: Immigration and Contemporary Urban Politics Introduction 13-1 Audrey Singer, "Contemporary Immigrant Gateways in Historical Perspective" 13-2 Domenic Vitiello, "The Politics of Immigration and Suburban Revitalization: Divergent Responses in Adjacent Pennsylvania Towns" 13-3 Zoltan Hajnal and Jessica Trounstine, "What Underlies Urban Politics? Race, Class, Ideology, Partisanship, and the Urban Vote" Conclusion Part V: VISIONS OF URBAN POLITICS TODAY Chapter 14: Contemporary Approaches to Urban Governance Introduction 14-1 Larry Bennett, "The Mayor among His Peers: Interpreting Richard M. Daley" 14-2 Stephen Goldsmith, "The Story of America''s Cities" and "Making a Market" 14-3 Julian Brash, "Running Government like a Business" 14-4 Thad Williamson, "Justice, the Public Sector, and Cities: Relegitimating the Activist State" Conclusion.