TY - BOOK AU - Strom, Elizabeth A. AU - Mollenkopf, John H. TI - Urban politics reader SN - 9780415319959 U1 - 320.85 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxon PB - Routledge Pub. KW - Gobierno municipal KW - Gobierno metropolitano KW - PolĂ­tica urbana N1 - Part 1. The social and economic context of urban politics -- Part 2. The roots of urban politics -- Part 3. Understanding urban power -- Part 4. The political economy of cities and communities -- Part 5. The politics of race, ethnicity and gender -- Part 6. Cities, regions and nations N2 - Draws together classic and contemporary writings that describe the basic questions of urban politics - how interests contend for power over the distribution of resources and why some win while others lose. This book is useful for students of urban politics, urban sociology, urban affairs, urban planning, and public policy ER -