The Politics of Neglect: Urban Aid from Model Cities to Revenue Sharing

by Marshall Kaplan and Bernard J. Frieden

Book Overview

This critical evaluation of the efforts by the federal government to reduce poverty and alleviate inequality in the inner cities during the past decade is the work of two urban scholars who were themselves deeply involved in the design, implementation, and review of those programs from 1965 through the early 1970s. Their balanced, three-dimensional view is achieved through the double focus of academic detachment and practical experience. The book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262060612
• ISBN13: 9780262060615
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.