The State and the City

by Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond King, Desmond S King

Many of the oldest and largest Western cities today are undergoing massive economic decline. The State and the City deals with a key issue in the political economy of cities--the role of the state. Ted Robert Gurr and Desmond S. King argue that theoreticians from both the left and the right have underestimated the significance of state action for cities. Grounding theory in empirical evidence, they argue that policies of the local and national state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226310914
• ISBN13: 9780226310916
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"