Marxism and the metropolis : new perspectives in urban political economy

New Perspectives On The Urban Political Economy / Larry Sawers -- Part One: From City To Metropolis -- Capitalist Development And The History Of American Cities / David M. Gordon -- Urbanization And The Dynamics Of Suburban Development Under Capitalism / Patrick J. Ashton -- Class And Urban Social Expenditure: A Marxist Theory Of Metropolitan Government / Ann R. Markusen -- City Limits: Municipal Boundary Formation And Class Segregation / Charles Hoche -- Part Two: Political Struggle And Housing -- Austerity, Shelter, And Social Conflict In The Us / Richard T. Legates & Karen Murphy -- Large Builders, Federal Housing Programs, And Postwar Suburbanization / Barry Checkoway -- The Tenants Movement / Peter Dreier -- Part Three: Planning The Metropolis -- From Industrial To Corporate City: The Role Of Urban Renewal / Nancy Kleniewski -- The Political Economy Of Urban Transportation: An Interpretive Essay / Larry Sawers -- The Failures Of National Urban Policy / William K. Tabb -- Part Four: Political Struggle And Fiscal Crisis -- Political Conflict, Urban Structure, And The Fiscal Crisis / Roger Friedland, Frances Fox Piven & Robert R. Alford -- Fiscal Crisis, Austerity Politics, And Alternative Urban Policies / Richard Child Hill -- The New York City Fiscal Crisis / William K. Tabb -- Management Strategies In Public Sector Labor Law: A Case Study Of New York City / Mark Maier -- Part Five: Epilogue -- A Pro-people Urban Policy / William K. Tabb. Edited By William K. Tabb And Larry Sawers. Papers From A Second Conference On New Perspectives In The Urban Economy Held At American University, Washington, D.c., In May 1981. Only Four Of The Papers In The First Edition Are Repeated. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Preface Contents 1. New Perspectives on the Urban Political Economy PART ONE. FROM CITY TO METROPOLIS 2. Capitalist Development and the History of American Cities 3. Urbanization and the Dynamics of Suburban Development Under Capitalism 4. Class and Urban Social Expenditure; A Marxist Theory of Metropolitan Government 5. City Limits: Municipal Boundary Formation and Class Segregation PART TWO. POLITICAL STRUGGLE AND HOUSING 6. Austerity, Shelter, and Social Conflict in the United States 7. Large Builders, Federal Housing Programs, and Postwar Suburbanization 8. The Tenants’Movement PART THREE: PLANNING THE METROPOLIS 9. From Industrial to Corporate City: The Role of Urban Renewal 10. The Political Economy of Urban Transportation: An Interpretive Essay 11. The Failures of National Urban Policy PART FOUR. POLITICAL STRUGGLE AND FISCAL CRISIS 12. Political Conflict, Urban Structure, and the Fiscal Crisis 13. Fiscal Crisis, Austerity Politics, and Alternative Urban Policies 14. The New York City Fiscal Crisis 15. Management Strategies in Public Sector Labor Law*. A Case Study of New York City PART FIVE. EPILOGUE 16. A Pro-People Urban Policy Contributors Index