Title & Author:

Marxism and the metropolis : new perspectives in urban political economy / edited by William K. Tabb and Larry Sawers.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1984.

Description:

x, 390 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
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 bibliographical references and index.
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.
Papers delivered at a conference held at the American University in Washington, D.C. in May 1981.

ISBN:

0195033078
9780195033076
0195033086 (pbk.)
9780195033083 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban economics.
Marxian economics.
Cities and towns United States.
Urban geography United States.
Économie urbaine.
Économie marxiste.
Géographie urbaine États-Unis.
Villes États-Unis.
Urban geography
Cities and towns
Großstadt
Marxismus
Stadtplanung
Stadtökonomie
Theorie
Wirtschaftstheorie
Kongress
Aufsatzsammlung
Grossstadt.
United States
USA
United States Urban regions Economic conditions, 1969-1974

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
Kongress Washington (DC) 1981.
Conference Papers (document genres)
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Tabb, William K., editor.
Sawers, Larry, 1942- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293283
Call No.: BIB 238081
Status: Available