City and regime in the American republic /:

Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics--equality and efficiency--are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a co...

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1. Verfasser: Elkin, Stephen L.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1987.
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Zusammenfassung:Stephen L. Elkin deftly combines the empirical and normative strands of political science to make a powerfully original statement about what cities are, can, and should be. Rejecting the idea that two goals of city politics--equality and efficiency--are opposed to one another, Elkin argues that a commercial republic could achieve both. He then takes the unusual step of addressing how the political institutions of the city can help to form the kind of citizenry such a republic needs.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 220 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-215) and index.
ISBN:9780226301631
022630163X

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