 | Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy Subjects: Urban policy -- United States; Municipal government -- United States; Community development Urban -- United States; Liberalism -- United States; The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina laid bare the tragedy of American cities. What the storm revealed about the social conditions in New Orleans shocked many Americans. Even more shocking is how widespread these conditions are throughout much of urban... David Imbroscio is Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. He is author of Reconstructing City Politics: Alternative Economic Development and Urban Regimes , coauthor of Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era , and coeditor of Theories of Urban Politics , second edition, and Critical Urban Studies: New Directions . |
