Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities - Couverture rigide

Teaford, Jon C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801854504 ISBN 13 : 9780801854507

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The years shortly after the end of World War II saw the beginnings of a new kind of community that blended the characteristics of suburbia with those of the central city. Over the decades these "edge cities" have become permanent features of the regional landscape. This text charts the emergence of these areas and explains why and how they developed. The book describes the adaptation of traditional units of government to the ideals and demands of the changing world along the metropolitan fringe. It shows how these post-suburban municipalities had to fashion a government that perpetuated the ideals of small-scale village life and yet, at the same time, provided for a large tax base to pay for needed municipal services. The author follows six counties that were among the pioneers of the post-suburban world: Suffolk and Nassau counties in New York; Oakland county, Michigan; DuPage county, Illinois; Saint Louis county, Missouri; and Orange County, California. Although county governments took on new co-ordinating functions, the text conlcudes, the many municipalities along the metropolitan fringe continued to retain their independence and authority. Underlying this balance of power was the persistent adherence to the long-standing suburban tradition of grassroots rule. Despite changes in the economy and appearance of the metropolitan fringe, this ideology retained its appeal among post-suburban voters, who rebelled at the prospect of thorough centralization of authority. Thus the fringe may have appeared post-suburban, but traditional suburban attitudes continued to influence the course of governmental development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jon C. Teaford is professor emeritus of history at Purdue University. He is the author of Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940–1985, The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America, and The American Suburb: The Basics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801854504
• ISBN 13: 9780801854507
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 258
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