Informationen zum Autor Paul G. Lewis is assistant professor of political science at Arizona State University. His previous book! Shaping Suburbia: How Political Institutions Organize Urban Development! was named an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice. Max Neiman is a senior resident scholar at the Institute of Government Studies! University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext Provides a theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Zusammenfassung Provides a theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction: Contingent Trusteeship and the Local Governance of Growth 2. The Context for Local Choices: Growth Pressures! Fiscal Incentives! and the California Setting 3. What Type of City to Be? Evaluating Different Kinds of Growth 4. The Vision Thing: Pursuing a Future Ideal 5. Firm Ground: Competing for Businesses and Jobs 6. Hustle or Balancing Act? Regulating Residential Growth 7. Custodians of Place: Systemic Representation in Local Governance Appendix A: The Consistency of "Visions" with Other Officials' Views: Comparing Responses across Surveys Appendix B: Detailed Results of Multivariate Analyses Notes Bibliography Index

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Provides a theoretical framework that accounts for how different types of cities arrive at decisions about residential growth and economic development.

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Preface1. Introduction: Contingent Trusteeship and the Local Governance of Growth2. The Context for Local Choices: Growth Pressures, Fiscal Incentives, and the California Setting3. What Type of City to Be? Evaluating Different Kinds of Growth4. The Vision Thing: Pursuing a Future Ideal5. Firm Ground: Competing for Businesses and Jobs6. Hustle or Balancing Act? Regulating Residential Growth7. Custodians of Place: Systemic Representation in Local GovernanceAppendix A: The Consistency of "Visions" with Other Officials' Views: Comparing Responses across SurveysAppendix B: Detailed Results of Multivariate AnalysesNotesBibliographyIndex