City of the Poor, City of the Rich: Politics and Policy in New York City

by Adrienne Windhoff-Héritier

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110135527
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	09/01/1992
Series:	De Gruyter Studies on North America , #7
Edition description:	Reprint 2019
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Frontmatter — Contents — Acknowledgments — Introduction — 1. Economic and Social Change: A Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor — 2. The Political Institutions: Outbalancing Social Forces? — 3. Fighting Social Polarization? Social Policy in New York City — 4. City of the Rich, City of the Poor: Politics and Policy in New York City — Bibliography — Authors/New York Times — Name Index — Subject Index — Backmatter

Editorial Reviews

Windhoff-Heritier (political science, U. of Bielefeld, Germany) scrutinizes the Big Apple, looking at such questions as how the politics and policies of the city government, in conjunction with those of the state government, cope with the problems of social and economic change and ethnic and racial conflicts; the adequacy of the political structure; the administrative instruments applied and the response of the residents; the support (or lack of it, in the case of the Reagan administration) offered by the federal government; and whether a city must pander to the poor in order to help the rich. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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