Stephen J Mcgovern
Biographic Data
| ID | 4195158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen J Mcgovern |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgovern |
| SIGNATURE | MCGOVERN S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Haverford College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Analyzing Urban Politics
This paper begins by examining recent scholarship on the carceral state and its political consequences as an opportunity to reassess the study of urban politics. Along with illuminating how race structures local power relations, research on the carceral state exposes gaps in the long-standing, political–economy paradigm, and in particular regime theory, concerning the political lives of ordinary people and the role of ideas, values, and ideology …
Ambivalence over Participatory Planning within a Progressive Regime
Notwithstanding the trend toward increased citizen participation in planning, many city governments, even those led by avowedly progressive regimes, are ambivalent about popular empowerment in practice. This case study of waterfront planning in Philadelphia explores how a progressive administration responded to earlier initiatives to expand participatory planning by scaling back outreach efforts, co-opting citizen advocacy, and managing public fo…
Mobilization on the Waterfront
This article examines the roots of regime dissolution and reconstruction through a case study of waterfront development in Philadelphia. The impetus for political change has been the progressive ideas, values, beliefs, and practices of a grassroots movement composed of middle-class residents and two prominent institutions that had previously supported the city's progrowth regime. That movement has coincided with and contributed to other political…
Ideology, Consciousness, and Inner-City Redevelopment
This article examines the impact of a mayor’s ideology in shaping the political consciousness of prominent actors associated with community development and revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. Deviating from the pragmatic approaches to governing of many other recent mayors, Mayor Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis advocated a populist ideology based on limited government and citizen empowerment. Close inspection of Goldsmith’s community developm…
Response to Goldsmith
Neighborhoods, Race, and the State
Cultural Hegemony as an Impediment to Urban Protest Movements
This article explores the role of political culture in either reinforcing or undermining entrenched patterns of limited policy making in American cities. In a departure from recent research on the impetus for cultural/political change, this study shifts the focal point away from sweeping societal forces and toward the deliberate efforts of individuals engaging in collective action. Building on Gramscian theory, this ethnographic analysis of the p…
Mayoral Leadership and Economic Development Policy
The mayor of Philadelphia, Edward G. Rendell, has garnered attention throughout the United States for guiding his city out of a fiscal crisis and then aggressively pursuing an ambitious plan for economic growth. This article examines Rendell’s economic development policies during his first term in office while highlighting the mayor’s leadership role in reviving the city. Although the mayor has been effective so far in stimulating investment in P…
Political Culture as a Catalyst for Political Change in American Cities
Urban scholars generally agree that structural constraints limit the capacity of public officials to govern their cities efficiently and equitably. This paper considers how a transformation in the local political culture may expand policy options. Ronald Inglehart's theory of postmaterial cultural change and Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony/counterhegemony are evaluated in the context of one of the more successful urban protest movements duri…
Mobilization on the Waterfront
This article examines the roots of regime dissolution and reconstruction through a case study of waterfront development in Philadelphia. The impetus for political change has been the progressive ideas, values, beliefs, and practices of a grassroots movement composed of middle-class residents and two prominent institutions that had previously supported the city's progrowth regime. That movement has coincided with and contributed to other political…
Analyzing Urban Politics
This paper begins by examining recent scholarship on the carceral state and its political consequences as an opportunity to reassess the study of urban politics. Along with illuminating how race structures local power relations, research on the carceral state exposes gaps in the long-standing, political–economy paradigm, and in particular regime theory, concerning the political lives of ordinary people and the role of ideas, values, and ideology …
Ambivalence over Participatory Planning within a Progressive Regime
Notwithstanding the trend toward increased citizen participation in planning, many city governments, even those led by avowedly progressive regimes, are ambivalent about popular empowerment in practice. This case study of waterfront planning in Philadelphia explores how a progressive administration responded to earlier initiatives to expand participatory planning by scaling back outreach efforts, co-opting citizen advocacy, and managing public fo…
Mayoral Leadership and Economic Development Policy
The mayor of Philadelphia, Edward G. Rendell, has garnered attention throughout the United States for guiding his city out of a fiscal crisis and then aggressively pursuing an ambitious plan for economic growth. This article examines Rendell’s economic development policies during his first term in office while highlighting the mayor’s leadership role in reviving the city. Although the mayor has been effective so far in stimulating investment in P…
Ideology, Consciousness, and Inner-City Redevelopment
This article examines the impact of a mayor’s ideology in shaping the political consciousness of prominent actors associated with community development and revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. Deviating from the pragmatic approaches to governing of many other recent mayors, Mayor Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis advocated a populist ideology based on limited government and citizen empowerment. Close inspection of Goldsmith’s community developm…
Cultural Hegemony as an Impediment to Urban Protest Movements
This article explores the role of political culture in either reinforcing or undermining entrenched patterns of limited policy making in American cities. In a departure from recent research on the impetus for cultural/political change, this study shifts the focal point away from sweeping societal forces and toward the deliberate efforts of individuals engaging in collective action. Building on Gramscian theory, this ethnographic analysis of the p…
Cultural Hegemony as an Impediment to Urban Protest Movements
This article explores the role of political culture in either reinforcing or undermining entrenched patterns of limited policy making in American cities. In a departure from recent research on the impetus for cultural/political change, this study shifts the focal point away from sweeping societal forces and toward the deliberate efforts of individuals engaging in collective action. Building on Gramscian theory, this ethnographic analysis of the p…
Mayoral Leadership and Economic Development Policy
The mayor of Philadelphia, Edward G. Rendell, has garnered attention throughout the United States for guiding his city out of a fiscal crisis and then aggressively pursuing an ambitious plan for economic growth. This article examines Rendell’s economic development policies during his first term in office while highlighting the mayor’s leadership role in reviving the city. Although the mayor has been effective so far in stimulating investment in P…
Political Culture as a Catalyst for Political Change in American Cities
Urban scholars generally agree that structural constraints limit the capacity of public officials to govern their cities efficiently and equitably. This paper considers how a transformation in the local political culture may expand policy options. Ronald Inglehart's theory of postmaterial cultural change and Antonio Gramsci's theory of hegemony/counterhegemony are evaluated in the context of one of the more successful urban protest movements duri…
Ideology, Consciousness, and Inner-City Redevelopment
This article examines the impact of a mayor’s ideology in shaping the political consciousness of prominent actors associated with community development and revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. Deviating from the pragmatic approaches to governing of many other recent mayors, Mayor Stephen Goldsmith of Indianapolis advocated a populist ideology based on limited government and citizen empowerment. Close inspection of Goldsmith’s community developm…
Response to Goldsmith
Neighborhoods, Race, and the State
Mobilization on the Waterfront
This article examines the roots of regime dissolution and reconstruction through a case study of waterfront development in Philadelphia. The impetus for political change has been the progressive ideas, values, beliefs, and practices of a grassroots movement composed of middle-class residents and two prominent institutions that had previously supported the city's progrowth regime. That movement has coincided with and contributed to other political…
Ambivalence over Participatory Planning within a Progressive Regime
Notwithstanding the trend toward increased citizen participation in planning, many city governments, even those led by avowedly progressive regimes, are ambivalent about popular empowerment in practice. This case study of waterfront planning in Philadelphia explores how a progressive administration responded to earlier initiatives to expand participatory planning by scaling back outreach efforts, co-opting citizen advocacy, and managing public fo…
Analyzing Urban Politics
This paper begins by examining recent scholarship on the carceral state and its political consequences as an opportunity to reassess the study of urban politics. Along with illuminating how race structures local power relations, research on the carceral state exposes gaps in the long-standing, political–economy paradigm, and in particular regime theory, concerning the political lives of ordinary people and the role of ideas, values, and ideology …
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Economics (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works)