Robert J Kerstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5882831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert J Kerstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerstein |
| SIGNATURE | KERSTEIN R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tampa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Homegrown Downtown
The successful transformation of Asheville’s downtown from desolate to vibrant is noteworthy. This article shows how successful redevelopment coalitions have shaped the downtown, with focus on the post-1980 period. In recent decades, public-sector officials and private investors have collaborated to create a downtown rooted in an architecturally significant historic built environment and based on independent business. Those most active have often…
Mountains and muses
None Can Have Richer Memories
Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa
Robert Kerstein's history of politics and growth in Tampa covers the period from the coming of the railroads and cigar industry through the mid-1990s. Where most other studies of Sunbelt cities have found continuous development controlled by a commercial elite, Kerstein shows that Tampa's development was erratic and - more like that of its northern and midwestern counterparts - was characterized by violence and corruption. He employs a number of …
Political Exceptionalism in Sunbelt Cities
Several scholars have argued that politics in Sunbelt cities in the decades around the turn of the century and after World War II clearly differed from the pattern of politics in Snowbelt cities. This paper evaluates the views of these authors, suggests that the themes presented about Sunbelt exceptionalism are overstated, and urges further research relying on the regime perspective
Growth Politics in Tampa and Hillsborough County
This article examines political regimes in Tampa and Hillsborough County during the post-World War II period. A privatist-corporate regime characterized Tampa’s politics and policy until the late 1980s. A more pluralistic regime took hold during the administration of Mayor Sandy Freedman. The County’s politics moved from a caretaker to a privatist-corporate regime during the 1980s. This regime was soon challenged by civic and environmental groups…
Stage Models of Gentrification
Some researchers have contended that stage models are useful to help explain the dynamics of gentrification. Neighborhood change in the Hyde Park section of Tampa, Florida, is analyzed in this article to evaluate empirically the validity of certain components of the stage models and to present some conclusions concerning the general usefulness of the stage models in examining neighborhood change. The models provide a helpful framework within whic…
Successful Federal Implemenation
This study of St. Louis’ Model Cities program argues that the barriers to effective intergovernmental implementation that are stressed in the literature did not prevent HUD from accomplishing its goal of weakening the influence of poverty-area neighborhood organizations in the program. HUD, primarily through its willingness to withhold Model Cities funds until the neighborhood organizations’ role was weakened, was able to alter such factors as lo…
Mountains and muses
Growth Politics in Tampa and Hillsborough County
This article examines political regimes in Tampa and Hillsborough County during the post-World War II period. A privatist-corporate regime characterized Tampa’s politics and policy until the late 1980s. A more pluralistic regime took hold during the administration of Mayor Sandy Freedman. The County’s politics moved from a caretaker to a privatist-corporate regime during the 1980s. This regime was soon challenged by civic and environmental groups…
The Homegrown Downtown
The successful transformation of Asheville’s downtown from desolate to vibrant is noteworthy. This article shows how successful redevelopment coalitions have shaped the downtown, with focus on the post-1980 period. In recent decades, public-sector officials and private investors have collaborated to create a downtown rooted in an architecturally significant historic built environment and based on independent business. Those most active have often…
Political Exceptionalism in Sunbelt Cities
Several scholars have argued that politics in Sunbelt cities in the decades around the turn of the century and after World War II clearly differed from the pattern of politics in Snowbelt cities. This paper evaluates the views of these authors, suggests that the themes presented about Sunbelt exceptionalism are overstated, and urges further research relying on the regime perspective
Successful Federal Implemenation
This study of St. Louis’ Model Cities program argues that the barriers to effective intergovernmental implementation that are stressed in the literature did not prevent HUD from accomplishing its goal of weakening the influence of poverty-area neighborhood organizations in the program. HUD, primarily through its willingness to withhold Model Cities funds until the neighborhood organizations’ role was weakened, was able to alter such factors as lo…
Stage Models of Gentrification
Some researchers have contended that stage models are useful to help explain the dynamics of gentrification. Neighborhood change in the Hyde Park section of Tampa, Florida, is analyzed in this article to evaluate empirically the validity of certain components of the stage models and to present some conclusions concerning the general usefulness of the stage models in examining neighborhood change. The models provide a helpful framework within whic…
Growth Politics in Tampa and Hillsborough County
This article examines political regimes in Tampa and Hillsborough County during the post-World War II period. A privatist-corporate regime characterized Tampa’s politics and policy until the late 1980s. A more pluralistic regime took hold during the administration of Mayor Sandy Freedman. The County’s politics moved from a caretaker to a privatist-corporate regime during the 1980s. This regime was soon challenged by civic and environmental groups…
Political Exceptionalism in Sunbelt Cities
Several scholars have argued that politics in Sunbelt cities in the decades around the turn of the century and after World War II clearly differed from the pattern of politics in Snowbelt cities. This paper evaluates the views of these authors, suggests that the themes presented about Sunbelt exceptionalism are overstated, and urges further research relying on the regime perspective
Politics and Growth in Twentieth-Century Tampa
Robert Kerstein's history of politics and growth in Tampa covers the period from the coming of the railroads and cigar industry through the mid-1990s. Where most other studies of Sunbelt cities have found continuous development controlled by a commercial elite, Kerstein shows that Tampa's development was erratic and - more like that of its northern and midwestern counterparts - was characterized by violence and corruption. He employs a number of …
None Can Have Richer Memories
The Homegrown Downtown
The successful transformation of Asheville’s downtown from desolate to vibrant is noteworthy. This article shows how successful redevelopment coalitions have shaped the downtown, with focus on the post-1980 period. In recent decades, public-sector officials and private investors have collaborated to create a downtown rooted in an architecturally significant historic built environment and based on independent business. Those most active have often…
Mountains and muses
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)