City Bound

Political Science and the American Metropolis

Bibliographic Data

ID6340792
AuthorsMichael N Danielson (Princeton University), Paula Gilbert Lewis (0000-0002-3890-158X, Florida International University), Paul G Lewis
Year1996
Volume49
Issue1
Pages203-220
Publication date1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Research Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/106591299604900113
OpenAlexW1990525074
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited54

The study of urban politics was once central to the political science dis cipline in the United States. As central cities have lost their dominant posi tion in the metropolis, however, political science's urbanists have remained fixated on the conflicts and crises of the urban core, while largely ignoring urban politics that occurs outside the city limits. This focus has resulted in a skewed understanding of urban America, and may limit the analytical contributions of the field as well. We review the development of the urban politics literature and offer some explanations for its preoccupation with big cities. We argue that work in this field would be better integrated if urban politics were reconceptualized as the politics of urbanization. We sug gest some new theoretical and substantive contributions that such an ap proach would permit, and emphasize that the politics of urbanization cannot be fully understood in city-bound analysis

Economic growth · Economics · Field (mathematics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urban politics · Urbanization · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Science Research and Education

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