Urban Secession and the Politics of Growth
The Case of Los Angeles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Hogen-Esch (University of Southern California), Tom Hogen‐esch (Southern California University for Professional Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 783-809 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/107808740103600602 |
| OpenAlex | W2170342356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 39 |
The author argues that the current movement to secede San Fernando Valley from the city of Los Angeles exposes significant weaknesses in the existing literature on urban fragmentation. By constructing a theoretical framework, the author explains the effort as primarily a conflict between interest groups over the power to control urban growth. Second, existing scholarship cannot explain why progrowth Valley business organizations and slow-growth Valley homeowner associations have aligned to form a potent, though seemingly unlikely, urban coalition. The author concludes that these traditional land-use foes share far more common ground on growth issues than conventional theories predict. In particular, both share elements of a suburban land-use vision that provides a substantive foundation for collective action
Collective action · Economic geography · Economics · Fragmentation (computing · Geography · Growth management · Land use · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Regional science · Scholarship · Secession · Sociology · Strengths and weaknesses · Urban politics · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,36 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |