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The State and the City

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. Ted Robert Gurr

    1. Center for Comparative Politics, University of Colorado, USA

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  2. Desmond S. King

    1. Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK

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Part of the book series: Sociology, Politics and Cities (SOPC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 1-6

  3. A Theory of State–City Relations in Western Societies

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 7-42

  4. The Autonomy of the Local State in a Period of Fiscal Crisis

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 43-73

  5. The Political Salience of Urban Decline: Why and how the State Responds to Urban Change

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 74-111

  6. The Political Salience of Urban Crisis in the United States: The Federal Response

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 112-149

  7. Urban Decline and the Politicisation of Central—Local Relations in Great Britain

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 150-184

  8. Conclusion: Futures for Post-Industrial Cities

    • Ted Robert Gurr, Desmond S. King
    Pages 185-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-242
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The State and the City presents a general theoretical argument about the nature, structure and interests of the state and traces the evolution of the Western state's interests in the viability of cities. It further examines the nature of local states and the extent to which they are autonomous from the national state and from private economic interests. The evidence of this study demonstrates that those who hold and use state power can allow the fate of cities to be determined mainly in the private economy, but that is a matter of public choice rather than iron necessity. '...an important and stimulating book.' Michael Goldsmith, University of Salford '...a very useful and stimulating contribution to an important debate.' Environmental and Planning

Authors and Affiliations

  • Center for Comparative Politics, University of Colorado, USA

    Ted Robert Gurr

  • Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK

    Desmond S. King

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