CITB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Urban Ecology, Elite Theory, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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October 5, 2015: remember paul peterson"s (1981) insight in city limits that, at least in the. North american context, local governments are structurally dependent on property taxes. What does this thesis imply for the content and nature of local politics: week 3: the urban political economy, the city as a growth machine (molotch. 1976): week 4: regime theory (and elections, regime building in american cities, growth machines compete with one another to attract capital and thereby intensify return on land, buildings, and related products and services. Local elites with practical interests in the use of land and buildings, such as developers, landlords, and savings and loan officials, build their own fortunes by managing urban governments and cultural institutions and promoting urban growth. In each locality, coalitions of these modern day. rentiers prepare the ground for capital, providing it with the widest possible choice of sites under profitable conditions (molotch and logan,
