CITB04H3 Chapter 1: W1 Peter John Notes
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Urban politics is about authoritative decision making at a smaller scale than national units. The politics of the sub-national level: ex) mayor"s decision about what policy to follow in a city. Very hard to separate politics affects each other (sellers 2005) Urban relating to a city - denotes dense built up areas and centres of population as opposed to rural and less populated places. Local politics is not as a previous generation of scholars assumed it was, that is mainly about describing local political institutions and expressing the ideal of local self- government. Why do urbanisits like cities with their diversity of lifestyles and groups, their celebration of ethnicity and large choice of consumption, whether it is food, the arts, clothes or housing. Urban or local governments are usually subordinate to other levels of government with less powers and responsibilities, and where key decisions about powers and finances get taken at other levels.
