Majoritarian cities : policy making and inequality in urban politics /

"Neil Kraus evaluates both the influence of public opinion on local policy-making and the extent to which public policy addresses economic and social inequalities. Drawing on several years of fieldwork and multiple sources of data, including surveys and polls; initiatives, referenda, and electi...

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Main Author: Kraus, Neil, 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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