THE POLITICS OF GROWTH-ORIENTED URBAN ALLIANCES - COMPARING OLD INDUSTRIAL AND NEW SUNBELT CITIES Academic Article

abstract

• This article applies major propositions about local growth politics to two types of cities and to an extended time frame normally absent in previous studies. Houston typifies the "new," or Sunbelt, city, and Milwaukee represents the "old" manufacturing centers of the North. Findings indicate that both cities historically have relied heavily on public-private partnerships to promote emerging sectors of the economy. However, the composition and strategies of their growth-oriented alliances varied significantly over time. The data also suggest revising assumptions about federal programs, finance capital, political entrepreneurs, and the links between public agencies and private business in the prevailing model of growth-oriented elites.

authors

• Feagin, Joe

published proceedings

• URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• FLEISCHMANN, A., & FEAGIN, J. R.

citation count

• 24

complete list of authors

• FLEISCHMANN, A||FEAGIN, JR

publication date

• December 1987

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Urban Affairs Review  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/004208168702300203

start page

• 207

end page

• 232

volume

• 23

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004208168702300203