Reading Questions CP (Week Twelve)

by | Apr 16, 2014 | Reading Questions (CP)

1. Last week I talked about how identities and interests were constructed. In these two readings how does the Tea Party on the one hand and Rev. Dollar on the other construct the identity of the American on the one hand and the Christian on the other? What interests...

Reading Questions UPP (Week Eleven)

by | Apr 10, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP)

1.  The conflict between the demands of the market and the demands of local politics seems to be a chronic source of tension in contemporary urban politics.  But the relative strength of these two types of demands seems to vary from city to city and from time to...

Reading Questions CP (Week Ten)

by | Apr 4, 2014 | Reading Questions (CP)

1. Social class plays a limited role in American urban politics. How does Peterson's explanation account for this?  2. Both Peterson and Hackworth suggest that redistributive policies are precluded by the economic interest of the city. Nevertheless every now and...

Reading Questions UPP (Week Ten)

by | Apr 2, 2014 | Reading Questions (UPP)

1.  Aside from the fact that financially strapped cities have less money to spend, how is urban politics likely to be affected by recent urban austerity?  What actors and interests are likely to gain politically and who loses?   2.  Fiscal stress and failure in...