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Study Questions from Inside Urban Politics:

Question 1

1. What did Giuliani state that led to renewal in New York City?

2. Give any 4 examples of Giuliani tax cuts

3. Between 1993-2001, which 3 areas in Table 1.1 increased the most? Decreased the most?

Question 2

1. The city-wide strategy had 4 priorities? What were they?

2. If you were POOR and lived within the city boundaries of Denver, what are 3 possible positives from Webb's work and what are 3 possible negatives?

Question 3 The word NEIGHBORHOODS is used at least 9 times in this article.

1. Find any 5 uses of this word. How is NEIGHBORHOODS described in each use? Do each separately.

2. Has work been accomplished already in the neighborhoods or is this all future planned developments in the neighborhoods?

3. Why did the Mayor get a 5 year prison sentence?

4. Go to article 35. What are 5 examples of Providence's economic revitalization?

Question 4.

1. Why do the Technology Village and Great Lakes Aquarium seem to be a good idea for Duluth?

2. How well has Duluth done in attracting new jobs to the area?

3. What are the 2 advantages that Duluth has that no one else has?

Question 5 The Halstead Street Saga

1. What was the mission of Hull House as discussed by Jane Addams?

2. Why did the Board of Directors of Hull House sell out?

3. What happened to Hull House is known as Urban Revewal. What is an example of an upside in this particular example of Urban Renewal and what is an example of a downside?

Question 6

1. What do undocumented immigrants want?

2. Discuss any 4 differences in how Mexicans in Chicago differ from Mexicans in Houston in political mobilization.

3. What is a similarity between Mexicans in Chicago and in Houston?

Question 7

1. What ails post-industrial Chicago?

2. Why haven't the 200,000 new jobs created, as discussed in the article, solved some of the problems of Post-Industrial Chicago?

3. What key components of middle-class life are moving beyond the reach of many working class families?

Question 8

1. What 2 groups were noted as greatly affected by the bust in High Technology in Austin?

2. What is the lesson of the High Tech fall in the Austin, Texas article?

Question 9

1. Why were welfare recipients hurt extra hard in the job market after 2000? What amount of aid recipients do work and are still a part of the low wage work force?

Question 10

1. The living wage is often favorably compared to what type of wage?

2. What is a pro and con on the living wage?

3. In the cities where the living wage exists, who gets it?Are you in favor of the living wage? If for it, discuss why. If against it, discuss why.

Question 11

1. Define Institutional Ghetto.

2. Define Physical Ghetto.

3. How do you go from an Institutional Ghetto to a Physical Ghetto.

4. How does Chicago compare to other Rust Belt cities (to Question 3)?

5. What is meant by the social dislocation of Chicago's Inner City?

Question 12

1. Why has the Midwest made such slow movement toward diversity?

2. Why did high-growth cities like Dallas, Phoenix and Las Vegas have such high levels of integration for some minority groups over the decade of the 1990s?

3. What is the key question that is raised near the end of the article?

Question 13

1. Why was there a race riot in Cincinnati in April, 2001? What was the tipping point?

2. What Progress has been made since the riot?

3. What still needs to be done since the riot?

4. At the one year anniversary of the riot, how did things look in Cincinnati?

Question 14

1. What entities did the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) partner with?

2. What role did Peter Medoff play in the DSNI?

3. What has the DSNI accomplished since 1985?

4. Is the DSNI "pie in the sky" or can other neighborhoods emulate this as well? To succeed what is needed?

Question 15

1. What is a gated community?

2. What role does violence play in establishing gated communities?

3. How can the walls of gated communities be "broken down?" In the article, at least five factors are discussed-state each of these.

4. Select any three of the above (question 3) and discuss how realistic or possible are the chances that a breaking down of the walls will be accomplished?

Question 16 Black Suburban Mobilization- pp 109-118

1. What is the lesson of Prince George's County?

2. How successful have black communities been in the effort to play a central role in Prince George's County governing coalition? Explain.

Question 17 Primary Colors in Phoenix City Council Elections

1. Hispanics are an expanding population in Phoenix. Why haven't Hispanics been very successful in electing one of their own to the City Council?

2. Why are Blacks more united in election voting than Hispanics in Phoenix?

Question 18 Local Elected Women & Policy Making

1. What made Milwaukee a good place to do this research in?

2. How did male elected officeholders differ from female elected officeholders in the policy areas discussed in this reading?

Question 19

1. What is the time period that is discussed in this article?

2. Who was Samuel M. Jones?

3. What were the THREE ISSUES that he injected into Toledo Politics that dominated public discussion for a generation after his death?

4. How did Jones apply the "Golden Rule" to Toledo (what is the Golden Rule?)?

5. Did Jones, on the whole succeed as Progressive Reformer?

Question 20

1. How did Southwestern cities differ from Northeast and Midwest cities in governing structures?

2. What was thought of as the REFORM IDEAL?

3. What were the THREE period in politics in Southwestern Cities?

4. How did Southwestern "Reformers" keep public participation in government LOW with little public dissent.

Question 21

1. Who was Robert Moses and what did he construct in New York City?

2. What was the human cost of the Cross-Bronx Expressway that was built through the East Tremont neighborhood?

Question 22

1. What was the percentage of African-Americans in LA at the time of Bradley's election?

Which groups made up the Bradley coalition?

2. State any 2 of Bradley's accomplishments as Mayor.

3. Had Bradley TRANSFORMED LA as he completed his 20 years as Mayor? Explain.

Question 23

1. What crisis must Rendell overcome as he took office?

2. What wasn't Rendell able to get Breyers Ice Cream factory to remain in Philadelphia where it originated?

Question 24

1. What was THE MIAMI QUESTION? Did the voters approve it?

2. The Suarez-Carolla Mayoral race concentrated on what group of voters?

3. Specifically, why was Suarez unseated by court action?

Question 25

1. How does the current Mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley differ from his father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, in the coalition that supported each?

2. How has Mayor Richard M. Daley been able to convert the Chicago City Council to a "rubber stamp" that supports him on almost all issues?

3. Richard M. Daley, unlike his father, has not become a PARTY BOSS. Why hasn't he?

4. Richard M. Daley is a very powerful Mayor but his "new machine" is very unstable. Why is it unstable (there are several reasons stated)?

Question 26

1. What is the overall theme in this article?

2. Which prominent group was NOT a part of the Jaramillo coalition?

3. Jaramillo and the City Council implemented or were considering a number of projects. At least 10 were mentioned in this article. Name 4 of them.

Question 27 Charter Reform in Los Angeles

Discuss what the challenges were facing Los Angeles as it considered changing its 1925 city Charter in 1998 by answering the following

questions:

1. What SOCIETAL CHANGES had taken place in L.A. (since the time of the 1925 charter which had been amended 394 times)?

2. How had the CIVIC CULTURE changed since 1925?

3. The role of BUSINESS (the Committee of 25) was huge in the 1960s and 1970s. What is the BUSINESS role now?

4. Why has there been a decline in the ENGINE of MIDDLE CLASS INCORPORATION? Discuss. Do you think that a CONSENSUS (pp. 231-233) can be reached for a new charter for L.A. based on your answers in A-D?

Question 28 Neighborhood Empowerment

1. In what time periods were local citizen participation commissions/entitles strong, in what periods weaker and why was each the case?

2. Select any two of the three case studies and asses the state of citizen participation in each.

Question 29 Citizen Participation in Urban Politics

1. What are the lessons for black and Latino elected officials who seek to effectively govern these cities?

Question 30 Citizens Views on Urban Revitalization

1. Where are any TEN examples of Providence's economic revitalization?

2. In the telephone sample survey of resident opinions, the residents drew distinctions between a belief that the city was headed in the right direction and that the city had a high quality of life. Explain the distinction.

Question 31

1. What are 4 reasons that cities have become the central venues of terror?

2. Between 1993-2000, how many cities in the world experienced at least one terrorist attach?

3. What are 3 factors that contribute to the rise of urban terrorism?

4. What did the World Trade Center personify to the terrorists?

Question 32

1. What is a Private Benefit Corporation?

2. What is the author's concern about Private Benefit Corporations?

3. What is meant when New York City is referred to as a majority-minority city?

4. What is the key problem that the author is concerned about with relation to the Lower Manhattan Development Authority?

Question 33

1. Which "Fiscal Code" does the author, referring to a governmental official, see States and Cities likely reaching in the near future?

2. The author sees at least 4 reasons why our States and Cities are now in a "Fiscal Code Orange." Name 2 of these.

3. Who are the First Responders who will represent our first line of personal defense in a terrorist attack?

The author suggests a possible solution to the Fiscal Code Orange situation. What is the possible solution?