City Politics

Praise for the 11th edition:

"This new edition of City Politics continues the masterful weaving together of urban history and contemporary urban challenges that set previous editions apart from other texts. Hinze and Judd present a compelling story of how history shapes the basic contours of urban governance and the urban experience. The politics of growth, governance, and metropolitan fragmentation provide important themes that tie together the urban political experience. With current examples throughout, this book provides students an invaluable lens to better understand urban America in a world driven by private power, growing inequalities, and intergovernmental tensions."

John Portz, Northeastern University, USA

"City Politics has long been the premier text on urban government and politics in the United States, and the new edition continues this tradition of excellence. The book is of course an outstanding textbook, but it is also useful to scholars in the field of urban politics. The writing is crisp and engaging, the coverage is broad, and the latest edition is as up to date as one could get."

Mark D. Brewer, University of Maine, USA

"City Politics is a well-written and very informative book. It is perfect for anyone teaching Urban Politics at the undergraduate level. I recommend this book highly."

Richard Groper, California State University, Northridge, USA

"The 11th edition keeps relevant this classic textbook on the challenges of urban governance. Its readable yet detail rich chapters offer students crucial historical context while centering the urgent political and policy questions that speak to today’s moment."

William D. Goldsmith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Praise for the 10th edition:

"The 10th edition of City Politics is a masterful continuation and expansion of the premier textbook about the evolution and contemporary state of urban America. Judd and Hinze vividly capture the changing interplay of private power, public action, and group identity in the development of the nation’s cities and suburbs. This edition’s well-crafted chapters bring urban politics to life in ways that enable students as well as advanced readers to understand the past and to appreciate the complexity of current issues dividing America today. It is a winner – again!"

Paul Kantor, Fordham University, USA

"City Politics is an indispensable textbook on urban politics in America. American cities are characterized by remarkable economic dynamism, but also by deep social divisions. Taking a historical approach, the book clearly shows how politics has shaped and reproduced these enduring hallmarks of the American city. With lively, accessible writing and thorough treatment of key current issues, this text is perfectly suited for a wide range of introductory urban studies courses."

Martin Horak, University of Western Ontario, Canada

"In this important new edition of City Politics, Judd and Hinze assemble an interdisciplinary group of scholars who contextualize the historical importance and current day realities of urban centers in America. In doing so, they assist us in better understanding the local constraints, varying waves of immigration, the ebb and flow of city fortunes, resurging racial tensions, and the effects of deindustrialization and globalization processes. City Politics also helps us process the complex relationship between local, state, and federal institutions and their effects on the lives of ordinary citizens. As growing inequality continues to affect so many facets of American life and its citizenry, City Politics continues to be a necessary text for a broad audience interested in solutions to ingrained inequities."

Christina Greer, Fordham University, USA