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An 8 page research paper that examines Paul Peterson's model for urban politics and then applies these concepts to three cities, Atlanta, Los Angeles and San Francisco, citing major urban studies. The writer argues that by examining these studies, it can be seen that Peterson's model for urban politics is highly accurate and provides a conceptual model that is extremely instructive towards understanding the inner machinations of urban politics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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city governments, which are policies of development, allocation and redistribution. Developmental policies are those local programs "which enhance the economic position of a community in its competition with others" (Peterson
41). Allocation policies refer to a citys "housekeeping" services, that is, services such as garbage pickup, police and fire services, which can be considered as public sector resources or what
people receive for their taxes(Peterson 44). Redistribution policies refer to welfare policies, specifically, to policies that serve to transfer income from the higher to the lower-income segments of
a population (Peterson 43). By examining studies made of three cities, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, it can be seen that Petersons model for urban politics is highly accurate
and provides a conceptual model that is extremely instructive towards understanding the inner machinations of urban politics. San Francisco The analysis of San Francisco politics formulated by Richard DeLeon
traces the evolution of that citys urban politics from the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. During that time, San Francisco moved from a position that had city government encouraging
rapid development to one that took the opposite, progressive stance that preferred slow-growth and preservation. As this indicates, DeLeon sees the defining characteristic of that citys urban political landscape as
pivoting around issues concerning one Petersons key areas, that is, the politics of development. A principal point of DeLeons analysis concerns the development of a slow-growth policy in San Francisco,
which was institutionalized through the passage of Proposition M, which no only was a change in the system, but a "change of the system" because it put severe limits on
city growth (DeLeon 82). The Proposition M victory in San Francisco inspired progressive leaders across the US to press for similar reforms (DeLeon 83). This also indicates the widespread utility
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