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| Which two prominent scholars hold the perspective that political conflict is the essence of urban government? |
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conflict side
"cleavages" |
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| Banfield & Wilson's perspective focuses on the _______ _____ of urban politics; what they call "___________". |
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| Which author viewed urban politics as being driven by economics, and that political conflicts are somewhat irrelevant? |
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| Peterson's view of urban 'politics' are based on _________. |
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outside forces
external economic forces |
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| Peterson believed political destiny is determined by _______ _______ and by _______ _______ _______. |
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| The Regime Theory is a move toward cooperation, rather than conflict. It combines ________ and ________. |
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| Who is the primary proponent of the Regime Theory? |
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| Professor Stone's perspective was that we must bring together the forces in the _______ that have influence and can move the community forward. |
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1.) governing coalitions
2.) cooperative coalitions between political, economic, and civic forces |
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Stone's focuse was on the
1.)__________
2.) _____________
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Social Control
Public Services
Conflict Management
Economic Development |
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| What are the four functions of government? |
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| Which function of government focuses on the regulation of individual behavior? (Ex: schools, economic institutions, families) |
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| Which function of government is known as the services needed in society such as police protection, fire protection, parks, and garbage collections? |
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| The function of government that responsible for managing disputes between groups and interests is ________ ________. |
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| Which function of government facilitates commerce? |
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1.) rule of law: government establish laws, write laws, and in a sense have replaced all other norms in our society
2.) the universality of government
3.) government monopolizes legitimate force and coercion |
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| What three factors give the government more extensive power, thus making them different as a mechanism for social control? |
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| According to Banfield and Wilson, the most important function of government is __________. |
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Density
Size
Heterogeneity |
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| According to sociologist Louis Wirth, urbanism is characterized by ________, ________, and ________. |
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| Banfield and Wilson thought that without _______ ________ you will have anarchy, revolts, and riots. |
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| Brian Jones added another dimension in our understanding of urbanism; which is __________. |
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No.
He means that an urban community requires a minimal level of integration in order for it to be a workable community. |
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| Is Brian Jones talking about racial integration when he adds integration as a dimension in our understanding of urbanism? |
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communication
transportation |
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| Integration is really a function of _________ and ________. |
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| The scholar, _______ _______, contends that much of politics is also characterized by cooperation |
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| It wasn't until the ______ _______ that the national government became extensively involved in the economic sector. |
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| Some scholars, notably ______ _______ view economic development as the principle function of city government. |
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| _________ _________ is the fastest growing sector in the public service. |
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1.) Conflict Resolution
2.) Who gets what and why?
3.) The authoritative allocation of values
4.) Scope of governmental activity |
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| What are the four definitions of politics? |
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| ________ _______ introduces to us the notion of pluralism |
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| Moving from the individual level to the _____ level is what pluralism is all about. |
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| _________ is nothing more than an amalgamation of special interest groups in America. |
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| Conflict resolution sees the economic diversification in society as resulting in _______ and _______ stratification; which in turn results in the emergence of competition and conflict among groups |
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| Who argues that competition and conflict results in a political equilibrium? |
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| Political Scientists study power; their job is to find out ___________. |
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| The authoritative allocation of values |
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| This definition of politics views politics and its study related to the allocation of values, and the moral values inherent in key debates. |
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| Politicians do not like to deal with _____ values because you can't compromise. |
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| Politicians like to see items on the agenda that they can _______. |
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| Scope of governmental activity |
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| We can define expansion, maintenance, or contraction in the _____________. |
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| Scope of governmental activity simply means that one side of the political spectrum wants to see the government _______; while the other side want to see it _________ |
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| The only ones who are consistent in not wanting the government to do much of anything is the _________. |
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| Paul Peterson argued that ____ ______ is not like national politics |
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| Paul Peterson's book ________ _______ is stemmed from his argument that city government is a limited government. |
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| Peterson felt that city governments are faced with external forces, primarily ______ _______; over which they have little control |
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| Who argues that "policies and programs can be said to be in the interest of cities whenever the policies maintain and enhance the economic position, social prestige or political power of a city taken as a whole." |
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| Peterson argues that the only thing important in local politics are policies that ________ the position of the city. |
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1.) developmental policies: enhance the city's productivity
2.) redistributive policies: have an adverse affect on the city; use tax revenues to subsidize the poor
3.) allocational policies: are neutral |
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| What are the three different types of policies cities can adopt? What would they do? |
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| Peterson's ________ ________ are those in which Banfield and Wilson would call public services. |
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| Who can probably be called the father of pluralism? |
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| network of civic organizations |
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| In addition to the economic sector and the governmental sector, Professor Stone also talks about the _____________; which directs much of the discussion and public debates on policy issues. |
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| According to Brian Jones, city government has a direct impact on ________. |
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| Brian Jones points out that a distinctive feature of city government involves _______ and _______. |
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| Brian Jones noted that intergovernmental relations at the city level are both _______ and ________. |
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| The relationship between the city government, state government, and federal government is said to be _______. |
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| When cities deal with other local governments, it is called a _______ relationship. |
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| Stone and Peterson argue that power resides mainly in the __________. |
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1.) we have part time and amateur politics
2.) that the city government is ran by administrators |
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| The major characteristics, as it pertains to elected officials, is that __________ and _________. |
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Community Power Structure
Political Machine and Municipal Reform
Comparative Policy Analysis
Public Choice |
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| What are the four approaches to urban politics discussed on our lesson? |
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| ________ argues that there are different sets of policy areas and that different actors emerge as influential in these different policy areas in his book Who Governs?. |
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| _________points out that a gross shortcoming of Peterson is his failure to recognize regulatory policies; those policies that place limits on individuals and businesses. |
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| Robert Waste's _____ policies are basically what we would call allocational policies or housekeeping policies. |
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| Robert Waste's ________policies are developmental policies; they're policies that help the entire city. |
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| Robert Waste's _______ policy would be other developmental policies. |
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| Robert Waste's _________ policies are social and welfare services. |
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| Robert Waste's ________ policies are in many cases developmental policies that adversely affect the whole city. |
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