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Book Description
By comparing North America's, Russia's, and Japan's "second cities"--Chicago, Moscow, and Osaka--Second Metropolis discloses the extent to which social fragmentation, frequently viewed as an obstacle to democratic development, actually fostered a "pragmatic pluralism" that nurtured pluralistic public policies. Such policies are explored through six case studies that illustrate how even those with massive political and economic power were stymied by the complexity of their communities. These three cities, though the products of very different nations and cultures, shared an important experience of inclusive politics during an era of extraordinary growth and social diversity.
About the Author
Blair A. Ruble is director of the Kennan Institute, a program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he is also codirector of the Comparative Urban Studies Project. He is the author of Leningrad: Shaping a Soviet City and Money Sings: The Changing Politics of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Yaroslavl. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka (Woodrow Wilson Center Press),Blair A. Ruble,Lee H. Hamilton,Cambridge University Press,0521801796,Chicago,City planning,History,History: World,Illinois,Japan,Moscow,Osaka,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.,Russia (Federation),World - General,City planning--Russia (Federation)--Moscow,Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),History / World,History of specific subjects,USA,Urban communities,World history,c 1800 to c 1900
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