First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

1. Cities and the Life of the Nation 1.1 The Rise and Decline of Cities 1.2 The Communitarian Vision 1.3 Constraints on Urban Policy Making: The Question of Authority, The Question of Autonomy, The Political Power of Business, Bureaucracy 1.4 Civic Culture and Urban Policy 2. Poverty and the Divided Metropolis 2.1 Measuring Poverty 2.2 Dimensions of Poverty in the U.S. 2.3 Causes of Poverty: The level of the individual, the level of the family and community, the level of the economy, the level of government 2.4 The Evolution of the Welfare State 2.5 The Legacy of the Great Society 2.6 Welfare: From Discontent to Reform 2.7 Welfare Reform 2.8 Evaluating Welfare Reform 2.9 The Future of Welfare Policy 3.0 Economic Development and the Construction of Opportunity 3.1 The Rise and Fall of the Urban Economy 3.2 Urban Renewal 3.3 Inducing Business Investment 3.4 Enticing Visitors to the City 3.5 Neighbourhood Revitalization 3.6 Redirecting Economic Development Policy 4. Housing and the Structure of Place 4.1 Housing, Opportunity and the City 4.2 The Character of American Housing Policy 4.3 Housing, the Economy and the City 4.4 Housing Policy 4.5 Regulating the Housing Environment: Regulating and supporting financial institutions, Regulating basic fairness, Regulating local development 4.6 The Demand Side: Improving People's Purchasing Power: Mortgage tax benefits, Section 8 vouchers, Enlarging the loan pool for home buyers, Rent control 4.7 The Supply Side: Creating More Units: Public housing, Nonprofit housing development, The missing piece - rehabilitation and preservation, The tragedy of homelessness 4.8 The Future of Housing Policy 5. Education and the Ladder of Mobility 5.1 Public Education and the American Dream 5.2 The Origins and Development of Public Education 5.3 Promoting Equity: School Desegregation 5.4 Promoting Equity: Federal Compensatory Programs 5.5 Promoting Equity: School Finance Reform 5.6 The Conservative Critique of Liberal Reforms 5.7 The Excellence Movement 5.8 The Critique of Government Control Over Schooling 5.9 School Choice: Vouchers 5.10 School Choice: Charter Schools 5.11 The Future of Urban Education Policy 5.12 Public Education and Democracy 6. Crime and the Levels of Order 6.1 The Levels of Crime 6.2 The Causes of Crime: The level of the individual, Who does the crime, The level of the family, The level of the community, The level of society, The level of the system 6.3 Policy Responses to Crime: Jobs, education, trainining, social services, The private-security approach, Policing, Traditional versus community policing - questions and answers, Removal from system 6.4 Reconstituting the Social Order 7. Re-Placing the City 7.1 Constraints on Urban Revitalization 7.2 The Public Realm 7.3 Political Change 7.4 Responsibility and Commitment