Study of
local politics, pol economy of place, historic overview (Colonial,
Early
Republic)
US Cities
in Historical Perspective (Early Republic, Machine Era)
Post
Reform Cites/Power in Cities w/o parties
Participation and the Irony of Local Politics
National
Urban Policy/Ascendancy of Suburbs (housing, highway, lending
policies)
Local Zoning as Exclusion
scroll down to "E"
Politics of Slow Growth
Movements.
The Urban Crisis/Urban Riots.
Financing Legislative
Races brief outline
Washington Legislature & State
Legislatures
Direct
Democracy (populism and adoption of init)
The Initiative Industrial
Complex (parts of this used in lecture)
Contemporary Direct
Democracy in WA
Fiscal Effects of
Initiatives Not used in lecture
State Fiscal
Policies and Politics