PAD
5626
Local Government Politics and Policy
Spring 2007
Tuesday 4-6:45 pm
North 3004
Required
Books
Susan B. Casey
303-722-3060
susan.casey@cudenver.edu
The following books are required. Judd and Kantor, and Dreir et al are the
primary texts. Select either the Brinkley or the Horne book.
Brinkley, Douglas G. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and
the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Dreier, Peter, Swanstrom, Todd, and Mollenkopf, John H. Place Matters:
Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century.
Horne, Jed. Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great
American City.
Judd, Denis and Kantor, Paul. American Urban Politics. 4th Edition.
Klinenberg, Eric. Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago.
Erik Larsen. The Devil in a White City.
1. 1. Jan 16
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Balancing Act: Interests, Stakeholders, Sides, Relationships
3 Mini-Cases
2. Jan 23
A Feel for History: Early Days, Machines, Reformers
Required Reading:
Devil in the White City.
Judd & Kantor, 4, 5, 7 plus editor's essays, pgs 62, 82-84.
"Chicago: Power, Race and Reform," Barbara Ferman.
3. Jan 30
Theory and Approach to Local Governance
Required Reading:
Judd & Kantor, 1, 2, 9 plus editor's essay, pgs. 13-14.
Drier et al, 4, 5.
"How the Power Brokers Profit", Jack Newfield, Village Voice, April 1976.
"The Urban Crisis: Who Got What and Why?", Frances Fox Piven, in
Cloward and Piven, Politics of Turmoil, 1974.
4. Feb 6
Public Interest and the Political Environment
Required Reading:
Case #1-"The Politician as Outsider: Judy Nadler and the Santa Clara City
Council".
"Realms of Obligation and Virtue for Public Officials" by Mark Moore, in
Fleishman, et al., Public Duties: The Moral Obligation of Public Officials.
Guests: Elected officials panel
5. Feb 13
Budget Making and the Political Environment
Required Reading:
Case #2-"Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government" Part A.
"Defining Mission and Goals in the Public Sector" by Mark Moore.
"Tomorrow's City Management: Guides for Avoiding Success Becoming Failure" by
Robert Golembiewski and Gerald Gabris.
Guests: Elected officials and administrators panel
Assignment Due: City analysis paper, 3-5 pages.
6. Feb 20
Power and the Powerless: Competing Priorities
Required Reading:
Judd & Kantor, 20, 21.
Case #3-“The Battle on Brimmer Street."
Case #4-"Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford."
7. Feb 27
Politics of Economic Development
Required Reading
Judd & Kantor, 15, 17.
Case #5-"The Battle of Alamodome."
Guests: Elected officials and business panel
8. Mar 6
Politics of Growth
Required Reading:
Judd & Kantor, 18, 19.
Case #6-"San Francisco Growth Management."
"The Growth Machine vs. the Anti-Growth Coalition", Vogel, Ronald and Bert
Swanson, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Vol 25, No. 1, September 1989.
Assignment Due: City mini-case paper, 3-5 pages.
9. Mar 13
Race, Poverty, Inequality
Required Reading:
Judd & Kantor, 10, 11.
Drier et al, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Mar 19-23
V A C A T I O N
10. Mar 27
Cities in Crisis I
Required Reading:
Klinenberg, Eric. Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago.
W E E K
11. Apr 3
Cities in Crisis II
Required Reading: Choose one or the other.
Brinkley, Douglas G. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and
the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Horne, Jed. Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great
American City.
Assignment Due: Topic for major case paper, 1 page outline.
12. Apr 10
TBD
13. Apr 17
Metropolitics
Required Reading:
Judd & Kantor, 26, 27, 28.
Drier et al, 6, 7, 8.
14. Apr 24
15. May 1
Case Presentations
Assignment Due: Major case presentation 7-15 minutes.
16. May 8
Take Home Final Due
Assignment Due: Major case paper, 12-15 pages.
KSG
Case
List
Go to http://www.ksgcase.harvard.edu/search.asp to purchase a copy of the cases.
Reading
Packet
Week 2-"Chicago: Power, Race and Reform," Barbara Ferman
Week 3-"How the Power Brokers Profit", Jack Newfield
"The Urban Crisis: Who Got What and Why?", Frances Fox Piven
Week 4-"Realms of Obligation and Virtue for Public Officials" by Mark Moore
Week 5-"Defining Mission and Goals in the Public Sector" by Mark Moore.
"Tomorrow's City Management: Guides for Avoiding Success Becoming
Failure" by Robert Golembiewski and Gerald Gabris.
Week 8-"The Growth Machine vs. the Anti-Growth Coalition", Vogel & Swanson
Grades
The most heavily weighted factor in grading will be your preparation for and
contribution in class (50%). The two mini-case papers (25%) and the major case
paper/take home exam (25%) will account for the other 50%.
"The Politician as Outsider:Judy Nadler and the Santa Clara City Council." (915)
"Cutting Back in Lakewood City Government." Part A. (566)
“The Battle on Brimmer St.: Mental Health Siting Dispute in the State of Maine.” (790)
"Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford, CT." (1453)
"The Battle of the Alamodome." (896)
"San Francisco Growth Management." (948)