by Urban Affairs Review
UAR Remixed is the companion podcast to Urban Affairs Review, an academic journal focused on urban politics. We interview scholars, practitioners, activists, and more about urban life, culture, political economy, and history. Check out our website for more information, show notes, transcripts, and more: https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-remixed <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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March 21, 2025
<p>Looking closely at New York City’s political development since the 1970s, three “political orders”—conservativism, neoliberalism, and egalitarianism—emerged. In Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City, <a href="https://www.albany.edu/rockefeller/faculty/timothy-weaver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Timothy Weaver</a> argues that the intercurrent impact of these orders has created a constant battle for power.</p><br><p>Weaver brings these clashes to the fore by showing how New York City politics has been shaped by these conflicting orders. He examines the transformation of the city’s political economy in the aftermath of the 1975 fiscal crisis through neoliberal real estate development and privatization, the conservative rise of law-and-order politics in the 1970s to 1990s, and the efforts of the city’s egalitarians to respond to each of these shifts through social movements such as Occupy and Black Lives Matter.</p><br><p><a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/books/inequality-crime-and-resistance-in-new-york-city" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City</a> belies glib assumptions about the city’s liberal character. Weaver reveals the metropolis not as a homogenous political whole, but as a site in which the victories and defeats of rival political forces change the terms of local citizenship for the millions of residents who call the city home.</p><br><p>Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by <a href="https://drexel.edu/coas/faculty-research/faculty-directory/politics/Dilworth-Richardson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richardson Dilworth</a>, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University.</p><br><p><strong>Credits </strong></p><p>Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 7, 2025
<p><a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/books/reforming-philadelphia-1682-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reforming Philadelphia</a> examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. <a href="https://drexel.edu/coas/faculty-research/faculty-directory/politics/Dilworth-Richardson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political scientist Richardson Dilworth</a> tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching themselves).</p><br><p>Dilworth addresses Philadelphia’s early development through the present day, including momentous changes from its new city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition. Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors Frank Rizzo, Wilson Goode, and Ed Rendell, as well as John Street, Michael Nutter, and Jim Kenney to illustrate how power and resistance function, and how Philadelphia’s political history and reform cycles offer a conceptual model that can easily be applied to other cities.</p><br><p>Reforming Philadelphia provides a new framework for understanding the evolving relationship between national politics and local, city politics.</p><br><p>Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by <a href="https://drexel.edu/coas/faculty-research/faculty-directory/politics/Dilworth-Richardson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richardson Dilworth</a>, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University.</p><br><p><strong>Credits </strong></p><p>Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
October 31, 2024
<p>This special series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” is presented courtesy of <a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/series/political-lessons-from-american-cities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Temple University Press</a>. In this episode, you'll hear from <a href="https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/sociology/people/faculty/heerwig.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jennifer A. Heerwig</a> (Stony Brook University) and <a href="https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RexIAAS/brian-mccabe-phd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Brian J. McCabe</a> (Georgetown University) about their book, <a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/books/democracy-vouchers-and-the-promise-of-fairer-elections-in-seattle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections in Seattle. </a></p><p>In 2017, Seattle inaugurated a new way for citizens to be involved in democracy: they introduced publicly financed vouchers for voters to donate to local candidates. The innovative plan is designed to level the playing field in campaign financing. Through the vouchers, residents allocate dollars to candidates of their choice in local elections, putting political money directly in the hands of voters. The intent is to increase political participation and ameliorate the long-standing representational inequalities of private donations.</p><p>Democracy Vouchers and the Promise of Fairer Elections in Seattle critically evaluates the success and impact of this program. Jennifer Heerwig and Brian J. McCabe emphasize how local elections now attract a much wider and more diverse field of both donors and candidates. They also consider external threats to the program, from litigation about the constitutionality of a voucher program to the rise of independent expenditures.</p><p>Offering important lessons on how other cities can adopt a similar program, this compelling case study also highlights the obstacles that will likely arise in its implementation.</p><p>Temple Press is publishing six titles in their series, “Political Lessons from American Cities,” which is edited by <a href="https://drexel.edu/coas/faculty-research/faculty-directory/politics/Dilworth-Richardson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richardson Dilworth</a>, UAR Managing Editor and Professor of Politics at Drexel University.</p><p>Credits </p><p>Many thanks to Gary Kramer and Sam Cohn at Temple University Press, the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University, the managing editors at Urban Affairs Review, and our guests for sharing their time and insights with us. The show’s music is “Hundred Mile” by K2, courtesy of Blue Dot Sessions. </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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