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The White City: Race and Urban Politics
Author(s) -
Seamster Louise
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12326
Subject(s) - race (biology) , white (mutation) , politics , urban politics , field (mathematics) , sociology , critical race theory , inequality , power (physics) , economic geography , gender studies , geography , political science , law , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , gene
Urban regime analysis and growth machine theory offer critical tools to study power and inequality in cities. However, the field of urban politics has moved away from critically addressing race. I discuss these theories' potential contributions before suggesting scholars “bring race back” to urban politics in several key areas: studying “White urban regimes” in addition to Black urban regimes; examining how Whiteness factors into growth (and anti‐growth) coalitions; exploring how racial discourse shapes urban regimes; and accounting for the relationship between suburbs and “fringe cities” and the city, including suburban regimes.