Politics, Planning, and the Public Interest: The Case of Public Housing in Chicago. By Martin Meyerson and Edward C. Banfield - 2nd Ed. 1966
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POLITICS, PLANNING, AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST The Case of Public Housing in Chicago
By MARTIN MEYERSON AND EDWARD C. BANFIELD
THE FREE PRESS MACMILLAN COMPANY
l866 Third Avenue, New York 10022
Second Edition
If the planner's admonitions and proposals are not dismissed by an apathetic public, they are just as likely to be destroyed or distorted by powerful vested interests eager to secure their own profit or safety, regardless of any public interest. In this study of the decision-making process in planning public housing development in Chicago, the authors analyze decisions about housing quantity and site location. Site selection initiated what was then the most important local issue in Chicago, because it sparked conflicts over unresolved racial issues. For example, would there be a relocated black ghetto, or not? Here is a candid description of the problems, the machinations and maneuvers of interest groups, and the final decisions made at various levels of government. Since Chicago's experience in public housing parallels that of other large American cities, and decisions about location are the usual avenue through which urban planning enters into politics, this is a volume that addresses vital questions for planners and politicians as well as for housing specialists. An illuminating study that will interest the administrator, the citizen, and the political scientist who would like to discover how major planning controversies are resolved in large American cities.
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