Competitive City The Political Economy of Suburbia

This timely and important book, which won a special citation from the American Political Science Association's Urban Affairs Section for its "major theoretical development," analyzes the effect of competition among suburban communities to attract residents and business with the best public services and the lowest taxes. Using data from a large sample of suburban cities, Mark Schneider offers a theoretical extension of the Tiebout-Peterson approach to understanding public policies and integrates this perspective with recent work on the power of bureaucrats to control budgets.Schneider, Mark is the author of 'Competitive City The Political Economy of Suburbia' with ISBN 9780822954521 and ISBN 0822954524.