The New Political Culture

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The New Political culture, which began to take shape in the 1970s, continues to challenge many assumptions of traditional politics, especially on issues of environmentalism, growth management, gay rights, and abortion. Concerned mostly with home, consumption, and lifestyle, the New Politics emerges fully in cities with more highly educated citizens, higher incomes, and more high-tech service occupations. Leadership does not come from parties, unions, or ethnic groups but rather shifts from issue to issue: leaders on abortion are distinct from leaders on environmental issues. Based on data gathered by the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, the most extensive study of local government in the world to date, this book provides an explicit analysis of the social structural characteristics that encourage or discourage the New Political culture. }The New Political culture, which began to take shape in the 1970s, continues to challenge many assumptions of traditional politics, especially on issues of environmentalism, growth management, gay rights, and abortion. Concerned mostly with home, consumption, and lifestyle, the New Politics emerges fully in cities with more highly educated citizens, higher incomes, and more high-tech service occupations. Leadership does not come from parties, unions, or ethnic groups but rather shifts from issue to issue: leaders on abortion are distinct from leaders on environmental issues. Based on data gathered by the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, the most extensive study of local government in the world to date, this book provides an explicit analysis of the social structural characteristics that encourage or discourage the New Political culture. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Contributors to the Volume Preface Part 1â#x80 #x94 The New Political Culture: An Analytical Framework to Interpret What Has Changed, Where, and Why 1 Overview of the Book 2 The New Political Culture: Changing Dynamics of Support for the Welfare State and Other Policies in Postindustrial Societies Part 2â#x80 #x94 Where Has the New Political Culture Emerged and Why? 3 Is There Really a New Political Culture: Evidence from Major Historical Developments of Recent Decades 4 Assessing the New Political Culture by Comparing Cities Around the world. Part 3â#x80 #x94 How Hierarchies and Parties Specifically Redirect Politics and Policy Priorities5 Urban Political Parties: Role and Transformation 6 Transformations in Policy Preferences of Local Officials 7 Toward a One-Dimensional Ideological Culture? Evidence from Swiss Local Parties 8 Citizen Preferences for Local Growth Controls: Trends in U.S. Suburban Support for a New Political Culture Movement Bibliography.