growth machine

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

sociologist

cultural theorist

university professor

New York University

innovator in the field of

city life

media studies

sociology

the city

urban studies

American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Book Award

is the idea that growth is the the political and economic essence of virtually any given locality.

pro-groth coalitions of business leaders, civic boosters, property owners, investors in local-oriented financial institutions and their allies what he calls 'growth machines' dominate city government decisions about public expenditures, land use, and urban social life.The political and economic essence of virtually any given locality is growth' (City reader 'legates')

Harvey Molotch

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