Abstract:The growth machine concept first appeared in 1976 in an article published in the
American Journal of Sociology
(Molotch 1976). It describes how in America city politics is generally a politics of growth. Although the concept in fact explains the systemic properties of cities, it has also been interpreted as referring to the presence in almost every American city of property‐dependent business interests actively engaged in local politics and civic affairs. This is so much so that the cit… Show more
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