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The neoliberal development model used in the urban economic revitalization of downtown Philadelphia, PA, illustrates the commodification of urban space by the removal of the poor from the public sphere & the suburbanization of the American consciousness. Contemporary research on urban poverty is explored to determine neoliberal practices that shift resources to suburbanization & away from the promotion of social equality. Postwar policies for suburbanization started the capital strategies that fostered uneven development, economic polarization, & a stratified geographical & symbolic landscape. Unfortunately, the same rhetoric of the corporate elites is reflected in urban studies. The class-based rhetoric of a multiracial welfare rights organization in Philadelphia serves as an example of contemporary research that acknowledges political economy & respects the position of the urban poor. L. A. Hoffman

The neoliberal development model used in the urban economic revitalization of downtown Philadelphia, PA, illustrates the commodification of urban space by the removal of the poor from the public sphere & the suburbanization of the American consciousness. Contemporary research on urban poverty is explored to determine neoliberal practices that shift resources to suburbanization & away from the promotion of social equality. Postwar policies for suburbanization started the capital strategies that fostered uneven development, economic polarization, & a stratified geographical & symbolic landscape. Unfortunately, the same rhetoric of the corporate elites is reflected in urban studies. The class-based rhetoric of a multiracial welfare rights organization in Philadelphia serves as an example of contemporary research that acknowledges political economy & respects the position of the urban poor. L. A. Hoffman

Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob es heute noch Sinn macht von Stadtkultur zu sprechen, wenn man an die gesellschaftlich innovativen oder revolutionären Traditionen dieses Begriffs anknüpfen will. Insbesondere wird danach gefragt, ob sich aus einer solchen Vergegenwärtigung ein kritischer Diskurs entwickeln kann, der die Sphäre architektonischer Inszenierung bzw. des kulturellen Show-Business überschreitet. Gegenstand im ersten Teil des Beitrages ist die scheinbare Paradoxie von soziologischer Verfallstheorie in bezug auf die Stadtkultur (spätestens seit Simmel) und tatsächlicher politischer Lebendigkeit von Stadtkultur heute. Im zweiten Teil wird untersucht, ob die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung Stadtkultur als emanzipatorische Kultur ein für alle mal ad acta gelegt hat. Es werden Argumente dafür genannt, daß städtische Kultur wieder eine Rolle als Kristallisationspunkt gesellschaftlicher Emanzipation spielen kann. (GF)

Downtown development policies of four Sunbelt central cities are examined for their ability to meet the needs of low-income female residents. It is argued that policies which emphasize access to mass transportation, public participation, & flexible zoning are more helpful to such women than policies driven by purely market incentives. Moreover, market-driven policies are best predicted by the extent of private sector domination of downtown planning processes rather than whether the mayor of the city is male or female. It is suggested that political processes must be oriented to meeting the needs of women if more amenable downtown policies are to be written. 50 References. D. M. Smith