Introduction: Turbulence and Innovation in Urban America - Terry Nichols Clark PART ONE: OLD CLEAVAGES AND NEW LEADERS Race and Class versus the New Political Culture - Terry Nichols Clark Containing Cleavages - Rowan A Miranda Parties and Other Hierarchies PART TWO: MAKING FUNDAMENTAL POLICY CHOICES The Antigrowth Machine - Terry Nichols Clark and Edward G Goetz Can City Government Control, Limit or Manage Growth Growth and Decline of City Government - Rowan A Miranda and Norman Walzer PART THREE: COPING IN LEAN YEARS II: MAKING FUNDAMENTAL POLICY CHANGES Cuts, Cultures, and City Limits in Reagan's New Federalism - Cal Clark and Oliver Walter Contracting Out - Rowan A Miranda A Solution with Limits Innovations That Work - Terry Nichols Clark A Menu of Strategies