City Leaders and Economic Development Networks: The All-Channel Star Network

This article describes a city-level economic development policymaking network. To do this, we identify the key participants in the network, derived both from the scholarly literature and experience. We then outline the network\u27s structure. We refer to that structure as the All-Channel Star Network. An examination of this network structure will involve a consideration of interactions between network participants and leadership within the larger city economic development network

Race, Roll-Off, and Racial Transition: The Influence of Political Change on Racial Group Voter Roll-Off in Urban Elections

Many cities in the United States have undergone or are undergoing racial transition from a majority white to a majority black population. Accompanying this is a change in the racial makeup of elections and officeholders. This article seeks to explain racial patterns in voter roll-off as a city undergoes racial transition. Copyright (c) 2007 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.