Investment and government legitimacy -- The policy and politics of urban redevelopment -- Rhetoric without a cause: beyond libertarian and left cries of abuse -- American Street I: from badlands to promised lands -- American Street II: from promises to protests -- Jefferson Square I: competing visions of investment protection -- Jefferson Square II: legitimacy through reconciled visions -- Compensating for property by recognizing investments -- The politics of property
Summary
This volume explores the legitimacy of government involvement in private economic actions by presenting a study of property takings. In the first comprehensive study of a city's eminent-domain acquisitions, Debbie Becher explores which properties Philadelphia pursued for private redevelopment and how stakeholders decided that government actions were either a use or abuse of power
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-320) and index
