Title Closing the urban-rural power divide : envisioning a United city-States of America / Thor Hogan

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 America's Cold Civil War and the Need for a Third Founding -- Notes -- 2 The Legitimate Grievances of the Metropolitan Majority -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- 6 VI -- 7 VII -- Notes -- 3 The Ascent of American Cities -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- 6 VI -- 7 VII -- 8 VIII -- 9 IX -- 10 X -- 11 XI -- 12 XII -- 13 XIII -- Notes -- 4 Creating City-States to Begin Closing the Urban-Rural Power Divide -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- 6 VI -- 7 VII -- 8 VIII -- 9 IX -- 10 X -- 11 XI -- 12 XII -- 13 XIII -- Notes 5 Structural Reforms and the Restoration of Political Fairness -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- 6 VI -- 7 VII -- Notes -- 6 Pragmatism and an Urban-Oriented Policy Agenda -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- 6 VI -- 7 VII -- Notes -- 7 Cosmopolitanism, Livability, and the Return of a Unifying Identity -- 1 I -- 2 II -- 3 III -- 4 IV -- 5 V -- Notes -- Index Summary This book proposes a radical reorganization of political and electoral power to address the current political imbalance between urban and rural populations in the United States. Hogan argues that, despite being smaller in population, a financialist-ruralist coalition has effectively used the Constitutionespecially equal representation in the Senateto create an anti-urban vetocracy. This political imbalance protects the interests of the financial elite and rural cultural conservatives, while effectively blocking urban interests, particularly regarding the adoption of a broad range of structural reforms and progressive policy preferences. By re-dividing many of the largest federated states into smaller city-states, the book posits, the United States would reduce the ability of non-urban interests to control the Senate. This would allow an empowered urbanite alliance to pass the forward-looking legislation the nation needs to remain internationally competitive in the coming decades. Thor Hogan is a Professor of Politics and Environmental Sustainability at Earlham College, USA Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 12, 2023) Subject Rural-urban relations -- United States Urban policy -- United States Politics and government Rural conditions Rural-urban relations Urban policy SUBJECT United States -- Rural conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140507 United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9783031340635 3031340639

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