2. What does the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" write advanced a democratic society, taking pressure off of different classes by giving them an area that they can all enjoy?
(a) National parks.
(b) Green space.
(c) Urban centers.
(d) Vertical dwellings.

3. When was John Kasarda's "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch" first published?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1992.

4. In "How to Study Urban Political Power," the author writes that there have been two groups of researchers studying city politics: the pluralists, and who?
(a) The ruralists.
(b) The urbanists.
(c) The structuralists.
(d) The realists.

5. What is the second of four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Systematic.
(b) Command/social.
(c) Preemptive.
(d) Coalition.

6. When was Patrick Geddes's "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government" first published?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1909.

7. In "Keeping Themselves to Themselves," one of the main reasons for the failure of the relocation, the authors contest, is that the inhabitants moved into what kind of community?
(a) Unincorporated.
(b) Unprepared.
(c) Unsophisticated.
(d) Unestablished.

8. What group concedes that economic forces come into play, but that urban political theory also needs to draw on theories of the state in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?
(a) The futurists.
(b) The communists.
(c) The pluralists.
(d) The structuralists.

9. Who wrote "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) William Julius Wilson.
(b) Robin Hambleton.
(c) Gerry Stoker.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

10. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1929.

11. Where was Ebenezer Howard from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

12. When was "The Culture of Poverty" first published?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1961.

13. When was "How to Study Urban Political Power" first published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

14. Who wrote "Place and Production in the Global Economy"?
(a) Saskia Sassen.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Raymond Unwin.
(d) Robin Hambleton.

15. What did Ebenezer Howard call the central area in his Utopian cities in "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet"?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) The Drum Circle.
(c) The Ivory Tower.
(d) The Green Obelisk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

2. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?

3. When was "The Black Underclass" first published?

4. What is the first of four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

5. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

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