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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What publication is Ebenezer Howard most well-known for publishing?
2. 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?
3. 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"?
4. What essay in the collection was written by Peter Hall?
5. What controversial book is Charles Murray most well known for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the authors of "Kinship and Community" find in interviews with the residents? What happened after they relocated?
2. Where does the study take place in "Kinship and Community"? Who conducted it?
3. What does Ebenezer Howard propose for urban developers? Which articles are his?
4. What does John Kasarda concluted in "The Jobs-Skills Mismatch"?
5. What does Patrick Geddes describe in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?
6. What are the benefits of public parks, according to Frederick Law Olmstead?
7. What does Gerry Stoker define regime theory as in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
8. What plans and theories are presented in "A Contemporary City"?
9. What does Gerry Stoker write about "neo-pluralists"?
10. What is questioned in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are W.E.B. Dubois' ideas reflected in "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia," "The Question of Earning a Living," and "Color Prejudice"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the three models presented by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life." Which of these models do they most relate to or prefer? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss authors Michael Young and Peter Willmott and British area of Bethnal Green. During what period did the authors study the area?
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