Talk:Urban politics in the United States

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I love the urban politics topic. I like how you bolded certain terms so that it was easy to follow! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfofana (talk • contribs) 02:26, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

I absolutely agree on the point that municipal governments are given very little money and power to work with and cannot achieve as much as they could, given that they represent the interests of their citizens most accurately compared to any other levels of government. They can be exploited by real estate developers and corporations. I am glad to see that mentioned in a Wikipedia article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Finn1sher, who doesn't have an account • 11:43, 1 April 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.177.190 (talk)

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Hi Felicia - As you have probably noticed, I've been making minor tweaks to formatting and references as new information goes in. If you have any questions on what I've been doing, please let me know. I also wanted to make a general comment about the tone of your writing. Make sure that you make it clear to the reader what is theorized by a subset of political theorists and what is considered to be general fact by all political theorists. For instance, at the beginning of the Urban regime theories section you say "Urban regime theories seek to explain relationships...", with "theories" seeming to imply that perhaps not all political scientists agree with this. However, the article then says "We are currently in the third corporate regime" - stating it as if it's absolute fact. First, wikipedia does not generally use the first person - "we" - style of writing. So, this should be reworded to something like "The United States is currently...". Second, if this theory is not in line with what all political scientists believe, it should be reworded to say something like "Many political scientists believe that the United States is currently...". See? Also, in that section, it should specify which type FDR's New Deal program was, and probably give a bit more than a sentence of description on each of the different types. Also, I realize the article is discussing urban politics in the United States specifically, but are any of these types used most often in a different country? Or are some used more in different types of cities? Give some examples of where/when these different types of regimes are seen. Just some thoughts, let me know if you have any questions. Dana boomer (talk) 16:34, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

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There are multiple facts in the introduction lacking citations.- Jordanduvall (talk) 00:23, 7 November 2023 (UTC)