Description: "Develops a framework for understanding how cities use appointed boards and commissions"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Mirya R. Holman is associate professor at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. She is the author of Women in Politics in the American City and coeditor of Good Reasons to Run. Her work has been discussed in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and NPR.
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"Holman's practical critique of democracy 'on the ground' is a major contribution to urban studies.... [T]he author also underscores the inherent limitations of boards by providing the reader with a rich understanding of the structural dynamics of race, growth, capital, and party politics--and the ways in which policy regimes reproduce critical structural relationships across urban space. As such, this book is a must read."--Economic Developent Quarterly