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'''City politics''' is a broad category of political study. Cities generally do not generate sufficient quantitative data for causal inference about them internally, so almost all study is comparative. '''City politics''' is a subfield of comparative politics.
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== Description ==

Work in the broader comparative politics field generally uses states as the unit of analysis. City politics instead applies these methods to cities.

Much like states, cities often do not generate sufficient quantitative data for causal inference. Assumptions about utility are also dubious at this macro level. City politics is dominated by relatively [[PoliticalScience/Constructivism|constructivist]] philosophies.
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 * [[ThereGoesTheNeighborhood|There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America]], William Julius Wilson and Richard P. Taub, 2007

City Politics

City politics is a subfield of comparative politics.


Description

Work in the broader comparative politics field generally uses states as the unit of analysis. City politics instead applies these methods to cities.

Much like states, cities often do not generate sufficient quantitative data for causal inference. Assumptions about utility are also dubious at this macro level. City politics is dominated by relatively constructivist philosophies.


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PoliticalScience/CityPolitics (last edited 2026-02-13 15:46:04 by DominicRicottone)