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Urban studies

a coalition of local elites, especially landholders and developers, that pushes city policy toward growth to raise land values.

In urban studies, growth machine refers to a coalition of local elites, especially landholders and developers, that pushes city policy toward growth to raise land values. This meaning comes from Molotch (1976) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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References

Molotch, H. (1976). The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place. American Journal of Sociology, 82(2), 309-332. https://doi.org/10.1086/226311

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