...presented to the Harvard College Committee on Degrees in Social Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree with honors of Bachelor of Arts; a case study of Parcel 18 (Ruggles Center) in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood; chapters include: "Political Development and Development Politics" (1950-1967: Back to Downtown: Manifestations of Downtown-Neighborhood Rivalry; 1967-1983: The [Mayor] White Years, and the Black Community; 1983: Linkage Payments and the Power of the Neighborhoods; 1983-1992: Boston Under Flynn), "From Highway Plans to Development Plans" (The Southwest Corridor; Obstacles to Development; The Theory of Parcel-to-Parcel Linkage; The BRA's Vision; Selecting a Developer), and "Public Politicization" (The MWRA [MA Water Resources Authority] Needs a New Home; Choosing Parcel 18; Fighting at the Statehouse; Attempts at a Compromise; The MWRA Thinks Again); also includes a theoretical argument about the economic constraints on local progessive land use policy; the author claims that this study is the only complete historical record of this development project; a copy of this item was in the BRA collection....