Political science

Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller Jaws made the kids of my generation think twice before swimming out at San Diego’s beaches.  But the more interesting theme of the movie is the growth machine.  Logan and Molotch’s classic study of the growth machine noted that both labor and management, economic elites and average workers, and Republicans and Democrats, have been part of the pro-growth consensus seen in many American cities. Please comment on the way that Amity’s citizens, as depicted by the film, overcome their fear for the welfare of their all-important tourists and even their own families.  How would a city like Anaheim or San Diego address a crisis that threatened tourism?