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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456410703321

Autore

Gendron Richard

Titolo

The leftmost city [[electronic resource] ] : power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz / / Richard Gendron and G. William Domhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, CO, : Westview Press, c2009

ISBN

0-429-49634-6

1-283-09439-8

9786613094391

0-7867-2746-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DomhoffG. William

Disciplina

320.9794/71

320.979471

Soggetti

Political participation - California - Santa Cruz

Political activists - California - Santa Cruz

Coalitions - California - Santa Cruz

Coalitions

Progressivism (United States politics)

Electronic books.

Santa Cruz (Calif.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; TABLES AND MAPS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE LEFT MOST CITY IN AMERICA; 2 THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE SANTA CRUZ GROWTH COALITION; 3 THE REBIRTH AND DEFEAT OF THE SANTA CRUZ GROWTH COALITION; 4 THE PROGRESSIVE COALITION IN POWER: 1981-1989; 5 SHAKING UP THE POWER STRUCTURE; 6 PROGRESSIVES VERSUS PROGRESSIVES OVER GROWTH AND NEIGHBORHOODS; 7 FAULT LINES OF POWER; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Employs an extended case study of the unique city of Santa Cruz, California, to critique three theories of urban power and show how progressive coalitions can effectively organize to achieve political power