02756nam 2200697Ia 450 991045641070332120210423210110.00-429-49634-61-283-09439-897866130943910-7867-2746-2(CKB)2430000000002150(EBL)688713(OCoLC)721195169(SSID)ssj0000376886(PQKBManifestationID)11243234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376886(PQKBWorkID)10333681(PQKB)10307590(MiAaPQ)EBC688713(Au-PeEL)EBL688713(CaPaEBR)ebr10267490(EXLCZ)99243000000000215020080909d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe leftmost city[electronic resource] power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz /Richard Gendron and G. William DomhoffBoulder, CO Westview Pressc20091 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-367-09718-4 0-8133-4438-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXEmploys 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 powerPolitical participationCaliforniaSanta CruzPolitical activistsCaliforniaSanta CruzCoalitionsCaliforniaSanta CruzCoalitionsCase studiesProgressivism (United States politics)Case studiesSanta Cruz (Calif.)Politics and governmentElectronic books.Political participationPolitical activistsCoalitionsCoalitionsProgressivism (United States politics)320.9794/71320.979471Gendron Richard921590Domhoff G. William125622MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456410703321The leftmost city2067304UNINA