02758nam 2200697Ia 450 991078051070332120230822210125.00-429-97597-X0-429-49634-61-283-09439-897866130943910-7867-2746-2(CKB)2430000000002150(EBL)688713(OCoLC)721195169(SSID)ssj0000376886(PQKBManifestationID)11243234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376886(PQKBWorkID)10333681(PQKB)10307590(MiAaPQ)EBC688713(Au-PeEL)EBL688713(CaPaEBR)ebr10267490(EXLCZ)99243000000000215020080909h20092009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe leftmost city power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz /Richard Gendron and G. William DomhoffBoulder, Colo. :Westview Press,2009.©20091 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) illustrations, maps0-367-09718-4 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 governmentPolitical participationPolitical activistsCoalitionsCoalitionsProgressivism (United States politics)320.9794/71320.979471Gendron Richard1521173Domhoff G. William125622MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780510703321The leftmost city3760121UNINA