LEADER 04295nam 2200769 450 001 9910828152103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-11590-7 010 $a1-4008-4964-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400849642 035 $a(CKB)2550000001137897 035 $a(EBL)1441392 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001481565 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12641983 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481565 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11502604 035 $a(PQKB)10006409 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001154501 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11608893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001154501 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11176713 035 $a(PQKB)10936926 035 $a(OCoLC)880236710 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43304 035 $a(DE-B1597)453644 035 $a(OCoLC)979968611 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400849642 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1441392 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10787687 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL537599 035 $a(OCoLC)862375653 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1441392 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001137897 100 $a20131106d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe city at stake $esecession, reform, and battle for Los Angeles /$fwith a new afterword by the author, Raphael J. Sonenshein 205 $aWith a New afterword by the author 210 1$aPrinceton, New Jersey ;$aOxfordshire, England :$cPrinceton University Press,$d2004. 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (343 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12603-8 311 $a1-306-06348-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tMaps -- $tTables -- $tPreface: REFORM UNDER THE GUN -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPART ONE. The Dynamics of Urban Reform -- $tPART TWO. The Roots of Los Angeles Charter Reform -- $tPART THREE. The Battle over the Charter -- $tPART FOUR. The Unified Charter -- $tPART FIVE. The Battle over Secession -- $tPART SIX. The Future of Urban Reform -- $tAppendices -- $tBibliography -- $tAfterword: Reform, Diversity, and the 2005 Election of Antonio Villaraigosa -- $tIndex 330 $aThe City at Stake tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. How did Los Angeles, a diverse city with an image of unstructured politics and fragmented government, find a way to unify itself around a controversial set of reforms? Los Angeles government nearly collapsed in political bickering over charter reform, which generated the remarkable phenomenon of two competing charter reform commissions. Out of this nearly impossible tangle, reformers managed to knit a new city charter that greatly expanded institutions for citizen participation and addressed long-standing weaknesses in the role of the mayor. The new charter, pursued by a Republican mayor, won its greatest support from liberal whites who had long favored reform measures. Written by an urban scholar who played a key role in the charter reform process, the book offers both a theoretical perspective on the process of institutional reform in an age of diversity, and a firsthand, inside-the-box look at how major reform works. The new afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, a milestone in the development of urban reform coalitions in an age of immigration and ethnic diversity. 606 $aSecession$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles County 606 $aSecession$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xPolitics and government 607 $aLos Angeles County (Calif.)$xPolitics and government 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$vCharters 607 $aLos Angeles (Calif.)$xRace relations 615 0$aSecession 615 0$aSecession 676 $a320.9794/94 700 $aSonenshein$b Raphael$01625092 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828152103321 996 $aThe city at stake$93960397 997 $aUNINA