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The leftmost city : power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz
- Title
- The leftmost city : power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz / Richard Gendron, G. William Domhoff.
- Author
- Gendron, Richard.
- Publication
- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2009], ©2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Domhoff, G. William.
- Description
- xiv, 240 pages : maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Almost all U.S. cities are controlled by real estate and development interests, but Santa Cruz, California, is a deviant case. An unusual coalition of socialist-feminists, environmentalists, social-welfare liberals, and neighborhood activists has stopped every growth project proposed by landowners and developers since 1969 and controlled the city council since 1981. Drawing on hundreds of primary documents, as well as original, previously unpublished interviews, The Leftmost City utilizes an extended case study of Santa Cruz to critique major theories of urban power: Marxism, public choice theory, and regime theory. Santa Cruz is presented within the context of other progressive attempts to shape city government, and the authors' flndings support growth coalition theory, which stresses the conflict between real estate interests and neighborhoods as the fundamental axis of urban politics. The authors apply insights gleaned from Santa Cruz to progressive movements nationwide, offering a template for progressive coalitions to effectively organize to achieve political power."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Leftmost 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: Assessing Theories of Urban Power.
- ISBN
- 9780813344386 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813344387 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008039283
- 40016327973
- OCLC
- ocn233546800
- 233546800
- SCSB-5452098
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries