City of disorder : how the quality of life campaign transformed New York politics /

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2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket Design. In the 1990s, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vitale, Alex S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Quality of life > New York (State) > New York.
Quality of life > New York (State) > New York > Sociological aspects.
Quality of life > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Qualité de la vie > New York (État) > New York.
Qualité de la vie > New York (État) > New York > Aspect sociologique.
Qualité de la vie > Aspect politique > New York (État) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Politics and government
Quality of life
Quality of life > Sociological aspects
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government.
New York (N.Y.) > Administration.
New York (State) > New York
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Conceptualizing the paradigm shift
  • Defining the "quality of life" paradigm
  • Defining urban liberalism
  • The rise of disorder
  • Globalization and the urban crisis
  • The transformation of policing
  • The community backlash
  • Conclusion.

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