Activists in City Hall : The Progressive Response to the Reagan Era in Boston and Chicago /

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"Recent years have seen an increasing interest by both academics and activists in the relationships among social movements, regional organizing, and urban planning for social equity. Full of case study detail, nuanced in its approach, and offering a powerful theoretical frame that weaves togeth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clavel, Pierre
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington, Harold, > 1922-1987.
Flynn, Raymond L.
Urban policy.
Progressivism (United States politics)
Politics and government
Community activists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Progressisme > États-Unis.
Politique urbaine > Illinois > Chicago.
Politique urbaine > Massachusetts > Boston.
Urban policy > Illinois > Chicago.
Urban policy > Massachusetts > Boston.
Community activists > Illinois > Chicago.
Community activists > Massachusetts > Boston.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Illinois > Chicago.
Chicago (Ill.) > Administration.
Boston (Mass.) > Administration.
Chicago (Ill.) > Politics and government.
Boston (Mass.) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The progressive city : concept and context
  • What the progressive city was
  • The movement becomes politics in Boston
  • Flynn's City Hall and the neighborhoods
  • Neighborhood background and the campaign in Chicago
  • Washington in City Hall
  • Later developments in Chicago
  • Race, class, and the administrative struggle.

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