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Author Gendron, Richard

Title The leftmost city : power and progressive politics in Santa Cruz / Richard Gendron and G. William Domhoff
Published Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The leftmost city in America -- The rise and decline of the Santa Cruz growth coalition -- The rebirth and defeat of the Santa Cruz growth coalition -- The progressive coalition in power -- Shaking up the power structure -- Progressives versus progressives over growth and neighborhoods -- Fault lines of power: assessing theories of urban power
Summary Employs 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 power
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political participation -- California -- Santa Cruz
Political activists -- California -- Santa Cruz
Coalitions -- California -- Santa Cruz
Coalitions -- Case studies
Progressivism (United States politics) -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Coalitions
Political activists
Political participation
Politics and government
Progressivism (United States politics)
Politische Beteiligung
Kommunalpolitik
SUBJECT Santa Cruz (Calif.) -- Politics and government
Subject California -- Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Domhoff, G. William
ISBN 9780786727469
0786727462