1st Edition
The Leftmost City Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz
258 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Almost all US 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. Even after a 1989 earthquake... Read more
* Chapter 1. The Leftmost City in America * Chapter 2. The Rise and Decline of the Santa Cruz Growth Coalition * Chapter 3. The Rebirth and Defeat of the Santa Cruz Growth Coalition * Chapter 4. The Progressive Coalition in Power * Chapter 5. Shaking Up the Power Structure * Chapter 6. Progressives Versus Progressives Over Growth and Neighborhoods * Chapter 7. Fault Lines of Power
Biography
Richard Gendron
