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Bezig met laden... The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable Citydoor Robert Gottlieb, Peter Dreier, Regina M. Freer, Mark Vallianatos
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At its most lively, this book provides an intelligent insider's account of the construction of Progressive Los Angeles Network, or PLAN, and the emergence of a powerful labor-Latino bloc that provides progressive L.A. with much of its heart and soul. But the book offers readers more, including details of a grassroots-driven progressive agenda and a revealing social and political history. L.A.'s social and political history, including the collapse of the old civic elite, the failure of top-down agenda-setting during the 1990s and the collapse of heavy industry, set the stage for a progressive revival in the late 1990s... "The Next Los Angeles" provides a good starting point for any serious student of forward-looking municipal politics.
While most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and unregulated sprawl, The Next Los Angeles tells a different story: that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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