The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City

Robert Gottlieb, Regina Freer, Mark Vallianatos et Peter Dreier

ISBN 10: 0520240006 / ISBN 13: 9780520240001

Edité par University of California Press, 2005

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City
• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0520240006
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780520240001
• Reliure: Softcover
• État de l'article: Bon

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Synopsis

Los Angeles's history is a story of conflicting visions. Most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on L.A. 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. The authors chronicle efforts of progressive social movements that worked throughout the twentieth century to create a more livable, just, and democratic Los Angeles. These movements - what the authors call Progressive L.A. - have produced a new kind of labor movement, community-oriented environmentalism, and multiethnic coalition politics. This book shows how reformers have fought to transform a city characterized by huge economic disparities, concrete-encased rivers, and an endless landscape of subdivisions, freeways, and malls into a progressive model for regions around the country. The Next Los Angeles includes a decade-by-decade historical snapshot of the city's progressive social movements and an indepth exploration of key trends that are remaking L.A. at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It examines L.A.'s changing political landscape, including grassroots initiatives to construct a new agenda for social transformation. At once a history, a policy analysis, and a road map for a progressive future, this book provides an exciting portrayal of a city on the cutting edge of many of the social, economic, and environmental changes sweeping across America.

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Gottlieb is Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. Mark Vallianatos is Research Coordinator at the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. Regina M. Freer is Associate Professor of Politics at Occidental College. Peter Dreier is E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and Director of the Urban and Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College.