Organizing to Change a City

Name: Organizing to Change a City
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ISBN: 9781433115974

ISBN-10: 1433115972

ISBN-13: 9781433115974

Edition: 2012

Authors: Kitty Kelly Epstein, Kimberly Mayfield Lynch, J. Douglass Allen-Taylor

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Activist and scholar Kitty Kelly Epstein tells the unique story of a city that recruits a progressive mayoral candidate; defeats a political machine; mobilizes a thousand residents to make policy; and then implements many of the policies created by this participatory process. Violence, jobs, education and gentrification are all addressed by the on-going social justice movement and its victories, including a 40% drop in the homicide rate, 8,000 likely new jobs, and a program that produces diverse and effective teachers. This very readable book will be useful to urban studies, sociology, education, ethnic studies, civic engagement, political science, and policy studies classes, and those who…

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/10/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 173
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English