Organizing to Change a City - In collaboration with Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and J. Douglas Allen-Taylor (Paperback, New edition)

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 ongoing 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 accessible book will be useful in urban studies, sociology, education, ethnic studies, civic engagement, political science, and policy studies classes and to those who are studying protest movements. The author explains the history of modern urban inequity and the racial wealth gap and then proposes on-going strategy and tactics for social activists in every city. Her co-authors, Lynch and Allen-Taylor, add their own intimate perspectives on these dynamic developments.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Kitty Kelly Epstein
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	173
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-1597-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN:	1-4331-1597-2
Barcode:	9781433115974

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