When Art Agnos campaigned for mayor of San Francisco in 1987, he
articulated and defended the "left" isms--liberalism,
environmentalism, and populism. He won.
Seeing Agnos as a defender of slowgrowth vs. progrowth, the
city's progressives had high hopes. But to their disappointment, in
the wake of the passage of Proposition M--the most restrictive
growth control legislation of any large U.S. city--Agnos supported
waterfront development and proposals to build a new baseball
stadium in China Basin and a large residential and business
development in Mission Bay. In 1991 Agnos ran for reelection. He
lost.
"Left Coast City" provides insight into how San Francisco's
progressive coalition developed between 1975 and 1991, what
stresses emerged to cause splintering within the coalition, and how
the coalition fell apart in the 1991 mayoral campaign.
Focusing on San Francisco's turbulent political history,
non-conformist traditions, and ethnic and cultural diversity,
political scientist Richard DeLeon analyzes the successes and
failures of the progressive movement as it topples the
business-dominated progrowth regime, imposes stringent controls on
growth and development, and achieves political control of city
hall.
Although the movement has achieved national recognition as a
possible vanguard of social and political change in this country,
DeLeon argues that a new progressive regime has not yet emerged to
replace the defunct progrowth regime. Having helped to create chaos
out of order, progressive leaders now face the task of creating
order out of chaos.
"What the city has now is, at best, an antiregime, a
transitional political order set up defensively to block the
Lazarus-like re-emergence of the old progrowth regime," DeLeon
writes. "Such an order cannot last." The key to survival of the
progressive movement, he contends, is creation of a progressive
urban regime, where public and private entities function
together.
General
| Imprint: |
University Press of Kansas
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 1992 |
| First published: |
September 1992 |
| Authors: |
Richard DeLeon
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 159 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7006-0555-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Local government >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-7006-0555-X |
| Barcode: |
9780700605552 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
