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The Leftmost City - Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz (Hardcover)
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The Leftmost City - Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz (Hardcover)
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Almost all US cities are controlled by real estate and development
interests, but Santa Cruz, California, is a deviant case. An
unusual coalition of socialist-feminists, environmentalists,
social-welfare liberals, and neighborhood activists has stopped
every growth project proposed by landowners and developers since
1969, and controlled the city council since 1981. Even after a 1989
earthquake forced the city to rebuild its entire downtown, the
progressive elected officials prevailed over developers and
landowners. Drawing on hundreds of primary documents, as well as
original, previously unpublished interviews, The Leftmost City
utilizes an extended case study of Santa Cruz to critique three
major theories of urban power: Marxism, public-choice theory, and
regime theory. Santa Cruz is presented within the context of other
progressive attempts to shape city government, and the authors'
findings support growth-coalition theory, which stresses the
conflict between real estate interests and neighborhoods as the
fundamental axis of urban politics. The authors conclude their
analysis by applying insights gleaned from Santa Cruz to
progressive movements nationwide, offering a template for
progressive coalitions to effectively organize to achieve political
power.
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