City of Disorder : : How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics /

City of Disorder : : How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics / / Alex S. Vitale.

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2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket DesignIn the 1990s, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated wit...

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Vitale, Alex S.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Conceptualizing the Paradigm Shift
  • 2 Defining the Quality-of-Life Paradigm
  • 3 Defining Urban Liberalism
  • 4 The Rise of Disorder
  • 5 Globalization and the Urban Crisis
  • 6 The Transformation of Policing
  • 7 The Community Backlash
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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