The City at Stake : : Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles / / Raphael J. Sonenshein.
The City at Stake tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. How did Los Angeles, a diverse city with an image of unstructured politics and fra...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | With a New afterword by the author |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 12 halftones. 23 tables. 2 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface: REFORM UNDER THE GUN
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE. The Dynamics of Urban Reform
- PART TWO. The Roots of Los Angeles Charter Reform
- PART THREE. The Battle over the Charter
- PART FOUR. The Unified Charter
- PART FIVE. The Battle over Secession
- PART SIX. The Future of Urban Reform
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Afterword: Reform, Diversity, and the 2005 Election of Antonio Villaraigosa
- Index