The Leftmost City: Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz

by G. William Domhoff and Richard Gendron

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813344387
• ISBN13: 9780813344386
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"