| Organizing to Change a City: In collaboration with Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and J. Douglas Allen-Taylor Contributor(s): Epstein, Kitty Kelly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433115980 ISBN-13: 9781433115981 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $171.07 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 303.609 |
| LCCN: 2012010389 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 173 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Activist and scholar Kitty Kelly Epstein tells the unique story of a city that recruits a progressive mayoral candidate, defeats a political machine, mobilizes a thousand residents to make policy, and then implements many of the policies created by this participatory process. Violence, jobs, education, and gentrification are all addressed by the ongoing social justice movement and its victories, including a 40% drop in the homicide rate, 8,000 likely new jobs, and a program that produces diverse and effective teachers. This very accessible book will be useful in urban studies, sociology, education, ethnic studies, civic engagement, political science, and policy studies classes and to those who are studying protest movements. The author explains the history of modern urban inequity and the racial wealth gap and then proposes on-going strategy and tactics for social activists in every city. Her co-authors, Lynch and Allen-Taylor, add their own intimate perspectives on these dynamic developments. |