City of disorder
Subtitle: how the quality of life campaign transformed New York politics
By: Alex S. Vitale.
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780814788172
Subjects: Quality of life -- New York (State) -- New York; Quality of life -- Sociological aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; Quality of life -- Political aspects -- New York (State) -- New York; New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Conceptualizing the paradigm shift; title: Defining the "quality of life" paradigm; title: Defining urban liberalism; title: The rise of disorder; title: Globalization and the urban crisis; title: The transformation of policing; title: The community backlash; title: Conclusion.