Organizing to change a city
By: Kitty Kelly Epstein ; with Kimberly Mayfield Lynch and J. Douglass Allen-Taylor
Contributors: Lynch, Kimberly Mayfield; Allen-Taylor, J. Douglass
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433115981; 9781433115974; 9781453908532
Subjects: Economic policy; Protest movements; Occupy movement; Ethnic relations; Political participation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the problem and promise of cities; title: "The power of the people beat the power of the machine" : recruiting a mayor; title: The national context : the racial wealth gap : and the history of urban governance; title: Who ran Oakland? : the history of the first machine; title: Participatory action on a grand scale : a thousand residents make policy; title: Homicide rate drops 40% : how a progressive deals with public safety; title: Economic engines for old industrial cities : the port of Oakland; title: Jobs : three local policies that make a difference for the 99%; title: Economic development : progressives and the chamber of commerce; title: Education and the city; title: Reflections of an activist / Kimberly Mayfield Lynch; title: The Oakland experience and what academics call "participatory action research"; title: Electoral innovation : instant run-off voting and the election of the first Asian woman mayor in the U.S. / J. Douglas Allen-Taylor; title: Three on-going campaigns; title: Gentrification and the racial wealth gap in a national context; title: Organizing to change a city : revisiting the tactics; title: Organizing to change a city : taking space; title: Organizing to change a city : strategic necessities; title: Appendices; title: Appendix one: Documents of the task force process; title: Implemented task force recommendations; title: Roles and responsibilities of task force conveners; title: Working agreements for participants; title: Sample questions guiding individual task forces; title: Appendix two: Sample documents demonstrating the changing approach to economic development; title: "Oakland oks industrial land-use policy"; title: Oakland army base community benefits agreement on jobs; title: Appendix three: Some relevant web sites; title: Appendix four: A brief oakland time line; title: References.