Community versus commodity : tenants and the American city / Stella M. Čapek, John I. Gilderbloom
| Author(s): | Čapek, Stella M., 1953- |
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| Subjects: | Rent control--United States Social movements--United States Urban policy--United States Santa Monica (Calif.)--Politics and government Houston (Tex.)--Politics and government |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1992 |
| Series: | SUNY series, the new inequalities SUNY series, the new inequalities |
| LC Classification: | H, HD |
| Table of Contents: | Abbreviations Foreword / Derek Shearer Acknowledgments Part I: Tenants and Urban Social Movement Theory l. Introduction and Overview 3 2. Tenants and Social Theory 15 Part II: A Case Study of a Tenant Movement: Santa Monica 3. A Case Study of Santa Monica's Progressive Movement 55 4. Symbols and Collective Definitions of the Santa Monica Movement 129 Part III: Free Enterprise or Regulation? 5. Progressives in Office: Santa Monica 169 6. Cities without Urban Grass-Roots Movements: The Case of Houston 209 Part IV: Conclusion 7. Tenants' Movements and the Progressive American City 235 Notes 265 References 291 Index 319 |
| Additional Authors: | Gilderbloom, John Ingram |
| Notes: | LCCN: 90024906 ISBN: 0791408418 (CH : alk. paper) ISBN: 0791408426 (PB : alk. paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-317) and index |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 326 p. ; 24 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 22892928 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0791408418 0791408426 |