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  • Mobilization Politics

    Governing Philadelphia in the Early Twenty-First Century

    How grassroots activism transforms contemporary urban politics in Philadelphia and beyondImmigration, gentrification, and the rise of an innovation-based economy are altering American cities. In Mobilization Politics, Stephen J. McGovern offers a new approach to analyzing contemporary urban politics in light of these broad, societal changes. Redirecting the focus from the top-down orientation of ... Leer más

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    Governing Philadelphia in the Early Twenty-First Century

    How grassroots activism transforms contemporary urban politics in Philadelphia and beyondImmigration, gentrification, and the rise of an innovation-based economy are altering American cities. In Mobilization Politics, Stephen J. McGovern offers a new approach to analyzing contemporary urban politics in light of these broad, societal changes. Redirecting the focus from the top-down orientation of ... Leer más

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  • Urban Policy Reconsidered

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    In the past decade, America has experienced an urban renaissance. Cities as varied as New York, Chicago and Boston are no longer seen as ungovernable and doomed to crime and blight. However, they still face formidable problems. Urban Policy Reconsidered is a comprehensive overview of the issues and problems facing our cities today and cover every important issue in urban affairs. What is poverty? ... Leer más

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    Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age

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  • Please Stop Helping Us

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    Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of blacks out of the labor ... Leer más

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  • American Amnesia

    How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper

    A “provocative” (Kirkus Reviews), timely, and topical work that examines what’s good for American business and what’s good for Americans—and why those interests are misaligned.In American Amnesia, bestselling political scientists Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson trace the economic and political history of the United States over the last century and show how a viable mixed economy has long been the ... Leer más

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  • American Poison

    How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise

    A sweeping examination of how American racism has broken the country's social compact, eroded America's common goods, and damaged the lives of every American--and a heartfelt look at how these deep wounds might begin to heal.Compared to other industrialized nations, the United States is losing ground across nearly every indicator of social health. Its race problem, argues Eduardo Porter, is ... Leer más

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    The Rise of Progressive Economics and a Return to Shared Prosperity

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  • Don't Blame Us

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