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The book tells the story of a huge number of residents working to change their city. They recruited a progressive African-American to run for mayor, engaged 1000 people in task forces to make policy; campaigned far and wide to get their new policies implemented; and demonstrated when that was necessary.
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Organizing to change a city
2012, Peter Lang, Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
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1433115980 9781433115981
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Table of Contents
Introduction: the problem and promise of cities
"The power of the people beat the power of the machine" : recruiting a mayor
The national context : the racial wealth gap : and the history of urban governance
Who ran Oakland? : the history of the first machine
Participatory action on a grand scale : a thousand residents make policy
Homicide rate drops 40% : how a progressive deals with public safety
Economic engines for old industrial cities : the port of Oakland
Jobs : three local policies that make a difference for the 99%
Economic development : progressives and the chamber of commerce
Education and the city
Reflections of an activist / Kimberly Mayfield Lynch
The Oakland experience and what academics call "participatory action research"
Electoral innovation : instant run-off voting and the election of the first Asian woman mayor in the U.S. / J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Three on-going campaigns
Gentrification and the racial wealth gap in a national context
Organizing to change a city : revisiting the tactics
Organizing to change a city : taking space
Organizing to change a city : strategic necessities
Appendices
Appendix one: Documents of the task force process
Implemented task force recommendations
Roles and responsibilities of task force conveners
Working agreements for participants
Sample questions guiding individual task forces
Appendix two: Sample documents demonstrating the changing approach to economic development
"Oakland oks industrial land-use policy"
Oakland army base community benefits agreement on jobs
Appendix three: Some relevant web sites
Appendix four: A brief oakland time line
References.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
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