The Leftmost City: Power and Progressive Politics in Santa Cruz

Drawing on hundreds of primary documents, as well as original, previously unpublished interviews, The Leftmost City utilizes an extended case study of Santa Cruz to critique three major theories of urban power: Marxism, public-choice theory, and regime theory.

Author: Richard Gendron
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/29/2008
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780813344386

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2009
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 175

About the Author
Richard Gendron is associate professor of sociology at Assumption College in Massachusetts. His research on the political contestation over development in Santa Cruz has appeared in Sociological Perspectives and City and Community.

G. William Domhoff is research professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of many influential books in sociology and political science, including Who Rules America? (1967, 2006); The Powers That Be (1979); The Power Elite and the State (1990); and State Autonomy or Class Dominance? (1996).