| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-219) and index. |
| Contents |
When local activism challenges higher authority -- The evolving power of cities -- The evolving intergovernmental environment -- Today's urban environment -- Activism as a strategy for policy change -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights activism -- Immigration activism -- Foreign policy activism -- Reexamining the role of local governments. |
| Summary |
When state and federal governments intrude, abdicate responsibility, or prove unable to respond to local needs, how can cities fight back? How can they promote and defend their own interests? Addressing these questions, Lori Riverstone-Newell explores the emergence of local policy activism and its impact in a number of state and federal policy arenas. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Municipal government -- United States.
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Municipal government. |
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United States. |
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Community power -- United States.
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Community power. |
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Social advocacy -- United States.
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Social advocacy. |
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Central-local government relations -- United States.
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Central-local government relations. |
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Federal-city relations -- United States.
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Federal-city relations. |
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Federal government -- United States.
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Federal government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Riverstone-Newell, Lori. Renegade Cities, Public Policy, and the Dilemmas of Federalism. Boulder : Lynne Rienner, ©2013 9781935049883 |
| ISBN |
9781626374850 |
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1626374856 |
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9781935049883 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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1935049887 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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