{"product_id":"the-city-at-stake-raphael-j-sonenshein-9780691126036","title":"The City at Stake: Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe City at Stake \u003c\/i\u003e tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. How did Los Angeles, a diverse city with an image of unstructured politics and fragmented government, find a way to unify itself around a controversial set of reforms? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Los Angeles government nearly collapsed in political bickering over charter reform, which generated the remarkable phenomenon of two competing charter reform commissions. Out of this nearly impossible tangle, reformers managed to knit a new city charter that greatly expanded institutions for citizen participation and addressed long-standing weaknesses in the role of the mayor. The new charter, pursued by a Republican mayor, won its greatest support from liberal whites who had long favored reform measures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written by an urban scholar who played a key role in the charter reform process, the book offers both a theoretical perspective on the process of institutional reform in an age of diversity, and a firsthand, inside-the-box look at how major reform works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The new afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, a milestone in the development of urban reform coalitions in an age of immigration and ethnic diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raphael J. Sonenshein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691126038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691126036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.72w x 0.85d","brand":"Raphael J. Sonenshein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962028544255,"sku":"9780691126036","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93ffe5ec-c275-466d-a74d-1abf1ba3a988.jpg?v=1750649099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-at-stake-raphael-j-sonenshein-9780691126036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}