City Trenches: Urban Politics and the Patterning of Class in the United States - Softcover

Katznelson, Ira

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226426734 ISBN 13: 9780226426730

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1982

Synopsis

In City Trenches, Ira Katznelson looks at an important phenomenon of the sixties—the resurgence of community activism—and explains its sources, challenges, and failure. Katznelson argues that the American working class perceives workplace politics and community politics as separate and distinct spheres, a perception that defeats attempts to address grievances or raise demands that break the rules of local politics or of bread-and-butter unionism. He supports his thesis with an absorbing case study of Washington Heights-Inwood, a multiethnic working-class community in Manhattan.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this book, the author looks at an important phenomenon of the sixties--the resurgence of community activism--and explains its resources, challenges, and failure.

About the Author:

Ira Katznelson is the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science at the New School for Social Research. He is the author ofBlack Men, White Cities, published by the University of Chicago Press, and coauthor with Mark Kesselman ofThe Politics of Power.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0226426734
• ISBN 13: 9780226426730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 267