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City of Disorder – How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics

Autor Alex S. Vitale
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2008
In the 1990s, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated with a growing disenfranchised population, then mayor Rudolph Giuliani led New York’s zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly threatened social and economic stability. In a traditionally liberal city, the focus had shifted dramatically from improving the lives of the needy to protecting the welfare of the middle and upper classes - a decidedly neoconservative move.In City of Disorder, Alex S. Vitale analyzes this drive to restore moral order which resulted in an overhaul of the way New York views such social problems as prostitution, graffiti, homelessness, and panhandling. Through several fascinating case studies of New York neighbourhoods and an in-depth look at the dynamics of the NYPD and of the city’s administration itself, Vitale explains why Republicans have won the last four New York mayoral elections and what the long-term impact Giuliani’s zero tolerance method has been on a city historically known for its liberalism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780814788172
ISBN-10: 0814788173
Pagini: 252
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Wiley

Descriere

Discusses New York’s zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly threatened social and economic stability

Cuprins

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction; 1. Conceptualizing the Paradigm Shift; 2. Defining the “Quality of Life” Paradigm; 3. Defining Urban Liberalism; 4. The Rise of Disorder; 5. Globalization and the Urban Crisis; 6. The Transformation of Policing; 7. The Community Backlash; ConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index

Recenzii

"City of Disorder has added enormously to our understanding of the context in which the crime declines of the 1980s and 90s took place. Future discussions of what happened in New York City must take this book into account. A great read and a real contribution to our understanding of the era." George Kelling, co-author of Fixing Broken Windows: Restoring Order And Reducing Crime In Our Communities"Vitale presents an important critical analysis of ‘quality of life’ and ‘zero tolerance’ policing that have serious civil rights and civil liberties implications and are too often accepted, without careful scrutiny.” Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union

Notă biografică

Alex S. Vitale is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He is the author of The End of Policing (Verso) and City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics (NYU Press, 2008).