[URBANTH-L]NEW REPACKAGE: The Next Los Angeles

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Dear Urbanth-L:


Dear H-Ethnic:


The University of California Press  is pleased to announce the new 
repackage of:

The Next Los Angeles: The Struggle for a Livable City

<B>Robert Gottlieb </B>is Henry R. Luce Professor of Urban and 
Environmental Policy and Director of the Urban and Environmental 
Policy Institute at Occidental College. <B>Mark Vallianatos </B>is 
Research Coordinator at the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute 
at Occidental College. <B>Regina M. Freer </B>is Associate Professor 
of Politics at Occidental College. <B>Peter Dreier </B>is E. P. Clapp 
Distinguished Professor of Politics and Director of the Urban and 
Environmental Policy Program at Occidental College.

http://go.ucpress.edu/GottliebLA

"An intelligent insider's account of the construction of the 
Progressive Los Angeles Network, or PLAN, and the emergence of a 
powerful labor-Latino bloc that provides progressive L.A. with much 
of its heart and soul.... A good starting point for any serious 
student of forward-looking municipal politics."-James Goodno, _San 
Francisco Chronicle _

While most historians, journalists, and filmmakers have focused on 
Los Angeles as a bastion of corporate greed, business boosterism, 
political corruption, cheap labor, exploited immigrants, and 
unregulated sprawl, _The Next Los Angeles _tells a different story: 
that of the reformers and radicals who have struggled for alternative 
visions of social and economic justice. In a new preface, the authors 
reflect on the gathering momentum of L.A.'s progressive movement, 
including the 2005 landslide victory of Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor.

Full information about the bookis available online: 
http://go.ucpress.edu/GottliebLA