Description: In November 2013, a little-known progressive stunned the elite of New York City by capturing the mayoralty by a landslide. Bill de Blasio's promise to end the 'Tale of Two Cities' had struck a chord among ordinary residents still struggling to recover from the Great Recession. De Blasio's election heralded the advent of the most progressive New York City government in generations. Not since the legendary Fiorello La Guardia in the 1930s had so many populist candidates captured government office at the same time. Gotham, in other words, had been suddenly reclaimed in the name of its people. How did this happen? De Blasio's victory, journalist legend Juan Gonzalez argues, was not just a routine change of government but a popular rebellion against corporate-friendly policies that had dominated New York for decades. Reflecting that broader change, liberal Democrats Bill Peduto in Pittsburgh, Betsy Hodges in Minneapolis, and Martin Walsh of Boston also won mayoral elections that same year,
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EAN: 9781620972090
UPC: 9781620972090
ISBN: 9781620972090
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Book Title: Reclaiming Gotham: Bill de Blasio and the Movement
Item Length: 21.1 cm
Item Weight: 0.5 kg
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Reclaiming Gotham: Bill De Blasio and the Movement to End America's Tale of Two Cities
Publisher: The New Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Government
Item Height: 210 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Juan Gonzalez
Subject Area: Political Science
Item Width: 147 mm
Format: Hardcover
