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

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: November 15, 1982

ISBN: 0226426734

ISBN 13: 9780226426730

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

3.8/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: November 15, 1982

ISBN: 0226426734

ISBN 13: 9780226426730

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