Dilemmas of progressives in government: Playing Solomon in an age of austerity

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-171

  Simmons, Louise ^a  

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EID: 0030528152     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124249601000203     Document Type: Article

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1. N. Krumholz and P. Clavel, Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994).
2. See, for example, M. Shefter, Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City (New York: Basic Books, 1985); or J. Mollenkopf, The Contested City (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983).
3. See, for example, M. Shefter, Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City (New York: Basic Books, 1985); or J. Mollenkopf, The Contested City (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983).
4. Robert Mier, "Interview with Robert Mier" in Reinventing Cities: Equity Planners Tell Their Stories, ed. N. Krumholz and P. Clavel (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994), pp. 68-82.
5. L. Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times: Labor and Neighborhood Organizing in Hartford (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994); J. Fitzgerald and L. Simmons, "From Consumption to Production: Labor Participation in Grass-Roots Movements in Pittsburgh and Hartford," Urban Affairs Quarterly 26 (1991): 512-31.
6. L. Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times: Labor and Neighborhood Organizing in Hartford (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994); J. Fitzgerald and L. Simmons, "From Consumption to Production: Labor Participation in Grass-Roots Movements in Pittsburgh and Hartford," Urban Affairs Quarterly 26 (1991): 512-31.
7. E. Lipton, "Hartford Still Among 10 Poorest Cities in Census Report," Hartford Courant, December 16, 1992, p. C1.
8. P. Clavel, The Progressive City (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1986).
9. Krumholz and Clavel, Reinventing Cities.
10. C. Stone, "Summing Up: Urban Regimes, Development Policy, and Political Arrangements," in The Politics of Urban Development, ed. C. Stone and H. Sanders (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1987).
11. Clavel, The Progressive City, pp. 1-2.
12. Krumholz and Clavel, Reinventing Cities.
13. See, for example, R. Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America (Boston: Twayne, 1984); R. Fisher and J. Kling, eds., Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993); Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times; Fitzgerald and Simmons, "From Consumption to Production."
14. See, for example, R. Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America (Boston: Twayne, 1984); R. Fisher and J. Kling, eds., Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993); Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times; Fitzgerald and Simmons, "From Consumption to Production."
15. See, for example, R. Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America (Boston: Twayne, 1984); R. Fisher and J. Kling, eds., Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993); Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times; Fitzgerald and Simmons, "From Consumption to Production."
16. See, for example, R. Fisher, Let the People Decide: Neighborhood Organizing in America (Boston: Twayne, 1984); R. Fisher and J. Kling, eds., Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in the Era of the Global City (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993); Simmons, Organizing in Hard Times; Fitzgerald and Simmons, "From Consumption to Production."
17. Stone, "Summing Up," p. 276.
18. Ibid., p. 286.
19. J. Schneider, Ideological Coalitions in Congress (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1979).
20. W. Katz-Fishman, J. Scott, R. Gomes, and R. Newby, "Politics of Race and Class in City Hall," in Research in Urban Sociology: Race, Class and Urban Change, ed. J. Lembcke (Greenwich, CT: JAI, 1989); L. Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime," Urban Affairs Quarterly 28 (1993): 423-40; A. Reed, "The Black Urban Regime: Structural Origins and Constraints," in Power, Community and the City, ed. M. Smith (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1988).
21. W. Katz-Fishman, J. Scott, R. Gomes, and R. Newby, "Politics of Race and Class in City Hall," in Research in Urban Sociology: Race, Class and Urban Change, ed. J. Lembcke (Greenwich, CT: JAI, 1989); L. Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime," Urban Affairs Quarterly 28 (1993): 423-40; A. Reed, "The Black Urban Regime: Structural Origins and Constraints," in Power, Community and the City, ed. M. Smith (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1988).
22. W. Katz-Fishman, J. Scott, R. Gomes, and R. Newby, "Politics of Race and Class in City Hall," in Research in Urban Sociology: Race, Class and Urban Change, ed. J. Lembcke (Greenwich, CT: JAI, 1989); L. Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime," Urban Affairs Quarterly 28 (1993): 423-40; A. Reed, "The Black Urban Regime: Structural Origins and Constraints," in Power, Community and the City, ed. M. Smith (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 1988).
23. Clavel, The Progressive City.
24. J. Jennings, ed., Race, Politics and Economic Development: Community Perspectives (New York: Verso, 1992).
25. See, for example, Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime"; P. Clavel and W. Wiewel, eds., Harold Washington and the Neighborhoods: Progressive City Government in Chicago, 1983-1987 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991); R. Mier, Social Justice and Local Development Policy (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993).
26. See, for example, Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime"; P. Clavel and W. Wiewel, eds., Harold Washington and the Neighborhoods: Progressive City Government in Chicago, 1983-1987 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991); R. Mier, Social Justice and Local Development Policy (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993).
27. See, for example, Bennett, "Harold Washington and the Black Urban Regime"; P. Clavel and W. Wiewel, eds., Harold Washington and the Neighborhoods: Progressive City Government in Chicago, 1983-1987 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991); R. Mier, Social Justice and Local Development Policy (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993).
28. See D. Rusk, Cities without Suburbs (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993).
29. P. McCarthy, "In Hartford, the Best and Worst of Times," New York Times, February 7, 1988, p. K1.
30. Hartford Planning Department, "Census Data Release" (Hartford Planning Department, Connecticut, 1991, mimeographed).
31. L. Simmons, "The Battle for City Hall: What Is It We Fight Over?" (Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science and International Studies Association, November 11, 1994).
32. Krumholz and Clavel, Reinventing Cities.
33. For a thoughtful analysis of the casino proposal in Hartford that has relevance for other locales in which casinos are under consideration, see Citizens Research Education Network, The Other Side of the Coin: A Casino's Impact in Hartford (Hartford, CT: Citizens Research Education Network, 1992), a report prepared by and available from the Citizens Research Education Network, a community research and advocacy organization in Hartford.
34. H. Molotch, "The City as a Growth Machine," American Journal of Sociology 82 (1976): 309-32; Shefter, Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis; Stone, "Summing Up."
35. H. Molotch, "The City as a Growth Machine," American Journal of Sociology 82 (1976): 309-32; Shefter, Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis; Stone, "Summing Up."
36. H. Molotch, "The City as a Growth Machine," American Journal of Sociology 82 (1976): 309-32; Shefter, Political Crisis, Fiscal Crisis; Stone, "Summing Up."
37. Mier, Social Justice and Local Development Policy.
38. Hartford is the first city in the United States in which a private for-profit firm, Educational Alternatives, Inc., was hired by the board of education to manage the school system.
39. P. Peterson, City Limits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981).
40. C. Achebe, Things Fall Apart (New York: Facade Crest, 1959); Simmons, "The Battle for City Hall."
41. C. Achebe, Things Fall Apart (New York: Facade Crest, 1959); Simmons, "The Battle for City Hall."