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This collection originated from extensive research on seven U.S. cities: Berkeley, Boston, Burlington, Chicago, Cleveland, Hartford and Santa Monica--all largely from the 1970s and 1980s. Over time we learned about, and there occurred, broadly similar experience in other places, and as material came in, we have begun to add these to the collection: from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America; and from other cities in the United States. Our collection being limited in these latter places, we have aggregated them by continent. All these are presented along with a set of introductory texts.
See also related material on neighborhoods within cities; and additional items from organizations that relate to many different cities.
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Local government and social movements in Bologna since 1945
(University of Cambridge, 1992-03)Traces the emergence of redistributive and participatory policy from 1946 through the 1980s. Main features include neighborhood councils and services like municipal pharmacies, and management with local economic development ... -
Steel and Southeast Chicago: Reasons and Opportunities for Industrial Renewal, A Research Report to the Mayor's Task Force on Steel and Southeast Chicago
(Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1985-11)Reports the research effort by Chicago’s Task Force on Steel and Southeast Chicago (1984-86) done under the direction of Prof. Ann Markusen. The report describes the evolving structure of the U.S. and Chicago steel industry ... -
Municipal Neoliberalism and Municipal Socialism: Urban Political Economy in Latin America
(2006)Identifies two different urban policy regimes in Latin America—neoliberal and socialist—and traces their origins to the distinct interests and capacities of local elites and activists in the region’s cities in the mid-to-late ... -
The London Industrial Strategy
(1985)Economic strategy and analysis for the 32 borough Greater London Council. Includes an extended overview of the London economy and agencies responsible for implementation and further plans. The authors note the general ... -
Building the Bridge to the High Road: Expanding Participation and Democracy in the Economy to Build Sustainable Communities
(Center for Labor and Community Research, 2000)Describes the evolution of the Center for Labor and Community Research from Swinney’s 1970s practice as a shop floor labor organizer and toward a realization that changes in overall business structure had destroyed the ... -
London and the Greater London Council: Restructuring the Capital of Capital
(Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, 1985)"Brief (9 pp.) description of the GLC experience creating the London Industrial Strategy as the staff discovered an industrial structure changing from domination by large firms to more of a network of small firms. "". . . ... -
Building on the Basics: The Final Report of the Mayor’s Task Force on Steel and Southeast Chicago
(City of Chicago, Department of Economic Development, 1986)Chicago Mayor Harold Washington introduced this 44 page report as an “inventory of recommendations” coming from the city’s Task Force on Steel and Southeast Chicago (1984-1986). The scope was expansive. There was equal ... -
The Rise of Progressive Cities for Human and Planetary Flourishing
(2015-10)Documents new support for progressive policies arising from an emerging middle class impatient with top-down leadership and supportive of new local leadership. Douglass indicates a broad interest in distributive justice, ... -
Setback in Burlington
(Planners Network, 2014)Describes the challenges to progressives after the 2012 election of relatively market-friendly Democrat Miro Weinberger succeeds progressive mayors who had dominated city politics since Bernie Sanders' election in 1981. -
Community Development In Maine: Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
(1996-07-16)History and development of a rural community development corporation. Documents the transition from resource based, import substitution and direct production to finance and technical support to diverse local initiatives.
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