During the past two decades, one of the most significant political and social changes has been the transfer of urban political leadership from aging ethnic-dominated political machines to coalitions led by blacks in cities such as Detroit, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Newark, and New Orleans. Bette Woody's analysis of modern urban government examines the political transformation of the 1970s and 1980s in the context of the failures of machine politics, traditional reforms, and racial policies of the prior two decades. Also discussed is the rise of neighborhood-based political coalitions to...
During the past two decades, one of the most significant political and social changes has been the transfer of urban political leadership from agin...
Woody examines how structural change in the U.S. economy and the rise of new service sectors have reshaped the work content, opportunity, and wages of one labor group: black women. Evidence for the study comes from U.S. Census data on employment and interviews with black women.
Woody examines how structural change in the U.S. economy and the rise of new service sectors have reshaped the work content, opportunity, and wages of...
