The long crisis : New York City and the path to neoliberalism / Benjamin Holtzman.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190843731 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Urban policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Housing -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | Local government -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century | New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1951-Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190843700DDC classification: 307.34160974710904 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'The Long Crisis' explores the origins and implications of one of the most significant developments across the globe over the last fifty years: the diminished faith in government as capable of solving public problems. Conventional accounts of the shift toward market and private sector governing solutions have focused on the rising influence of conservatives, libertarians, and the business sector. Bejamin Holtzman, however, locates the origins of this transformation in the efforts of city-dwellers to preserve liberal commitments of the postwar period.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'The Long Crisis' explores the origins and implications of one of the most significant developments across the globe over the last fifty years: the diminished faith in government as capable of solving public problems. Conventional accounts of the shift toward market and private sector governing solutions have focused on the rising influence of conservatives, libertarians, and the business sector. Bejamin Holtzman, however, locates the origins of this transformation in the efforts of city-dwellers to preserve liberal commitments of the postwar period.
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