Whose Politics? Reflections on Clarence Stone’s Regime Politics

Stone’s retrospective article holds to the view of his earlier work that a city’s fundamental capacity to confront existential challenges is made possible only by the engagement of elite actors with the resources for sustained politics. In this article, we set out to illustrate ways in which actors...

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Published in:Urban affairs review (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Calif.), 2015-01, Vol.51 (1), p.161-170
Main Authors: Jones-Correa, Michael, Wong, Diane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arenas
Auditoriums
California
Cities
Detroit, Michigan
Education
Elites
Housing
Immigrants
Labor
Labor Movements
Labour movements
Local Politics
Los Angeles, California
Michigan
Movements
Municipal government
Neighborhoods
New York
Non-profit organizations
Political behavior
Political regimes
Political science
Politics
Reflection
Rights
Stone
U.S.A
Urban politics
Workers
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Summary:Stone’s retrospective article holds to the view of his earlier work that a city’s fundamental capacity to confront existential challenges is made possible only by the engagement of elite actors with the resources for sustained politics. In this article, we set out to illustrate ways in which actors marginal to regime politics—neighborhood organizations, nonprofits, labor movements, and immigrant groups—can offer examples of sustained politics that provide alternate agendas for city politics by looking at three different policy arenas in three different cities: housing in New York, labor rights in Los Angeles, and education in Detroit.
ISSN:1078-0874
1552-8332
DOI:10.1177/1078087414558949