The City at Stake: Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles

by Raphael J. Sonenshein

Book Overview

The City at Stake tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. How did Los Angeles, a diverse city with an image of unstructured politics and fragmented government, find a way to unify itself around a controversial set of reforms?

Los Angeles government nearly collapsed in political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691126038
• ISBN13: 9780691126036
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"