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This book is about urban political power in the US, the power of national corporations and labor unions, and how that power shaped central city policies designed to sustain economic growth and social control.
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© 1982 Roger Owen Friedland
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Friedland, R. (1982). Introduction. In: Power and Crisis in the City. Sociology, Politics and Cities. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16937-5_1
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