Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future
David Halle and Andrew A. Beveridge

PART I: Overview

Chapter 2. The Big Picture: Demographic and Other Changes
Andrew Beveridge and Sydney Beveridge
Chapter 3. The New York and Los Angeles Economies from Boom to Crisis
David L. Gladstone and Susan S. Fainstein
Chapter 4. America's Leading International Trade Centers and their Entrepreneurial Agencies: Challenges and Strategies in the New York and Los Angeles Regions
Jameson W. Doig, Steven P. Erie and Scott A. MacKenzie

PART II: Politics and Economics

Chapter 5. New York City and Los Angeles: Government and Political Influence
John Mollenkopf and Raphael J. Sonenshein
Chapter 6. Financial and Economic Crisis and the Politics of Ongoing Dramas
David Halle and Andrew Beveridge
Chapter 7. New York City and Los Angeles: Taxes, Budgets and Managing the Financial Crisis
George Sweeting and Andrea Dinneen

PART III: Social and Urban Problems

Chapter 8. Policing, Crime and Legitimacy in New York and Los Angeles: The Social and Political Contexts of Two Historic Crime Declines
Jeffrey Fagan and John MacDonald
Chapter 9. LA and New York Schools: Reform, Organization, and Disorganization
Julia Wrigley
Chapter 10. How New York and Los Angeles Housing Policies Are Different-and Maybe Why
Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty
Chapter 11. Residential Diversity and Division: Separation and Segregation among Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Affluent, and Poor.
Andrew Beveridge, David Halle, Eddie Telles, and Beth DuFault

PART IV: Immigration and Ethnic Communities

Chapter 12. New York and Los Angeles as Immigrant Destinations: Contrasts and Convergence
Nancy Foner and Roger Waldinger
Chapter 13. The Transformation of Chinese America: New York v. Los Angeles
Min Zhou, Margaret M. Chin and Rebecca Kim

PART V: Planning and Environmentalism

Chapter 14. Planning L.A.: The Changing Politics of Neighborhood and Downtown Development
Andrew Deener, Steven P. Erie, Vladimir Kogan, and Forrest Stuart
Chapter 15. Environmental and Social Justice Movements and Policy Change in Los Angeles: Is an Inside-Outside Game Possible?
Martha Matsuoka and Robert Gottlieb
Chapter 16. A Land Ethic for the City of Water
Kristen Van Hooreweghe, Steve Lang, and William Kornblum

PART VI: Culture

Chapter 17. In LA, You Know Where Architecture's At
Rick Bell
Chapter 18. New York, LA and Chicago as Depicted in Hit Movies.
David Halle, Eric Vanstrom, Jan Reiff and Ted Nitschke
Chapter 19. Nonprofit Organizations in New York City and Los Angeles: A Comparison
Helmut K Anheier, David Howard, and Marcus Lam

About the Author

David Halle is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also an adjunct professor at the City University of New York's Graduate Center and the author of America's Working Man: Work, Home, and Politics among Blue-Collar Property Owners and Inside Culture: Art and Class in the American Home

Andrew A. Beveridge is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York.

Reviews

"All the chapters are coherent and well integrated with the book's overall goal. This fascinating tale of two cities makes a valuable contribution to comparative urban sociology, and the volume should serve as an important source book for students, scholars, and planners and policy makers interested in urban issues in the US." --CHOICE