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

"An absorbing insider's account of the maneuvering among elites in a major American city in the process of redefining itself politically. Sonenshein's analysis of behind-the-scenes politicking is virtually unmatched in the urban politics literature."--Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University"The author does a good job of combining his personal notes with newspaper articles and interviews to tell a complete story of charter reform. This should be an important contribution to the urban politics literature."--Bruce Cain, University of California, BerkeleySonenshein, Raphael J. is the author of 'City at Stake Secession, Reform, and the Battle for Los Angeles', published 2006 under ISBN 9780691126036 and ISBN 0691126038.