Norman street : poverty and politics in an urban neighborhood / Ida Susser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Susser, Ida.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal services--New York (State)--New York.

Municipal services.

Finance, Public--New York (State)--New York.

Finance, Public.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions--Case studies.

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

Updated ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn's Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, this book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City's fiscal crisis of 1975-1978. Now updated with a new introduction to address the changes and events of the thirty years since the book's original publication, its lessons still resonate in the impact of political and economic changes on everyday lives.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Norman Street Revisited: Claiming a Right to New York City; 1. Introduction; 2. A Changing Neighborhood; 3. A Changing Workplace and Its Consequences; 4. The Welfare System: Interaction Between Officials and Clients; 5. The Welfare System: Regulations and the Life of a Welfare Recipient; 6. Landlord-Tenant Relations; 7. Cooperation and Conflict in a Block Association; 8. Making Things Work; 9. Kinship, Friendship, and Support; 10. Save the Firehouse!; 11. The Sources of Political Control; 12. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N

OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Pseudonyms; B; D; F; G; I; J; M; N; P; S; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 13, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280) and indexes.

ISBN:

0-19-993913-6

0-19-536730-8

1-283-84833-3

0-19-971025-2

OCLC:

820172781