Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Mob violence is a phenomenon that has plagued the United States at various times throughout the twentieth century. The events that occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 shed new light on the circumstances that bring about the violence, and the political context in which federal policy responds to the seemingly intractable social and economic problems which underlie the violence. In Understanding Urban Unrest Dennis E Gale compares the federal programmes that have been tested since 1966; makes observations about the probable political response to urban interracial violence and poverty in the future, and concludes that place-based patchwork policies are not effective; and argues that only fundamental changes in the economic structuring of th
Table of Contents
Los Angeles '92 was nothing new -- Civil rights and uncivil riots, 1964-66 -- Reverend King, the urban poor and an epidemic of rioting, 1966 -- Riot-driven public policy, 1966-68 -- Model cities program plays out, 1969-75 -- From Reverend King to Rodney King --Responding to urban interracial mob violence in the 1990s -- Urban poverty, interracial mob violence and federal reaction : the problem and political contexts -- Urban poverty, interracial mob violence and federal reaction : the policy context.