Class, Power and Austerity: The New York City Fiscal Crisis

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The athor views the fiscal crisis as both a product and the process of class struggle. . . . Interview data and documents are combined to present a useful and interesting counter-perspective sensitive to the contingencies of struggle. Choice

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Interesting and valuable reading for all those interested in a new understanding of class, crisis, and power.-The Book Exchange
Lichten's book provides a framework within which current strategies for dealing with third world debt become sensible. Its originality lies in the provision of this schema . . . effectively demonstrates the utility of understanding crisis as a process which is both produced and managed.-Socialism and Democracy
The author views the fiscal crisis as both a product and the process of class struggle. . . . Interview data and documents are combined to present a useful and interesting counter-perspective sensitive to the contingencies of struggle.-Choice
"Interesting and valuable reading for all those interested in a new understanding of class, crisis, and power."-The Book Exchange
"The author views the fiscal crisis as both a product and the process of class struggle. . . . Interview data and documents are combined to present a useful and interesting counter-perspective sensitive to the contingencies of struggle."-Choice
"Lichten's book provides a framework within which current strategies for dealing with third world debt become sensible. Its originality lies in the provision of this schema . . . effectively demonstrates the utility of understanding crisis as a process which is both produced and managed."-Socialism and Democracy

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