TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vitale,Alex S.
TI  - City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics 
SN  - 9780814788172
U1  - 306.2/809747109045 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Giulianis
KW  - Republicans
KW  - Through
KW  - Vitale
KW  - York
KW  - administration
KW  - been
KW  - case
KW  - city
KW  - citys
KW  - elections
KW  - explains
KW  - fascinating
KW  - four
KW  - have
KW  - historically
KW  - impact
KW  - itself
KW  - known
KW  - last
KW  - liberalism
KW  - long-term
KW  - mayoral
KW  - method
KW  - several
KW  - studies
KW  - tolerance
KW  - what
KW  - zero
N1  - restricted access
N2  - 2009 Association of American University Presses Award for Jacket DesignIn the 1990s, improving the quality of life became a primary focus and a popular catchphrase of the governments of New York and many other American cities. Faced with high levels of homelessness and other disorders associated with a growing disenfranchised population, then mayor Rudolph Giuliani led New York's zero tolerance campaign against what was perceived to be an increase in disorder that directly threatened social and economic stability. In a traditionally liberal city, the focus had shifted dramatically from improving the lives of the needy to protecting the welfare of the middle and upper classes-a decidedly neoconservative move.In City of Disorder, Alex S. Vitale analyzes this drive to restore moral order which resulted in an overhaul of the way New York views such social problems as prostitution, graffiti, homelessness, and panhandling. Through several fascinating case studies of New York neighborhoods and an in-depth look at the dynamics of the NYPD and of the city's administration itself, Vitale explains why Republicans have won the last four New York mayoral elections and what the long-term impact Giuliani's zero tolerance method has been on a city historically known for its liberalism
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