New York and Los Angeles

Chapter 1. Introduction New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future David Halle and Andrew A. Beveridge

PART I: Overview

Chapter 2. The Big Picture: Demographic and Other Changes Andrew Beveridge and Sydney Beveridge Chapter 3. The New York and Los Angeles Economies from Boom to Crisis David L. Gladstone and Susan S. Fainstein Chapter 4. America's Leading International Trade Centers and their Entrepreneurial Agencies: Challenges and Strategies in the New York and Los Angeles Regions Jameson W. Doig, Steven P. Erie and Scott A. MacKenzie

PART II: Politics and Economics

Chapter 5. New York City and Los Angeles: Government and Political Influence John Mollenkopf and Raphael J. Sonenshein Chapter 6. Financial and Economic Crisis and the Politics of Ongoing Dramas David Halle and Andrew Beveridge Chapter 7. New York City and Los Angeles: Taxes, Budgets and Managing the Financial Crisis George Sweeting and Andrea Dinneen

PART III: Social and Urban Problems

Chapter 8. Policing, Crime and Legitimacy in New York and Los Angeles: The Social and Political Contexts of Two Historic Crime Declines Jeffrey Fagan and John MacDonald Chapter 9. LA and New York Schools: Reform, Organization, and Disorganization Julia Wrigley Chapter 10. How New York and Los Angeles Housing Policies Are Different-and Maybe Why Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty Chapter 11. Residential Diversity and Division: Separation and Segregation among Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Affluent, and Poor. Andrew Beveridge, David Halle, Eddie Telles, and Beth DuFault

PART IV: Immigration and Ethnic Communities

Chapter 12. New York and Los Angeles as Immigrant Destinations: Contrasts and Convergence Nancy Foner and Roger Waldinger Chapter 13. The Transformation of Chinese America: New York v. Los Angeles Min Zhou, Margaret M. Chin and Rebecca Kim

PART V: Planning and Environmentalism

Chapter 14. Planning L.A.: The Changing Politics of Neighborhood and Downtown Development Andrew Deener, Steven P. Erie, Vladimir Kogan, and Forrest Stuart Chapter 15. Environmental and Social Justice Movements and Policy Change in Los Angeles: Is an Inside-Outside Game Possible? Martha Matsuoka and Robert Gottlieb Chapter 16. A Land Ethic for the City of Water Kristen Van Hooreweghe, Steve Lang, and William Kornblum

PART VI: Culture

Chapter 17. In LA, You Know Where Architecture's At Rick Bell Chapter 18. New York, LA and Chicago as Depicted in Hit Movies. David Halle, Eric Vanstrom, Jan Reiff and Ted Nitschke Chapter 19. Nonprofit Organizations in New York City and Los Angeles: A Comparison Helmut K Anheier, David Howard, and Marcus Lam