Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City

""In this compact, crisply written book, Weaver advances a capacious theory for understanding urban political development, and with it delivers a fresh analysis of the much-studied New York case.... [T]heoretically pathbreaking.... By showing the push-and-pull among political orders, his study illuminates the contradictions and contingencies in the city's political development and thus makes a compelling case for his multiple political orders theory.""--Urban Affairs Review ""Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City is a fascinating and thought-provoking synthesis of the competing political orders in New York City. With its focus on policing as a case in point, it is especially relevant as America's cities face a second Trump presidency and New York City approaches a decisive mayoral election.""--John Mollenkopf, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York ""[A]n important work on the interconnections of ideology, political economy, and urban policy. New York continues to play a central part in the life of the American nation, and it reflects and affects trends throughout the country. Timothy Weaver has given us an intriguing analysis of influences on policy in the nation's economic capital.""--Ethnic and Racial Studies ""Timothy Weaver, a trailblazer in the field of urban politics, delivers a powerful analysis of the intricate interplay between politics and policy in New York City. The demonstration of the 'intercurrence' of neoliberal and conservative political orders is innovative and dramatically refines our understanding of the complex ideological contours of the political development of New York City. His applications are insightful, and his theoretical innovations are novel.""--Michael Javen Fortner, Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, and coeditor of Urban Citizenship and American Democracy