Sarah S Elkind: 1 book
How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy
Business, Power, and the Environment in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over federal politics.
Los Angeles's struggles...
