Manuel Pastor: 6 books

For nearly two decades, progressives have been dismayed by the steady rise of the right in U.S. politics. Often lost in the gloom and doom about American politics is a striking and sometimes underanalyzed phenomenon: the resurgence of progressive politics and movements at a local level. Across the...

Nationally known public intellectual: His first trade book on an upbeat story that’s of national interest Growing platform: 3600 Twitter followers, head of two centers at USC that each have about 1k followers, and Pastor writes a few times each year at HuffPo. Timeliness: California...

While much recent attention has been focused on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis, little has been said about its radically-disparate impact. Drawing upon history as well as insight into the current crisis, this book shows that this crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color;...

Breaking new ground in its innovative blend of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book essentially argues that another sort of growth is indeed possible. While offering specific insights for regional leaders and analysts of metropolitan areas, the authors also draw a broader – and quite timely...

La obra que se presenta ofrece una visión global e introductoria de las grandes cuestiones que ocupan a la ciencia política y de la administración en la actualidad, lo que permite dotar al lector del conocimiento de una serie de conceptos y categorías imprescindibles para el análisis de esta...

La presente edición, que incluye adenda de actualización 2013, contiene junto con el Código Civil otras cuarenta leyes especiales convenientemente anotadas y actualizadas a la fecha de cierre de la obra. Se trata de un completo compendio legislativo que abarca seis grandes apartados. La primera...