{"product_id":"9781439915677-power-participation-and-protest-i","title":"Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnpacking the Policy Paradox of Municipal Takeovers. \u003cp\u003eWhen the 2011 municipal takeover in Flint, Michigan placed the city under state control, some supported the intervention while others saw it as an affront to democracy. Still others were ambivalent about what was supposed to be a temporary disruption. However, the city’s fiscal emergency soon became a public health emergency—the Flint Water Crisis—that captured international attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut how did Flint’s municipal takeovers, which suspended local representational government, alter the local political system? In \u003ci\u003ePower, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan, \u003c\/i\u003eAshley Nickels addresses the ways residents, groups, and organizations were able to participate politically—or not—during the city’s municipal takeovers in 2002 and 2011. She explains how new politics were created as organizations developed, new coalitions emerged and evolved, and people’s understanding of municipal takeovers changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewalking readers through the policy history of, implementation of, and reaction to Flint’s two municipal takeovers, Nickels highlights how the ostensibly apolitical policy is, in fact, highly political.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40853417394273,"sku":"9781439915677","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/77a77cd86d81ff61ca29665eca6a6885.png?v=1685556933","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781439915677-power-participation-and-protest-i","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}