https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/The-Making-of-a-Progressive-Mayor-James-Kenney-of-Philadelphia.html https://metropolitics.org/The-Making-of-a-Progressive-Mayor-James-Kenney-of-Philadelphia.html 2018-10-17T05:00:00Z text/html en Richardson Dilworth United States progressive urban politics Philadelphia local politics politics mayors progressive mayors <p>Philadelphia's voters elected James Kenney Mayor in 2015 after he had served more than two decades as an at‑large member of the city council. Given Kenney's roots in relatively conservative South Philadelphia, there was little to suggest that he would become a progressive mayor. Yet his personal proclivities—and need for votes as an at‑large councilmember—ultimately led him to construct an electoral coalition that combined Black, White working-class, and liberal groups. <br class='autobr' /> ---- Series :</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Essays-.html" rel="directory">Essays</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-United-States-+.html" rel="tag">United States</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-progressive-urban-politics-+.html" rel="tag">progressive urban politics</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Philadelphia-+.html" rel="tag">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-local-politics-+.html" rel="tag">local politics</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-politics-+.html" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-mayors-+.html" rel="tag">mayors</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-progressive-mayors-+.html" rel="tag">progressive mayors</a>