Gay Politics, Urban Politics: Identity and Economics in the Urban Setting.(Review) (book review)

By Robert W. Bailey. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. 396p. $49.50 cloth, $22.50 paper.

The theoretical goal of Gay Politics, Urban Politics is to demonstrate how traditional economic or political economy approaches to urban politics are incomplete, especially when examining gay political issues. Robert Bailey champions identity politics as an alternative framework, not to displace the predominant economic orientation but to qualify and sharpen the economic perspective. Identity politics, the process of defining oneself politically, including an identity as gay, lesbian, ...

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