Peter Dreier is an American urban policy analyst, author, self-described democratic socialist, and college political science professor. He is the Dr. E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
Dreier labels himself a "committed Jew."
Education
Dreier graduated from Syracuse University with a B.A. in 1970 and from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in 1977.
Career
Dreier was the Director of Housing at the Boston Redevelopment Authority and senior policy advisor to
Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn for nine years.
In January 1993, Dreier became a professor at Occidental College.
In 1993, Dreier was appointed by the Clinton administration to the advisory board of Resolution Trust Corporation.
Dreier is an urban policy analyst.
He was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America until 2023, when he left due to DSA's statements regarding the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Selected works
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The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame.
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Peter Dreier, John H. Mollenkopf, Todd Swanstrom, Place Matters: Metropolitics for the Twenty-First Century, University Press of Kansas, 2004,
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Peter Dreier and Robert Elias, Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America, University of Nebraska Press, 2022.
See also
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List of Occidental College people
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Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act
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