City Politics: Private Power and Public PolicyCity Politics is a comprehensive text organized around the theme of political economy. Using a historical approach to reveal enduring patterns in urban politics, the text goes beyond an explanation of government structures and examines the complex interaction between public and private interests. Dennis R. Judd and Todd Swanstrom have completely updated and reorganized City Politics. The second edition continues to approach urban politics comparatively and includes a new chapter on urban governance that examines the prospects for urban liberalism, conservatism, and populism; new material on tourism as an economic development strategy; the politics of community development; and President Clinton's urban policy. |
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Page 82
... reform . Although in- vestigations by reform organizations were often dull and unexciting to the aver- age citizen , the muckrakers ' stories provided a feeling of drama and urgency . In this environment a multitude of organizations ...
... reform . Although in- vestigations by reform organizations were often dull and unexciting to the aver- age citizen , the muckrakers ' stories provided a feeling of drama and urgency . In this environment a multitude of organizations ...
Page 102
... reform group was overwhelmingly white , Anglo - Saxon , Protestant , university - graduated , and engaged in professional practice or business . Studies in Ohio , Chicago , Pitts- burgh , and Kansas City reported similar findings.68 In ...
... reform group was overwhelmingly white , Anglo - Saxon , Protestant , university - graduated , and engaged in professional practice or business . Studies in Ohio , Chicago , Pitts- burgh , and Kansas City reported similar findings.68 In ...
Page 103
... REFORM KILL THE MACHINES ? It has often been assumed that the party machines died out because the reform- ers were successful in changing the rules of the game under which local politics was conducted . A large number of machines had ...
... REFORM KILL THE MACHINES ? It has often been assumed that the party machines died out because the reform- ers were successful in changing the rules of the game under which local politics was conducted . A large number of machines had ...
Contents
The Political | 15 |
Party Machines and Political Entrepreneurs | 53 |
The Reform Legacy | 79 |
Copyright | |
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