Don't Make No Waves...Don't Back No Losers: An Insiders' Analysis of the Daley MachineTis is simply the best book that has been written about politics in Chicago. In the words of Andrew M. Greeley, "It is a very astute and dispassionate analysis of Chicago political life—far and away the best I have ever seen. Rakove is without illusions about either the right or the left." Rakove brings to his study an intimate knowledge of Chicago and the Daley machine, a practitioner's understanding of street-level politics, and a scholar's background in political theory. Blending anecdote with theory and description in a lively style, Rakove has bridged the gap between scholar and layman in a work that will appeal to both. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Dick Daleys Town | 21 |
The Big Precinct Captain | 43 |
Daleys Politburo | 90 |
The Ward Organizations | 106 |
The Machine and the Democratic Party | 132 |
The Machine and the Political Opposition | 163 |
Government and the Machine | 198 |
Whither the Machine? | 233 |
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