Political Monopolies in American Cities The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers

Name: Political Monopolies in American Cities The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers
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ISBN: 9780226812823

ISBN-10: 0226812820

ISBN-13: 9780226812823

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jessica Trounstine

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Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony 0;Dutch1; Hamann7;s 0;reform1; government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements-a similarity that seems to defy their reputations-Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. Situating her in-depth studies of Chicago and San Jose in the broad context of data drawn from more than 240 cities over the course of a century, she finds that the answer-a resounding yes-illuminates the…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.90" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Logic of Political Monopolies



Foundations of Political Monopolies



Coordinating Monopolies



Establishing Political Monopolies



Effects of Political Monopolies



Monopoly Collapse



The Rise and Fall of Bosses and Reformers


Appendix


Notes


References


Index