During the Progressive Era, reform candidates in New York,
Cleveland, and Chicago challenged the status quo--with strikingly
different results: brief triumph in New York, sustained success in
Cleveland, and utter failure in Chicago. Kenneth Finegold seeks to
explain this phenomenon by analyzing the support for reform in
these cities, especially the role of an emerging class of urban
policy professionals in each campaign. His work offers a new way of
looking at urban reform opposition to machine politics.
Drawing on original research and quantitative analysis of
electoral data, Finegold identifies three distinct patterns of
support for reform candidates: traditional reformers drew support
from native-stock elites; municipal populists found support among
stock immigrant groups and segments of the working class; and
progressive candidates won the backing of coalitions made up of
traditional reform and municipal populist voters. The success of
these reform efforts, Finegold shows, depended on the different
ways in which experts were incorporated into city politics. This
book demonstrates the significance of expertise as a potential
source of change in American politics and policy, and of each
city's electoral and administrative organizations as mediating
institutions within a national system of urban political
economies.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives |
Release date: |
February 1995 |
First published: |
February 1995 |
Authors: |
Kenneth Finegold
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Dimensions: |
254 x 197 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
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Pages: |
272 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-03734-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Political structure & processes >
General
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LSN: |
0-691-03734-5 |
Barcode: |
9780691037349 |
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