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

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

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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 Dutch Hamanns reform government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangementsa similarity that seems to defy their reputationsJessica Trounstine asks whether socalled bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized.Situating her indepth 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 answera resounding yesilluminates the nature of political power. Both political machines and reform governments, she reveals, bias the system in favor of incumbents, effectively establishing monopolies that free governing coalitions from dependence on the support of their broader communities. Ironically, Trounstine goes on to show, the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Envisioning an alternative future for American cities, Trounstine concludes by suggesting solutions designed to free urban politics from this damaging cycle.

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