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Reinventing the Austin City Council (PLAC: Political Lessons from American Cities),Used
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Until recently, Austin, the progressive, politically liberal capital of Texas, elected its city council using a notsoprogressive system. Candidates competed citywide for seats, and voters could cast ballots for as many candidates as there were seats up for election. However, this approach disadvantages the representation of geographicallyconcentrated minority groups, therebyamong other thingspreventing the benefits of growth from reaching all of the citys communities.Reinventing the Austin City Council explores the puzzle that was Austins reluctance to alter its atlarge system and establish a geographicallybased, singlemember district system. Ann Bowman chronicles the repeated attempts to change the system, the eventual decision to do so, and the consequences of that change. In the process, she explores the many twists and turns that occurred in Austin as it struggled to design a fair system of representation. Reinventing the Austin City Council assesses the impact of the new district system since its inception in 2014.Austins experience ultimately offers a political lesson for creating institutional change.
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