Reforming the City : : The Contested Origins of Urban Government, 1890–1930 /

Reforming the City : : The Contested Origins of Urban Government, 1890–1930 / / Ariane Liazos.

Most American cities are now administered by appointed city managers and governed by councils chosen in nonpartisan, at-large elections. In the early twentieth century, many urban reformers claimed these structures would make city government more responsive to the popular will. But on the whole, the...

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Liazos, Ariane,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Urban Reform, Coalitions, and American Political Development
  • 1. The Emergence of the Movement for “Good City Government": Municipal Reform Associations, c. 1880-1900
  • 2. “Saved by the Scholar": Political Science, the Municipal Program, and the National Municipal League, c. 1890-1900
  • 3. The Municipal Program and Early Campaigns for Charter Reform, c. 1895-1910
  • 4. “The Franchise Problem": Home Rule, Charter Reform, and the Provision of Public Services, c. 1900-1915
  • 5. The Commission Plan, c. 1900-1915
  • 6. “ Whether Democracy and Efficiency Are Inherently Irreconcilable": Professionalization and Expertise in Municipal Reform, c. 1905-1920
  • 7. “The Transition to Government by Experts": The Origins and Spread of Commission/City Manager Government, 1912-1925
  • 8. The Legacy of the Movement for Urban Reform: State Building and Popular Control
  • Epilogue: The End of the Coalitions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Publication Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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