Reforming the City: The Contested Origins of Urban Government, 1890-1930
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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 effects of these reforms have been to make citizens less likely to vote in local elections and local governments less representative of their constituents...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231191383
ISBN13:9780231191388
Release Date:December 2019
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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