Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
TEXTBOOK MUNICIPAL REFORM. |
| Authors: |
Bridges, Amy1 |
| Source: |
Urban Affairs Review. Sep97, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p97-119. 23p. 5 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Community development, Metropolitan areas, Practical politics, Political campaigns, Local elections, Municipal government, Political science |
| Geographic Terms: |
United States |
| Abstract: |
Most political scientists and historians find the home of reform government in the suburbs. The author shows that there was another style of reform government, big-city reform, in the big cities of the Southwest The political system of big-city reform was distinguished by nonpartisan, city-manager government with citywide elections to the city council, low turnout and participation, and an electorate more Anglo and middle class than the metropolitan area as a whole. Big-city reform governments joined developer-dominated governing coalitions with Anglo middle- and upper-class communities in a growth community benefiting from good government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
