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Robert Wagner and the Rise of New York City's Plebiscitary Mayoralty: The Tamer of the Tammany Tiger / by Richard M. Flanagan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flanagan, Richard M., Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot Robert Wagner and the rise of New York City's plebiscitary mayoralty
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections.
- World politics.
- Political science.
- Public administration.
- Social policy.
- Electoral Politics.
- Political History.
- Political Science.
- Public Administration.
- Social Policy.
- Local Subjects:
- Electoral Politics.
- Political History.
- Political Science.
- Public Administration.
- Social Policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (VI, 135 p. 1 illus.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Robert Wagner was New York City's true New Deal mayor, killed Tammany Hall. The world Wagner shaped delivers municipal services efficiently at the cost of local democracy. The story of Wagner's mayoralty will be of interest to anyone who cares about New York City, local democracy and the debate about the legacy of the City's important leaders.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Robert F. Wagner, the Forgotten Mayor
- The Concept of the 'Plebiscitary Mayoralty'
- The Incomplete New Deal in New York
- Mayor Robert F. Wagner and the Unfinished Business of the New Deal
- Wagner and Organized Labor
- Wagner and the Welfare State
- Wagner and Fiscal Policy
- The Break : The Fight for Charter Reform and the 1961 Mayoral Election
- Wagner, the Democratic Party and the 1961 Mayoral Campaign
- The New Wagner Mayoralty and the Shaping of Modern New York
- In the Shadow of Wagner : Plebiscitary Politics in New York City
- The Institutional Mayoralty
- The Civic Mayoralty
- The de Blasio Moment.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781349487882
- 1349487880
- 9781137400871
- 1137400870
- OCLC:
- 958574861
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