Four Cities : A Study in Comparative Policy Making / Charles R. Adrian, Oliver P. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Oliver P., Author.

Adrian, Charles R., Author.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--United States--Case studies.

Municipal government.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is an analysis of the political process in four middle-sized unnamed American cities between the years 1948 and 1957.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part I. Introduction

Chapter I. The Study Approach

Chapter II. The Four Cities

Part II. The Political Process

Chapter III. Nonpartisanship: The Recruitment of Elective Officials

Chapter IV. Nonpartisanship: Electoral Patterns

Chapter V. Referendums

Chapter VI. The Main-Street Merchants

Chapter VII. The Local Interests of Labor

Chapter VIII. The Neighborhoods

Part III. A Typology of Civic Policies

Chapter IX. Type One: Promoting Economic Growth

Chapter [. Type Two: Providing Life's Amenities

Chapter XI. Type Three: Maintenance of Traditional Services

Chapter XII. Type Four: Arbitration Among Conflicting Interests

Part IV. Conclusions

Chapter XIII. Community Differences and Policy Variations

Chapter XIV. Political Institutions and the Structure of Politics

Appendixes

Index

Chapter Χ. Type Two: Providing Life's Amenities

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781512808919

1512808911

OCLC:

979579918