Political monopolies in American cities : the rise and fall of bosses and reformers / Jessica Trounstine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trounstine, Jessica
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Incumbency (Public officers) > United States.
Local elections > United States.
Municipal government > United States.
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Patronage, Political > United States.
Political corruption > United States.
Physical Description:xii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The logic of political monopolies
  • Foundations of political monopolies
  • Coordinating monopolies
  • Establishing political monopolies
  • Effects of political monopolies
  • Monopoly collapse
  • The rise and fall of bosses and reformers
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.