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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Anniversary CollectionPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©1964Edition: Reprint 2016Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812273816
  • 9781512808919
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.073
LOC classification:
  • JS323
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
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 Χ. 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
Summary: This is an analysis of the political process in four middle-sized unnamed American cities between the years 1948 and 1957.

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 Χ. 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

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

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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