Governing New York City
Governing New York City

Author: Wallace Sayre

Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Published: 1960-12-31

Total Pages: 836

ISBN-13: 1610446860

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This widely acclaimed study of political power in a metropolitan community portrays the political system in its entirety and in balance—and retains much of the drama, the excitement, and the special style of New York City. It discusses the stakes and rules of the city's politics, and the individuals, groups, and official agencies influencing government action.

Urban Mass Transportation, 1961
Urban Mass Transportation, 1961

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Considers H.R. 7787, to amend the Housing Act of 1954 to authorize Housing and Home Finance Agency grants to local governments for urban mass transportation system development and operation. Includes Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations report "Intergovernmental Responsibilities for Mass Transportation Facilities and Services in Metropolitan Areas," Apr. 1961 (p. 79-135)

Building Gotham
Building Gotham

Author: Keith D. Revell

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2003-01-21

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780801870736

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Economists experimented with new approaches to financing urban infrastructure. Architects and planners wrestled with the problems of skyscraper regulation and regional growth. These issues of city-building and institutional change involved more than the familiar push and pull of interest groups or battles between bosses, reformers, immigrants, and natives.

Defining Democracy
Defining Democracy

Author: Daniel O. Prosterman

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-02-14

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0195377737

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Defining Democracy reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the early Cold War. For a decade, New Yorkers utilized a new voting system that produced the most diverse legislatures in the city's history and challenged the American two-party structure. Daniel O. Prosterman examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world.