Four Cities: A Study in Comparative Policy Making

✍ Scribed by Oliver P. Williams; Charles R. Adrian

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 336
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

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

✦ Table of Contents

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