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Defining democracy : electoral reform and the struggle for power in New York City
- Title
- Defining democracy : electoral reform and the struggle for power in New York City / Daniel O. Prosterman.
- Author
- Prosterman, Daniel O.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 276 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the perils and promise of democratic reform -- The politics of electoral reform in New York City history -- Restructuring urban democracy amid the Great Depression -- Proportional representation and the practice of democracy in New York City -- Under the cloak of patriotism : specters of totalitarianism in city politics -- A red (in the) city hall -- The Democratic-Republican alliance and the repeal of proportional representation -- Epilogue : repeal's aftermath.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-2788
- ISBN
- 9780195377736 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0195377737 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012013156
- OCLC
- 829063111
- Author
- Prosterman, Daniel O.
- Title
- Defining democracy : electoral reform and the struggle for power in New York City / Daniel O. Prosterman.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-2788