A phoenix in the ashes : the rise and fall of the Koch coalition in New York City politics /

In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven, deal-oriented, economic boom of the Reagan era. Exploring the interplay between social structural change and political power during this period, John Mollenkopf asks why a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mollenkopf, John H., 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1994.
Series:Princeton paperbacks
Subjects:
Koch, Ed, > 1924-2013.
Koch, Ed, > 1924-2013
Since 1951
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Politics and government
Situacʹao politica > New york (N.Y.)
Politica e governo > New york (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government > 1951-
New York (N.Y.) > Administration > 1951-
New York (State) > New York
Politics
New York (N.Y.)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. How to study urban political power
  • 3. The postindustrial transformation of New York City
  • 4. The rules of the game in New York City politics
  • 5. Forging the Koch coalition
  • 6. The exercise of power : who got what and why
  • 7. The fall of the Koch coalition
  • 8. The Koch era in perspective.

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