Defining democracy : electoral reform and the struggle for power in New York City / Daniel O. Prosterman.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 276 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199703470
- 0199703477
- 9781299223882
- 1299223885
- 9780199979158
- 0199979154
- New York (N.Y.). City Council -- History -- 20th century
- New York (N.Y.). City Council
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- 1898-1951
- Elections -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Municipal government -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Administration -- 1898-1951
- Élections -- New York (État) -- New York -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General
- Elections
- Municipal government
- Politics and government
- New York (State) -- New York
- 1898-1999
- 320.9747/109043 23
- JS1228 .P76 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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"Defining democracy examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world. In the midst of global crises concerning the purpose and power of government during the Great Depression, Second World War, and early Cold War, New Yorkers debated the meaning of self-rule in the United States. Through a series of campaigns over the expansion of voting rights in New York City, activists challenged the boundaries of who could be elected, what interests could be represented, and ultimately what policies could be implemented at the local level"--Page [2] of jacket.
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