A Phoenix in the Ashes
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A Phoenix in the Ashes
Book Details
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Urban
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780691036731
- ISBN-10
- 069103673X
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ISBN: 069103673X
Author: Mollenkopf, John Hull
Condition: New
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 city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Through a careful analysis of voting patterns, political strategies of various interest groups, and policy trends, he explains how Mayor Edward Koch created a powerful political coalition and why it ultimately failed.
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