"Informative, engaging text and vivid photos introduce readers to the job of city mayor"--

Documents the propaganda and politics that brought Naziism to power in one German town where the population was predominately Lutheran and the largest local employer was the Civil Service.

This book is an attempt to throw new light on an ancient question by examining a single American city in New England. Professor Dahl provides a pluralist theory of local power structure. This will become a classic reference for those seeking an understanding of political behavior in modern urban environments under democratic regimes.

Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony "Dutch" Hamann's "reform" government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements-a similarity that seems to defy their reputations-Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more...