| A Phoenix in the Ashes: The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics Revised Edition Contributor(s): Mollenkopf, John Hull (Author) |
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ISBN: 069103673X ISBN-13: 9780691036731 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $64.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 320.974 |
| LCCN: 94233758 |
| Series: Princeton Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.19" W x 9.25" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |