A phoenix in the ashes : the rise and fall of the Koch coalition in New York City politics
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A phoenix in the ashes : the rise and fall of the Koch coalition in New York City politics
（The city in the twenty-first century book series）
Princeton University Press, c1994
- pbk.
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Includes billiographical references (p. [271]-288) and index
First Princeton paperback printing, with new afterword, 1994
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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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments1Introduction32How to Study Urban Political Power233The Postindustrial Transformation of New York City444The Rules of the Game in New York City Politics695Forging the Koch Coalition1006The Exercise of Power - Who Got What and Why1297The Fall of the Koch Coalition1658The Koch Era in Perspective190Afterword209Notes229References271Index289
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