Daniel O Prosterman

Defining Democracy

Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City

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Produktbeschreibung

Defining Democracy reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the early Cold War. For a decade, New Yorkers utilized a new voting system that produced the most diverse legislatures in the city's history and challenged the American two-party structure. Daniel O. Prosterman examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780195377736
• ISBN-10: 0195377737
• Artikelnr.: 35894264

Autorenporträt

Daniel O. Prosterman is Assistant Professor of History, Salem College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: The Perils and Promise of Democratic Reform
* 1. The Politics of Electoral Reform in New York City History
* 2. Restructuring Urban Democracy Amid the Great Depression
* 3. Proportional Representation and the Practice of Democracy in New
York City
* 4. "Under the Cloak of Patriotism": Specters of Totalitarianism in
City Politics
* 5. A Red (in the) City Hall
* 6. The Democratic-Republican Alliance and the Repeal of Proportional
Representation
* Epilogue: Repeal's Aftermath
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index