Mayors and Money - Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago

Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of economic crisis.

About the author

Ester R. Fuchs is associate professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Summary

Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of economic crisis.

Product details

• Authors: Ester R. Fuchs
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1992
• EAN: 9780226267913
• ISBN: 978-0-226-26791-3
• No. of pages: 376
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 23 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: American Politics & Political; American Politics & Political Economy S.; American Politics/Political Economy Series Appe (CHUP); American Politics and Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries