Democracy Reformed - Richard Spencer Childs and his Fight for Better Government

List of contents

Foreword by William N. Cassella, Jr.
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Civic Engagement
The Ballot Game
Prescription for Democracy
The Politics of Short Ballot Reform, 1910-1920
"We Learn to Manage Cities," 1912-1933
"The New Profession of City Manager," 1914-1937
Exploring the "Dark Continent": American Counties, 1912-1930
Reform: The New York Experience, 1934-1977
Childs' Play: Civic Battlefront Revisited, 1947-1977
"Best States for a Murder," 1947-1977
Inside Political Parties, 1952-1977
Loss and Remembrance
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index

About the author

Bernard Hirschhorn

Product details

• Authors: Bernard Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn Bernard
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.07.1997
• EAN: 9780313301445
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30144-5
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Politics, Law, and Government: History