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Democracy Reformed: Richard Spencer Childs and his Fight for Better Government: Contributions in American History

Autor Bernard Hirschhorn
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 iul 1997 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This biography, the first of Richard Spencer Childs, begins in the Progressive Era when Childs initiated and pursued two fertile ideas: the short ballot doctrine and the council-manager plan. Childs understood that the simplification of the task of the voter was a question pressing for solution and that the council-manager plan would transform municipal government. This comprehensive work discusses other aspects of Childs' broad reform agenda. His proposals included: county government reform; reform in state government administration; unicameral state legislatures; reapportionment of state legislatures; selection of judges by appointment; replacement of elective county coroners with appointed professional medical examiners; democratization of state political parties; and reform of the Presidential nominating system. Based on Childs' papers and personal interviews with Childs, this biography advances scholarship on the Progressive Era and contributes to the historiographical debate on the nature of reform.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313301445
ISBN-10: 0313301441
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contributions in American History

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

BERNARD HIRSCHHORN is a historian who is currently writing articles and book reviews on American subjects. He has held positions of Adjunct Professor of History at Bernard Baruch College of the City University of New York, high school social studies teacher at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, and Chairman of the Department of Social Studies at Fiorello H. La Guardia High School in Manhattan.

Cuprins

Foreword by William N. Cassella, Jr.List of IllustrationsIntroductionCivic EngagementThe Ballot GamePrescription for DemocracyThe Politics of Short Ballot Reform, 1910-1920"We Learn to Manage Cities," 1912-1933"The New Profession of City Manager," 1914-1937Exploring the "Dark Continent": American Counties, 1912-1930Reform: The New York Experience, 1934-1977Childs' Play: Civic Battlefront Revisited, 1947-1977"Best States for a Murder," 1947-1977Inside Political Parties, 1952-1977Loss and RemembranceEpilogueNotesBibliographical EssayIndex