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Leadership in a Small Town

Editat de Aaron Wildavsky
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2004
Of all the questions that might be asked about political life, it would be difficult to find one of greater interest than the ancient query: who rules over whom? It appeals powerfully to our curiosity. We want to know who "runs" things--who makes policy decisions in New York, Washington, London, or the town in which we live. Is it a single powerful individual, an economic elite, a series of elites, the citizens, political bosses, or some variant of these possibilities?The major purpose of this volume is to find an answer to this question for a small American city, and to extend the answer through relevant theory to American cities in general. But much more precisely, answers are sought for these interrelated questions: What are the relationships between the rulers and the ruled? How are the rulers related to each other? Are the rulers the same for all policies or do they differ from one area of policy to another? How do leaders arise, and in what way are they different from other people?The issues discussed in this volume are familiar to many towns. They range from controversies about the building of a new water system to housing and zoning codes, from charity appeals to low-income housing, from nominations and elections to industrial development and off-street parking. Wildavsky draws parallels to other community studies and formulates general propositions in support of his thesis that American communities are pluralist. And ultimately, Wildavsky is optimistic that small towns foster citizen participation, giving the population more of a chance to direct its own future.Aaron Wildavsky was, until his death in 1993, professor of political science and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and, while working on the present study, taught at Oberlin College. Transaction has posthumously published Wildavsky's complete essays and papers in five volumes.Nelson W. Polsby is Heller Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught American politics and government since 1967. He is editor of the Annual Review of Political Science and author of Congress and the Presidency.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780765805799
ISBN-10: 0765805790
Pagini: 404
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction 1 Rival Theories and a Method for Choosing Among Them 2 The Citizens of Oberlin 3 Oberlin in the Past 4 The Great Water Controversy 5 The Light Plant 6 The Housing Code 7 Enforcement of the Housing Code 8 Negroes and Low-Cost Housing 9 Enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance: The Gibson Case 10 The Coming of the FAA 111 The Oberlin Improvement and Development Corporation 12 The History of the Oberlin Off-Street Parking Corporation 13 Multiples of Six: Nomination and Election in 1959 14 Co-optation 15 The United Appeal 16 The Oberlin City Manager 17 Bill Long: Portrait of an Activist 18 Who Rules in Oberlin and Why 19 How Leaders Differ From Other People 20 What's In a Reputation? 21 On the Advantages of Living in 1 Mass Society 22 Why American Cities Are Pluralist 23 A Strategy of Political Participation

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Of all the questions that might be asked about political life, it would be difficult to find one of greater interest than the ancient query: who rules over whom? It appeals powerfully to our curiosity