In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven, deal-oriented, economic boom of the Reagan era. Exploring the interplay between social structural change and political power during this period, John Mollenkopf asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Through a careful analysis of voting patterns, political strategies of various interest groups, and policy trends, he explains how Mayor Edward Koch created a powerful political coalition and why it ultimately failed.
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A Phoenix in the Ashes
The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics
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The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2021Print ISBN
9780691036731
9780691078540
eBook ISBN
9780691228204
Topic
Sciences socialesSubtopic
Sociologie urbaineIndex
Abzug, Bella, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 111, 233nn, 234nn, 235nn
accommodation, 40, 63, 71–72, 97–99
accounting firms, 51
accumulation and legitimation: interplay of, 28, 31–32, 35; segregation of functions, 31–32, 34
Addabbo, Joseph, 237n51
Adler, Norman, 69, 227n25, 228n31, 234n19
advertising agencies, 51
Afro-American Teachers Association, 90
age: differences, 20; voter registration, 85, 86
agencies, 34, 70, 71–74, 96, 123, 134, 139, 142, 155, 158
AIDS epidemic, 132, 200
Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 74
Aiken, Michael, 41
air cargo, 50
airports, 11
Alford, Robert, 28, 31
American Express, 51, 52
American Institute of Architects, 143
American Labor Party, 12, 16, 65, 77
Ameruso, Anthony, 123–24
Amsterdam News, 104, 172
antipoverty programs, 31
antiwar movement, 87
appointments, 71, 169, 191; of blacks, 110–11; by Dinkins, 206
Arafat, Yasir, 171
area policy board (APB), 159, 150
arts and artists, 11, 145
Arverne project, 151
Asians, 67; and elections, 82, 196, 226–27n21; employment, 154; immigrants, 7, 11, 20, 46, 47, 56, 57, 59; population, 12
assembly districts (ADs), 76–80, 226–27nn, 228nn; and Dinkins, 178–79; and Koch, 102–3, 105–6, 107, 169, 233nn; leaders, 76, 78, 87, 90, 100, 171, 188, 230n49; and minorities, 17, 76–77, 78, 79, 83–86, 90–91, 105, 171, 173, 188, 235n28, 246n4; and political clubs, 12, 76, 202, 203, 213n46, 226n19, 227n2...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- One: Introduction
- Two: How to Study Urban Political Power
- Three: The Postindustrial Transformation of New York City
- Four: The Rules of the Game in New York City Politics
- Five: Forging the Koch Coalition
- Six: The Exercise of Power—Who Got What and Why
- Seven: The Fall of the Koch Coalition
- Eight: The Koch Era in Perspective
- Afterword
- Notes
- References
- Index
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