Overview
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.
- | Author: John Hull Mollenkopf
- | Publisher: Princeton University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 12, 1994
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 069103673X
- | ISBN-13: 9780691036731
