Bosses, Machines, and Urban Voters
- ISBN-10
- 1421430738
- ISBN-13
- 9781421430737
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-12-01
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- John M. Allswang
Description
Furthermore, while political machines are often regarded as nondemocratic and corrupt, Allswang discusses the strengths of the urban machine approach—chief among those being its ability to organize voters around specific issues.
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