Cincinnati: Machine Boss, Structural Reformers and Social Reform Mayor Cincinnati in the Progressive Era offers a case study which includes three of our alternative policy
Author: edcurmudgeon
Milwaukee: A Case Study of Socialist Mayors and Policy System
Preconditions For Milwaukee Socialism Milwaukee is the city most associated with a municipal socialist policy system[1]. Milwaukee’s 1910 socialist surge was not a sudden fluke
Socialist Mayors: Short Case Study of Flint Michigan
Socialist Mayors After 1910, a brand new phenomenon hit a few American cities—socialists were elected in numbers to the mayor and city councils. Milwaukee, in
Cleveland’s Tom Johnson–Social Reform Mayor
In Cleveland, Thomas Johnson, a wealthy businessman who acquired his wealth through an innovative streetcar technology/ownership[1], ruled for four terms (1901-1909)[2]. He was followed by
Rise of Social Reform Mayors:
Big City Progressive Era Policy Systems The ultimate purpose of this chapter is to describe municipal policy systems that typified the Progressive Era. Despite the
Gilded Age Municipal Bureaucracies
The Rise of Bureaucracies Although, I discuss city bureaucrats last in a series of Gilded Age policy actors, it is very unclear they are last
Ron W. Coan 