Dayton: John Patterson, Socialists, and the Dayton Plan Dayton did not wander into its adoption of the city manager form of government—it was led there
Category: Gilded Age Big Cities
City Manager and the Reformed City: Born in the Progressive Age: Dayton as a Case Study
The City Manager and Reformed Cities Structural reform as government capacity-building was every bit as important as change in form of government. In fact, the
Structural Reformers in the Progressive Age and their Predecessors the Gilded Age Mugwumps
Structural Reformers Policy Systems and the Municipal Policy System Last to be discussed, but undoubtedly the most impactful, structural reformers during the Progressive Era set
Cincinnati: Machine Boss, Structural Reformers and Social Reform Mayor
In the Progressive Era one can see bosses and mayors becoming one and the same. More often than not the mayor’s office wins out—in the
Machines and Bosses in Progressive Era: Cincinnati Cox, New York City Tammany and Buffalo
Machines and Bosses Our history distinguishes machines from (1) bosses, (2) city-wide and centralized versus ward and decentralized organization, and (3) their voting constituency, always
Social Reform Mayors: Overview
The Rise of Social Reform Mayors Over several decades Progressivism evolved from, and into, a multiplicity of “isms” and movements. Their common element was
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