Progressive Era Dayton: John Patterson, Socialists, and the Dayton Plan Dayton did not wander into its adoption of the city manager form of government—it was
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Dayton: John Patterson, Socialists, and the Dayton Plan for City Manager
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
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
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
Ron W. Coan 