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- Book Title
- The New Chicago Way: Lessons from Other Big Cities
- ISBN
- 0809337517
- EAN
- 9780809337514
- Date of Publication
- 20190116
- Release Title
- The New Chicago Way: Lessons from Other Big Cities
- Artist
- Edgar H. Bachrach (author) & Austin Ray Berg (author)
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Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809337517
ISBN-13
9780809337514
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038698794
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
New Chicago Way : Lessons from Other Big Cities
Subject
American Government / Local, Public Affairs & Administration, Development / General, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Economic Development
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2018-053009
Reviews
"This book is a thoughtful recitation of the problems of one of our greatest cities. If more intelligent, articulate citizens like Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg would take the time and make the effort to understand and publicize the fiscal realities, we would at least have a chance of finding real public support for solutions. This book is an urgent plea for change. It should be read."--Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York " The New Chicago Way reveals how serious Chicago's government problems are and how they are related to each other. More important, it provides a comprehensive solution to those problems. It should be read by scholars, public interest groups, and the public."--Dick Simpson, author of The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago Progressive "Chicago is unusual among major American cities in not having a city charter to allow voters to shape and reshape their governance structures. This volume provides a good case for considering a home rule charter as a vehicle to consider a wide range of the best possible governance options. "--Dr. Raphael J. Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State Los Angeles "The produce of exceptional scholarship in terms of research, organization and presentation, "The New Chicago Way: Lessons from Other Big Cities" is an extraordinary and seminal study that is as informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking." --Carl Logan , Midwest Book Review, "The book could easily be used as a college textbook on city management in a political science department. In one volume, the authors collect information and analysis about the key issues with which Chicago is grappling. It explains them simply and succinctly but comprehensively and in detail." --Jay Lehr , The Heartland Institute "This book is a thoughtful recitation of the problems of one of our greatest cities. If more intelligent, articulate citizens like Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg would take the time and make the effort to understand and publicize the fiscal realities, we would at least have a chance of finding real public support for solutions. This book is an urgent plea for change. It should be read."--Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York " The New Chicago Way reveals how serious Chicago's government problems are and how they are related to each other. More important, it provides a comprehensive solution to those problems. It should be read by scholars, public interest groups, and the public."--Dick Simpson, author of The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago Progressive "Chicago is unusual among major American cities in not having a city charter to allow voters to shape and reshape their governance structures. This volume provides a good case for considering a home rule charter as a vehicle to consider a wide range of the best possible governance options. "--Dr. Raphael J. Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State Los Angeles "The produce of exceptional scholarship in terms of research, organization and presentation, "The New Chicago Way: Lessons from Other Big Cities" is an extraordinary and seminal study that is as informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking." --Carl Logan , Midwest Book Review, "This book is a thoughtful recitation of the problems of one of our greatest cities. If more intelligent, articulate citizens like Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg would take the time and make the effort to understand and publicize the fiscal realities, we would at least have a chance of finding real public support for solutions. This book is an urgent plea for change. It should be read."--Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York " The New Chicago Way reveals how serious Chicago's government problems are and how they are related to each other. More important, it provides a comprehensive solution to those problems. It should be read by scholars, public interest groups, and the public."--Dick Simpson, author of The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago Progressive "Chicago is unusual among major American cities in not having a city charter to allow voters to shape and reshape their governance structures. This volume provides a good case for considering a home rule charter as a vehicle to consider a wide range of the best possible governance options. "--Dr. Raphael J. Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at Cal State Los Angeles, "This book is a thoughtful recitation of the problems of one of our greatest cities. If more intelligent, articulate citizens like Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg would take the time and make the effort to understand and publicize the fiscal realities, we would at least have a chance of finding real public support for solutions. This book is an urgent plea for change. It should be read."--Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York " The New Chicago Way reveals how serious Chicago's government problems are and how they are related to each other. More important, it provides a comprehensive solution to those problems. It should be read by scholars, public interest groups, and the public."--Dick Simpson, author of The Good Fight: Life Lessons from a Chicago Progressive
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The
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
320.60977311
Table Of Content
Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Preface: The Field Introduction: The Cost of One-Man Rule The City and Its Problems What This Book Is About The Chicago Way Chapter 1. Cutting the Mayor Down to Size A Bad Deal A Pattern, Not an Isolated Incident How the City Works: Strong Mayor, Weak City Council The Alderman and the Ward Too Many Aldermen Filling Vacancies Redistricting Hollow Committees and Committee Chairs Other Elected Offices What about Other Cities? New York Los Angeles Solving Problems: A Better Governance Structure for Chicago Chapter 2: Discouraging Democracy Chicago Municipal Elections Other Major Cities The Literature on Turnout Partisan Elections Encouraging Democracy in Chicago Chapter 3 . Governing the Schools and the City Chicago''s School Problems The Immediacy and Imperative of Fiscal Improvement Other Cities and the Largest School Districts Scholarship on Mayoral Control of Public Schools What Should Chicago Do? Disruption Disaggregation The Urban School System of the Future A Homework Assignment for Chicago Public Schools Chapter 4. Chicago''s Fiscal Ruin Chicago''s Fiscal Problems: Seen and Unseen How City Finance Is Supposed to Work How Chicago Has Worked How Other Cities Work Institutional Safeguards Additional Measures The Problem of Legacy Costs Conclusion Chapter 5 . Pension Apocalypse Now, Not Later The Holiday Habit A Chicago Pension Snapshot How Are These Pensions Supposed to Work? How Have Pensions Worked in Chicago? The Unfairness of Pension Debt Solving the Pension Problem: Pain, Suffering, and Riddance Freezing and Discontinuing the Plans Alternative Pension Solutions Apocalypse Now Chapter 6. Overdue Oversight and the Reality of Corruption Corruption Capital? How Chicago Government Polices Itself What Other Cities Do New York City Los Angeles Houston Philadelphia Phoenix Recommendations Chapter 7. Public Support for Private Enterprise at the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority The Black Box by the Lake The Anatomy of the MPEA McCormick Place Navy Pier Hotels The Arena The Mayor''s Road What Do Other Cities Do? Orlando Las Vegas Atlanta ommonality What to Do Chapter 8. Policing in Chicago Crime, Public Safety, and Policing in Chicago What about Other Cities? New York Los Angeles Philadelphia Houston A Note on Dallas Settlements Chicago''s Governance Structure and Public Safety Chapter 9. Creations of the State Th e Legal Foundation for City Law City Charters Two Choices for Illinois and Chicago Entities Not Subject to Home Rule Political Obstacles The Possibility of Change Chapter 10 . The Audacity of Hope? About This Book Again About Chicago About Government About Change The Audacity of Hope Appendixes A. Proposed Governance Changes, Policies, and Actions B. Survey of Governance Characteristics of the Fifteen Largest US Cities by Population C. Survey of the Fiscal History and Characteristics of the Fifteen Largest US Cities, Excluding Chicago Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
For all the wrong reasons, a national spotlight is shining on Chicago. The city has become known for its violence, police abuse, parent and teacher unrest, population decline, and mounting municipal and pension debt. The underlying problem, contend Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg, is that deliberative democracy is dead in the city. Chicago is home to the last strongman political system in urban America. The mayor holds all the power, and any perceived checks on mayoral control are often proven illusory. Rash decisions have resulted in poor outcomes. The outrageous consequences of unchecked power are evident in government failures in elections, schools, fiscal discipline, corruption, public support for private enterprise, policing, and more. Rather than simply lament the situation, criticize specific leaders, or justify an ideology, Bachrach and Berg compare the decisions about Chicago's governance and finances with choices made in fourteen other large U.S. cities. The problems that seem unique to Chicago have been encountered elsewhere, and Chicagoans, the authors posit, can learn from the successful solutions other cities have embraced. Chicago government and its citizens must let go of the past to prepare for the future, argue Bachrach and Berg. A future filled with demographic, technological, and economic change requires a government capable of responding and adapting. Reforms can transform the city. The prescriptions for change provided in this book point toward a hopeful future: the New Chicago Way., Chicago has become known for its violence, police abuse, parent and teacher unrest, population decline, and mounting municipal and pension debt. The underlying problem, contend Ed Bachrach and Austin Berg, is that deliberative democracy is dead in the city. Chicago is home to the last strongman political system in urban America.
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HC108.C4B33 2019
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