Municipal Accountability in the American Age of Reform The Gadfly at the Counter, 1870-1920 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ress, David (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: United States-History.; Social history.; Cities and towns-History.; United States-Politics and government.; Sociology, Urban.; US History.; Social History.; Urban History.; US Politics.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

At the foundations of our modern conception of open government are a handful of disgruntled citizens in the Progressive Era who demanded accountability from their local officials, were rebuffed, and then brought their cases to court. Drawing on newspaper accounts, angry letters to editors, local his...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The Micropolitics of Accountability
• 2. The Street Commissioner's Records
• 3. The Right to Know Emerges
• 4. Community as Corporation
• 5. The Home Rule Idea
• 6. The Limits of the Vote
• 7. The Expert Fights Back
• 8. Conclusion.