"The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition" taps America s most qualified observers to scrupulously assess the city s mayors within the vigorous and tumultuous history of Chicago government. This revised and updated edition features extensive commentary on the enduring mayoral influence of Richard M. Daley.
In the seventeen years since "The Mayors" was first published, editors Paul M. Green and Melvin G. Holli write in the Preface to this edition, Chicago politics has become more genteel, more docile, and more predictable. This dampening of the city s once red-hot political coals is due...

Originally released in 1987, "The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition" gathered some of the finest minds in political thought to provide shrewd analysis of Chicago s mayors and their administrations. Twenty-five years later, this fourth edition continues to illuminate the careers of some of Chicago s most respected, forceful, and even notorious mayors, leaders whose lives were often as vibrant and eclectic as the city they served. In addition to chapters on the individual mayors including a new chapter on Rahm Emanuel, enhanced by an expert explanation of the current state of the city s...