Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony Dutch Hamann s reform government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements a similarity that seems to defy their reputations Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized.
Situating her in-depth studies of Chicago and San Jose in the broad context of data drawn from more than 240...

Local governments use their control over land use to generate race and class segregation, benefitting white property owners.

Local governments use their control over land use to generate race and class segregation, benefitting white property owners.