Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present,9780813397634

Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present

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ISBN13: 9780813397634
ISBN10: 0813397634
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Pub. Date: 2001-01-26
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

The story of the Chicago City Council serves as a microcosm af the struggle for democracy and justice in the U.S. over the last century and a half, and it challenges current theories of urban politics.

Author Biography

Dick Simpson is a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a former Chicago Alderman, and a former congressional candidate. He is also the author of numerous books, video documentaries, and professional journal articles on elections and urban politics.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations
xi
Preface xiii
Studs Terkel
Prologue: The Clash in the Council
1(2)
Revising Regime Studies
3(4)
Studying the Chicago City Council
7(2)
Notes
9(6)
Part I: Divided Councils
Nineteeth-Century and Civil War Councils: 1833--1871
15(31)
Mayor and Party Leaders in the Civil War City Council
21(4)
Civil War Clashes
25(15)
The Powers of Local Government
40(1)
The End of the War, 1863--1865
41(2)
Notes
43(3)
The Councils of the Gray Wolves, 1871--1931
46(43)
The Birth of Chicago Machine Politics, 1871--1905
47(6)
Edward Dunne's Council, 1905--1907
53(10)
Fred Busse's Council, 1907--1908
63(6)
Big Bill Thompson's Councils, 1915--1923 and 1927--1931
69(10)
Fragmented City Councils
79(3)
Notes
82(7)
Part II: Rubber Stamp Councils
Kelly-Nash Machine Council, 1933--1947
89(18)
The City Council, 1939--1940
95(8)
The Chicago Machine
103(1)
Notes
104(3)
Richard J. Daley's Rubber Stamp, 1955--1976
107(52)
Aldermanic Elections of 1955
111(2)
The Council of 1955
113(18)
Richard J. Daley's Last Years
131(19)
Participatory Versus Machine Politics
150(4)
Notes
154(5)
Michael Bilandic's Interlude, 1976--1979
159(24)
The Bilandic Council
168(9)
The Silent Revolution
177(3)
Notes
180(3)
Jane Byrne's Turmoil, 1979--1983
183(20)
The Byrne Council: Young Turks Come to Power
186(9)
Tearing Down the Daley Machine
195(1)
Growing Revolt in the African-American Community
196(3)
Notes
199(4)
Part III: Council Wars and Chaos
Harold Washington's Council Wars, 1983--1987
203(23)
1983 Campaign
204(6)
Council Wars
210(9)
1987 Elections
219(1)
From Council Wars to Rubber Stamp
220(1)
The Brief Triumph of Progressive Politics
221(3)
Notes
224(2)
Eugene Sawyer's Chaos, 1987--1989
226(21)
Sawyer's Selection
226(5)
The Sawyer City Council
231(9)
Chaotic Interlude
240(2)
Notes
242(5)
Part IV: Return to Mayoral Control
Daley's Return, 1989--2003
247(50)
Democratic Primary
249(4)
General Election
253(1)
The New Daley Council
253(34)
The New Daley Machine
287(3)
Notes
290(7)
Part V: History from the Council Chambers
Changing Patterns in Mayor-Council Relations
297(25)
Roll Call Vote Analysis
300(1)
Types of Councils
300(13)
Ideal Types
313(5)
Studying Other Cities
318(1)
Notes
319(3)
Democracy's Endless Struggle
322(9)
Enlarging Regime Studies
324(1)
Chicago's Story
324(4)
City Council Reform
328(1)
The Meaning for America
329(1)
Notes
330(1)
Postscript and Acknowledgments 331(2)
Index 333

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