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RECORD NUMBER: 182 OF 278| Main Title | Power in the city : decision making in San Francisco / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Wirt, Frederick M. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Published for the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, by the University of California Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1974 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 01136318 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0520026543; 9780520026544; 0520036409; 9780520036406 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | San Francisco (Calif)--Politics and government ; California--San Francisco | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | San Francisco--Politics and government | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Pt. I. The City as concept and history. 1. An overview: the politics of pluralism -- 2. The people and their history -- Pt. II. Channels to the political system. 3. The "Power structure" and popular will -- 4. Elections and decision making -- Pt. III. The mobile of governance. 5. The historical imprint on the present governance -- 6. Crisis and adaptibility in governance -- Pt. IV. The politics of income. 7. The political economy and highrises -- 8. Visions, decisions, and highrises: four studies -- Pt. V. The politics of defenence: ethnic dimensions of decision making. 9. The arrived ethnic groups -- 10. The arriving ethnic groups -- Pt. VI. Extramural forces and local autonomy. 11. External influences (I): Washington -- 12. External influences (II): middle government and private power -- 13. The City's decisions in perspective -- Appendix I. A note on concepts and methods -- Appendix II. Bay Area regional organization -- Notes -- Index. |