A Phoenix in the Ashes

By John H. Mollenkopf

Book Overview

In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven, deal-oriented, economic boom of the Reagan era. Exploring the interplay between social structural change and political power during this period, John Mollenkopf asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Through a careful analysis of voting patterns, political strategies of various interest groups, and policy trends, he explains how Mayor Edward Koch created a powerful political coalition and why it ultimately failed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691078548
• ISBN13: 9780691078540
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"