The Changing Pattern of Urban Party Politics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9768353
AutoresFred I Greenstein (Department of Government at Wesleyan University. He previously taught at Yale University, autor correspondente)
Ano1964
Volume353
Fascículo1
Páginas1-13
Data de publicação1964-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271626435300102
OpenAlexW2032803364
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas1

Disciplined urban party organizations, capable of controlling politics and government in their communities, have been one of our more interesting indigenous political growths. This political form probably could not have arisen in the United States had it not been for certain broad cultural patterns, such as the absence of strong traditional authorities. These cultural patterns were necessary but not sufficient for the growth of party machines. The immediate determinants were the organi zational requirements of urban growth, the inability of existing city governments to meet these requirements, the presence of a market—among both businessmen and voters—for the serv ices of the old-style politician, and the existence of free suf frage. Old-style urban parties have declined only partly as a consequence of direct attacks upon them. A variety of social and political changes have sapped the resources of old-style parties and, in many communities, have reduced voter interest in those resources still available to the parties. Further insight into the functions of old-style parties may be had by looking at certain of their present-day alternatives—the politics of nonpartisanship and new-style reform politics within the Demo cratic party

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