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Bowman, Ann O.

 
9781439920008: Reinventing the Austin City Council (Political Lessons from American Cities)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1439920001 ISBN 13: 9781439920008
Verlag: TEMPLE UNIV PR, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

Until recently, Austin, the progressive, politically liberal capital of Texas, elected its city council using a not-so-progressive system. Candidates competed citywide for seats, and voters could cast ballots for as many candidates as there were seats up for election. However, this approach disadvantages the representation of geographically-concentrated minority groups, thereby-among other things-preventing the benefits of growth from reaching all of the city's communities.

Reinventing the Austin City Council explores the puzzle that was Austin's reluctance to alter its at-large system and establish a geographically-based, single-member district system. Ann Bowman chronicles the repeated attempts to change the system, the eventual decision to do so, and the consequences of that change. In the process, she explores the many twists and turns that occurred in Austin as it struggled to design a fair system of representation. Reinventing the Austin City Council assesses the impact of the new district system since its inception in 2014.

Austin's experience ultimately offers a political lesson for creating institutional change.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ann O&;M. Bowman is a Professor of Government in the Department of Public Service and Administration in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and holds the Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair.  She is the co-author of several books including State and Local Government  and Terra Incognita: Vacant Land and Urban Strategies.

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Verlag
TEMPLE UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1439920001
ISBN 13 
9781439920008
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
130
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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4831 GR
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