A Phoenix in the Ashes: The Rise and Fall of the Koch Coalition in New York City Politics

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069103673X
• ISBN13: 9780691036731
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"