Description
Socialist Mayors in the United States is the first comprehensive study of nationwide Socialist activity at the municipal level during the Progressive Era. It is a unique study of the Socialist mayors in this period: their election, how they approached their job, and what they accomplished. Berman offers a fresh look at the nature of the Socialist Party by focusing on its municipal program, interaction with non-Socialist municipal reformers, local political operations, and the tensions within the party as it delved into political action on this level. Socialist Mayors in the United States is an illumination of seldom-explored political and governmental characteristics of medium and small towns, often very small towns, where Socialists enjoyed most of their successes.
About the Author
David R. Berman is professor emeritus of political science at Arizona State University and author of numerous books, including Local Government and the States: Autonomy, Politics, and Policy; Governors and the Progressive Movement; and Radicalism in the Mountain West, 1890-1920: Socialists, Populists, Miners, and Wobblies.
Book Information
ISBN 9780700633371
Author David R. Berman
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint University Press of Kansas
Publisher University Press of Kansas
Weight(grams) 151g