Harold Washington and the Cultural Transformation of Local Government in Chicago, 1983-1987
- ISBN-10
- 059123999X
- ISBN-13
- 9780591239997
- Pages
- 406
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University
- Author
- Xolela Mangcu
Description
Many analyses of the Washington administration have focused on this re-direction of material resources to the city's neighborhoods without exploring the institutional changes necessary for such a re-direction. In this study I focus on changes in the decision processes of government. I argue that of even greater importance in Chicago under Harold Washington was the opportunity for blacks and other groups to participate in decisions about where the city's money would be spent. I document some of the political and administrative changes introduced by the administration as evidence of a broader cultural change in the way Chicago was to be governed since Harold Washington.
