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

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 minority activists. Through a careful analysis of voting patterns, political strategies of various interest groups, and policy trends, he explains how Mayor Edward Koch created a powerful political coalition and why it ultimately failed.

Author: John Hull Mollenkopf
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 09/12/1994
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.19w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780691036731

About the Author
John Hull Mollenkopf is Professor of Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.