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The Urban Bureaucracy and the Chicago Political Machine: Who Gets What and the Limits to Political Control

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  • Mladenka, Kenneth R.

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It has long been assumed that urban political machines trade services for votes. However, this study of Chicago found no evidence to suggest that the political machine uses vital public services to reward loyal supporters and to punish enemies. With few exceptions, distribution patterns are a function of past decisions, population shifts, technological changes, and reliance upon technical-rational criteria and professional values. The urban bureaucracy is the major actor in the distributional process. Equity in the distribution of resources is accomplished according to formula and is increasingly a by-product of allegiance to professional standards.

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  • Mladenka, Kenneth R., 1980. "The Urban Bureaucracy and the Chicago Political Machine: Who Gets What and the Limits to Political Control," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 74(4), pages 991-998, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:74:y:1980:i:04:p:991-998_16
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    1. E Talen & L Anselin, 1998. "Assessing Spatial Equity: An Evaluation of Measures of Accessibility to Public Playgrounds," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 30(4), pages 595-613, April.
    2. Vollmer, H.D. & Risken, H., 1982. "Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Kramers equation. Application to the Brownian motion of a pendulum," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 110(1), pages 106-127.
    3. Tijs Neutens & Tim Schwanen & Frank Witlox & Philippe De Maeyer, 2010. "Equity of Urban Service Delivery: A Comparison of Different Accessibility Measures," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 42(7), pages 1613-1635, July.
    4. B S Rundquist, 1983. "Political Benefits and Public Policy: Interpretation of Recent US Studies," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 1(4), pages 401-412, December.
    5. M H Matthews & A Airey & L Tacon & A Simpson, 1988. "The Influence of the Neighbourhood on Teacher Characteristics: A Case Study of Coventry," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 20(5), pages 681-688, May.

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