Power in the City: Decision Making in San Francisco

San Francisco's politics are complex, with power divided among traditional and new minorities, a mayor with modest authority, and a large city bureaucracy guided by insensitive professional norms. Frederick Wirt's study provides new insights on the politics of large American cities in the 1970s.

Format: Hardback
Length: 430 pages
Publication date: 29 April 2022
Publisher: University of California Press

San Francisco, a city favored by many, faces unique political challenges. Power is divided among traditional and new minorities, a mayor with modest authority, and a vast city bureaucracy guided by insensitive professional norms. The intricate politics of profit and ethnic conflict in San Francisco are deeply influenced by external forces such as regional, state, and federal governments, as well as the power of the national economy.

Frederick Wirt's captivating study is based on extensive personal interviews with knowledgeable observers and participants, a thorough review of special reports, and firsthand observation of the transactional patterns in the political, business, labor, ethnic, and historical life of the city. The result is a comprehensive 125-year political history of San Francisco that offers valuable insights into the politics of large American cities in the 1970s.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which celebrates the University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible again through print-on-demand technology, drawing on a backlist dating back to 1893. Originally published in 1974, this title is a valuable addition to the field of political science.

Weight: 771g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520358409