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Ress, David.

Municipal accountability in the American age of reformthe gadfly at the counter, 1870-1920 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Municipal accountability in the American age of reformby David Ress.
Reminder of title:	the gadfly at the counter, 1870-1920 /
Author:	Ress, David.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018.
Description:	ix, 128 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Government accountabilityUnited States.
Subject:	United States
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68258-7
ISBN:	9783319682587$q(electronic bk.)

Municipal accountability in the American age of reformthe gadfly at the counter, 1870-1920 /
Ress, David.

Municipal accountability in the American age of reformthe gadfly at the counter, 1870-1920 /[electronic resource] :by David Ress. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2018. - ix, 128 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

1. The Micropolitics of Accountability -- 2. The Street Commissioner's Records -- 3. The Right to Know Emerges -- 4. Community as Corporation -- 5. The Home Rule Idea -- 6. The Limits of the Vote -- 7. The Expert Fights Back -- 8. Conclusion.

At the foundations of our modern conception of open government are a handful of disgruntled citizens in the Progressive Era who demanded accountability from their local officials, were rebuffed, and then brought their cases to court. Drawing on newspaper accounts, angry letters to editors, local histories, and court records, David Ress uncovers a number of miniature yet critical moments in the history of government accountability, tracing its decline as the gap between citizens and officials widened with the idea of the community as corporation and citizens as consumers. Together, these moments tell the story of how a nation thought about democracy and the place of the individual in an increasingly complex society, with important lessons for policy makers, journalists, and activists today.

ISBN: 9783319682587$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-68258-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

356865
Government accountability
--United States.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

236377
United States

LC Class. No.: JF1525.A26 / R47 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 320.973

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