THE PATRON-RECIPIENT RELATIONSHIP AND MINORITY POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY

In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 94, Heft 2, S. 211-227

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSEQUENCES OF A PARTICULAR STYLE OF POLITICS, HERE CALLED "PATRON-RECIPIENT RELATIONSHIP," AS IT OPERATES IN ONE URBAN AREA, NEW YORK CITY. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT IT IS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE POLICIES, RELATED TO THE ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS OF THE 1960S.