This book shows how a machine political, local Democratic organization in Brooklyn failed to make the transition necessary to survive in modern urban political life. Political organizations do not live in a sociological vacuum. They must struggle for survival in a highly competitive human environment. The story of the Madison Club tells how the ethnic, religious, racial and generational transitions affect decisions, group cohesion and the success of political organizations at all levels.
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This book shows how a machine political, local Democratic organization in Brooklyn failed to make the transition necessary to survive in modern urban political life. Political organizations do not live in a sociological vacuum. They must struggle for survival in a highly competitive human environment. The story of the Madison Club tells how the ethnic, religious, racial and generational transitions affect decisions, group cohesion and the success of political organizations at all levels.
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Textual tables. Minor rubbing. Small ink mark to bottom page-edge. VG. 21x13cm, xvi, 271 pp, PAPERBACK. Study of the James Madison Club of Brooklyn. Contents: The Madison Club as a Traditional Machine; McCooey & the Early Years of the Madison Club; From City-wide Machine to Competing Clubs; The Power Changes Hands: Enter the Steinguts; Political Change & Ethnic Succession; The Beginning of the End for the Madison Club; The Madison Club & the Permanent Government; An Insider's View of the Last Campaign.
