Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The

The story of the Chicago City Council serves as a microcosm af the struggle for democracy and justice in the U.S. over the last century and a half, and it challenges current theories of urban politics.

Dick Simpson is a political science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a former Chicago Alderman, and a former congressional candidate. He is also the author of numerous books, video documentaries, and professional journal articles on elections and urban politics.

List of Tables and Illustrations

xi

Preface

xiii

Studs Terkel

Prologue: The Clash in the Council

1

(2)

Revising Regime Studies

3

(4)

Studying the Chicago City Council

7

(2)

Notes

9

(6)

Part I: Divided Councils

Nineteeth-Century and Civil War Councils: 1833--1871

15

(31)

Mayor and Party Leaders in the Civil War City Council

21

(4)

Civil War Clashes

25

(15)

The Powers of Local Government

40

(1)

The End of the War, 1863--1865

41

(2)

Notes

43

(3)

The Councils of the Gray Wolves, 1871--1931

46

(43)

The Birth of Chicago Machine Politics, 1871--1905

47

(6)

Edward Dunne's Council, 1905--1907

53

(10)

Fred Busse's Council, 1907--1908

63

(6)

Big Bill Thompson's Councils, 1915--1923 and 1927--1931

69

(10)

Fragmented City Councils

79

(3)

Notes

82

(7)

Part II: Rubber Stamp Councils

Kelly-Nash Machine Council, 1933--1947

89

(18)

The City Council, 1939--1940

95

(8)

The Chicago Machine

103

(1)

Notes

104

(3)

Richard J. Daley's Rubber Stamp, 1955--1976

107

(52)

Aldermanic Elections of 1955

111

(2)

The Council of 1955

113

(18)

Richard J. Daley's Last Years

131

(19)

Participatory Versus Machine Politics

150

(4)

Notes

154

(5)

Michael Bilandic's Interlude, 1976--1979

159

(24)

The Bilandic Council

168

(9)

The Silent Revolution

177

(3)

Notes

180

(3)

Jane Byrne's Turmoil, 1979--1983

183

(20)

The Byrne Council: Young Turks Come to Power

186

(9)

Tearing Down the Daley Machine

195

(1)

Growing Revolt in the African-American Community

196

(3)

Notes

199

(4)

Part III: Council Wars and Chaos

Harold Washington's Council Wars, 1983--1987

203

(23)

1983 Campaign

204

(6)

Council Wars

210

(9)

1987 Elections

219

(1)

From Council Wars to Rubber Stamp

220

(1)

The Brief Triumph of Progressive Politics

221

(3)

Notes

224

(2)

Eugene Sawyer's Chaos, 1987--1989

226

(21)

Sawyer's Selection

226

(5)

The Sawyer City Council

231

(9)

Chaotic Interlude

240

(2)

Notes

242

(5)

Part IV: Return to Mayoral Control

Daley's Return, 1989--2003

247

(50)

Democratic Primary

249

(4)

General Election

253

(1)

The New Daley Council

253

(34)

The New Daley Machine

287

(3)

Notes

290

(7)

Part V: History from the Council Chambers

Changing Patterns in Mayor-Council Relations

297

(25)

Roll Call Vote Analysis

300

(1)

Types of Councils

300

(13)

Ideal Types

313

(5)

Studying Other Cities

318

(1)

Notes

319

(3)

Democracy's Endless Struggle

322

(9)

Enlarging Regime Studies

324

(1)

Chicago's Story

324

(4)

City Council Reform

328

(1)

The Meaning for America

329

(1)

Notes

330

(1)

Postscript and Acknowledgments

331

(2)

Index

333

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