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Richardson Dilworth
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Professor at Drexel U and managing editor of Urban Affairs Review. Author of Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy and Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022.
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I'm excited to present "Governing the Gilded Age City: A New Dataset on Local Institution Building During the Machine and Progressive Eras", coauthored with @cwolbrecht.bsky.social and Lakshmi Iyer

How did urban political leaders respond to the tumult of the late 1800s and early 1900s? Dramatic population growth, immigration, economic instability, inequality, and industrialization created new policy demands that pushed local governments to grow in capacity. One of the tools of the expansion of power, capacity, and scope of local government  was the creation and staffing of local appointed boards and commissions. In this paper, we introduce a new dataset of political institution building which documents appointed boards and commissions across four major cities: Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, and Los Angeles, CA from the late 1800s to the 1930s. We supplement these data with measures of local organizational life and political machine versus progressive control of local politics. Using these data, we trace the effectiveness of local political movements, how policy agendas fluctuated over time, and the long-term consequences of temporary political disputes.
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ā€œWhen he sits down at his computer, what he will do at work is much the same as what he does at the dojo. This work has led to the rescue of 23 children from rape and assault, the seizure of a quarter-million child abuse videos, and the arrest of 370 alleged pedophiles.ā€ Gift link: wapo.st/4exYQFV

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Geraldine Brooks on Jarod Koopman of the Internal Revenue Service

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Was it an MDPI journal?

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Iā€™d be curious to see your list of the classics.

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The book by the guy who just tried to assassinate Trump is the #1 bestseller in the ā€œschools and teachingā€ category on Amazon?

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I am a giant fan of this remnant of a past umbrella store on Kensington Avenue.

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URBAN POWER, coming October 22, 2024 with @princetonupress.bsky.socialpress.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

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Excuse me while I take this opportunity to remind you that we have a whole book on sheriffs coming out very soon. šŸ¤  press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Richardson Dilworth
@richardsondilworth.bsky.social
Professor at Drexel U and managing editor of Urban Affairs Review. Author of Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy and Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022.
313 followers893 following13 posts