The Scandal of Reform: The Grand Failures of New York's Political Crusaders and the Death of Nonpartisanship

Contents

vii Preface and Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 PART ONE The Evolution of Reform 1 Saints and Sinners 7 2 Tweed: Reform’s Child and Champion 21 3 Purifying the Polls 33 4 Reform Comes of Age 49 5 Murphy’s Law: The Direct Primary 72 6 Changing of the Guards 85 7 The New Goo-Goos 96 PART TWO The Battle over Nonpartisan Elections 8 Not Your Grandfather’s Nonpartisanship 109 9 The Politics of Process 118 10 Bossism and Ballot Access 142 11 Noncompetitive Elections: The Elephant in the Room 158 12 Participation and Representation 183 13 Race Concerns and Race Cards 200 CONTENTS 14 The New Fusion 225 15 Campaign Finance Follies 245 16 Redeeming Reform 261 Notes 269 Index 289 CONTENTS viii ...