The Hidden Face of Local Power
Appointed Boards and the Limits of Democracy
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Product details:
- Publisher Temple University Press
- Date of Publication 27 June 2025
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781439926710
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages270 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 666 g
- Language English 700
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The Hidden Face of Local Power explicates the purpose, role, and consequences of appointed boards in U.S. cities. Mirya Holman finds that cities create strong boards that generate policy, consolidate power, and defend the interests of businesses and wealthy and white residents. In contrast, weak boards pacify agitation from marginalized groups to give the appearance of inclusivity, democratic deliberation, and redistributional policymaking. Cities preserve this strong board/weak board dichotomy through policymaking power, institutional design, and by controlling who serves on the boards.
The Hidden Face of Local Power examines the role of boards in the development of urban political institutions, the allocation of power in local politics, and the persistence of inequality. Holman enhances our understanding of how political institutions have contributed to racism and their impact on how people use and live in urban spaces. In her shrewd analysis of the creation and use of boards as political institutions, Holman proves that neither weak nor strong boards achieve the goal they are advertised to achieve. In doing so, she provides a new view of the failures of local democracy along with ideas for improvement.
The Hidden Face of Local Power: Appointed Boards and the Limits of Democracy
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