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This 4 page paper reviews Dianne M. Pinderhughes' “Chicago Politics Political Incorporation and Restoration”. No additional sources are listed.
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File: AM2_PPchicagoPol.rtf
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That fact is definitely honed home in "Chicago Politics: Political Incorporation and Restoration" an article by Dianne M. Pinderhughes. Since the 1970s in particular race has become a
bigger and bigger factor in determining city politics and, in fact, the overall working of the city. It must be pointed out, however, that while Pinderhughes provides interesting insight
into Chicago politics and the race relations that were in many ways at their center during the last several decades, some of her contentions seem somewhat off base to say
the least. Perhaps the most glaring of these seemingly incorrect contentions is Pinderhughes contention that the black coalition that enjoyed such success in the city in the early 1980s
is still influential in the city today. The counter contention that in reality the Daley administration that had such a stranglehold on the city in the 1970s is in
many ways once again in charge. The only thing that has change is the middle initial of the mayor. Pinderhughes starts her discussion of Chicago politics with the infamous
mayoral administration of Richard J. Daley. Daley stood at the head of a great political machine, a machine that some insist was run as much on manipulation
and subjugation as it was by effective political strategy. Daleys administration was corrupt at best. Many profited in terms of city contracts and other rewards because of their
association with Daley. Those that dared to resist them are said to have paid the price of that resistance. Daley, in fact, could be said to be infamous
for his suspected crimes. Among the most notorious is the role Daley is said to have played in gaining illegal votes for John F. Kennedy in Kennedys bid for
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