Event Description
The Drexel University Center for Public Policy invites you to meet author and political scientist Richardson Dilworth, PhD, who will discuss his new book, Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022. The book examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years.
Reforming Philadelphia, 1682-2022
tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city – and perhaps also enriching themselves.
Reforming Philadelphia provides a new framework for understanding the evolving relationship between national politics and local, city politics.
Richardson Dilworth is a professor of Politics at Drexel University, where he serves as head of the Department of Politics. In addition, Dilworth is a faculty member in Drexel's Center for Public Policy.
This Applied Policy Research Lecture Series
event is free and open to everyone. Please
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