01062pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245008600057260000900143300001400152362000800166520067500174650002100849700002100870773002500891180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBridges, Amy  aWriting the rules to win the game: the middle class regime of municipal reformers  c1999  ap.691-706  aMay  aEvery student of city politics knows the class theory of city government - that middle-class voters supported municipal reform and working-class voters supported machine politics. Although historical narratives support this theory, systematic evidence has been elusive. Historians and political scientists alike have recognized very strong regional differences in styles of city government but lacked an explanation. The authors argue that the class theory, historical narratives, and regional differences may be reconciled. Presence of immigrants and turnout account both for adoption or rejection of reform and for the regional pattern of those decisions. - Reproduced  aLocal government  aKronick, Richard  aUrban Affairs Review