Dr. Robert F. Pecorella is an associate professor in the Department of Government and Politics at St. John's University in New York. He is also professor-inresidence with the New York State Assembly Intern Program. He was a consultant on community politics to the New York City Charter Revision Commission. His work has appeared in a number of journals including Polity, Public Administration Review, and the Journal of Urban Affairs. He is a coauthor of Politics and Structure: The Essentials of American National Government.

• List of Tables, Acknowledgments, Chapter One INTRODUCTION: FISCAL CRISIS, REGIME CHANGE, AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY, Approaches to Urban Politics, The Approaches Assessed, A Contextual Approach to Urban Politics, Fiscal Crises and Regime Change, Intraregime Evolution: A Life-Cycle Approach, Regimes in New York City: A Retrospective, Chapter Two COMMUNITY POLITICS IN CONTEXT: MACHINE AND REFORM GOVERNANCE, The Urban Machine: Organized Self-Interest, Fiscal Crisis and the Fall of Boss Tweed, Restructuring the Machine: Regime Initiation, Regime Consolidation under Tammany Hall, Urban Reform: Reversing Regime Pattems, Fiscal Crisis and the Emergence of the Reform Regime, Reform in Power: Rationalizing Govemment, From Machine to Reform: De-emphasizing Community, Chapter Three POSTREFORM POLITICS: THE REEMERGENCE OF COMMUNITY, Postreform Values: Decentralization and Partkipation, The Evolution of a Concept, Historical Antecedents of Urban Postreform, From Reform to Postreform, Chapter Four REFORM CONSOLIDATION AND THE POSTREFORM REACTION IN NEW YORK, The Consolidation of Refonn Govemance, Community Organizing and Postrefonn Politics in New York, City-Sponsored Decentralization Experiments, Chapter Five INSTITUTIONALIZING POSTREFORM: FISCAL CONTROL AND DECENTRALIZATION, Fiscal Crisis and the "Ungovemable City", Postrefonn Coordination of Fiscai Policy, Postrefonn Legitimacy and Community Boards, New York's Postrefonn Regime: A Summary, Chapter Six EVALUATING COMMUNITY BOARD EFFECTIVENESS, Evaluating Land-Use Responsibilities, Evaluating Budget Responsibilities, Evaluating Service Responsibilities, Chapter Seven, POSTREFORM AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, Community Board Members, Attitudes toward Community Empowennent, Attitudes and Political Behavior, Board Members and Community Empowennent: A Summary, Chapter Eight SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, Notes, References, Index