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The Ethnic Landscape Brokerage and Machine politics Transition to Function Based Power Irish Italians Jews Poles Journey to America Famine Beginning in 1840’s Religion as community development Politics viewed as a business venture The ethnic network: Is it an ethnic trap? Arrival in Urban America Arrived after the Civil War Competition with the Irish Political relevance of Italian social structure (compadrasco) Political ramifications of an ethnic business class Organized crime & the melting pot Migration – Central & Eastern Europe Strong ideological bias Liberalism Socialism Anti-machine reformism More middle class Recent conflict with AfroAmericans Philadelphia: Jewish Quarter Arrived beginning in 1870’s Especially numerous in Great Lake cities Ethnic communities cohesive & strong Late arrival placed them at bottom of ethnic totem pole Disdain of intellectual class diminished their influence until closing decades of twentieth century Relationship of Ethnic Politics, Brokerage and Machine Politics Significance of Ethnic Politics, Brokerage and Machine Politics Today The Bias of Ethnic and Machine Politics Variation Midwest in the More job oriented Greater attention to issues Examples Chicago – Mayor Richard Daley Kansas City – Pendergast Machine Kansas City: Midwest Urban Center Nature Ethnicity predominates Leader of ethnic group acts a middleman Nature of Brokerage Politics of Machine Politics Behind the scene bosses in control Weak elected officials Patronage central Examples Tammany Hall Model (Manhattan) Republican machine in Philadelphia Impact of the frontier Progressive Movement Ethnicity continues to trump party identification Concern over Afro-American influence has blurred ethnic politics` Conservative bias Bias against minority groups Bias against systematic social policy making Organized labor Church Raises question as to whether new minority groups can develop ethnic institutions that contribute to upward mobility