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	New Bossism
		Bossism is a set of dysfunctional behaviours and beliefs which create toxic and inefficient organisational culture.
		When bossism fosters and covers-up bullying the result is a terrorised workforce which diminishes in skill and ability to the lowest common denominator. The output of the organisation stagnates or diminishes (while costs often escalate).
		Our “New Bossism” reflects the historical origins of the term. The “boss” is given authority through his or her insertion into a social role.
	www.bossism.com (2161 words)

	bossism — FactMonster.com
		Bossism was primarily on the local level, but the machines in very large cities soon exerted state and national influence, sometimes very powerful.
		Some of the men who came to nationwide notice as connected with bossism and machines in the late 19th and 20th cent.
		The original sort of bossism gradually declined with the assimilation of older immigrant stocks and reduction of new immigration, growing literacy, extension of government into the social-welfare area previously cared for by the machine, and increase in the number of jobs falling under civil-service requirements.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0808426.html (421 words)

	bossism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Bossism depends upon manipulation of the voters and thus always has some aspects of corruption and fraud, even though particular bosses and particular machines may do much good service for the community, the state, or the nation.
		Control of blocks of votes enables boss and machine to secure the nomination and election or appointment of candidates for public office; the officers thus chosen respond by advancing the interests of the machine.
		The contact was direct and personal; the boss and his cohorts gave away coal and food, got the sick into hospitals, obtained leniency for the wayward through the courts, and secured government jobs and other work for the unemployed.
	www.bartleby.com /65/bo/bossism.html (452 words)

	Lesson 25 - Instructional Material
		Four years later Cleveland was subjected to the most thorough going kind of bossism and irregular machine politics of the entire quarter century--a striking indication of the extremely naive analysis by sincere Clevelanders who never understood the relationship between bosses and boodle and the materialistic industrial urbanization of post-Civil War America.
		The result was that bossism and the political machine were adapted to the new form of government.
		Mayor McKisson was not the inspiration for the Municipal Association--at least not the only one--but it was inevitable that he became the symbol of municipal mismanagement and corruption for this group as well as for other reformers.
	www.nhlink.net /education/teaching/hs/hs25a.htm (1318 words)

	H-Net Review: Lawrence H. Larsen on Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky ...
		In the Gilded Age, sensational exposes of civic corruption in large cities focused national attention on the alleged evils of bossism.
		This situation is handled very well by Bolin in his study, which considers bossism and its consequences in Lexington, a medium sized city that grew moderately and steadily from 16,656 people in 1880 to 49,304 in 1940.
		Bolin's well-organized and easy-to-read book, based on extensive research in primary sources, is an important contribution to the study of bossism and to Kentucky history.
	www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=3308960213926 (1607 words)

	Search Results for "Bossism"
		bossism, in U.S. history, system of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the machine)...
		In other countries, less disruptive forms of political bossism developed to keep the masses under control.
		However, Tammany returned to power under John Kelly, and the boss system (see bossism) became firmly entrenched in New York City.
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Bossism (210 words)

	Barbara Ehrenreich
		But that is circular reasoning: It's the lack of real teamwork--along with a lack of respect and, often, decent pay and benefits--that leads to the turnover.
		Which is another way of saying that Bossism is self-perpetuating, even when everyone knows it's not the best way of getting things done, or at least pays lip service to the notion of the "team."
		It's Bossism that generates arrogance among the bosses and learned passivity among the bossed, along with fatalism or corrosive resentment.
	www.workingamerica.org /badboss/ehrenreich.cfm (770 words)

	The Hindu : Political bosses as reformers
		The Congress calculation was that once the law came into force, it would be easier for them to handle the dissidents and their factionalism in Punjab and Kerala, to begin with.
		All the three developments relate to a week when the "reformers" are claiming credit for having exorcised the political system of the major scourge of mass defections.
		Barring a handful of habitual malcontents who raised the spectre of "bossism" rampant, the established leaders of established political parties said "amen" when the Law Minister argued: "If you have the courage of your convictions, resign (as legislator) and seek re-election." Politically very correct.
	www.hindu.com /2003/12/24/stories/2003122401591000.htm (1332 words)

	APP.COM - Legislative action needed to end era of bossism (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BY RICHARD A. The recent plea bargain agreement and guilty plea by former state senator and Middlesex County political boss John Lynch to public corruption charges has fueled speculation in the media that the dark era of political bossism in New Jersey may, at long last, be coming to an end.
		I doubt it will happen, unless a public system that condones political bossism and even rewards corrupt public officials is overhauled.
		Bossism is the No. 1 political cancer in New Jersey.
	www.app.com.cob-web.org:8888 /apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20060927&Category=OPINION&ArtNo=609270328&SectionCat=NEWS04&Template=printart (672 words)

	HNT2000: Central Jersey transformed politically (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Before that, Republicans ruled in New Jersey politics, electing a series of governors at the beginning of the century until another Northern New Jersey Democratic boss, James Smith of Essex County, anointed a Virginia-born scholar and president of Princeton University as the party's gubernatorial candidate in 1910.
		The candidate, Woodrow Wilson, went on to win the election and denounce bossism, rebuking Smith's bid for the U.S. Senate by backing another candidate and shepherding progressive reforms aimed at eliminating the widespread ballot fraud and corruption that had become the hallmark of New Jersey politics.
		Two years after Wilson's election as governor, voters would send him to the White House, and bossism soon would return to New Jersey as Hague rose to power and held a firm grip on state politics during the '20s and '30s.
	www.injersey.com /hnt2000/story/0,2561,238796,00.html (1948 words)

	The Head Heeb: The good points of bossism
		In Namibia's case, this is because a generation of SWAPO activists have increasingly taken charge of their party.
		Nigeria's PDP doesn't have similar grass roots or internal democratic mechanisms, but at least on this one issue, its factionalism and local bossism have had a similar effect.
		Obasanjo's amendment encountered widespread intra-party opposition, particularly from those like Vice President Atiku Abubakar who saw their own presidential ambitions being thwarted, and the opponents were secure enough in their regional power bases to safely ignore pressure from above.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/032097.html (1051 words)

	Capital, Coercion, and Crime: Bossism in the Philippines - John T. Sidel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Examples of bossism include Old Corruption in eighteenth-century England, urban political machines in the United States, caciques in Latin America, the Mafia in Southern Italy, and today’s gangster politicians in such countries as India, Russia, and Thailand.
		The author, by contrast, argues that the roots of bossism in the Philippines lie in the inauguration of formal democratic institutions at a relatively early stage of capitalist development.
		The contrast between single-generation gangster politicians in Cavite and enduring commercial dynasties in Cebu reveals variation in the forms of bossism that reflect variations in the local political economies of the two provinces.
	www.sup.org /book.cgi?book_id=3745+3746 (475 words)

	Bossism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bossism, in the history of the United States, is a system of political control centering about a single powerful figure (the boss) and a complex organization of lesser figures (the machine) bound together by reciprocity in promoting financial and social self-interest.
		Bossism was a very large issue in the late 1800s and the early 1900s.
		This page was last modified 01:46, 15 November 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bossism (87 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 99037230 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Urban political machines in the United States, caciques in Latin America, the Mafia in Southern Italy, and gangster politicians in Russia are all examples of bossism: a common political phenomenon where local power brokers establish a monopoly of coercive and economic resources.
		Portrayals of a 'weak state' captured by a landed oligarchy similarly neglect the legacy of American colonial rule and the importance of state resources for the accumulation of wealth and power.
		This comparative historical analysis of bossism will be of great interest to scholars of Southeast Asia and to students of comparative politics.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam0210/99037230.html (213 words)

	FDR Biography - Early Political Career. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Always active and interested in politics (FDR was a great admirer of his distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt, who served as President of the United States from 1901 to 1908), FDR abandoned law in 1910 to run for the New York State Senate.
		FDR ran as a progressive, independent-minded Democrat, who stood in staunch opposition to the "political bossism" so prevalent at the time.
		He won election by a comfortable margin, and would serve in the New York State Senate for the next three years, having won re-election in 1912.
	www.feri.org /archives/fdrbio/earlypoli.cfm (392 words)

	bossism — Infoplease.com
		Bossism and Reform in a Southern City: Lexington, Kentucky, 1880-1940.
		Bosses no longer the life of the party.(era of bossism in politics has passed)
		Is it time to 'reform' the reform?(changes in the council-manager form of government)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0808426.html (518 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		After the death on August 14, 1910, of Mayor W. Robinson, the city council appointed Kelly mayor; he was elected in 1911 and 1913 and served until 1915.
		Although he was accused of "bossism," Kelly's administration in practice was fiscally responsible.
		It assumed municipal acquisition of the privately owned waterworks, extended street lighting and paving, reduced the cost of fire insurance, voted funds for the construction of schools, and supported the building of Scenic Drive, which became a tourist attraction.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/KK/fke76.html (547 words)

	Socialist Collectives in Bergonia
		While most workers do their job and go home to the kids, this group is a standing presence to guard against bossism.
		Here and there it is understood that narcissism is as an essential part of the corporate boardroom.
		The point of revolution is to end bossism, and the point of perpetual revolution is to keep bossism forever at bay.
	www.bergonia.org /Econ/collectives.htm (4806 words)

	Nathan Gilbert Quimpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nathan Gilbert Quimpo, Oligarchic Patrimonialism, Bossism, Electoral Clientelism, and Contested Democracy in the Philippines
		The patron-client, patrimonial or elite democracy, and neocolonial or dependency frameworks have been the three prominent interpretations of Philippine politics.
		New interpretations — the patrimonial oligarchic state, bossism, and the clientelist electoral regime — are essentially variations of the patrimonial/elite democracy framework.
	web.gc.cuny.edu /jcp/Quimpo_abstract.htm (121 words)

	Nickel And Dimed: The Piggery Award and Bossism : Melbourne Indymedia
		Much as I’d like to see all these miscreants brought to justice — in something like the “thought reform” camps of the Chinese Cultural Revolution — I tend to think the emphasis on bad bosses is a little misguided.
		The problem isn’t particular bosses, but what I call Bossism-- the hierarchical system which governs all known bureaucracies, both public and private.
		Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Melbourne Independent Media Center.
	www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/06/115443.php (1304 words)

	The Strawberry Patch - Bossism vs. Leadership (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All too often, in some organizations, we see characteristics of "bossism" mistaken for leadership, and their bad effects linger long after the active influence of the boss is forgotten.
		Examples of this are persons who rely on the bylaws to settle a question when it will help them to have their way, but who will insist that the bylaws be ignored or violated when it hinders their personal ambitions.
		A leader would persuade the group to amend the bylaws if they are a hindrance to a constructive work and would never set an example of lawlessness.
	www.betajournal.com.cob-web.org:8888 /patch_221.htm (548 words)

	The Left Coaster: Sharpton and Moseley Braun at the New Hampshire Debate
		The Rev. Al Sharpton deemed Gore's trip to New York Monday to announce his support for Dean "bossism," suggesting it was an attempt to drive some of Dean's rivals out of the race.
		Bossism is not in this party," he said.
		We are not going to have any big name come here now and tell us the field should be limited, and we can't be heard." said Sharpton.
	www.theleftcoaster.com /archives/000887.php (1114 words)

	guest042099
		Opponents of Issue 4 charge its passage will create municipal dictators, return the city to the days of bossism and harm fls by diluting their voting strength in our city.
		Their charges are serious and merit close factual examination.
		One of the best antidotes for bossism is the council/city manager form of government.
	www.cincypost.com /opinion/1999/guest042099.html (778 words)

	Barbara's Blog: Bosses and Bossism (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In an article on Wal-Mart in Harper's this month the author states that the "people-greeters" were instituted by a store manager as a method to discourage shoplifters...
		I definitely agree that the idea of bossism is the problem, especially substituting a little power as a carrot--they aren't getting satisfaction from their jobs or lives, and thus they must find self-satisfaction from controlling others.
		Seems you were writing about the concept of "Followership," which got a lot of attention in the 1990s, but then seemed to pass into oblivion.
	ehrenreich.blogs.com.cob-web.org:8888 /barbaras_blog/2006/06/bosses_and_boss.html (5723 words)

	20th Century Interactive: To Boss or To Manage?
		The times were, of course, reflected in Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the 1912 Election.
		Thomas Nast exposed the corruption of the political bossism of William Marcy Tweed and Tammany Hall in New York City.
		The Center for Voting and Democracy features information on the change in government, including an analysis of proportional representation.
	www.20thcenturyinteractive.org /webunit/links.html (382 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Opinions
		Now an enterprising academic has found a new issue that should become popular across the globe.
		He has invented a brand new word to finish what in its un-American avatar was known as bossism.
		Bossism is an attitude that is only loathsome in others.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040721/edit.htm (4377 words)

	bossism - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
		We found no English translation for 'bossism' in our French to English Dictionary.
		Or did you want to translate 'bossism' from English to French?
		Forum discussions with the word(s) 'bossism' in the title:
	www.wordreference.com /fren/bossism (41 words)

	TIME.com: The Bossism Bogy -- Apr. 13, 1970 -- Page 1
		Just as promptly, Goldberg was tagged as the boss-dominated candidate.
		Though the accusation is routinely made in many campaigns, the bossism bogy rankled Goldberg.
		As soon as the bosses had got their followers to designate Goldberg at the convention, he announced that he favored an open primary.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,904272,00.html (715 words)

	JerseyCityHistory.com - Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Frank Hague was Mayor of Jersey City from May 15, 1917 until his retirement on June 17, 1947.
		His name is synonymous with that early 20th century urban American blend of political favoritism and social welfare known as bossism.
		It's generally conceded that Hague's influence was a not insignificant factor in the election of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
	www.cityofjerseycity.org /hague/index.shtml (597 words)

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