This paper compared the roles of these two organizations in public policy and opinion Well written
Compare and contrast political machines and the reform movement in terms of their views of the purposes of politics and government, the role of the average citizen in public affairs, and the appropriate processes of decision making.
Urban machines and the reform movement have radically different perceptions of how a local (city) government is supposed to function and be structured within a democratic society.
Political machines, in the beginning constructed by ambitious and hungry for po…