Cincinnati Charter reform movement

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municipal reform movement political reform movement progressive era movement

The Cincinnati Charter reform movement was a progressive early 20th-century civic initiative in Cincinnati that sought to replace machine politics with a more efficient, nonpartisan, and professionally managed city government.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipal reform movement ⓘ political reform movement ⓘ progressive era movement ⓘ
aimedAt	voters of Cincinnati ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	City of Cincinnati government NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	good government movement ⓘ municipal governance ⓘ political reform ⓘ
focusesOn	civil service reform in Cincinnati ⓘ powers of the mayor ⓘ professionalization of administrative departments ⓘ structure of city council ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	anti-corruption agenda ⓘ civic reform leadership ⓘ emphasis on expertise in administration ⓘ nonpartisan orientation ⓘ
hasEffect	adoption of a new city charter in Cincinnati ⓘ implementation of nonpartisan municipal elections in Cincinnati ⓘ introduction of city manager form of government in Cincinnati ⓘ reduction of patronage in city administration ⓘ
hasMainGoal	create professionally managed city administration ⓘ establish nonpartisan city government in Cincinnati ⓘ increase efficiency of municipal government ⓘ reduce corruption in city government ⓘ replace machine politics in Cincinnati ⓘ weaken party boss control in Cincinnati ⓘ
hasPart	campaigns for charter amendments in Cincinnati ⓘ public education efforts on municipal reform ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	Progressivism ⓘ
inception	1920s ⓘ
influenced	later civic reform organizations in Cincinnati ⓘ subsequent municipal reform efforts in Ohio ⓘ
influencedBy	good government reformers of the early 20th century ⓘ national city manager movement in the United States ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Cincinnati NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo	machine politics in Cincinnati ⓘ partisan control of municipal offices ⓘ political bossism in Cincinnati ⓘ
partOf	Progressive Era municipal reform in the United States ⓘ
startTime	early 20th century ⓘ
uses	city charter as primary reform instrument ⓘ

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Charles Phelps Taft II → notableWork → Cincinnati Charter reform movement ⓘ