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Bossism, in U.S. history, 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.

References

H. F. Gosnell, Machine Politics (1937, repr. 1968) S. Lubell, The Future of American Politics (3d ed. 1965) E. C. Banfield and J. Q. Wilson, City Politics (1963, repr. 1966)

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