All Health Politics Is Local

Author : Merlin Chowkwanyun
Publisher : Studies in Social Medicine
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1469667673

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All Health Politics Is Local by Merlin Chowkwanyun Pdf

Health care is political. It entails fierce battles over the allocation of resources, arguments over the imposition of regulations, and the mediation of dueling public sentiments--all conflicts that are often narrated from a national, top-down view. In All Health Politics Is Local, Merlin Chowkwanyun shifts our focus, taking us to four very different places--New York City, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and central Appalachia--to experience a national story through a regional lens. He shows how racial uprisings in the 1960s catalyzed the creation of new medical infrastructure for those long denied it, what local authorities did to curb air pollution so toxic that it made residents choke and cry, how community health activists and bureaucrats fought over who'd control facilities long run by insular elites, and what a national coal boom did to community ecology and health. In a country riven by regional differences, All Health Politics Is Local shatters the notion of a shared national health agenda. It shows that health has always been political and shaped not just by formal policy but also by grassroots community battles.

Author : Tip O'Neill,Gary Hymel
Publisher : Adams Media Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1558504702

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All Politics is Local, and Other Rules of the Game by Tip O'Neill,Gary Hymel Pdf

Tip O'Neill--member of the U.S. Congress for 40 years and Speaker of the House for 10 years--was an American institution, known and loved across the country. In All Politics Is Local he shares his secrets. Continuing in the tradition of the bestselling Man of the House O'Neill's initmitable stories and irresistible style show how politics really work.

Author : William Daniel Angel
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0873387287

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Not All Politics is Local by William Daniel Angel Pdf

In this text Angel details the party fight within Allen County Democratic Party in the 1980s and 90s that led to his ascent to the chairmanship, and describes the period of turmoil, counterplotting and dissension that followed. He offers insights into the people who made up the party at the time.

Author : Meaghan Winter
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781568588377

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All Politics Is Local by Meaghan Winter Pdf

Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself. After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices in thirty-three. They also held both chambers of Congress and the presidency despite losing the popular vote. What happened? Meaghan Winter shows how the Democratic Party and left-leaning political establishment have spent the past several decades betting it all on the very risky and increasingly foolhardy strategy of abandoning the states to focus on federal races. For the American public, the fallout has been catastrophic. At the behest of their corporate patrons, Republican lawmakers have diminished employee protections and healthcare access and thwarted action on climate change. Voting rights are being dismantled, and even the mildest gun safety measures are being blocked. Taking us to three key battlegrounds--in Missouri, Florida, and Colorado--Winter reveals that robust state and local politics are the lifeblood of democracy and the only lasting building block of political power.

Author : Christopher Collier
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 158465290X

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All Politics is Local by Christopher Collier Pdf

Since the late 1780s historians and jurists have questioned what was uppermost in the minds of the framers of the United States Constitution. In surveying the thirteen states’ experiences as colonies and under the Articles of Confederation, one is struck more by their great diversity than by their commonalities. In this groundbreaking historical work, Christopher Collier brings to the fore an interpretation virtually neglected since the mid-nineteenth century: the view from the states, in which the creation and ratification of the new Constitution reflected a unique combination of internal and external needs. All Politics Is Local closely analyzes exactly what Connecticut constituents expected their representatives to achieve in Philadelphia and suggests that other states’ citizens also demanded their own special returns. Collier avoids popular theory in his convincing argument that any serious modern effort to understand the Constitution as conceived by its framers must pay close attention to the state-specific needs and desires of the era. Challenging all previous interpretations, Collier demonstrates that Connecticut’s forty antifederalist representatives were motivated not by economic, geographic, intellectual, or ideological factors, but by family and militia connections, local politics, and other considerations that had nothing at all to do with the Constitution. He finds no overarching truth, no common ideological thread binding the antifederalists together, which leads him to call for the same state-centered micro-study for the other twelve founding states. To do less leaves historical and contemporary interpretations of the U.S. Constitution not simply blurred around the edges but incomplete at the core as well. Collier delights and surprises readers in proving—with his trademark impeccable historical scholarship, firm grasp of known sources, and ample new material—that in the case of Connecticut, a stalwart defender of the provincial prerogative, all politics is and was, to one degree or another, local.

Author : Meaghan Winter
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781568588377

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All Politics Is Local by Meaghan Winter Pdf

Democrats have largely ceded control of state governments to the GOP, allowing them to rig our political system and undermine democracy itself. After the 2016 election, Republicans had their largest majority in the states since 1928, controlling legislative chambers in thirty-two states and governor offices in thirty-three. They also held both chambers of Congress and the presidency despite losing the popular vote. What happened? Meaghan Winter shows how the Democratic Party and left-leaning political establishment have spent the past several decades betting it all on the very risky and increasingly foolhardy strategy of abandoning the states to focus on federal races. For the American public, the fallout has been catastrophic. At the behest of their corporate patrons, Republican lawmakers have diminished employee protections and healthcare access and thwarted action on climate change. Voting rights are being dismantled, and even the mildest gun safety measures are being blocked. Taking us to three key battlegrounds--in Missouri, Florida, and Colorado--Winter reveals that robust state and local politics are the lifeblood of democracy and the only lasting building block of political power.

Author : Ian McKay
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781771136402

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Crisis and Contagion by Ian McKay Pdf

Crisis and Contagion is a selection of fourteen interviews conducted by Ian McKay of the Wilson Institute at McMaster University. Interviews with Nancy Fraser, Mike Davis, Mack Penner, Andreas Malm, and Merrill Singer explore capitalism’s organic crisis and the ways it has made this and future pandemics inevitable. Nora Loreto, Tithi Bhattacharya, Chandrima Chakraborty, Merlin Chowkwanyun, and Sanjay Nepal discuss the experiences of ordinary people in the pandemic. J. Michael Ryan, Laura Spinney, Naomi Klein, and Noam Chomsky explore the long-term effects and likely historical legacy of a pandemic that has changed millions of lives–and, maybe, the trajectory of human civilization. These scholars propose that to understand the impact of Covid-19, we have to understand the conflictual history of capitalism–and to ward off future pandemics, we need to start building a post-capitalist alternative to the disease-generating and highly unequal global neoliberal order. As capitalist forces work to shove what we have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic down the memory hole, Crisis and Contagion offers a must-read for those wanting to seize this moment of change and revolution.

Author : National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Transportation Research Board,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309139274

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Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity by National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Transportation Research Board,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments Pdf

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today's generation of children. While parents and other adult caregivers play a fundamental role in teaching children about healthy behaviors, even the most positive efforts can be undermined by local environments that are poorly suited to supporting healthy behaviors. For example, many communities lack ready sources of healthy food choices, such as supermarkets and grocery stores. Or they may not provide safe places for children to walk or play. In such communities, even the most motivated child or adolescent may find it difficult to act in healthy ways. Local governments-with jurisdiction over many aspects of land use, food marketing, community planning, transportation, health and nutrition programs, and other community issues-are ideally positioned to promote behaviors that will help children and adolescents reach and maintain healthy weights. Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity presents a number of recommendations that touch on the vital role of government actions on all levels-federal, state, and local-in childhood obesity prevention. The book offers healthy eating and physical activity strategies for local governments to consider, making it an excellent resource for mayors, managers, commissioners, council members, county board members, and administrators.

Author : Liam Weeks,Aodh Quinlivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000110620733

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All Politics is Local by Liam Weeks,Aodh Quinlivan Pdf

All politics is local. declared Tip O'Neill, explaining that local concerns affect the actions of national politicians. This book provides a timely insight into the June 2009 local elections in Ireland.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309090612

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Ensuring Environmental Health in Postindustrial Cities by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Pdf

the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 13, 2003. This workshop was a continued outgrowth from the Roundtable's first workshop when its members realized that the challenges facing those in the field of environmental health could not be addressed without a new definition of environmental health-one that incorporates the natural, built, and social environment. The Roundtable realized that the industrial legacy is not unique to Pittsburgh. Other cities around the world have seen their industries disappear, and it is only a matter of time before some of the Pittsburghs of today, such as Wuhan, China, (a sister city) will need to address similar problems. One goal for this IOM Environmental Health Roundtable Workshop is to extract lessons from Pittsburgh's experience in addressing the post-industrial challenge, distilling lessons that might be useful elsewhere.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCR:31210014041212

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Hearing on H.R. 3080, the Affordable Health Care Now Act of 1993 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor Pdf

Author : Nancy M. P. King,Gail E. Henderson,Larry R. Churchill
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781469671598

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Bioethics Reenvisioned by Nancy M. P. King,Gail E. Henderson,Larry R. Churchill Pdf

Bioethics needs an expanded moral vision. Born in the ferment of the 1970s, the field responded to rapid developments in biomedical technology and injustices in clinical care and research. Since then, bioethics has predominantly focused on respect for autonomy, beneficence and nonmaleficence, and the zero-sum "lifeboat" ethics of distributive justice, applying these principles almost exclusively within the walls of medical institutions. It is now time for bioethics to take full account of the problems of health disparities and structural injustice that are made newly urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of climate change. This book shows why and how the field must embrace a broader and more meaningful view of justice, principally by incorporating the tools and insights of the social sciences, epidemiology, and public health. Nancy M. P. King, Gail E. Henderson, and Larry R. Churchill make the case for a more social understanding and application of justice, a deeper humility in assessing expertise in bioethics consulting, a broader and more relevant research agenda, and greater appreciation of the profound health implications of global warming.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Medical
ISBN : PURD:32754078072315

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VA Participation in State Health Care Reform Programs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs Pdf

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Health care reform
ISBN : PSU:000023046177

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Health Care Reform (part 8) by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PURD:32754064503083

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Health Care Reform by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce Pdf