Local Politics

Author : Meaghan Winter
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Terry Christensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : IND:30000042045389

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Local Politics by Terry Christensen Pdf

Author : Thomas Prugh,Tom Prugh,Robert Costanza,Herman E. Daly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015042479355

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The Local Politics of Global Sustainability by Thomas Prugh,Tom Prugh,Robert Costanza,Herman E. Daly Pdf

The most difficult questions of sustainability are not about technology; they are about values. Answers to such questions cannot be found by asking the "experts," but can only be resolved in the political arena. In The Local Politics of Global Sustainability, author Thomas Prugh, with Robert Costanza and Herman Daly, two ofthe leading thinkers in the field of ecological economics, explore the kind of politics that can help enable us to achieve a sustainable world of our choice, rather than one imposed by external forces. The authors begin by considering the biophysical and economic dimensions of the environmental crisis, and tracing the crisis in political discourse and our public lives to its roots. They then offer an in-depth examination of the elements of a re-energized political system that could lead to the development of more sustainable communities. Based on a type of self-governance that political scientist Benjamin Barber calls "strong democracy," the politics is one of engagement rather than consignment, empowering citizens by directly involving them in community decisionmaking. After describing how it should work, the authors provide examples of communities that are experimenting with various features of strong democratic systems. The Local Politics of Global Sustainability explains in engaging, accessible prose the crucial biophysical, economic, and social issues involved with achieving sustainability. It offers a readable exploration of the political implications of ecological economics and will be an essential work for anyone involved in that field, as well as for students and scholars in environmental politics and policy, and anyone concerned with the theory and practical applications of the concept of sustainable development.

Author : Sarah S. Elkind
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807834893

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How Local Politics Shape Federal Policy by Sarah S. Elkind Pdf

Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over

Author : Janine A. Clark
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231545013

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Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco by Janine A. Clark Pdf

In recent years, authoritarian states in the Middle East and North Africa have faced increasing international pressure to decentralize political power. Decentralization is presented as a panacea that will foster good governance and civil society, helping citizens procure basic services and fight corruption. Two of these states, Jordan and Morocco, are monarchies with elected parliaments and recent experiences of liberalization. Morocco began devolving certain responsibilities to municipal councils decades ago, while Jordan has consistently followed a path of greater centralization. Their experiences test such assumptions about the benefits of localism. Janine A. Clark examines why Morocco decentralized while Jordan did not and evaluates the impact of their divergent paths, ultimately explaining how authoritarian regimes can use decentralization reforms to consolidate power. Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco argues that decentralization is a tactic authoritarian regimes employ based on their coalition strategies to expand their base of support and strengthen patron-client ties. Clark analyzes the opportunities that decentralization presents to local actors to pursue their interests and lays out how municipal-level figures find ways to use reforms to their advantage. In Morocco, decentralization has resulted not in greater political inclusivity or improved services, but rather in the entrenchment of pro-regime elites in power. The main Islamist political party has also taken advantage of these reforms. In Jordan, decentralization would undermine the networks that benefit elites and their supporters. Based on extensive fieldwork, Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco is an important contribution to Middle East studies and political science that challenges our understanding of authoritarian regimes’ survival strategies and resilience.

Author : Gerry Stoker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1991-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349215164

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The Politics of Local Government by Gerry Stoker Pdf

The comprehensively revised second edition of this successful text provides an up-to-date analysis of the changing world of local politics in Britain. Substantial new sections have been added on local political parties, hung councils, the politics of non-elected local government, recent developments in privatisation, and the politics of the poll tax. The book now provides a systematic treatment of the Thatcher legacy in local politics, the philosophy and strategy which underpinned it and likely futures in the post-Thatcher era. Reviews of the 1st edition: 'Should be read by anyone seeking to understand local government and its possible futures.' - George Jones, Local Government Chronicle. 'An excellent and stimulating introductory text.' - Peter McLaverty, Sociological Review.

Author : Merlin Chowkwanyun
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781469667683

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All Health Politics Is Local by Merlin Chowkwanyun Pdf

Health 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. All Health Politics Is Local shatters the notion of a single national health agenda. Health is and has always been political, shaped both by formal policy at the highest levels and by grassroots community battles far below.

Author : Sheila Jasanoff,Marybeth Martello
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0262600595

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Earthly Politics by Sheila Jasanoff,Marybeth Martello Pdf

Globalization today is as much a problem for international harmony as it is a necessary condition of living together on our planet. Increasing interconnectedness in ecology, economy, technology, and politics has brought nations and societies into even closer contact, creating acute demands for cooperation. Earthly Politics argues that in the coming decades global governance will have to accommodate differences even as it obliterates distance, and will have to respect many aspects of the local while developing institutions that transcend localism. This book analyzes a variety of environmental-governance approaches that balance the local and the global in order to encourage new, more flexible frameworks of global governance. On the theoretical level, it draws on insights from the field of science and technology studies to enrich our understanding of environmental-development politics. On the pragmatic level, it discusses the design of institutions and processes to address problems of environmental governance that increasingly refuse to remain within national boundaries. The cases in the book display the crucial relationship between knowledge and power—the links between the ways we understand environmental problems and the ways we manage them—and illustrate the different paths by which knowledge-power formations are arrived at, contested, defended, or set aside. By examining how local and global actors ranging from the World Bank to the Makah tribe in the Pacific Northwest respond to the contradictions of globalization, the authors identify some of the conditions for creating more effective engagement between the global and the local in environmental governance.

Author : Tip O'Neill,Gary Hymel
Publisher : Adams Media Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,9 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 : Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789971698423

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Indonesian Women and Local Politics by Kurniawati Hastuti Dewi Pdf

In an important social change, female Muslim political leaders in Java have enjoyed considerable success in direct local elections following the fall of Suharto in Indonesia. Indonesian Women and Local Politics shows that Islam, gender, and social networks have been decisive in their political victories. Islamic ideas concerning female leadership provide a strong religious foundation for their political campaigns. However, their approach to women's issues shows that female leaders do not necessarily adopt a woman's perspectives when formulating policies. This new trend of Muslim women in politics will continue to shape the growth and direction of democratization in local politics in post-Suharto Indonesia and will color future discourse on gender, politics, and Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia.

Author : Melissa M. Deckman
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 158901409X

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School Board Battles by Melissa M. Deckman Pdf

If there is a "culture war" taking place in the United States, one of the most interesting, if under-the-radar, battlegrounds is in local school board elections. Rarely does the pitch of this battle reach national attention, as it did in Kansas when the state school board—led by several outspoken conservative Christians—voted to delete evolution from the state's science curriculum and its standardized tests in August 1999. That action rattled not only the educational and scientific communities, but concerned citizens around the nation as well. While the movement of the Christian Right into national and state politics has been well documented, this is the first book to examine their impact on local school board politics. While the Kansas decision was short-lived, during the past decade in school districts around the country, conservative Christian majorities have voted to place limits on sex education, to restrict library books, to remove references to gays and lesbians in the classroom, and to promote American culture as superior to other cultures. School Board Battles studies the motivation, strategies, and electoral success of Christian Right school board candidates. Based on interviews, and using an extensive national survey of candidates as well as case studies of two school districts in which conservative Christians ran and served on local boards, Melissa M. Deckman gives us a surprisingly complex picture of these candidates. She reveals weaker ties to national Christian Right organizations—and more similarities between these conservative candidates and their more secular counterparts than might be expected. Deckman examines important questions: Why do conservative Christians run for school boards? How much influence has the Christian Right actually had on school boards? How do conservative Christians govern? School Board Battles is an in-depth and in-the-trenches look at an important encounter in the "culture war"—one that may well determine the future of our nation's youth.

Author : Dr Olivier Charnoz,Dr Virginie Diaz Pedregal,Professor Alan L Kolata
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472460509

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Local Politics, Global Impacts by Dr Olivier Charnoz,Dr Virginie Diaz Pedregal,Professor Alan L Kolata Pdf

Bringing together internationally renowned as well as emerging scholars, this book presents concrete case studies framed by theoretical concern with the issue of scale. It demonstrates that a diverse array of theoretical, methodological and empirical perspectives can productively converge on a common set of problems related to social, temporal and spatial scales and contemporary globalization. Local Politics, Global Impacts will stimulate empirical and theoretical research that focuses on understanding how political concepts, practices, and instruments translate across scales, and contribute to the emergence of a self-aware community of scholars and practitioners focusing explicitly on modelling the dynamics of local-regional-global interactions.

Author : J. Harriss,K. Stokke,Olle Törnquist
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230502802

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Politicising Democracy by J. Harriss,K. Stokke,Olle Törnquist Pdf

There is a major contradiction in contemporary politics: there has been a wave of democratization that has swept across much of the world, while at the same time globalization appears to have reduced the social forces that have built democracy historically. This book, by an international group of authors, analyzes the ways in which local politics in developing countries - often neglected in work on democratization - render democratic experiments more or less successful in realizing substantial democracy.

Author : Jessica Trounstine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108429955

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Segregation by Design by Jessica Trounstine Pdf

Local governments use their control over land use to generate race and class segregation, benefitting white property owners.

Author : Barry E. Truchil
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498520454

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The Politics of Local Government by Barry E. Truchil Pdf

Combining scholarly literature with elected experience at the local governmental level, Barry E. Truchil addresses the inner workings and politics of local government in small town and suburban settings in The Politics of Local Government. This book explores issues involving development and implementation of budgets, regulation, and control of development (including conversion of open space to housing and business buildings), as well as the initiation of progressive changes such as the use of green energy and control of corruption. Given the limited available research in this area, this book fills a void for scholars in the field, undergraduate and graduate students as well as those interested in the politics of local government.