Mobilizing The Metropolis

Author : Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780472903481

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Mobilizing the Metropolis by Philip Mark Plotch,Jen Nelles Pdf

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its mission evolved from improving rail freight to building motor vehicle crossings, airports, office towers, and industrial parks and taking control of a failing commuter rail line. In its early years, the agency was often viewed with admiration; however as it drew up plans, negotiated to take control of airfields and marine terminals, and constructed large bridges and tunnels, the Port Authority became the object of less favorable attention. It was attacked as a “super-government” that must be reined in, while the mayors of New York and Newark argued that it should be broken up with its pieces given to local governments for their own use. Despite its criticisms and travails, for over half a century the Port Authority overcame hurdles that had frustrated other public and private efforts, built the world's longest suspension bridge, and took a leading role in creating an organization to reduce traffic delays in the New York-New Jersey region. How did the Port Authority achieve these successes? And what lessons does its history offer to other cities and regions in the United States and beyond? In a time when public agencies are often condemned as inefficient and corrupt, this history should provide some positive lessons for governmental officials and social reformers. In 2021, the Port Authority marked its 100th birthday. Its history reveals a struggle between the public and private sectors, the challenges of balancing democratic accountability and efficiency, and the tension between regional and local needs. From selected Port Authority successes and failures, Philip Mark Plotch and Jen Nelles produce a significant and engaging account of a powerful governmental entity that offers durable lessons on collaboration, leadership, and the challenge of overcoming complex political challenges in modern America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : OCLC:781911545

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Metropolis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philip Kasinitz
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994-11-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0333621263

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Metropolis by Philip Kasinitz Pdf

From its emergence at the end of the 18th century, the 'modern' way of life has been closely associated with the growth of great cities. The essays in this collection represent some of the most significant attempts to understand the nature of the metropolis and its relationship with modern life in general. The book includes both classic and contemporary works of sociological theory, literary and architectural criticism, ethnography, polemics and historical work. Yet in their very different ways, each of the authors is trying to make sense of the sometimes frightening but always stimulating phenomenon of contemporary city life. As such the essays speak to each other and to the controversies over the city - what it is and what it should be - that have emerged over the past century. In addition to general works on the social and psychological nature of urbanism, the book includes sections on the built environment and on public space.

Author : John J. Harrigan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:795937317

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Political Change in the Metropolis by John J. Harrigan Pdf

Author : Robert D. Lewis
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780820350134

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Calculating Property Relations by Robert D. Lewis Pdf

Combining theories of calculation and property relations and using an array of archival sources, this book focuses on the building and decommissioning of state-owned defense factories in World War II-era Chicago. Robert Lewis's rich trove of material--drawn from research on more than six hundred federally funded wartime industrial sites in metropolitan Chicago--supports three major conclusions. First, the relationship of the key institutions of the military-industrial complex was refashioned by their calculative actions on industrial property. The imperatives of war forced the federal state and the military to become involved in industrial matters in an entirely new manner. Second, federal and military investment in defense factories had an enormous effect on the industrial geography of metropolitan Chicago. The channeling of huge lumps of industrial capital into sprawling plants on the urban fringe had a decisive impact on the metropolitan geographies of manufacturing. Third, the success of industrial mobilization was made possible through the multi-scale relations of national and locational interaction. National policy could only be realized by the placing of these relations at the local level. Throughout, Lewis shows how the interests of developers, factory engineers, corporate executives, politicians, unions, and the working class were intimately bound up with industrial space. Offering a local perspective on a city permanently shaped by national events, this book provides a richer understanding of the dynamics of wartime mobilization, the calculative actions of political and business leaders, the social relations of property, the working of state-industry relations, and the making of industrial space.

Author : Ronald K. Vogel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1315663260

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Political Change in the Metropolis by Ronald K. Vogel Pdf

Author : Jordan S. Downs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526174448

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Civil War London by Jordan S. Downs Pdf

London's mobilisation proved crucial to parliament's success in the English Civil War. Through a rigorous investigation of archival and print sources, this book shows how and why the City aligned its interests with parliament and how, ultimately, this alignment led to the establishment of an army that would defeat the king of England.

Author : Anthony M. Tung
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015053390202

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Preserving the World's Great Cities by Anthony M. Tung Pdf

Both epic and intimate, this is the story of the fight to save the world’s architectural and cultural heritage as it is embodied in the extraordinary buildings and urban spaces of the great cities of Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Never before have the complexities and dramas of urban preservation been as keenly documented as inPreserving the World’s Great Cities. In researching this important work, Anthony Tung traveled throughout the world to visit remarkable buildings and districts in China, Italy, Greece, the U.S., Japan, and elsewhere. Everywhere he found both the devastating legacy of war, economics, and indifference and the accomplishments of people who have worked and sometimes risked their lives to preserve and renew the most meaningful urban expressions of the human spirit. From Singapore’s blind rush to become the most modern city of the East to Warsaw’s poignant and heroic effort to resurrect itself from the Nazis’ systematic campaign of physical and cultural obliteration, from New York and Rome to Kyoto and Cairo, we see the city as an expression of the best and worst within us. This is essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs and Witold Rybczynski and everyone who is concerned about urban preservation.

Author : Robert Coldwell Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258587939

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Metropolis Against Itself by Robert Coldwell Wood Pdf

Author : Philip Mark Plotch
Publisher : Three Hills
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Subways
ISBN : 0801453666

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Last Subway by Philip Mark Plotch Pdf

"The story of the Second Avenue subway, as it symbolizes New York's inability to modernize its infrastructure and reveals the ingredients necessary to build a twenty-first-century megaproject"--

Author : Anthony Sutcliffe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1984-02
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002612344

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Metropolis 1890-1940 by Anthony Sutcliffe Pdf

An ideal and welcome reference and reader for students of urbanism, Metropolis 1890-1940 examines perceptions of the city during the dramatic urban growth of this period. Metropolis looks at the policies adopted to deal with the new city and at the views of the city expressed in the art, architecture, literature, cinema, music, and ideology of the time. Internationally known experts discuss case studies of London, Paris, Berlin, the Ruhr, New York, Moscow, and Tokyo, and a postscript brings the reader up to date with a survey of postwar urbanism.

Author : St. Clair Drake,Horace R. Cayton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 941 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226253350

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Black Metropolis by St. Clair Drake,Horace R. Cayton Pdf

Ground-breaking when first published in 1945, Black Metropolis remains a landmark study of race and urban life. Few studies since have been able to match its scope and magnitude, offering one of the most comprehensive looks at black life in America. Based on research conducted by Works Progress Administration field workers, it is a sweeping historical and sociological account of the people of Chicago's South Side from the 1840s through the 1930s. Its findings offer a comprehensive analysis of black migration, settlement, community structure, and black-white race relations in the first half of the twentieth century. It offers a dizzying and dynamic world filled with captivating people and startling revelations. A new foreword from sociologist Mary Pattillo places the study in modern context, updating the story with the current state of black communities in Chicago and the larger United States and exploring what this means for the future. As the country continues to struggle with race and our treatment of black lives, Black Metropolis continues to be a powerful contribution to the conversation.

Author : Donatella della Porta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199689323

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Mobilizing for Democracy by Donatella della Porta Pdf

Mobilizing for Democracy compares two waves of protests for democracy, in Central Eastern Europe in 1989 and in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011.

Author : Tamar W. Carroll
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469619897

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Mobilizing New York by Tamar W. Carroll Pdf

Examining three interconnected case studies, Tamar Carroll powerfully demonstrates the ability of grassroots community activism to bridge racial and cultural differences and effect social change. Drawing on a rich array of oral histories, archival records, newspapers, films, and photographs from post–World War II New York City, Carroll shows how poor people transformed the antipoverty organization Mobilization for Youth and shaped the subsequent War on Poverty. Highlighting the little-known National Congress of Neighborhood Women, she reveals the significant participation of working-class white ethnic women and women of color in New York City's feminist activism. Finally, Carroll traces the partnership between the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Women's Health Action Mobilization (WHAM!), showing how gay men and feminists collaborated to create a supportive community for those affected by the AIDS epidemic, to improve health care, and to oppose homophobia and misogyny during the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s. Carroll contends that social policies that encourage the political mobilization of marginalized groups and foster coalitions across identity differences are the most effective means of solving social problems and realizing democracy.

Author : Edward Aspinall,Meredith L. Weiss,Allen Hicken,Paul D. Hutchcroft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009084147

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Mobilizing for Elections by Edward Aspinall,Meredith L. Weiss,Allen Hicken,Paul D. Hutchcroft Pdf

This book compares patronage politics in Southeast Asia, examining the sources and implications of cross-national and sub-national differences. It will be useful for scholars and students interested in comparative and Southeast Asian politics, electoral politics, clientelism and patronage, and the historical development of political institutions.