Politics Across The Hudson

Author : Philip Mark Plotch
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780813599793

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Politics Across the Hudson by Philip Mark Plotch Pdf

Winner of the 2015 American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter Journalism Award The State of New York is now building one of the world’s longest, widest, and most expensive bridges—the new Tappan Zee Bridge—stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River, approximately thirteen miles north of New York City. In Politics Across the Hudson, urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centered around this bridge, recently renamed for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, the state's governor from 1983 to 1994. He reveals valuable lessons for those trying to tackle complex public policies while also confirming our worst fears about government dysfunction. Drawing on his extensive experience planning megaprojects, interviews with more than a hundred key figures—including governors, agency heads, engineers, civic advocates, and business leaders—and extraordinary access to internal government records, Plotch tells a compelling story of high-stakes battles between powerful players in the public, private, and civic sectors. He reveals how state officials abandoned viable options, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars, forfeited more than three billion dollars in federal funds, and missed out on important opportunities. Faced with the public’s unrealistic expectations, no one could identify a practical solution to a vexing problem, a dilemma that led three governors to study various alternatives rather than disappoint key constituencies. This revised and updated edition includes a new epilogue and more photographs, and continues where Robert Caro’s The Power Broker left off and illuminates the power struggles involved in building New York’s first major new bridge since the Robert Moses era. Plotch describes how one governor, Andrew Cuomo, shrewdly overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of onerous environmental regulations, vehement community opposition, insufficient funding, interagency battles, and overly optimistic expectations...

Author : Valerie M. Hudson,Donna Lee Bowen,Perpetua Lynne Nielsen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231550932

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The First Political Order by Valerie M. Hudson,Donna Lee Bowen,Perpetua Lynne Nielsen Pdf

Global history records an astonishing variety of forms of social organization. Yet almost universally, males subordinate females. How does the relationship between men and women shape the wider political order? The First Political Order is a groundbreaking demonstration that the persistent and systematic subordination of women underlies all other institutions, with wide-ranging implications for global security and development. Incorporating research findings spanning a variety of social science disciplines and comprehensive empirical data detailing the status of women around the globe, the book shows that female subordination functions almost as a curse upon nations. A society’s choice to subjugate women has significant negative consequences: worse governance, worse conflict, worse stability, worse economic performance, worse food security, worse health, worse demographic problems, worse environmental protection, and worse social progress. Yet despite the pervasive power of social and political structures that subordinate women, history—and the data—reveal possibilities for progress. The First Political Order shows that when steps are taken to reduce the hold of inequitable laws, customs, and practices, outcomes for all improve. It offers a new paradigm for understanding insecurity, instability, autocracy, and violence, explaining what the international community can do now to promote more equitable relations between men and women and, thereby, security and peace. With comprehensive empirical evidence of the wide-ranging harm of subjugating women, it is an important book for security scholars, social scientists, policy makers, historians, and advocates for women worldwide.

Author : Jameson W. Doig
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0231501250

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Empire on the Hudson by Jameson W. Doig Pdf

Revered and reviled in almost equal amounts since its inception, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responsible for creating and maintaining much of New York and New Jersey's transportation infrastructure—the things that make the region work. Doig traces the evolution of the Port Authority from the battles leading to its creation in 1921 through its conflicts with the railroads and its expansion to build bridges and tunnels for motor vehicles. Chronicling the adroit maneuvers that led the Port Authority to take control of the region's airports and seaport operations, build the largest bus terminal in the nation, and construct the World Trade Center, Doig reveals the rise to power of one of the world's largest specialized regional governments. This definitive history of the Port Authority underscores the role of several key players—Austin Tobin, the obscure lawyer who became Executive Director and a true "power broker" in the bi-state region, Julius Henry Cohen, general counsel of the Port Authority for its first twenty years, and Othmar H. Ammann, the Swiss engineer responsible for the George Washington Bridge, the Bayonne and Goethels bridges, the Outerbridge Crossing, and the Lincoln Tunnel. Today, with public works projects stalled by community opposition in almost every village and city, the story of how the Port Authority managed to create an empire on the Hudson offers lessons for citizens and politicians everywhere.

Author : Valerie M. Hudson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9780742516892

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Foreign Policy Analysis by Valerie M. Hudson Pdf

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this book covers the theory of foreign policy analysis. Beginning with an overview, it then tackles theory and research at multiple levels of analysis, ending with an examination of the areas in which the next generation of foreign policy analysts can make important contributions.

Author : Patrick C. Livingood
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817356392

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Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain by Patrick C. Livingood Pdf

Using research at the Pevey (22Lw510) and Lowe-Steen (22Lw511) mound sites on the Pearl River in Lawrence County, Mississippi, this book explores the social and political mechanisms by which these polities may have interacted with each other and the geographic limit to the effects of inter-polity competition.

Author : Joshua Henkin
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015041027296

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Swimming Across the Hudson by Joshua Henkin Pdf

An adopted Jew discovers his birth mother was a Christian. Ben Suskind, 31, of New York always believed he was Jewish, so the letter from his birth mother throws his life in confusion. But he recovers, decides he is a Jew after all and for the first time attends a synagogue. A first novel.

Author : Alexander Hudson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108840071

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The Veil of Participation by Alexander Hudson Pdf

Hudson provides new evidence about the roles of political parties, leaders, and citizen-participants in constitution-making processes.

Author : Greg Albo,Bryan M. Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773554740

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Divided Province by Greg Albo,Bryan M. Evans Pdf

A groundbreaking assessment of subnational politics in Canada's largest province.

Author : Julian Brash
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780820335667

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Bloomberg's New York by Julian Brash Pdf

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg claims to run the city like a business. In Bloomberg's New York, Julian Brash applies methods from anthropology, geography, and other social science disciplines to examine what that means. He describes the mayor's attitude toward governance as the Bloomberg Way—a philosophy that holds up the mayor as CEO, government as a private corporation, desirable residents and businesses as customers and clients, and the city itself as a product to be branded and marketed as a luxury good.Commonly represented as pragmatic and nonideological, the Bloomberg Way, Brash argues, is in fact an ambitious reformulation of neoliberal governance that advances specific class interests. He considers the implications of this in a blow-by-blow account of the debate over the Hudson Yards plan, which aimed to transform Manhattan's far west side into the city's next great high-end district. Bringing this plan to fruition proved surprisingly difficult as activists and entrenched interests pushed back against the Bloomberg administration, suggesting that despite Bloomberg's success in redrawing the rules of urban governance, older political arrangements—and opportunities for social justice—remain.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Grain trade
ISBN : LOC:00186952248

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Transportation of Grain Between United States Ports on the Great Lakes During 1951 by Vessles of Canadian Registry by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Pdf

Author : David R. Mayhew
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400854523

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Placing Parties in American Politics by David R. Mayhew Pdf

This work on the structure of American parties combines the breadth that has been characteristic of voter analyses and the richness found in case studies of local party organizations. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Lynn Hudson Parsons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0199718504

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The Birth of Modern Politics by Lynn Hudson Parsons Pdf

The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political résumé were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life. It was, many historians have argued, the country's first truly democratic presidential election. It was also the election that opened a Pandora's box of campaign tactics, including coordinated media, get-out-the-vote efforts, fund-raising, organized rallies, opinion polling, campaign paraphernalia, ethnic voting blocs, "opposition research," and smear tactics. In The Birth of Modern Politics, Parsons shows that the Adams-Jackson contest also began a national debate that is eerily contemporary, pitting those whose cultural, social, and economic values were rooted in community action for the common good against those who believed the common good was best served by giving individuals as much freedom as possible to promote their own interests. The book offers fresh and illuminating portraits of both Adams and Jackson and reveals how, despite their vastly different backgrounds, they had started out with many of the same values, admired one another, and had often been allies in common causes. But by 1828, caught up in a shifting political landscape, they were plunged into a competition that separated them decisively from the Founding Fathers' era and ushered in a style of politics that is still with us today.

Author : Antoinette Pole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781135237257

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Blogging the Political by Antoinette Pole Pdf

In an era of depressed civic engagement, where access to the media by common citizens is limited, blogs have the power to change the political landscape. This bookcatalogs the individuals engaged in political blogging, explains why they started blogging, and examines what they hope to gain from it.

Author : Nick J. Mulé,Gloria C. DeSantis
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773548664

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Shifting Terrain by Nick J. Mulé,Gloria C. DeSantis Pdf

Canadian advocacy has evolved over the past few decades. A core function of the nonprofit sector, advocacy endures in an unsympathetic neoliberal landscape – one dominated by a rise in government surveillance, ongoing government funding cuts, and confusion over what activities are permissible. Exploring the unpredictable and fluid nature of public policy advocacy work carried out by nonprofit organizations across Canada, The Shifting Terrain sheds light on the strictures and opportunities of this crucial aspect of the voluntary sector. Authors from diverse backgrounds, including academics, activists, practitioners, and legal experts, illustrate what the shifting course of advocacy means in philosophical, theoretical, political, and practical terms. Offering a critique of advocacy practices directed at the nonprofit–provincial/territorial government interface and beyond, this anthology outlines regulatory changes made by the Canada Revenue Agency, exposes the conflicted internal structures and processes of advocacy work, challenges "permissible advocacy activities," presents provocative thinking about alternative ways forward, and proposes recommendations for improvement. A comparative historical study and a contemporary examination, The Shifting Terrain invites readers to contemplate the implications of advocacy for public participation, the shaping of public policy, and Canadian democracy.

Author : Kemel Toktomushev
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315533483

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Kyrgyzstan - Regime Security and Foreign Policy by Kemel Toktomushev Pdf

Kyrgyzstan is an interesting example of a relatively weak state, which for its brief period of independence has already ousted two presidents, experienced two revolutions, survived two interethnic conflicts and yet remained intact. This book explores this apparent paradox and argues that the schism between domestic and international dimensions of state and regime security is key to understanding the nature of Kyrgyz politics. The book shows how the foreign policy links to the Manas Air Base, used by the US military and essential for supplying their forces in Afghanistan, the economic arrangements necessary for sustaining the base, both inside and outside Kyrgyzstan, and the myriad of different actors involved in all this, combined to overshadow points of friction to ensure stable continuance of the status quo. Overall, the book shows how broad geopolitical forces and complex local factors together have a huge impact on the formation of Kyrgyz foreign policy.