Author : David Gehr
Publisher : AASHTO
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781560514831
Unlocking Gridlock
David Gehr
Unlocking Gridlock
Unlocking Gridlock Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Unlocking Gridlock book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Preventing Strategic Gridlock
Pamela S. Harper
Author : Pamela S. Harper
Publisher : Cameo Publications
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0971573948
Preventing Strategic Gridlock by Pamela S. Harper Pdf
Find out why strategies and initiatives that looked good during planning end up mysteriously snarled in a tangled web of persistent organizational problems ("stategic gridlock") during execution.
The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006
Kaiser Kuo
Author : Kaiser Kuo
Publisher : True Run Media
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 097733340X
The Insider's Guide to Beijing 2005-2006 by Kaiser Kuo Pdf
Building American Cities
Joe R. Feagin,Robert Parker
Author : Joe R. Feagin,Robert Parker
Publisher : Beard Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781587981487
Building American Cities by Joe R. Feagin,Robert Parker Pdf
This is a reprint of a 1990 book A comprehensive analysis of how cities grow, change, deteriorate and are resuscitated
Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon
John Ng
Author : John Ng
Publisher : ARMOUR PUBLISHING PTE LTD
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : 9789814305617
Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon by John Ng Pdf
Escaping Jurassic Government
Donald F. Kettl
Author : Donald F. Kettl
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815728115
Escaping Jurassic Government by Donald F. Kettl Pdf
Why big government is not the problem. The Progressive government movement, founded on support from Republicans and Democrats alike, reined in corporate trusts and improved the lives of sweatshop workers. It created modern government, from the Federal Reserve to the nation’s budgetary and civil service policies, and most of the programs on which we depend. Ask Americans today and they will tell you that our government has hit a wall of low performance and high distrust, with huge implications for governance in the country. Instead of a focus on government effectiveness, the movement that spawned the idea of government for the people has become known for creating a big government disconnected from citizens. Donald F. Kettl finds that both political parties have contributed to the decline of the Progressive ideal of a commitment to competence. They have both fed gridlock and created a government that does not work the way citizens expect and deserve. Kettl argues for a rebirth of the original Progressive spirit, not in pursuit of bigger government but with a bipartisan dedication to better government, one that works on behalf of all citizens and that delivers services effectively. He outlines the problems in today’s government, including political pressures, proxy tools, and managerial failures. Escaping Jurassic Government details the strategies, evidence, and people that can strengthen governmental effectiveness and shut down gridlock.
Suburban Gridlock
Robert Cervero
Author : Robert Cervero
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412848688
Suburban Gridlock by Robert Cervero Pdf
Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Urban Policy Research, c1986.
Why Public Service Matters
R. Durant
Author : R. Durant
Publisher : Springer
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137069573
Why Public Service Matters by R. Durant Pdf
Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. It does so, however, with an unflinching eye on the realpolitik that drives public administration in America's "compensatory state" and on the pitfalls of reformers' focus on bureaucratic, rather than democratic, administration. The book links the nation's ability to handle contemporary policy problems with the strategic, tactical, and normative quality of public management. In doing so, it offers newcomers a rare, concise, and accessible overview of the field. Readers will gain an appreciation for the challenges, choices, and opportunities facing public managers as they help advance a sense of common purpose informed by democratic constitutional values in twenty-first century America.
Democratic Multiplicity
James Tully,Keith Cherry,Fonna Forman,Jeanne Morefield,Joshua Nichols,Pablo Ouziel,David Owen,Oliver Schmidtke
Author : James Tully,Keith Cherry,Fonna Forman,Jeanne Morefield,Joshua Nichols,Pablo Ouziel,David Owen,Oliver Schmidtke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781009189026
Democratic Multiplicity by James Tully,Keith Cherry,Fonna Forman,Jeanne Morefield,Joshua Nichols,Pablo Ouziel,David Owen,Oliver Schmidtke Pdf
This edited volume argues that democracy is broader and more diverse than the dominant state-centered, modern representative democracies, to which other modes of democracy are either presumed subordinate or ignored. The contributors seek to overcome the standard opposition of democracy from below (participatory) and democracy from above (representative). Rather, they argue that through differently situated participatory and representative practices, citizens and governments can develop democratic ways of cooperating without hegemony and subordination, and that these relationships can be transformative. This work proposes a slow but sure, nonviolent, eco-social and sustainable process of democratic generation and growth with the capacity to critique and transform unjust and ecologically destructive social systems. This volume integrates human-centric democracies into a more mutual, interdependent and sustainable system on earth whereby everyone gains.
Transportation's Role in Supporting Our Economy and Job Creation
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : MINN:31951D03647221M
Transportation's Role in Supporting Our Economy and Job Creation by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Pdf
Consensus or Conflict?
Huiyao Wang,Alistair Michie
Author : Huiyao Wang,Alistair Michie
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811653919
Consensus or Conflict? by Huiyao Wang,Alistair Michie Pdf
This open access book brings together leading international scholars and policy-makers to explore the challenges and dilemmas of globalization and governance in an era increasingly defined by economic crises, widespread populism, retreating internationalism, and a looming cold war between the United States and China. It provides the diversity of views on those widely concerned topics such as global governance, climate change, global health, migration, S&T revolution, financial market, and sustainable development. It is a truly unique book. Never before has such an authoritative group of essayists come together to develop deep new thinking about global governance that is relevant to current shared global challenges. They express deep concerns about the historically unprecedented upheavals in the world. They describe the unparalleled turbulence that mankind is facing in the form of multiple crises, any one of which has the potential to bring civilization to its knees. The most obvious of these is the threat posed by climate change. They spell out why these perils pose a stark choice for the human race. They stress how any path that leads to conflict increases the risk of catastrophe. In this context, the common thread is that a consensus must be reached about the future of our world. They have put forward many ideas and potential new policies, reflecting their vision of what this consensus should be and how it is the only way forward for the human race.
The End of Nostalgia
Diana Villiers Negroponte
Author : Diana Villiers Negroponte
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815722557
The End of Nostalgia by Diana Villiers Negroponte Pdf
Today's Mexico is strongly determined to become a full player in the globalizing international economy. It has increased its manufacturing output in areas such as automobiles and electronics, and both corporate and government sectors would like to take greater strides toward being a full global player. But do the underlying institutional and cultural elements exist to support such an economic effort? In The End of Nostalgia, editor Diana Villiers Negroponte and colleagues from both sides of the Rio Grande examine the path that Mexico will likely take in the near future. It remains a land in transition, from a one-party political system steeped in a colonial Spanish past toward a modern liberal democracy with open markets. What steps are necessary for this proud nation to continue its momentum toward effective participation in a highly competitive world? Contributors: Armando Chacón is the research director at the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness. Arturo Franco has worked with Cementos de Mexico (CEMEX) and the World Bank. He was a Global Leadership fellow at the World Economic Forum on Latin America, 2008–11. Eduardo Guerrero is a partner at Lantía Consultores in Mexico City, where he works on security assessment. He joined the Secretaría de Gobernación in December 2012. Andrés Rozental holds the permanent rank of Eminent Ambassador of Mexico. He is president of Rozental & Asociados and is a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Christopher Wilson is an associate at the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Duncan Wood is a member of the Mexican National Research System and editorial adviser to Reforma newspaper. Since January 2013, he has been the director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Road Travel Demand Meeting the Challenge
OECD
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264175518
Road Travel Demand Meeting the Challenge by OECD Pdf
This report provides case studies and examples that demonstrate successful approaches to grappling with gridlock around the globe.
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS
Doris Banowsky Arrington
Author : Doris Banowsky Arrington
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Art therapy
ISBN : 9780398083861
HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS by Doris Banowsky Arrington Pdf
This work reflects the author's three decades of clinical practice with children and their families, and adults and their families. Written for students and professionals, this book integrates the two approaches: art therapy and family systems. Although much has been written on art therapy and much, much more literature exists on family therapy, few integrate the two theoretical approaches. The structure of this book reflects the author's personal approach to art. Her art media are painting and combining found objects. The overall theme of family can quickly be seen within it, but this theme is overlaid with art, archetypal patterns and meanings, and symbolic enactments. It is also interfaced with personality development, and in this 'era of the brain,' with neurobiological research. The introduction begins with a brief introduction to Randy and his Dad and Stepmother. Chapter Two begins with the question: 'What is a family?' Chapter Three introduces the reader to the 'Cycle of Love' and the family influences in personality development, seen in personality theorists and theories (e.g., Freud, Jung, attachment and object relations, Eriksson, and Piaget). Stories about Michelle, Elizabeth, Tucker and Carl provide theoretical examples. Since more and more family therapy practice includes violence associated with the unfilled basic human needs of nourishment and nurturing, Chapter Four, 'The Cycle of Violence,' begins with a discussion of violence and its effect on early childhood environments. Chapter Five continues the theme of violence within families, and Chapter Six, 'The Cycle of Healing,' includes a discussion of resilience illustrated by a variety of stories from an integration of family and art therapy. Appendix A is filled with the practical 'how to's' of family art therapy. Appendix B includes the 'how to' interventions, and Appendix C includes key terms and concepts of a select group of family therapy theorists.
When Corporations Leave Town
Joseph Persky,Wim Wiewel
Author : Joseph Persky,Wim Wiewel
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081432908X
When Corporations Leave Town by Joseph Persky,Wim Wiewel Pdf
New suburban communities have sprung up all over America, while industrial plants and other commercial districts in the inner city have been left to decay. Nowhere is this more evident that the midwestern United States, where newly formed communities have funneled jobs and income from the inner city. Generally known as sprawl, the problem is particularly acute in those metropolitan areas where deconcentration is taking place-decline in the central city coupled with suburban growth. This process creates benefits in the sububrs, but also increasingly poses costs in the form of congestion and increased infrastructure costs. When Corporations Leave Town analyzes and develops a consistent and comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of employment deconcentration, focussing on central cities and their suburbs. Sprawl and deconcentration have become big issues in Vice President Albert Gore's presidential campaign, and are the subject of a growing number of policy initiatives, conferences, and research efforts by organizing such as the Urban Land Institute, the National Homebuilders Association, and the Brookings Institute. Joseph Persky and Wim Wiewel compare the costs and benefits of a firm's locating in the central city with locating in the suburbs. They use a hypothetical model of a large manufacturing plant and a business services office in the Chicago metropolitan area to calculate tangible and intangible costs such as population and traffic congestion, air pollution, housing abandonment, loss of farmland, tax liabilities, and the strain put on suburban public resources. Persky and Wiewel then explore a broad range of public policies advocated for reversing or mitigating metropolitan deconcentration.