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The CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States
The CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States will bring the CQ Press reference guide approach to topics in urban politics and policy in the United States. If the old adage that “all politics is local” is even partially true, then cities are important centers for political activity and for the delivery of public goods and services. U.S. cities are diverse in terms of their political and economic development, demographic makeup, governance structures, and public policies. Yet there are some durable patterns across American cities, too. Despite differences in governance and/or geographic size, most cities face similar challenges in the management of public finances, ...
DeVasTaTioN
This story is about a teenage daughter of a physician, who because of her inquisitiveness, stumbled onto the possibility that her father was a medical doctor impostor for some twenty-five years. This conundrum led her to go into a type of treasure hunt causing her to find a hidden journal which described the whole scenario on how this fraud came about. Because of the DeVasTaTioN this information, if made known, would most likely cause to the family, the medical practice and the community, she had to surreptitiously verify the validity of this information. Once proved, she had the responsibility of what to do with this information. Through consultations, struggles and unbelievable emotions, her father was arrested, tried, found guilty and was jailed. There are many heartfelt side stories and eventual positivities as this story plays out and concludes.
The Cygnus Agenda
When investigative journalist Jessica Hahn teams up with ex Justice Department official Arnie Krench to uncover the truth behind the bizarre killing of three U.S. Marines in a Texas parking lot, the trail leads to Honduras, Panama and back to Washington D.C.
The University as Urban Developer: Case Studies and Analysis
Integrating topics in urban development, real estate, higher education administration, urban design, and campus landscape architecture, this is the first book to explore the role of the university as developer. Accessible and clearly written, and including contributions from authorities in a wide range of related areas, it offers a rich array of case studies and analyses that clarify the important roles that universities play in the growth and development of cities. The cases describe a host of university practices, community responses, and policy initiatives surrounding university real estate development. Through a careful blending of academic analysis and practical, hands-on administrative and political information, the book charts new ground in the study of the university and the city.
American Urban Politics in a Global Age
Bringing together a selection of readings that represent some of the most important trends and topics in urban scholarship today, American Urban Politics provides historical context and contemporary commentaries on the economy, politics, culture and identity of American cities. This seventh edition examines the ability of highly autonomous local governments to grapple with the serious challenges of recent years, challenges such as the stresses of the lingering economic crisis, and a series of recent natural disasters. Features: Each chapter is introduced by an editor's essay that places the readings into context and highlights their central ideas and findings. Division into three historical periods emphasizes both the changes and continuities in American urban politics over time. The reader is the perfect complement for Judd & Swanstrom's City Politics: The Political Economy of Urban American, 7/e, also available in a new edition (ISBN 0-205-03246-X)
Thick Space
Could the concepts of »metropolitanism« and »thick space« aid our understanding of historical and contemporary urban change? Essays by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic provide interdisciplinary approaches to the complex dynamics of large-scale urbanization. The book opens with conceptual questions regarding the development of metropoles and metropolitan studies. The following sections provide analyses of the social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of metropolitan spaces from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective, such as the role of planning and urban parks, the impact of ethnic diversity and segregation, the place of cinematic visions or the centrality of infrastructures and architecture.
