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“michael l abels”

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  • Policy Making in the Public Interest

    A Text and Workbook for Local Government

    by Michael L. Abels ...
    Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community ... Read more

    Was $64.99 USD Now $57.99 USD

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  • Rose City Vice

    Portland in the 70's Dirty Cops and Dirty Robbers

    by Phil Stanford ...
    The City of Roses, as natives of Portland, Oregon like to call it, has a long and honorable history of crime and corruption, starting as far back as the post-Civil War frontier days, leading into the mobster-infused decades of the twentieth century when prohibition, prostitution, gambling, and hard drugs besieged the town.The so-called Great Portland Vice Scandal of 1956-57 spilled into national ... Read more

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  • Becoming a Citizen Activist

    Stories, Strategies & Advice for Changing Our World

    by Nick Licata ...
    A bipartisan self-help guide to political activism for citizens wanting to improve the world around them—with real-life examples and practical tips—from one of Seattle’s most celebrated leadersFrom post-inauguration rallies to #NoDAPL and the Black Lives Matter movement to the global Women’s March on Washington, the people are exercising their power through protest and community organizing in a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Comparative Metropolitan Policy

    Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis

    by Jen Nelles ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to sustain cultural infrastructure in metropolitan regions. In this era of fragmented authority, local ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Coordination between Media and Local Governments

    by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed ...
    Series series Local Government
    The newspapers, magazines, radio, television – collectively called paper and electronic media – are the only means for the Local Governments to inform the people about their functions to solve most of their local problems. On its side, the media may also be interested in what is being done for improving the life and surroundings of their own audience.The study explores the factors behind the need ... Read more

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  • Patronage and Power

    Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China

    by Ben Hillman ...
    Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change.While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Winning Elections in the 21st Century

    by Dick Simpson, Betty O'Shaughnessy ...
    A national cochair of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama when few thought he could ever be elected, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is here to tell you: Yes, you can! And the book she recommends for candidates, campaign staff, volunteers, and citizens is Winning Elections in the 21st Century, a handbook for anyone who wants to know how campaigns are run and won today.Written by two longtime ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Turmoil and Transition in Boston

    A Political Memoir from the Busing Era

    by Lawrence S. DiCara ...
    Turmoil and Transition in Boston tells the personal and political story of Larry DiCara, the youngest person ever elected to the Boston City Council. DiCara’s story is intimately woven into the fate of his hometown of Boston. Then a federal court order mandating busing to achieve racial integration in the public schools ripped apart his city. DiCara shows how public policy decisions and economic ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Pothole Confidential

    My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis

    by R.T. Rybak ...
    A pajama party at the Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport inadvertently helped launch R.T. Rybak’s political career (imagine a rumba line one hundred protesters long chanting, “We deserve to sleep, hey!”), but his earliest lessons in leadership occurred during his childhood. Growing up in a middle-class neighborhood, attending private school with students who had much more than he did, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Federalism, Secession, and the American State

    Divided, We Secede

    by Lawrence M. Anderson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in North American Politics
    One important tradition in political science conceives of the Civil War in the United States serving as the functional equivalent of the English and French Revolutions, bringing with it the victory of liberal democratic industrialism over aristocratic agriculturalism. From this perspective, the Civil War is notable for its impact on the American state. Surprisingly however, little attention has ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe

    The Rebirth of Local Democracy

    Edited by Andrew Coulson, Adrian Campbell ...
    Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After theVelvet Revolutions of 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new states created an elected local government, whereby cities, towns and villages elected the ... Read more

    $234.99 USD

  • Get Yourself Elected

    Quick Tips for Winning a Local Election

    by Tammy Pickering Barnett ...
    Tammy Pickering Barnett, a leadership and communications training consultant and past political candidate, provides practical tips for running a campaign and getting elected in this easy-to-read booklet.Get practical guidance on developing and honing your message, building a strong campaign team, getting organized, appealing to volunteers, and connecting with voters.Those are just the first steps ... Read more

    $3.99 USD