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Defining Democracy

Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City

By: Daniel O. Prosterman

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Defining Democracy

Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City

By: Daniel O. Prosterman

Defining Democracy reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the early Cold War. For a decade, New Yorkers utilized a new voting system that produced the most diverse legislatures in the city's history and challenged the American two-party structure. Daniel O. Prosterman examines struggles over electoral reform in New York City to clarify our understanding of democracy's evolution in the United States and the world.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195377737

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9780195377736

Law, Property and Disasters

Adaptive Perspectives from the Global South

By: Daniel Fitzpatrick,Caroline Compton

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Law, Property and Disasters

Adaptive Perspectives from the Global South

By: Daniel Fitzpatrick,Caroline Compton

This book re-considers property law for a future of environmental disruption. As slogans such as “build the wall” or “stop the boats” affect public policy, there are counter-questions as to whether positivist or statist notions of property are fit for purpose in a time of human mobility and environmental disruption. State-centric property laws construct legal fictions of sovereign control over land, notwithstanding the persistent reality of informal settlements in many parts of the Global South. In a world affected by catastrophic disasters, this book develops a vision of adaptive governance for property in land based on a critical re-assessment of state-centric property law. This book will appeal to a broad readership with interests in legal theory, property law, adaptive governance, international development, refugee studies, postcolonial studies, and natural disasters.

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192

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Routledge

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1000391795

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9781000391794

Citizen Baby: My President

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

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Citizen Baby: My President

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

Get to know what the president does with Citizen Baby! What does the president do all day? Citizen Baby knows! Learn all about the most powerful person in the world from the most powerful person in the household. Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about the presidency in this adorable, informative board book.

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Penguin

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1524793159

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9781524793159

Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice

The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization

By: Daniel Faber

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Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice

The Polluter-Industrial Complex in the Age of Globalization

By: Daniel Faber

Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice provides a comprehensive overview of the achievements and challenges confronting the environmental justice movement. Pressured by increased international competition and the demand for higher profits, industrial and political leaders are working to weaken many of America's most essential environmental, occupational, and consumer protection laws. In addition, corporate-led globalization exports many ecological hazards abroad. The result is a deepening of the ecological crisis in both the United States and the Global South. However, not all people are impacted equally. In this process of capital restructuring, it is the most marginalized segments of society -poor people of color and the working class-that suffer the greatest force of corporate environmental abuses. Daniel Faber, a leading environmental sociologist, analyzes the global political and economic forces that create these environmental injustices. With a multi-disciplinary approach, Faber presents both broad overviews and powerful insider case studies, examining the connections between many different struggles for change. Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice explores compelling movements to challenge the polluter-industrial complex and bring about meaningful social transformation.

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317

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742563448

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9780742563445

Left in the Center

The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy

By: Daniel Soyer

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Left in the Center

The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy

By: Daniel Soyer

Daniel Soyer's history of the Liberal Party of New York State, Left in the Center, shows the surprising relationship between Democratic Socialism and mainstream American politics. Beginning in 1944 and lasting until 2002, the Liberal Party offered voters an ideological seal of approval and played the role of strategic kingmaker in the electoral politics of New York State. The party helped elect presidents, governors, senators, and mayors, and its platform reflected its founders' social democratic principles. In practical politics, the Liberal Party's power resided in its capacity to steer votes to preferred Democrats or Republicans with a reasonable chance of victory. This uneasy balance between principle and pragmatism, which ultimately proved impossible to maintain, is at the heart of the dramatic political story presented in Left in the Center. The Liberal Party, the longest-lived of New York's small parties, began as a means for anti-Communist social democrats to have an impact on the politics and policy of New York City, Albany, and Washington, DC. It provided a political voice for labor activists, independent liberals, and pragmatic social democrats. Although the party devolved into what some saw as a cynical patronage machine, it remained a model for third-party power and for New York's influential Conservative and, later, the Working Families parties. With an active period ranging from the successful senatorial career of Jacob Javits to the mayoralties of John Lindsay and Rudy Giuliani, the Liberal Party effectively shaped the politics and policy of New York. The practical gains and political cost of that complicated trade-off is at the heart of Left in the Center.

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Cornell University Press

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1501759892

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9781501759895

The Development of Electricity Markets in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

Trends and Prospects for Liberalization and Regional Integration

By: Daniel Müller-Jentsch

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The Development of Electricity Markets in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

Trends and Prospects for Liberalization and Regional Integration

By: Daniel Müller-Jentsch

Annotation The main objective of this report is to outline key policy issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve energy sector reform at the national and regional levels.

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World Bank Publications

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0821349104

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9780821349106

Subnational Budgeting in Russia

Preempting a Potential Crisis

By: Lev M. Freinkman,Daniel Treisman,Stepan Titov

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Subnational Budgeting in Russia

Preempting a Potential Crisis

By: Lev M. Freinkman,Daniel Treisman,Stepan Titov

Not only are Russia's regions economically diverse, but the policies that regional governments have adopted to deal with the strains of economic transition also vary widely. Some regions have generally embraced market reforms, while others have sought to preserve enclaves of socialism, with price restrictions, large subsidies, and barriers to trade." Reforms of Russia's budgetary system at the subnational level are vital to preserve macroeconomic stability, improve the efficiency and accountability of government, and enhance incentives for local and regional governments to vigorously support economic growth. Previous analytical and reform efforts have focused on possible changes at the federal level and in the system of center-region relations. An opportunity now exists to make progress by providing reform advice and conditional aid to policymakers at the regional and subregional level. This report focuses on opportunities for reform at the subnational level. It reviews recent trends in fiscal adjustment, budgeting, and government debt at the regional and local levels in Russia. It analyzes major problems and suggests a number of measures and performance indicators that could form part of a reform strategy initiated by the Government of Russia.

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World Bank Publications

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0821345931

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9780821345931

Citizen Baby: My Congress

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

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Citizen Baby: My Congress

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

Get to know Congress with Citizen Baby! How does Congress work? A house divided against itself cannot stand, and neither can Citizen Baby (yet!). Come along as Citizen Baby cuts through the partisan rancor to reveal the inner workings of the legislative branch. Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about Congress in this adorable, informative board book.

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Penguin

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1524793175

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Citizen Baby: My Vote

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

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Citizen Baby: My Vote

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

Get to know the voting process with Citizen Baby! Citizen Baby knows a thing or two about voting. It's important to meet the candidates (they love babies!) and to call voters. Plus, you get a sticker at the polls! Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about voting in this adorable, informative board book.

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1524793132

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Citizen Baby: My Supreme Court

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

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Citizen Baby: My Supreme Court

By: Megan E. Bryant,Daniel Prosterman

Get to know the Supreme Court with Citizen Baby! What makes the Supreme Court so supreme? Citizen Baby will consider the evidence and rule on what many consider to be the most powerful branch of government. Children and adults alike will enjoy learning about the highest court in the land in this adorable, informative board book.

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Defining Democracy

Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City

By: Daniel O. Prosterman

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Defining Democracy

Electoral Reform and the Struggle for Power in New York City

By: Daniel O. Prosterman

This title reveals the history of a little-known experiment in urban democracy begun in New York City during the Great Depression and abolished amid the early Cold War.

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