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Summer in the City takes a clear look at John Lindsay's tenure as
mayor of New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, when President
Lyndon Johnson launched his ambitious Great Society Program.
Providing an even-handed reassessment of Lindsay's legacy and the
policies of the period, the essays in this volume skillfully
dissect his kaleidoscope of progressive ideas and approach to
leadership - all set in a perfect storm of huge demographic
changes, growing fiscal stress, and an unprecedented commitment by
the federal government to attain a more equal society. Compelling
archival photos and a timeline give readers a window into the
mythic 1960s, a period animated by civil rights marches, demands
for black power, antiwar demonstrations, and a heroic
intergovernmental effort to redistribute national resources more
evenly. Written by prize-winning authors and leading scholars, each
chapter covers a distinct aspect of Lindsay's mayoralty (politics,
race relations, finance, public management, architecture, economic
development, and the arts), while Joseph P. Viteritti's
introductory and concluding essays offer an honest and nuanced
portrait of Lindsay and the prospects for shaping more balanced
public priorities as New York City ushers in a new era of
progressive leadership. The volume's sharp focus on the
controversies of the Mad Men era will appeal not only to older
readers who witnessed its explosive events, but also to younger
readers eager for a deeper understanding of the time. A progressive
Republican with bold ideals and a fervent belief in the American
Dream, Lindsay strove to harness the driving forces of
modernization, democratization, acculturation, inclusion, growth,
and social justice in ways that will inform our thinking about the
future of the city. Contributors: Lizabeth Cohen, Paul Goldberger,
Brian Goldstein, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Mariana Mogilevich, Charles
R. Morris, David Rogers, Clarence Taylor, and Joseph P. Viteritti.
The Mississippi Secession Convention is the first full treatment of
any secession convention to date. Studying the Mississippi
convention of 1861 offers insight into how and why southern states
seceded and the effects of such a breech. Based largely on primary
sources, this book provides a unique insight into the broader
secession movement. There was more to the secession convention than
the mere act of leaving the Union, which was done only three days
into the deliberations. The rest of the three-week January 1861
meeting as well as an additional week in March saw the delegates
debate and pass a number of important ordinances that for a time
governed the state. As seen through the eyes of the delegates
themselves, with rich research into each member, this book provides
a compelling overview of the entire proceeding. The effects of the
convention gain the most analysis in this study, including the
political processes that, after the momentous vote, morphed into
unlikely alliances. Those on opposite ends of the secession
question quickly formed new political allegiances in a
predominantly Confederate-minded convention. These new political
factions formed largely over the issues of central versus local
authority, which quickly played into Confederate versus state
issues during the Civil War. In addition, author Timothy B. Smith
considers the lasting consequences of defeat, looking into the
effect secession and war had on the delegates themselves and, by
extension, their state, Mississippi.
The first textbook to explain the full range of operations in Welsh
governance and politics for AS, A2 and undergraduate studentsThis
new textbook explains Welsh devolution through the use of case
studies, critical analysis and clear explanations of processes and
terms. As the Welsh Assembly moves towards becoming a Welsh
Parliament and the Welsh Government fashions a Welsh policy agenda,
distinct from Westminster, students of British politics will learn
how Welsh politics works in practice and how it is evolving.Key
featuresSpecially written by teachers and lecturers for students of
Welsh government and politics on AS, A2 and undergraduate courses10
case studies illuminate the nature and analysis of Welsh
politicsDetailed, critical analysis of the National Assembly and
the law-making process explains how laws are made in Wales, which
is different from the rest of the UK Divided into short, easy-to
read sub-sections, with worked examples and analysis tailored to
student needsIncludes a glossary of key terms that are essential to
understanding Welsh government and politics but are hard to find in
a Welsh context
From small-scale experiments, deliberative mini-publics have
recently taken a constitutional turn in Europe. Iceland and Ireland
have turned to deliberative democracy to reform their
constitutions. Estonia, Luxembourg and Romania have also
experienced constitutional process in a deliberative mode. In
Belgium the G1000, a citizen-led initiative of deliberative
democracy, has fostered a wider societal debate about the role and
place of citizens in the country's democracy. At the same time,
European institutions have introduced different forms of
deliberative democracy as a way to connect citizens back in. These
empirical cases are emblematic of a possibly constitutional turn in
deliberative democracy in Europe. The purpose of this book is to
critically assess these developments, bringing together academics
involved in the designing of these new forms of constitutional
deliberative democracy with the theorists who propagated the ideas
and evaluated democratic standards.
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