Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The Economic Future of Metropolitan Milwaukee
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic forecasting
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This Could Be the Start of Something Big
Author: Manuel Pastor Jr.Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801459125
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
For nearly two decades, progressives have been dismayed by the steady rise of the right in U.S. politics. Often lost in the gloom and doom about American politics is a striking and sometimes underanalyzed phenomenon: the resurgence of progressive politics and movements at a local level. Across the country, urban coalitions, including labor, faith groups, and community-based organizations, have come together to support living wage laws and fight for transit policies that can move the needle on issues of working poverty. Just as striking as the rise of this progressive resurgence has been its reception among unlikely allies. In places as diverse as Chicago, Atlanta, and San Jose, the usual business resistance to pro-equity policies has changed, particularly when it comes to issues like affordable housing and more efficient transportation systems. To see this change and its possibilities requires that we recognize a new thread running through many local efforts: a perspective and politics that emphasizes "regional equity." Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, and Martha Matsuoka offer their analysis with an eye toward evaluating what has and has not worked in various campaigns to achieve regional equity. The authors show how momentum is building as new policies addressing regional infrastructure, housing, and workforce development bring together business and community groups who share a common desire to see their city and region succeed. Drawing on a wealth of case studies as well as their own experience in the field, Pastor, Benner, and Matsuoka point out the promise and pitfalls of this new approach, concluding that what they term social movement regionalism might offer an important contribution to the revitalization of progressive politics in America.
Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability
Author: Christopher de SousaPublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 0080453589
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.
Continually Working
Author: Crystal Marie MotenPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826505597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Continually Working tells the stories of Black working women who resisted employment inequality in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the 1940s to the 1970s. The book explores the job-related activism of Black Midwestern working women and uncovers the political and intellectual strategies they used to critique and resist employment discrimination, dismantle unjust structures, and transform their lives and the lives of those in their community. Moten emphasizes the ways in which Black women transformed the urban landscape by simultaneously occupying spaces from which they had been historically excluded and creating their own spaces. Black women refused to be marginalized within the historically white and middle‑class Milwaukee Young Women's Christian Association (MYWCA), an association whose mission centered on supporting women in urban areas. Black women forged interracial relationships within this organization and made it, not without much conflict and struggle, one of the most socially progressive organizations in the city. When Black women could not integrate historically white institutions, they created their own. They established financial and educational institutions, such as Pressley School of Beauty Culture, which beautician Mattie Pressley DeWese opened in 1946 as a result of segregation in the beauty training industry. This school served economic, educational, and community development purposes as well as created economic opportunities for Black women. Historically and contemporarily, Milwaukee has been and is still known as one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Black women have always contested urban inequality, by making space for themselves and others on the margins. In so doing, they have transformed both the urban landscape and urban history.
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003: The Judiciary ... Related Agencies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: National Endowment for the ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to the arts
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.
The Catholic Church in State Politics
Author: David A. YamanePublisher: Sheed & Ward
ISBN: 1461604397
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
What role, if any, should religion play in politics? By what authority and methods does the Catholic Church apply its teachings to public policy discourse? How do Bishops and lay leaders work together in Catholic conferences, and how do they work with political leaders? What impact do they have? The political advocacy of the American Catholic Bishops at the state level is one of the Church's best-kept secrets. In this groundbreaking work, David Yamane reveals the rich history, accomplishments, and challenges of bishops and their lay colleagues in local politics. Through sociological analysis, up-to-date examples, and personal interviews, Yamane explains how the local Catholic advocacy organizations in thirty-three states and Washington, D.C., negotiate the tension between the prophetic demands of faith and the political realities of secular political institutions. The Catholic Church in State Politics invites readers to understand better the role of religion in the public square.
Amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to Extend the Authorizations for a Three-year Period, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Economic Development of ..., 94-1
Author: United States. Congress. House. Public Works and Transportation CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, Alternatives Analysis
Author: To Amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to Extend the Authorizations for a Three-year Period
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public service employment
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description