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After the Cure
Even when effective treatments become available, efforts to control disease often fall short. Written to improve the prospects for managing AIDS, this work draws on previous …
Attack Politics
This second edition of ""Attack Politics"" updates Emmett Buell and Lee Sigelman's highly regarded study of negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960 with a substantial new …
Black Social Capital
An examination of why school reform has been difficult to achieve in Baltimore. It reveals the struggles of black civic leaders and the limitations placed on Baltimore's African …
Building Civic Capacity
The authors of this work contend that it is essential for all important actors in an urban community to join together in a shared vision of what is wrong in their schools and how …
Bureau Men, Settlement Women
This work offers a look at the early intellectual history of public administration. It recovers the forgotten contributions of women to show that they were ultimately more …
Challenging the Growth Machine
Urban politics often features the conflict between ""pro-growth"" coalitions, centred around downtown developments, and a neighbouhood component. This study examines why …
Changing Urban Education
This text examines the factors that shape, reinforce or undermine reform efforts in urban education. It proposes that the barrier to reform can only be overcome by understanding …
City Schools and City Politics
An explanation of why some US cities are better at educational reform than others. It relates education to politics, showing how the ""whole village"" can be mobilized to better …
Civil Servants and Their Constitutions
Public administration as an American profession originated in the early twentieth century with urban reformers advocating the application of scientific and business practices to …
Communication in Congress
This study of how the American Congress communicates shows that although at any one time there are relatively few in Congress undertaking extensive searches for information, the …
Controlling Public Education
Drawing upon democratic theory and the results of field research, Kathryn McDermott contends that the American educational system can be made more democratic by centralizing …
Cooperative Pluralism
National business and political leaders, President Clinton included, are urging greater consultation among conflicting interest groups and government to come up with cooperative …