[PDF] From Neighborhood To Nation eBook

Author : Ken Thomson
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1584658304

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A study of the unique impact of participatory and representative democracy on policy outcomes at local, state, and national levels.

Author : Yannis Ioannides
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 14,66 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691126852

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Just as we learn from, influence, and are influenced by others, our social interactions drive economic growth in cities, regions, and nations--determining where households live, how children learn, and what cities and firms produce. From Neighborhoods to Nations synthesizes the recent economics of social interactions for anyone seeking to understand the contributions of this important area. Integrating theory and empirics, Yannis Ioannides explores theoretical and empirical tools that economists use to investigate social interactions, and he shows how a familiarity with these tools is essential for interpreting findings. The book makes work in the economics of social interactions accessible to other social scientists, including sociologists, political scientists, and urban planning and policy researchers. Focusing on individual and household location decisions in the presence of interactions, Ioannides shows how research on cities and neighborhoods can explain communities' composition and spatial form, as well as changes in productivity, industrial specialization, urban expansion, and national growth. The author examines how researchers address the challenge of separating personal, social, and cultural forces from economic ones. Ioannides provides a toolkit for the next generation of inquiry, and he argues that quantifying the impact of social interactions in specific contexts is essential for grasping their scope and use in informing policy. Revealing how empirical work on social interactions enriches our understanding of cities as engines of innovation and economic growth, From Neighborhoods to Nations carries ramifications throughout the social sciences and beyond.

Author : Olivia Cadaval
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000526100

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First published in 1999 in this study the author uses the annual Latino Festival as a framework for focusing the action and integrating many important informal and formal aspects of the Washington D.C. Latino Community. She demonstrates how the festival became a stage where relationships were defined, networks established, and identity enacted, and provided my window into the history and development of the community. For this study, she was interested in an interpretative framework appropriate to festival which would reflect the multiple voices and points of view found within the community. Seeking the voices of leaders and community members in interviews and in Spanish- and English-language newspapers.

Author : Sally Ann Hastings
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0822977184

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In this pre-World War II analysis of working-class areas of Tokyo, primarily its Honjo ward, Hastings shows that bureaucrats, particularly in the Home Ministry, were concerned with the needs of their citizens and took significant steps to protect the city's working families and the poor. She also demonstrates that the public participated broadly in politics, through organizations such as reservist groups, national youth leagues, neighborhood organizations, as well as growing suffrage and workplace organizations.