Author: Lois CraigPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
The Federal Presence. Architecture, Politics, and Symbols in United States Government Building
Author: Lois CraigThe Federal Presence
Author: Lois A. CraigPublisher: Mit Press
ISBN: 9780262530590
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
This kaleidoscopic survey of architecture and design traces the federal government's role in shaping America's built environment from L'Enfant's baroque plan for Washington, D.C. to the space-age technology of Cape Canaveral. Its rich exhibit of documents and photographic material accompanied by a lively text reveal the U.S. government to be one of the most active, and at times most creative, patrons of architecture and design.
The Federal Presence
Author: Lois A. CraigPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The Federal Presence
Author: CraigFederal Presence in Nigeria. The 'Sung' and 'Unsung' Basis for Ethnic Grievance
Author: O. EgwaikhidePublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 2869783965
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Minorities of the oil-producing states are seriously disturbed by the inequity that is apparent from the existing principles of revenue allocation in Nigeria. In taking issues with them and other southern advocates of new revenue allocation criteria, the dominant north's organic intellectuals have always relied on the obvious concentration of economic and commercial activities in southern Nigeria to refute the argument that the north is the greater beneficiary of Nigeria's wealth. Scholarly contribution to the ethno-regional debate on the equity of resource allocation has been anchored to the same popular platform, namely, the criteria for inter-governmental revenue allocation. It is as if they absolutely embody the revelation about equity or inequity of resource allocation in Nigeria where the federal government has retained between 48.5 per cent and 56 per cent of the federation account, let alone revenues unpaid into this account. This study marks a departure from the orthodox focus on Nigeria's ethnic problems, including the contentious demand of the southern minorities for an increase in the weight assigned the principle of derivation, by examining federal expenditures to determine the distribution of federal presence, and thus winners and losers, bearing in mind that the entire country is federal government's coverage.
State Leadership and the Federal Presence in Education
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
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Category : Education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The Submerged State
Author: Suzanne MettlerPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226521664
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
“Keep your government hands off my Medicare!” Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler’s provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even though they receive them? The Obama administration has been roundly criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. Mettler argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the “submerged state.” In recent decades, federal policymakers have increasingly shunned the outright disbursing of benefits to individuals and families and favored instead less visible and more indirect incentives and subsidies, from tax breaks to payments for services to private companies. These submerged policies, Mettler shows, obscure the role of government and exaggerate that of the market. As a result, citizens are unaware not only of the benefits they receive, but of the massive advantages given to powerful interests, such as insurance companies and the financial industry. Neither do they realize that the policies of the submerged state shower their largest benefits on the most affluent Americans, exacerbating inequality. Mettler analyzes three Obama reforms—student aid, tax relief, and health care—to reveal the submerged state and its consequences, demonstrating how structurally difficult it is to enact policy reforms and even to obtain public recognition for achieving them. She concludes with recommendations for reform to help make hidden policies more visible and governance more comprehensible to all Americans. The sad truth is that many American citizens do not know how major social programs work—or even whether they benefit from them. Suzanne Mettler’s important new book will bring government policies back to the surface and encourage citizens to reclaim their voice in the political process.
World War I and the Federal Presence in New Mexico
Author: David V. HoltbyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Federal Intervention in American Police Departments
Author: Stephen RushinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107105730
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This book evaluates how structural reform litigation initiated by federal intervention has transformed police departments and reduced law enforcement misconduct.
This Grand Experiment
Author: Jessica ZiparoPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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