ASPA National Weblog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Thank goodness law and policy guides our institutional tradition in transitioning leadership. Be aware and thankful that our elections do not result in you being run out-of-town or jailed, as seen in Turkey and other nations undergoing leadership change. Many people have not recovered from the Great Recession.

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Laws Leadership Voting Campaign 130

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While the Roxbury initiative was voted on, twice, it didn't pass (" Separatist City of Mandela : Boston Voting on Proposal to Let Black Areas Secede ," Los Angeles Times ). And how Black elected leadership didn't make a lot of difference to urban outcomes compared to their more recent white predecessors.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Voting Laws Leadership 52

Masters in Public Administration

JUNE 13, 2011

Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. Machiavelli also established leadership qualities in subordinates. In modern voting, this process is often called the political machine and is now done in a less blatant way. At this time the U.S.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Laws Voting Public Safety 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. The Height Limit discussions. I won't go into it, because it has been discussed elsewhere. Other gaps in the planning process.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Elected Officials Housing Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Public Realm as an Interconnected system, Slide from presentation, "Leadership and the Role of Parks and Recreation in the New Economy," David Barth and Carlos Perez, AECOM. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The Partnership concentrates on this specific point of intervention in a systems innovation and leadership approach – improving the way knowledge, expertise and real progress “on the ground” can influence and change the way the rules of the system are made and changed.

Regulations 59

Regulations Public Sector Government Constituents 59

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

. “I don’t think that any existing institutions are going to leap to the leadership of the movement,” said Sidney Tarrow, emeritus professor of government at Cornell University. “If this movement is real, and if it’s powerful, it will create its own institutions” (Kavoussi, 2011).

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40