05010nam 2200673 450 991082214480332120200520144314.00-8014-5518-910.7591/9780801455186(CKB)3710000000311099(OCoLC)897815028(CaPaEBR)ebrary10993842(SSID)ssj0001382540(PQKBManifestationID)12604111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001382540(PQKBWorkID)11459097(PQKB)10900841(OCoLC)1080550911(MdBmJHUP)muse58430(DE-B1597)496436(DE-B1597)9780801455186(Au-PeEL)EBL3138686(CaPaEBR)ebr10993842(CaONFJC)MIL751612(MiAaPQ)EBC3138686(EXLCZ)99371000000031109920141220h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrCrossing Broadway Washington Heights and the promise of New York City /Robert W. Snyder ; cover design by Scott Levine ; cover photography by Matthew GallawayIthaca, New York :Cornell University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (309 p.)Includes index.1-336-20326-9 0-8014-4961-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Maps --Prologue. A Place I Thought I Knew --Chapter 1. An Ordinary Neighborhood In An Extraordinary City --Chapter 2. A Useless And Terrible Death --Chapter 3. Apartness Rules Our Roost --Chapter 4. In The Shadow Of The South Bronx --Chapter 5. Crack Years --Chapter 6. A New Neighborhood In A New City --Epilogue. Bittersweet Victory --Acknowledgments --Notes --IndexIn the 1970's, when the South Bronx burned and the promise of New Deal New York and postwar America gave way to despair, the people of Washington Heights at the northern tip of Manhattan were increasingly vulnerable. The Heights had long been a neighborhood where generations of newcomers-Irish, Jewish, Greek, African American, Cuban, and Puerto Rican-carved out better lives in their adopted city. But as New York City shifted from an industrial base to a service economy, new immigrants from the Dominican Republic struggled to gain a foothold. Then the crack epidemic of the 1980's and the drug wars sent Washington Heights to the brink of an urban nightmare. But it did not go over the edge. Robert W. Snyder's Crossing Broadway tells how disparate groups overcame their mutual suspicions to rehabilitate housing, build new schools, restore parks, and work with the police to bring safety to streets racked by crime and fear. It shows how a neighborhood once nicknamed "Frankfurt on the Hudson" for its large population of German Jews became "Quisqueya Heights"-the home of the nation's largest Dominican community. The story of Washington Heights illuminates New York City's long passage from the Great Depression and World War II through the urban crisis to the globalization and economic inequality of the twenty-first century. Washington Heights residents played crucial roles in saving their neighborhood, but its future as a home for working-class and middle-class people is by no means assured. The growing gap between rich and poor in contemporary New York puts new pressure on the Heights as more affluent newcomers move into buildings that once sustained generations of wage earners and the owners of small businesses. Crossing Broadway is based on historical research, reporting, and oral histories. Its narrative is powered by the stories of real people whose lives illuminate what was won and lost in northern Manhattan's journey from the past to the present. A tribute to a great American neighborhood, this book shows how residents learned to cross Broadway-over the decades a boundary that has separated black and white, Jews and Irish, Dominican-born and American-born-and make common cause in pursuit of one of the most precious rights: the right to make a home and build a better life in New York City.Electronic booksHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)bisacshWashington Heights (New York, N.Y.)Social conditions20th centuryWashington Heights, New York City, neighborhood crime, urban crisis, Dominicans, Jews, Irish, gentrification.Electronic books.HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA).974.7/1Snyder Robert W.1955-1012891Levine ScottGallaway MatthewMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822144803321Crossing Broadway3966824UNINA04054nam 22005895 450 991036990970332120251116212340.03-030-14140-310.1007/978-3-030-14140-0(CKB)4100000008103749(MiAaPQ)EBC5771002(DE-He213)978-3-030-14140-0(PPN)259459763(EXLCZ)99410000000810374920190503d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAnti-corruption evidence the role of parliaments in curbing corruption /edited by Rick Stapenhurst, Rasheed Draman, Brooke Larson, Anthony Staddon1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2020.1 online resource (220 pages) illustrationsStudies in Public Choice,0924-4700 ;343-030-14139-X Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: Corruption: Its Causes and Consequences -- Chapter 2: Parliament and Corruption: Theory and Research Design -- Chapter 3: Ghana -- Chapter 4: Nigeria -- Chapter 5: Uganda -- Chapter 6: Tanzania -- Chapter 7: Caribbean -- Chapter 8: Myanmar -- Chapter 9: Oversight and Extractive Industries -- Chapter 10: Oversight and Public Procurement (the Case of Zambia) -- Chapter 11: Motivation of MPs: Political Will -- Conclusion: Parliament and Corruption: A Synthesis.This book discusses parliamentary oversight and its role in curbing corruption in developing countries. Over the past decade, a growing body of research at the global and regional levels has demonstrated that parliamentary oversight is an important determinant of corruption and that effective oversight of public expenditure is an essential component of national anti-corruption strategies and programs. However, little research has been undertaken at the country level regarding how parliamentary oversight is undertaken, which oversight mechanisms are effective or on how national parliaments interact with other anti-corruption stakeholders. This book presents the results of a new large-scale, quantitative analysis which identifies the mechanisms through which institutional arrangements impact corruption, specifically through country case studies on the Caribbean region, Ghana, Myanmar, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. Addressing a gap in scholarly knowledge while presenting practical policy advice for parliaments and for anti-corruption assistance agencies, this book will be of use to scholars interested in development, anti-corruption, public finance, as well as members of parliament, anti-corruption practitioners, and organizations working in parliamentary strengthening.Studies in Public Choice,0924-4700 ;34Public policyPolitical scienceCommunication in politicsPublic Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911060Governance and Governmenthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911220Political Communicationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911030Public policy.Political science.Communication in politics.Public Policy.Governance and Government.Political Communication.320.91724364.1323Stapenhurst Rickedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtDraman Rasheededthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtLarson Brookeedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtStaddon Anthonyedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910369909703321Anti-Corruption Evidence2210767UNINA