03321nam 2200661Ia 450 991081437310332120200520144314.01-282-49591-797866124959150-7391-4435-9(CKB)2520000000007039(EBL)500948(OCoLC)609533546(SSID)ssj0000435343(PQKBManifestationID)12127416(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000435343(PQKBWorkID)10421871(PQKB)10412071(SSID)ssj0000358755(PQKBManifestationID)12081583(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358755(PQKBWorkID)10380115(PQKB)11521244(MiAaPQ)EBC500948(Au-PeEL)EBL500948(CaPaEBR)ebr10367397(CaONFJC)MIL249591(EXLCZ)99252000000000703920091015d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocratic destiny and the District of Columbia federal politics and public policy /edited by Ronald Walters and Toni-Michelle TravisLanham Lexington Books20101 online resource (293 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2716-0 0-7391-2717-9 Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1. Introduction: An Administered System of Government; POLITICS; Chapter 2. Home Rule for the District of Columbia; Chapter 3. Walter Washington: Mayor of the Last Colony; Chapter 4. Marion Barry, Jr.: A Politician for the Times; Chapter 5. Sharon Pratt Kelly: The Reform Mayor; Chapter 6. The High Tide of Pragmatic Black Politics: Mayor Anthony Williams and the Suppression of Black Interests; PUBLIC POLICY; Chapter 7. The Mayor as the Head School MasterChapter 8. Can Washington, D.C., Youth Speak? Youth, Education, and Race in the Political Socialization ProcessChapter 9. Banished: Housing Policy in the District of Columbia and the Struggle of Working Families; Chapter 10. Democracy and Its Impact on Rehabilitative Resources in the District of Columbia; Chapter 11. The Dynamics of Poverty in the District of Columbia; Chapter 12. Communicating Liberation in Washington, D.C.; Chapter 13. Conclusion; Index; About the AuthorsThis volume conveys a critique of the mayors of Washington, D.C since 1968 and an analysis of public policies that have confronted D.C. since congress granted limited Home Rule. This analysis of public policy problems and assessment of contemporary mayors should be of interest across disciplines-political science, urban studies and public policy.Home ruleWashington (D.C.)Washington (D.C.)Politics and government1995-Washington (D.C.)Politics and government1967-1995Home rule320.9753330.9753Walters Ronald W246821Travis Toni-Michelle1947-1697731MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814373103321Democratic destiny and the District of Columbia4078681UNINA