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An Economic Theory Of Democracy
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher: New York : Harper
Release Date : 1957
An Economic Theory Of Democracy written by Anthony Downs and has been published by New York : Harper this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Business & Economics categories.
This book seeks to elucidate its subject-the governing of democratic state-by making intelligible the party politics of democracies. Downs treats this differently than do other students of politics. His explanations are systematically related to, and deducible from, precisely stated assumptions about the motivations that attend the decisions of voters and parties and the environment in which they act. He is consciously concerned with the economy in explanation, that is, with attempting to account for phenomena in terms of a very limited number of facts and postulates. He is concerned also with the central features of party politics in any democratic state, not with that in the United States or any other single country.
Stuck In Traffic
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2000-07-26
Stuck In Traffic written by Anthony Downs and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
A Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication Peak-hour traffic congestion has become a major problem in most U.S. cities. In fact, a majority of residents in metropolitan and suburban areas consider congestion their most serious local problem. As citizens have become increasingly frustrated by repeated traffic delays that cost them money and waste time, congestion has become an important factor affecting local government policies in many parts of the nation. In this new book, Anthony Downs looks at the causes of worsening traffic congestion, especially in suburban areas, and considers the possible remedies. He analyzes the specific advantages and disadvantages of every major strategy that has been proposed to reduce congestion. In nontechnical language, he focuses on two central issues: the relationships between land-use and traffic flow in rapidly growing areas, and whether local policies can effectively reduce congestion or if more regional approaches are necessary. In rapidly growing parts of the country, congestion is worse than it was five or ten years ago. But Downs notes that the problem has apparently not yet become bad enough to stimulate effective responses. Neither government officials nor citizens seem willing to consider changing the behavior and public policies that cause congestion. To alleviate the problem, both groups must be prepared to make these fundamental changes. Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Book of 1992
The Selected Essays Of Anthony Downs
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
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Still Stuck In Traffic
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2005-06-22
Still Stuck In Traffic written by Anthony Downs and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-22 with Business & Economics categories.
Congested roads waste commuters' time, cost them money, and degrade the environment. Most Americans agree that traffic congestion is the major problem in their communities—and it only seems to be getting worse. In this revised and expanded edition of his landmark work Stuck in Traffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits and costs of various anticongestion strategies. Drawing on a significant body of research by transportation experts and land-use planners, he counters environmentalists and road lobbyists alike by explaining why seemingly simple solutions, such as expanding public transit or expanding roads, have unintended consequences that cancel out their apparent advantages. He argues that while there might be some measurable gains from increasing housing densities, most other land-use strategies have little effect. Indeed, the most powerful solutions, including higher gasoline taxes, increased public funding for transit, and highway tolls, are also the least palatable politically. St ill Stuck in Traffic contains new material on the causes of congestion, its dynamics, and its relative incidence in various parts of the country. In clear and realistic terms, Downs seeks to explore why traffic congestion has become part of modern American life and how it can be kept under control.
The Selected Essays Of Anthony Downs
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
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Inside Bureaucracy
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Inside Bureaucracy written by Anthony Downs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Bureaucracy categories.
This book aims to develop a useful theory of bureaucratic decision making because bureaus make critical decisions that shape the economic, educational, political, social, moral, & even religious lives of nearly everyone on earth.
Neighborhoods And Urban Development
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Neighborhoods And Urban Development written by Anthony Downs and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Business & Economics categories.
American cities are shifting collections of individual neghborhoods. Thousands of residents move every year within and among neighborhoods; their flows across a city can radically and quickly alter the character of its neighborhoods. What is behind all this ferment—the decline of one area, the revitalization of another? Can the process be made more rational? Can city neighborhoods be stabilized--and older cities thus preserved? This book argues that such flows of residents are not random. Rather, they are closely linked to overall migration into or out of each metropolitan area and to the way U.S. cities develop. Downs contends that both urban development and the social problems it spawns are built upon social arrangements designed to benefit the middle-class majority. Racial segregation divides housing in each metropolitan area into two or more markets. Socioeconomic segregation subdivides neighborhoods within each market into a class hierarchy. The poor live mainly in the oldest neighborhoods, close to the urban center. The affluent live in the newest neighborhoods, mostly at the urban periphery. This separation stems not from pure market forces but from exclusionary laws that make the construction of low-cost housing illegal in most neighborhoods. The resulting pattern determines where housing is built and what housing is left to decay. Downs uses data from U.S. cities to illustrate neighborhood change and to reach conclusions about ways to cope with it. he explores the causes and nature of racial segregation and integration, and he evaluates neighborhood revitalization programs, which in reviving part of a city often displace many poor residents. He presents a timely analysis of the effect of higher energy costs upon urban sprawl, argues the wisdom of reviving older cities rather than helping their residents move elsewhere, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of public and private policies at the federal, state, metropolitan-area,
Using Surveys To Value Public Goods
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Author : Robert Cameron Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Release Date : 1989
Using Surveys To Value Public Goods written by Robert Cameron Mitchell and has been published by Resources for the Future this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Business & Economics categories.
Provides decision makers, policy analysts, and social scientists, with a detailed discussion of a new techniques for the valuation of goods not traded in prevate markets.
Real Estate And The Financial Crisis
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Author : Anthony Downs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Real Estate And The Financial Crisis written by Anthony Downs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
"This book explains what happened and why and takes a look at the long-term consequences. Included are public policy responses and the role of the Federal Reserve; additional policy recommendations for the commercial real estate and housing sectors; scenarios for what may occur and what the impacts will be; and a discussion of the new financial era to come." --Book Jacket.
Information Participation And Choice
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Author : Bernard Grofman
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 1993
Information Participation And Choice written by Bernard Grofman and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Business & Economics categories.
A review of the consequences for political science of Anthony Downs's seminal work.