14 articles on "politics"

Lito Atienza - The Best Record For Mayor Of Manila

When Lito Atienza said he would no longer be a member of the Cabinet in order to run for Manila Mayor in the upcoming elections, voters were certainly gifted with a great choice for the leader of the city. Lito Atienza is certainly a staple in Philip...

Government  government manila lito atienza mayor city politics
The Structure of Power in Local Communities

The works of Max Weber (1946), Floyd Hunter (1953), C. Wright Mills (1956, 1958), and Robert A. Dahl (1956, 1961) provide a baseline for appreciating the community "power structure" literature. These authors helped develop the fundamental concepts of...

Environment  environment power community literature politics urban development
The History of Local American Government

From the 1830s through the first two decades of the twentieth century, urban government in America witnessed a steady evolution of "machine politics" or what James MacGregor Burns refers to as "transactional politics" (Burns, 1978; Tichy & Devanna, 1...

Government  government politics structural reformers reform they
Succeed the natural way

Succeed the natural wayGetting ahead needn't be a complicated, contrived process of scheming and manipulating your way to the top. It ca be as simple and natural as "doing the right thing". Here are some tips to succeed in business the natural w...

Business And Finance  business finance office goals politics success
The Fairness of Office Politics ... Integrity and political motivation!

I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics in corporate America. Employees say that their managers "lie" or issue "personal attacks" against them. Indeed, based on the pure ideals that we are taught as a child, this might appear ...

Business And Finance  business finance world corporate politics personal
The Fairness of Office Politics ... Integrity and Political Motivation!

The Fairness of Office Politics... Integrity and Political Motivation! by: Edward B. Toupin I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics in corporate America. Employees say that their managers "lie" or issue "personal attacks"...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation world corporate politics personal
Economic Development as Political Give-Away

By adopting the market economic approach to local economic development, urban administrators are given the impression that they can do little more than "hunker down" and engage in increasingly more intense levels of competition within the "urban hier...

Business And Finance  business finance urban perspective development market politics these
Is There Anything More Disingenuous Than a Whining, Petulant Political Party in America?

Presidential elections provide a lot of humor when you can recognize the joke. Every few days some new, outrageous flap kicks another outrageous flap off of the front page of our nation's daily newspapers. Now the Democrats are all upset that ...

Government  government democrats libby politics
Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato

Five Surprisingly Hip Politicial Ideas From Plato by: Maya Talisman Frost Don't you love politics? Me, neither. But I do like thinking about politics. And wouldn't you know it? Just when you think you've come up with a dazzling o...

Self Improvement And Motivation  self improvement motivation think politics people political plato need
Partisan Politics Is Destroying America

Newton's third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Well, there is no better laboratory to observe the functioning of this law than in the federal government of the United States, most notably throu...

Government  government power people states politics