This study sought to examine the conditions and factors that led SWs in Israel to enter the formal world of politics and to run for elected office at the local level. Twenty SWs who ran for, or held, local political offices were interviewed employing semi-structured interviews. The analysis...
There are many reasons why young people are not rising to the top in the American political system: structural barriers, for example, as many of these offices require putting in a lot of time but do not pay accordingly; and political realities, such as when races are on the ballot and wh...
When I finally paid a visit to the offices of the U.S. Senate in Washington, DC, I figured it out. Those office buildings, especially the Hart Senate Building, resembled palaces. Democracy gives way to aristocracy in the rarefied air of these Senate offices. It was the Beltway Bubble. ...
…The pandemic accelerated the relocation of several New York-based financial firms to new offices or headquarters in Florida. …The Manhattan residents who moved to Palm Beach County had an average income of $728,351, IRS data showed. So why are people leaving the City? Some of it was ...
That lack of representation across local, state and federal political offices puts renters at a decided disadvantage when it comes to policymaking. “The people who show up are the people who make policy,” Ornstein said. “If you don't show up, then your agenda doesn't even get put on ...
Strong mayors are generally associated with fiscal discipline, and there is some support for this view in other branches in the political economics literature. For example, the literature on comparative politics suggests that presidential systems have greater accountability to voters and less collusion wi...
He acquired local respectability, often dining with the wealthiest planters in his parish, and served in several local offices including justice of the peace.en.wikipedia.org A local customs office was established in 1600.en.wikipedia.org Over many years, realtors, the local newspaper, private pr...
Pennsylvania Row Officers to Be Sworn In, Marking First Time Republicans Hold All Three Offices Pennsylvania’s three statewide row officers will be sworn in to four-terms, marking the first time that the state’s voters elected Republicans to fill all three offices...
The meeting between O’Connell and Nashville community leaders took place at the offices of Ingraham Industries Inc., according to the Nashville Business Journal, which reported the mayor met with many of the groups and individuals who backed the failed transit plan pitched by disgraced Mayor Megan...
local budgets for 2019 and on the draft central and local budgets for 2020 to the present Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) for your deliberation and for comments from members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). ...