Social Justice and Policy

From Community Coalitions to City Hall: Shaping Policy in Chicago With Mayor Harold Washington

“…20 Knowing what to do and why was particularly important for the mayoral administration of Harold Washington as it took office and faced antagonistic push back from a majority faction of City Council, the business community and from its own agencies and middle-level staff. 21 Having a detailed agenda made a big difference. But there was risk in promoting equity ideas and plans that were exploratory and not fully developed, while seeking political legitimacy.…”

“…14 This policy development story has been told before. 15 This article, using archival documents and interviews with key participants, offers a more nuanced understanding of the continuities and discontinuities among the three planning phases, and suggests key tension points in equity policy development relevant for informing today's equity planning efforts. The organization of the article proceeds from background on equity planning and the overall arc of Chicago equity policy development to a deeper consideration of the equity ideas and community processes that produced the CWT Plan.…”

La producción novohispana de artillería insurgente en bronce y madera, 1810-1811

“…Dicha contienda se afrontó con tan solo "un pequeño cañón de bronce que se llevaba a lomo de una mula por carecer de cureña" 94 . Sin embargo, el parte final realista señala que tras seis horas de combate se retiraron debido a sus heridos, sus bajas y la llegada de nuevos contingentes insurgentes dirigidos por Liceaga y Gascón con seis mil hombres a pie y dos mil de caballería, así como una tercera fuerza comandada por el fraile Villerías que iba acompañado por "El Angloamericano", artillero veterano de Puente de Calderón que dirigía un total de 24 piezas desde 4 hasta 16 pulgadas de calibre y 3 culebrinas 95 . y testimonios tan curiosos como el siguiente, situado al contexto de la batalla de Puerto Piñones 96 :…”

Diversity Research and Policy : A Multidisciplinary Exploration

“…Along the way, this field has sought to even the socioeconomic field and to promote cooperation, redistribution, self-empowerment and democracy. Critical of urban planning's past, these authors are leaving behind assumptions of homogeneity and valuing the right to be different, the inevitability of conflict and the search for approaches of negotiation and accommodation (e.g., Krumholz & Forester 1990, Fairfield 1993, Mier 1993 Environmental planning has become one of the main additions to urban planning in the last decades. Most important in terms of diversity has been its leadership in the advocacy of biodiversity -considered today a critical element of humanity's survival.…”