Bøger af Alan Rabinowitz

Title: The Paradox of the American Metropolis This is a citizen's guide to dealing with metroscale problems: transportation, climate change, public safety, etc. The context is the worldwide increase in urban populations and the contrast between US and foreign countries in the creation and control of local governments. Contents: Chapter One: Metropolises Today and Tomorrow, Here and Abroad -Definitions -Worldwide urban population trends Chapter Two: How the US Developed Its Federalism and Its Community Democracy Chapter Three: An Activist's Approach to the Metropolitan Complex Appendix: How Other Nations Deal with Their Local Governments Approx. 16,000 words. Source notes in text; no footnotes.

Here's summary of the broad-gauged set of topics (including the growth of the right wing) that are explored in three "notebooks: " -Notebook I includes a bird's-eye view of the geopolitics of the war itself and of the World War II era, highlights FDR's Four Freedoms doctrine, and deals with many of the isms (such as fascism, socialism, and capitalism) then and still at large in the world. -The four chapters in Notebook II develop themes about important changes that cry out for better understanding in today's world: the military-industrial complex, the communications revolution, Keynesianism and definitions of our mixed economy, the decline of colonialism and the creation of both the UN and its Declaration of Human Rights, and civil rights and civil liberties during the Cold War. -The last part, Notebook III, is a commentary on present challenges to domestic well-being and international equilibrium in the early twenty-first century, a time that may someday be viewed as a watershed period that is as pivotal as the 1940s' decade proved to be.

2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred reviewSpeaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word.Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer HonorNotable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book

The jaguar is one of the mmysterious and least-known big cats of the world. The largest cat in the Americas, it has survived an onslaught of environmental and human threats partly because of an evolutionary history unique among wild felines, but also because of a power and indomitable spirit so strong, the jaguar has shaped indigenous cultures and the beliefs of early civilizations on two continents. In An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar, big-cat expert Alan Rabinowitz shares his own personal journey to conserve a species that, despite its past resilience, is now on a slide toward extinction if something is not done to preserve the pathways it prowls through an ever-changing, ever-shifting landscape dominated by humans. Rabinowitz reveals how he learned from newly available genetic data that the jaguar was a single species connected genetically throughout its entire range from Mexico to Argentina, making it unique among all other large carnivores in the world. In a mix of personal discovery and scientific inquiry, he sweeps his readers deep into the realm of the jaguar, offering fascinating accounts from the field. Enhanced with maps, tables, and color plates, An Indomitable Beast brings important new research to life for scientists, anthropologists, and animal lovers alike. This book is not only about jaguars, but also about tenacity and survival. From the jaguar we can learn better strategies for saving other species and also how to save ourselves when faced with immediate and long-term catastrophic changes to our environment.

Alan Rabinowitz provides the first comprehensive analysis of the nontraditional or social change philanthropists who help finance national campaigns and grassroots organizations that focus on improving American society and the environment, particularly for minority and low-income people. Written both for funders and grantees already in the field and those just beginning to fund nontraditional activities, Social Change Philanthropy in America examines the experience, operational practices, and future prospects of philanthropists who have been involved in such activities over the past thirty years. Rabinowitz offers new insights into who the funders are and how they think, how funders actually make decisions, what types of grants are made, and the tax, political, and historical aspects of social change funding and its role in America's philanthropic system.Beginning with an introduction to the network of progressive social change funders and grantees and the philanthropic universe within which they operate, Rabinowitz goes on to analyze the flow of dollars through the nonprofit system. The next two sections present detailed portraits of social change funders and grantees. In part four, the author discusses whether grants for progressive social change are effective and worthwhile, whether grantees are sufficiently accountable, and whether funders and grantees are meeting each other's needs. He then explores progressive funding as an arena of controversy, conflicting ideologies, and, ultimately, electoral politics. The final chapter looks at challenges and prospects for the progressive social change community as strategies for organizing, campaigning, and fundraising are developed for the future. The appendix illustrates in more detail the range and substance of the field for readers with little previous knowledge of progressive social change philanthropy.

This is a book about the reality of place in America, the events and influences that led to the America we recognize today. Incorporating the thinking of city planners and land use economists, the author presents a lucid primer on the economics of land, its development and usage, and on how things actually get done in the real estate industry.

This book provides a thorough guide to the issues to be resolved to minimize risks and maximize private and public rewards for land development projects.