This paper examines the tension between regionalism and progressive goals, focusing on the effort to ensure that the benefits of growth are widely shared and that the concerns of low-income neighborhoods and the residents are a regional priority. Drawing on our research about transportation...

Americans claim a strong attachment to the work ethic and regularly profess support for government policies to promote employment. Why, then, have employment policies gained only a tenuous foothold in the United States? To answer this question, Margaret Weir highlights two related elements: the...

The aim of this work is to shed new light on the historical development of the Third Republic French labor movement and to develop a more generic understanding of schism and solidarity in organizations and social movements

Since 1995, the James Irvine Foundation has invested more than $11 million to support the growth and development of CRIs throughout the state nonprofit organizations that engage key players from business, environmental, and a variety of other advocacy groups with players from local governments...