William E. Schmickle

Politics of Historic Districts

A Primer for Grassroots Preservation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Politics of Historic Districts is your political battle plan in a fight to designate a local historic district. Thirty-four brief chapters cover everything you need to know about the politics of organizing a grassroots campaign and what you have to do to win. By explaining how and why historic districts are politically created, it is an indispensable resource for anyone studying or working in local preservation today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 609g
• ISBN-13: 9780759107557
• ISBN-10: 0759107556
• Artikelnr.: 21100926

Autorenporträt

William E. Schmickle, Ph.D., is past chair of the Annapolis Historic Preservation Commission and cofounder of the Oak Ridge, North Carolina, Historic District. His services are available through his website, www.preservationpolitics.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction: What D'ya Know?
Chapter 2 1. Before You Take Another Step
Chapter 3 2. Thinking Politically about Historic District Designation
Chapter 4 3. How It Starts
Chapter 5 4. A Walk through the Designation Process
Chapter 6 5. On Planning and Strategy
Chapter 7 6. Our Strategic Line: A Community in/ within Conflict
Chapter 8 7. Makers, Breakers, Takers, and Shapers: The Political Field of
Play
Chapter 9 8. Leadership and Organization
Chapter 10 9. Working with Shapers
Chapter 11 10. A Practical Vision
Chapter 12 11. Thinking Politically about Design Guidelines
Chapter 13 12. It's Personal
Chapter 14 13. Sticks & Stones
Chapter 15 14. The Campaign Kickoff
Chapter 16 15. Community Meeting Arrangements
Chapter 17 16. Your Community Presentation
Chapter 18 17. FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions
Chapter 19 18. Thinking Politically about Q&A: The Moving Pattern of
Opponents' Challenges
Chapter 20 19. Our Reframing Q&A Strategy
Chapter 21 20. Answering Opposition Questions I: From "Distrust of Them" to
the "Pivotal Shift"
Chapter 22 21. Answering Opposition Questions II: From the "Pivotal Shift"
to "Distrust of Us"
Chapter 23 22. Skirmishing with Radical Property Rightists
Chapter 24 23. Petition Politics
Chapter 25 24. Reaching Out to the Opposition
Chapter 26 25. Moving on to City Hall
Chapter 27 26. Behind-the-Scenes Intelligence
Chapter 28 27. Working with the Press
Chapter 29 28. A Civic Vision
Chapter 30 29. The Politics of Public Hearings
Chapter 31 30. A Conversation with a Lobbyist
Chapter 32 31. A Checklist for One-on-One Meetings
Chapter 33 32. Our Public Hearing Presentation
Chapter 34 33. The Politics of Compromise
Chapter 35 34. Winning the Vote