William E. Schmickle

Preservation Politics

Keeping Historic Districts Vital

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Preservation Politics is a provocative look at the changing prospects for historic districts, and how local preservation commissions, volunteers, and staff can prevent and reverse decline by thinking and acting politically on behalf of the communities they serve.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 287g
• ISBN-13: 9780759120525
• ISBN-10: 0759120528
• Artikelnr.: 34747364

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

Introduction: Preservation & the Politics of Change
Chapter 1. Glimpsing Our Political Future
Chapter 2. The Road to Crisis in Historic Districts
Chapter 3. Our District Designation Story
Chapter 4. A Community Compact for Rooted Growth
Chapter 5. Thinking like a Districtist
Chapter 6. Delivering Good Government
Chapter 7. The Temptation of Administrative Legalism
Chapter 8. The Crisis of Second Generation Districts
Chapter 9. Rooters & Rotters: A New Political Who's Who
Chapter 10. Our Strategic Line
Chapter 11. Dealing with Preservation Ideologues
Chapter 12. Political Personalities: Who Leads?
Chapter 13. The Stages of Declining Historic Districts
Chapter 14. The Politics of Decision Making: Defensible & Defendable
Chapter 15. Enforcement: The Third Rail of Preservation Politics
Chapter 16. The Politics of Appeals
Chapter 17. Choosing Our Battles
Chapter 18. Transformative Education
Chapter 19. Our Sustaining Vision
Selected Glossary