Pietro S Nivola
Biographic Data
| ID | 1184601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pietro S Nivola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pietro S |
| FAMILY NAME | Nivola |
| SIGNATURE | NIVOLA P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Vermont |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Respublica Complicata
The following essay examines American federalism’s complexity, a subject of interest to the late Martha Derthick. I discuss this attribute’s various difficulties, including not only those Derthick studied, but also others she did not. Building on Derthick’s insights regarding the intermingling of state and federal authority, the essay looks at some under-recognized consequences of the regime’s complexity, given the blended functions and the opaqu…
What Would Madison Do?
What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy? Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions that he helped originate and the government policies …
What Would Madison Do
American Politics X
Gilbert Yale Steiner
Gilbert Yale Steiner, an accomplished student of social policy and an influential director of the Brookings Institution's Governmental Studies program, died on March 1, 2006, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 81
The Public Administration of James Q. Wilson
The New Protectionism
Until quite recently, cheerful accounts charting the postwar liberalization of American international trade policy were convincing. It was correct to stress the historic shift toward free trade that began with the series of bilateral accords reached under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 (RTAA), accelerated with instatement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 and the Kennedy Round of tariff reductions in the 19…
Apocalypse Now? Whither the Urban Fiscal Crisis
The imminent financial collapse of America's great cities, widely predicted only a few short years ago, seems, for now, to have been averted. Professor Nivola lucidly explores the causes and currents leading to this widespread prediction of an urban apocalypse, examines the contrasting social-science interpretations of the roots of the urban crisis, and explores the political strategies used to avert collapse. In the course of his discussion he h…
The Constitution Between Friends
Distributing a Municipal Service
Distributing a Municipal Service
The New Protectionism
Until quite recently, cheerful accounts charting the postwar liberalization of American international trade policy were convincing. It was correct to stress the historic shift toward free trade that began with the series of bilateral accords reached under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 (RTAA), accelerated with instatement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 and the Kennedy Round of tariff reductions in the 19…
The Constitution Between Friends
Apocalypse Now? Whither the Urban Fiscal Crisis
The imminent financial collapse of America's great cities, widely predicted only a few short years ago, seems, for now, to have been averted. Professor Nivola lucidly explores the causes and currents leading to this widespread prediction of an urban apocalypse, examines the contrasting social-science interpretations of the roots of the urban crisis, and explores the political strategies used to avert collapse. In the course of his discussion he h…
Respublica Complicata
The following essay examines American federalism’s complexity, a subject of interest to the late Martha Derthick. I discuss this attribute’s various difficulties, including not only those Derthick studied, but also others she did not. Building on Derthick’s insights regarding the intermingling of state and federal authority, the essay looks at some under-recognized consequences of the regime’s complexity, given the blended functions and the opaqu…
Distributing a Municipal Service
The Constitution Between Friends
Apocalypse Now? Whither the Urban Fiscal Crisis
The imminent financial collapse of America's great cities, widely predicted only a few short years ago, seems, for now, to have been averted. Professor Nivola lucidly explores the causes and currents leading to this widespread prediction of an urban apocalypse, examines the contrasting social-science interpretations of the roots of the urban crisis, and explores the political strategies used to avert collapse. In the course of his discussion he h…
The New Protectionism
Until quite recently, cheerful accounts charting the postwar liberalization of American international trade policy were convincing. It was correct to stress the historic shift toward free trade that began with the series of bilateral accords reached under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934 (RTAA), accelerated with instatement of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947 and the Kennedy Round of tariff reductions in the 19…
The Public Administration of James Q. Wilson
Gilbert Yale Steiner
Gilbert Yale Steiner, an accomplished student of social policy and an influential director of the Brookings Institution's Governmental Studies program, died on March 1, 2006, in Washington, D.C., at the age of 81
American Politics X
What Would Madison Do?
What would the father of the Constitution think of contemporary developments in American politics and public policy? Constitutional scholars have long debated whether the American political system, which was so influenced by the thinking of James Madison, has in fact grown outmoded. But if Madison himself could peer at the present, what would he think of the state of key political institutions that he helped originate and the government policies …
What Would Madison Do
Respublica Complicata
The following essay examines American federalism’s complexity, a subject of interest to the late Martha Derthick. I discuss this attribute’s various difficulties, including not only those Derthick studied, but also others she did not. Building on Derthick’s insights regarding the intermingling of state and federal authority, the essay looks at some under-recognized consequences of the regime’s complexity, given the blended functions and the opaqu…
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · History (2 works)