County Bureaucracy
On Jim Schutze, incompetence trumping party lines, and race and racialization
One of the things I love about doing this blog is sitting here in my little corner of Vermont, poking around the net and finding terrific writers and their writing…
24Jul2008 | Deborah Alicen | 0 comments | Continued
Bureaucracies at Their Worst: Governmental, Corporate, and Organizational
In all cases, there are features in the structure of the bureaucracies that have allowed this turning of responsibility inside-out, such that the government, business or organization operates 180° out of phase with its stated principles and mission. The question becomes: how can bureaucracies be structured differently to prevent that 180° shift?
20Apr2008 | Deborah Alicen | 0 comments | Continued
Victory in Charlotte-Mecklenburg–No Private Prison!
The main campaign team (Pam Pompey, Les Schmidt and myself) will be meeting first thing next week to talk about next steps for keeping for-profit private prisons out of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County permanently, and for achieving significant reform in the County’s prison and criminal justice systems.
11Jan2008 | Deborah Alicen | 0 comments | Continued
How to Stop a For-Profit Prison
I’ve just added, as a more permanent page, an email I just received from friend Si Kahn, founder and executive director of Grassroots Leadership. In it he details just what Grassroots Leadership is doing to stop plans for a 1500 “bed” for-profit prison to house undocumented Latinos.
18Dec2007 | Deborah Alicen | 0 comments | Continued
