I saw the following inquiry on MLG. I figure that listers here must have lots of expertise to help her. Yoshie ***** I am currently working on a project that examines how Giuliani has used Quality of Life Initiatives to discriminate on the basis of class and race. For example, I am now researching the Giuliani administrations efforts to eliminate vendors from certain sections of Manhattan (Where? Downtown and Business Improvement Districts, of course.) In addition to analyzing public discourse related to "problems" such as street-vendors, I am tracing the development of these policies (problem definition, debate, implementation, and enforcement). To illustrate that such initiatives are representative of the efforts by neo-conservative mayors to restructure cities (rather than Giuliani as an anomaly), I must demonstrate similar moves by other conservative mayors. Therefore, I am requesting insight on quality of life initiatives by mayors of other cities. As this research is very current, I'm thinking that writing to the list may help to identify policies that I may have missed or, more importantly, identity something in the wind. Thank you very much for any insight. *****
