The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work or Empire on the Hudson

The Changing Face of Health Care Social Work: Professional Practice in Managed Behavioral Health Care, Second Edition

Author: Sophia F Dziegielewski

Updated and revised, this text advocates a proactive stance for health care social workers. It will serve as a practical guide that addresses the principles of practice in our current health care environment.

With the advent of numerous health care changes such as managed health care with its focus on behaviorally-based outcomes and objectives, this volume illustrates the "new" face of health care social work. This comprehensive text is full of practice-oriented tips, professional "profiles" in such diverse arenas of practice as the emergency room, home care, case management, and hospice, questions for further study, and select Website resources per chapter. It will help prepare social workers for the practice change needed in order to become viable clinical practitioners.

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Empire on the Hudson: Entrepreneurial Vision and Political Power at the Port of New York Authority

Author: Jameson W Doig

Revered and reviled in almost equal amounts since its inception, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responsible for creating and maintaining much of New York and New Jersey's transportation infrastructure -- the things that make the region work. Doig traces the evolution of the Port Authority from the battles leading to its creation in 1921 through its conflicts with the railroads and its expansion to build bridges and tunnels for motor vehicles. Chronicling the adroit maneuvers that led the Port Authority to take control of the region's airports and seaport operations, build the largest bus terminal in the nation, and construct the World Trade Center, Doig reveals the rise to power of one of the world's largest specialized regional governments.

This definitive history of the Port Authority underscores the role of several key players -- Austin Tobin, the obscure lawyer who became Executive Director and a true "power broker" in the bi-state region, Julius Henry Cohen, general counsel of the Port Authority for its first twenty years, and Othmar H. Ammann, the Swiss engineer responsible for the George Washington Bridge, the Bayonne and Goethels bridges, the Outerbridge Crossing, and the Lincoln Tunnel.

Today, with public works projects stalled by community opposition in almost every village and city, the story of how the Port Authority managed to create an empire on the Hudson offers lessons for citizens and politicians everywhere.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been responsible for creating and maintaining much of the area's transportation infrastructure. Doig (politics and public affairs, Princeton U.) presents a history of the Port Authority from its creation in 1921 through its conflicts with the railroads and its expansion to build bridges and tunnels for motor vehicles. Also discussed are the Port Authority's control of the regions airports and seaport operations and the construction of the World Trade Center. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	List of Illustrations in the Text
	Elected and Appointed Officials: Years in Office
	Foreword
	Preface: Hopes and Judgments
Ch. 1	A Wilsonian Hybrid: The Powers of Government and the Spirit of Capitalism	1
Pt. 1	Creating a New Institution
Ch. 2	The Tensions and Opportunities of Federalism: Commercial Conflict in the New York Region	27
Ch. 3	Designing a New Organization: An Uneasy Marriage of Planning and Politics	47
Pt. 2	Failure and a New Beginning
Ch. 4	Modernizing the Rail System: Contending Strategies for an Expanding Metropolis	77
Ch. 5	Negotiating with the Railroads: Regional Planning Confronts the Wary Capitalist	97
Ch. 6	Politics and Engineering Passion: Expanding the Port Authority's Dreams	120
Ch. 7	A Web of Bridges, Tunnels, and Political Intrigue	143
Pt. 3	Drift and the Sources of Renewal
Ch. 8	Near Bankruptcy and the Loss of Vision	181
Ch. 9	Federalism as a Lawyers' Playground	192
Ch. 10	The Threat to Municipal Bonds as Danger and Opportunity	214
Pt. 4	Expanding Empire
Ch. 11	To Claim the Skies and the Seas	247
Ch. 12	Breaking an Airline Monopoly	288
Ch. 13	More Than "A Humdrum Job of Engineering": Creating a Giant Bus Station in Manhattan	315
Pt. 5	Conclusions
Ch. 14	A Regional Empire in American Politics: Local History and Its Impact, Leadership Strategies, and Ethical Dilemmas	359
	Epilogue: Triumphs and Travails of an Aging Empire	373
App	The Port Compact of 1921	403
	Notes	411
	Acknowledgments	555
	Index	561