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ESTER FUCHS
Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science
Columbia University
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Biography
Professor Fuchs's main research interests are in the areas of American government and policy, political parties and elections, urban politics and policy, including fiscal policy, New York City politics, and statistical analysis. Among her many publications are New York City: The End of the Liberal Experiment? (editor), Governance in London and New York (with Tony Travers), Translating Your Vision Into Success: Basic Manual for Preparing a Business Plan (1998), Political Participation and Political Representation in New York City (1997, co-author), "The Permanent Urban Fiscal Crisis," in Breaking Away - The Future of Cities (1996), "Urban Community Initiatives and Shifting Federal Policy: The Case of the Empowerment Zones," in Children and Their Families in Big Cities: Strategies for Service Reform (co-author, 1996), Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago (1992), "Racial Politics in New York State," "Government Performance as a Base for Machine Support," and numerous other articles on urban politics and policy. Professor Fuchs has written political commentary, and she appears as a political analyst on radio and television.
Professor Fuchs received a BA from Queens College, an MA from Brown University, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. She has also taught at the University of Notre Dame.
Professor Fuchs has received research grants to analyze public policy and political participation, including implementation of the National Voter Registration Act; evaluation of the federal homeless policy and political participation in New York City and New York State; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development evaluation of the federal homeless policy from the NIMH, Mellon Foundation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and 1199, National Health and Human Service Employees Union, AFL-CIO. She has also been a consultant to Mayor David Dinkins’s Re-election Campaign and a consultant to the Chicago Urban League.
From 2002 to 2005, Professor Fuchs served as special adviser for Governance and Strategic Planning for New York City under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
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