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Henderson, Alan Scott was born on September 1, 1962 in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States. Son of Clifton Russell Henderson Junior and Mary Estelle Arnette.
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Housing and the Democratic Ideal
( Charles Abrams (1902-1970) stood at the center of the p...)
Charles Abrams (1902-1970) stood at the center of the policies, problems, and politics surrounding urban planning, housing reform, and the public and private interests involved in the expansion of the American state. He uniquely combined in one person the often divergent roles of "public" and "policy" intellectual. As a "public intellectual," Abrams's voice reached the American public through the pages of The Nation, The New Leader, and The New York Times, with accessible explanations of civil rights legislation, mortgage financing, government policies, and urban renewal. As a "policy intellectual," he helped to create the New York Housing Authority, lobbied President Kennedy to issue an executive order barring discrimination in federally subsidized housing projects, and combated the growing threat of a federally initiated "business welfare state." Housing and the Democratic Ideal is the only comprehensive work on Charles Abrams to date. Though structured as a narrative biography, this book also uses Abrams's experiences as a lens through which we can better understand the development of American social policy and state expansion during the twentieth century. In his left-leaning critique of centrist liberalism, Abrams took aim at the use of fiscal and monetary policies to achieve social objectives--a practice that allowed business interests to maximize private profits at the expense of public benefits. His growing concern over racial discrimination prefigured its emergence as a highly contested aspect of the American state. A. Scott Henderson not only provides clear insight into Abrams's role in American policymaking and his individual achievements as a pioneering civil rights lawyer, scholar, and urban reformer, but also offers an in-depth analysis of modern state-building and the government-private sector relations ushered in by the New Deal.
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Alan Scott Henderson
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Bachelor, Florida State University, 1984. Master, Johns Hopkins University, 1985. Teacher certified, University Virginia, 1986.
Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1996.
Career
Social studies teacher Chesapeake (Virginia) City Schools, 1986—1989. Junior college English teacher Yamagata (Japan) Women's Junior College, 1989—1990. Intern coordinator Harry Son of Truman Scholarship Foundation, Washington, 1990—1991.
Assistant professor Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, since 1998. Adjunct professor Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, 1996-1998. Application evaluator Harry Son of Truman Scholarship Foundation, Washington, since 1992.
Political consultant Parents and Taxpayers for Better Greenville Schools, 1996.
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Housing and the Democratic Ideal
( Charles Abrams (1902-1970) stood at the center of the p...)
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Housing and the Democratic Ideal
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Board directors Greenville Concert Band, since 1996. Founding board directors Friends of the Berea Library., Greenville, since 1997. Campaign consultant South Carolina Demo.
Committee, Greenville, since 1996. Educational consultant Greenville County School Systems, since 1998. Member Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Japanese Association Language Teachers (program chair 1989-1990), Organization American Historians, Urban History Association, Society of America City and Regional Planning Association, Kappa Delta Pi, National Golden Key, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta.
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Life partner Richard Edmon Prior.
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1984
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1986 - 1989
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1989 - 1990
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1990 - 1991
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1998
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Recipient fellowship National Endowment for Humanities, 1988, Harry Son of Truman scholarship, 1982-1986, Order of Chevalier International Order of DeMolay, 1982, John Phillip Sousa award John Phillip Sousa Association, 1980.Recipient fellowship National Endowment for Humanities, 1988, Harry Son of Truman scholarship, 1982-1986, Order of Chevalier International Order of DeMolay, 1982, John Phillip Sousa award John Phillip Sousa Association, 1980.