Ester R. Fuchs
Professor
| Address: |
The School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
1430-A International Affairs Building: Mail Code 3328
420 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10027-7213
Phone: 212.854.3866, fax: 212.854.4782
E-mail: ef25@columbia.edu |
In the News:
A January 13, 2006 Columbia News article about returning to campus after serving in Michael Bloomberg's mayoral administration as Special Advisor for Governance and Strategic Planning, 2002-2006.
"An Academic Voice at City Hall (One That Carries)," Lynda Richardson, New York Times, New York Region, May 1, 2002.
A January 10, 2002 Barnard Campus News article about Ester Fuchs' appointment in the Bloomberg administration.
| Research Interests: |
American government and policy
Political parties and elections
Urban politics and policy, including fiscal policy
New York City politics
Statistical analysis |
| Courses: |
POLS BC 3327 |
Colloquium: Content of American Politics |
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POLS W 4311 |
American Parties and Elections |
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PUAF U 8233 |
Public Affairs: Urban Politics and Policy |
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UST V 3546 |
Urban Studies Colloquium: Contemporary Urban Problems
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| Education: |
Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 1984
M.A. in Political Science, Brown University, 1974
B.A. cum laude, Queens College, City University of New York, 1972 |
Selected Publications:
The Continuum of Care: A Report on the New Federal Policy to
Address Homelessness. US Department of Housing and Urban Development,
December 1996 (with William McAllister).
"The Permanent Urban Fiscal Crisis," in Julia Vitullo-Martin, ed., Breaking
Away--Innovations in Urban America: Essays in Memory of Robert R. Wagner Jr.
The Twentieth Century Fund Press, 1996.
"Urban Community Initiatives and Shifting Federal Policy: The Case of the
Empowerment Zones," in Alfred J. Kahn and Sheila B. Kamerman, eds., Children
and Their Families in Big Cities: Strategies for Service Reform. Cross-
National Research Program Columbia University School of Social Work, 1996
(with J. Phillip Thompson).
"The Bond Rating Can't Be Ignored," New York Times, Op-Ed Page, July 12, 1995.
"Sure, Cut New York's Fat, But Cut It Fairly, and Wisely," New York Times,
Op-Ed Page, February 22, 1995.
The HarperCollins Political Pamphleteer, Urban Politics. HarperCollins
College Publisher, 1995.
"Does the Rudy Rationale Really Fly?" NY Newsday, NY Forum: About the
Budget, November 2, 1994.
"Racial Politics in New York State," in Governing New York State. 3d ed.
SUNY Press, 1994 (with J. Phillip Thompson).
"The Year of the Woman? Candidates, Voters and the 1992 Election." Political
Science Quarterly, 108 Spring 1993 (with Michael X. Delli Carpini).
Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago. University of
Chicago Press, 1992.
"City-State Relations in the Criminal Justice System," in The Two New Yorks:
State-City Relations in the Changing Federal System, Russell Sage Foundation,
1988.
"Government Performance as a Base for Machine Support," in State Politics and
the New Federalism. Longman Press, 1986 (with Robert Y. Shapiro).
"Criminal Justice Policy in NYC," in Setting Municipal Priorities: 1986.
New York University Press, 1985 (with John P. Smith).
"New York City in Comparative Perspective," in The City in Transition:
Prospects and Policies for New York, The Final Report of the Temporary
Commission of City Finances. City of New York, 1977 (with Terry N. Clark).
