These themes are situated within broader discourses of a "Not-In-My-Backyard" politics of risk and refusal.
The not-in-my-backyard politics of nuclear waste have changed in recent decades.
Yucca Mountain was chosen by Congress in 1987 after a battle driven by not-in-my-backyard politics.
A half-century after the American nuclear industry was born, the nation still lacks a dedicated repository for such waste because of maneuvering driven by not-in-my-backyard politics.
The obsolete "vision" of the great big freeway, communities historically and economically segregated by race, economics and ethnicity and not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) politics is giving way to more rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), bike lanes, bike share, social and economic integration and transit-oriented development.
LITTLETON, N.H. — Gov. Rick Perry has plans to eat his way through Mitt Romney's New Hampshire backyard this week — a politics and eggs breakfast in Bedford on Wednesday, a coffee meet-and-greet in Portsmouth and a lunch in Dover on Thursday, as well as two tours of local businesses.
But today, considering the rapid reconfiguration of urban space from communal to private ownership, perhaps what is most radical about The Green Backyard is its politics of hospitality: the gentleness with which it hosts people whose conflicting views, contested voices and vulnerable lives (as, indeed, we all lead) are utterly welcomed.
They're savvy about food, fashion and politics, and their backyard tte--ttes are the last word in stylish intrigue.
"You get so many reports that Bibi is playing politics in your backyard that eventually you've got to draw the conclusion that there's nothing there to work with with this guy," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who is now a fellow with the New American Foundation, referring to Mr. Netanyahu by his nickname.
If it's true, we have world politics in our backyard". There is a theory that it could be a case of mistaken identity, but evidence suggest otherwise.
