LEADER 03854cam a2200385ua 4500001 23092 005 20240621142949.0 008 s1992 s1992 nyu b 000 0 eng 035 USHOM 32411 035 23092 040 LHM |beng |erda |cLHM 050 00 D804.175.N49 |bS254 1992 100 1 Saidel, Rochelle G. 245 14 The politics of memorialization : |bcreating a Holocaust memorial in New York City / |cby Rochelle G. Saidel. 264 1 [Place of publication not identified] : |b[publisher not identified], |c1992. 300 444 pages 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (Ph.D.) -- City University of New York, 1992. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-443). 520 This study of how government intervention affects the implementation of a project of an interest group analyzes the political processes of the 45 year impasse in completing a major Holocaust memorial in New York City. Using as a case study the 1981-1991 effort to create such a project, the study develops a new concept for analyzing long-term public-private projects. This study develops and uses a so-called Mutagon to analyze the complicated and changing political coalition that has endeavored for ten years to create a Holocaust museum. The Mutagon concept augments existing interest group theories, (e.g., iron triangle and issue network theory) which do not adequately account for: changes in political coalitions during long-term projects; the possibility of an interest group having to deal with both a governor and a mayor; the conflicts of interest when elected officials are part of the interest group. The Mutagon concept is summarized as follows: Government policy for a long-term city-state public-private project emerges from a changing polygon consisting of the interest group, mayor, governor, and other officials. Although the Mutagon is working for closure, it may instead create an impasse because of: (1) changes within this polygon that occur over time (e.g., when a player enters or exits); (2) the top-heavy structure of a political alliance that sometimes has two heads; and (3) the complex relationship among the players. Using the Mutagon, the study also builds on existing literature on citizen participation, agenda setting, and political symbolism, by demonstrating how changes over time in a political alliance must be taken into account. The study traces the history and pre-history of the New York City project, including failed attempts since 1946 to create a major Holocaust memorial, and the emergence of the Holocaust as a "hot" agenda item for President Jimmy Carter and then for Mayor Edward I. Koch. The study also analyzes the changing stages in the Mutagon coalition, including the sharing of power between Koch and Governor Mario Cuomo, and how these changes have affected the prospects for implementation and the projected museum's image and way of remembering. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d1996. |e23 cm. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Holocaust memorials |zNew York (State) |zNew York. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xMuseums |zNew York (State) |zNew York. 650 0 Jews |zUnited States |xPolitics and government. 651 0 New York (State) |xPolitics and government |y1951- 651 0 New York (N.Y.) |xPolitics and government |y1951- 650 0 Memorialization |xPolitical aspects |zNew York (State) |zNew York. 956 41 |uhttp://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib23092/9224852.pdf |zHosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hD804.175.N49 |iS254 1992 852 |bebook