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by Randolph May, Seth L. Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2018
In December 2017, the Federal Communications Commission adopted its landmark Restoring Internet Freedom Order that repealed the public utility-like regulations which were applied to broadband Internet service providers by the Obama Administration's FCC. The Restoring Internet Freedom Order's return...
Gender Innovation in Political Science
New Norms, New Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2018
In this book, leading gender scholars survey the contribution of feminist scholarship to new norms and knowledge in diverse areas of political science and related political practice. They provide new evidence of the breadth of this contribution and its policy impact. Rather than offering another account...
by Anna Boucher
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The global race for skilled immigrants seeks to attract the best global workers. In the pursuit of these individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and gendered divisions...
The Urban Struggle for Economic, Environmental and Social Justice
Deepening their roots
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This book discusses the current demographic shifts of blacks, Latinos, and other people of colour out of certain strong-market cities and the growing fear of displacement among low-income urban residents. It documents these populations’ efforts to remain in their communities and highlights how this...
Schengen Visa Implementation and Transnational Policymaking
Bordering Europe
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2019
This book examines the timely topic of controlling the borders of the European Schengen Area. It considers the state perspective on border regulation, subjecting day-to-day practices of EU visa policy implementation to close analytical scrutiny. The objects of the analysis are three European Member...
Stranded Assets and the Environment
Risk, Resilience and Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the fundamental...
Artificial Intelligence
Evolution, Ethics and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
What will the future be?
A dystopian landscape controlled by machines or a brave new world full of possibilities?
Perhaps the answer lies with Artificial Intelligence (AI)—a phenomenon much beyond technology that has, continues to, and will shape lives in ways we do not understand...
Governing diversity
Migrant Integration and Multiculturalism in North America and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2019
During the 2000s, the European Union has witnessed a significant change in terms of integration policies for immigrants.
This book intends to address the relationship between, on the one hand, cultural diversity resulting from migration, and, on the other hand, social cohesion and social justice...
The Citizen Lobbyist
A How-to Manual for Making Your Voice Heard in Government
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
A handbook for anyone who wants to learn about how to be active in local, state, and federal government, The Citizen Lobbyist shows how to have a voice in creating public policy. More citizen involvement is needed in our government processes to ensure the voices of the people are heard over the money...
Americans at Risk
Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2006
This important book by one of our leading experts on disaster preparedness offers a compelling narrative about our nation’s inability to properly plan for large-scale disasters and proposes changes that can still be made to assure the safety of its citizens.
Five years after 9/11 and one...
Putin's Propaganda Machine
Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Putin's Propaganda Machine examines Russia’s “information war,” one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlin’s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended...
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Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
On December 7, 2011, Mark Hertsgaard participated in The National Climate Seminar, a series of webinars sponsored by Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy. The online seminars provide a forum for leading scientists, writers, and other experts to talk about critical issues regarding climate...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2012
Housing desegregation is one of America's last civil rights frontiers. Drawing on the expertise of social scientists, civil rights attorneys, and policy analysts, these original essays present the first comprehensive examination of housing integration and federal policy covering the last two decades....
Beyond Politics
The Roots of Government Failure
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Providing students of economics, politics, and policy with a concise explanation of public choice, markets, property, and political and economic processes, this record identifies what kinds of actions are beyond the ability of government. Combining public choice with studies of the value of property...