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by John Janovy Jr
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
In the United States today, four words are political hot buttons that no elected official in his or her right mind responds to with deep and honest understanding, although all respond in ways that seem to reveal strong beliefs they hope are congruent with those of the voting majority. These words...
Organizing for Community Controlled Development
Renewing Civil Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2003
"This book is both important and timely. Written by practitioners who are also academics, the book combines solid research, observation and practical experience that speak forcefully to the need for both local place-based development and greater citizen involvement. The examples they give of...
The Ipinions Journal
Commentaries on the Global Events of 2016—Volume Xii
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2016 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Here are some topics in this twelfth volume of his writings:
Hillary Calling Half of Trumps Supporters a Basket of Deplorables
Hillary was only half right But the most troubling thing is not how...
The Politics and Civics of National Service
Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's...
Evidence-Based Policy
A Practical Guide to Doing It Better
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence. That is now uncontroversial to the point of triviality--of course, policy should be based on the facts. But are the methods that policy makers rely on to gather and analyze...
Politics of Indignation: Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruptions and Social Change.
Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruptions and Social Change.
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Politics of Indignation is a challenging, accessible and exciting book. Not only does it provide a critical analysis of the neoliberal onslaught on public education in many countries including Cuba, Nicaragua and the Arab world, it also offers new insights into the dynamics of control, while demonstrating how and where resistance has succeeded.
by Philip K. Howard
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Award-winning author Philip K. Howard lays out the blueprint for a new American society.
In this brief and powerful book, Philip K. Howard attacks the failed ideologies of both parties and proposes a radical simplification of government to re-empower Americans in their daily choices. Nothing...
Courting Peril
The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
The rule of law paradigm has long operated on the premise that independent judges disregard extralegal influences and impartially uphold the law. A political transformation several generations in the making, however, has imperiled this premise. Social science learning, the lessons of which have been...
by Paul Horwitz
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Addressing a host of hot-button issues, Horwitz argues that rigidly doctrinal interpretation renders First Amendment law inept in the face of messy, real-world situations. Courts should let institutions with a stake in these freedoms do more work to enforce them. Self-regulation and public criticism should be the key restraints, not judicial fiat.
EU Economic Governance
The French and German Views
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
One could view the current crisis as an opportunity to make up for past mistakes or past reluctance to do what was necessary. This was the approach adopted by the European institutions when they came up with their proposals on economic governance. This paper aims to provide an insight into the thinking...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for...
Designing and Conducting Survey Research
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
The industry standard guide, updated with new ideas and SPSS analysis techniques
Designing and Conducting Survey Research: A Comprehensive Guide Fourth Edition is the industry standard resource that covers all major components of the survey process, updated to include new data analysis techniques...
The Ethical Lobbyist
Reforming Washington’s Influence Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Lobbyists in Washington aren’t a new phenomenon. Since the early days of the republic, citizens and groups alike have hired professionals to press their interests with lawmakers. However, recent examples of misconduct—like that seen in the Abramoff scandal—highlight the unique ethical challenges...
Complete Politics Works of Saint Thomas More
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, Utopia
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
Known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII and Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. More opposed the Protestant Reformation, in particular the...