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Evidence-Based Policymaking
Insights from Policy-Minded Researchers and Research-Minded Policymakers
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
This book is for those who believe that good government should be based on hard evidence, and that research and policy ought to go hand-in-hand. Unfortunately, no such bond exists. Rather, there is a substantial gap, some say chasm, between the production of knowledge and its utilization. Despite...
The Politics of Autism
Navigating The Contested Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2015
In the first book devoted exclusively to the contentious politics of autism, noted political scientist and public policy expert John J. Pitney, Jr., explains how autism has evolved into a heated political issue disputed by scientists, educators, social workers, and families. Nearly everything about...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
While recent catastrophic events in New Orleans and Haiti may have magnified issues of social inequity, leaders have debated over poverty and discrimination for decades. Are the poor disadvantaged by the institutions of society or by the choices they make? Through two insightful volumes, the author...
by Karen Terry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
Who Cares?
Public Ambivalence and Government Activism from the New Deal to the Second Gilded Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Americans like to think that they look after their own, especially in times of hardship. Particularly for the Great Depression and the Great Society eras, the collective memory is one of solidarity and compassion for the less fortunate. Who Cares? challenges this story by examining opinion polls and...
Why we need a Citizen’s Basic Income
The desirability and implementation of an unconditional income
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
In the five years since Money for Everyone was published the idea of a Citizen’s Basic Income has rocketed in interest to an idea whose time has come. In moving the debate on from the desirability of a basic income this fully updated and revised edition now includes comprehensive discussions on...
Colorblind
The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era. Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to...
by James J. Willis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...
by Michael Gerson, Stephanie Summers, Katie Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
There is a perfect storm undermining something important about America: the opportunity for people born into poverty to advance over their lifetimes.This book explores how to unleash opportunity in five key areas: early childhood, the graduation gap, foster care, juvenile justice, and predatory...
The squeezed middle
The pressure on ordinary workers in America and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
As wages stagnate but living costs keep rising, the pressure on working people grows more intense. The issue of living standards has become one of the most urgent challenges for politicians in both Britain and America. 'The squeezed middle' brings together experts from both sides of the Atlantic to...
A Healthy Society
How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, Updated and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor’s vision for a new approach to politics – and a new approach to building a healthier world. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician, Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often focuses on treatment of immediate causes...
by KRISTIN S SEEFELDT, JOHN DAVID GRAHAM
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Millions have entered poverty as a result of the Great Recession's terrible toll of long-term unemployment. Kristin S. Seefeldt and John D. Graham examine recent trends in poverty and assess the performance of America’s "safety net" programs. They consider likely scenarios for future developments...
Paper German
A Political Policy Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
Paper German is about the everyday life of migrants and their children, the third and fourth generations living in Germany and Central Europe. It addresses not only the physical challenges but also the psychological challenges that foreigners face, in terms of equality, employment, education, and...
by Lynn A. Addington
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of criminology find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data...