John Mccormick: 29 books
Carrots, Sticks and Sermons
Policy Instruments and Their Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
The literature on policy strategies, instruments, and styles is impressive. Still, a complex variety of theoretical and conceptual approaches and analytical tools hamper a good overview. Carrots, Sticks, and Sermons proposes such a framework for the field and clearly shows how public policy instruments...
Acid Earth
The Global Threat of Acid Pollution
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Acid rain was one of the major environmental issues of the 1980s. But while industrialized countries have taken measures to reduce the emissions that lead to acidification, the problems have not gone away. Trees are still dying, lakes are still being made uninhabitable; buildings are still corroding;...
Comparative Government and Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
This revised and updated edition of a core textbook – one of the most well-established texts in the field of comparative politics – offers a comprehensive introduction to the comparison of governments and political systems, helping students to understand not just the institutions and political...
Reading Machiavelli
Scandalous Books, Suspect Engagements, and the Virtue of Populist Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
To what extent was Machiavelli a “Machiavellian”? Was he an amoral adviser of tyranny or a stalwart partisan of liberty? A neutral technician of power politics or a devout Italian patriot? A reviver of pagan virtue or initiator of modern nihilism? Reading Machiavelli answers these questions through...
Transforming America
Barack Obama in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
The presidency of Barack Obama seeks major transformation of American politics and policy. This new collection, edited by Steven E. Schier, examines the unusual combination of risk and ambition in Obama's presidency concerning popular politics, Washington politics, and economic and foreign policy....
by John P. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2011
Intensifying economic and political inequality poses a dangerous threat to the liberty of democratic citizens. Mounting evidence suggests that economic power, not popular will, determines public policy, and that elections consistently fail to keep public officials accountable to the people. McCormick...
by John R. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012
The Transcontinental Railroad is being slowed by three things: Indians, Weather, and a Killer. Pinkerton Gideon Atwater is hired to find the killer. Snowbound in the town of Cheyenne, WY Gideon together with his friend and partner, Killian Wilde, come up against many obstacles.
From the weather...
In Shadows Written
An Anthology of Modern Horror
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The twelve stories comprising In Shadows Written: An Anthology of Modern Horror takes us into the hearts and minds of thirteen award-winning authors. Explore the wide reach of horror fiction of the early 21st century.
“Familiar” by Ken Pelham. Is it research or witchcraft? Science or magic?...
by Carl Schmitt, John P. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Carl Schmitt ranks among the most original and controversial political thinkers of the twentieth century. His incisive criticisms of Enlightenment political thought and liberal political practice remain as shocking and significant today as when they first appeared in Weimar Germany. Unavailable in...
by Brian Gugerty, John E. Mattison, Kathleen A. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The Complete Healthcare Information Technology Reference and Exam Guide
Gain the skills and knowledge required to implement and support healthcare IT (HIT) systems in various clinical and healthcare business settings. Health Information Technology Exam Guide for CHTS and CAHIMS Certifications...
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
The Weimar Moment
Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2012
The Weimar Moment’s evocative assault on closure and political reaction, its offering of democracy against the politics of narrow self-interest cloaked in nationalist appeals to Volk and “community” – or, as would be the case in Nazi Germany, “race” – cannot but appeal to us today. This...
Improving Learning How to Learn
Classrooms, Schools and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn.
This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a professional...
by John C. Lee, Norman J. McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
The book has been developed in conjunction with NERS 462, a course offered every year to seniors and graduate students in the University of Michigan NERS program.
The first half of the book covers the principles of risk analysis, the techniques used to develop and update a reliability data...