Central / national / federal government policies Books
Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Law and Economics in Developing Countries Hoover
Book SynopsisExamines the relationship between law, governance, and economic development and shows the main substantive and procedural legal factors that developing nations must address to promote political stability and economic growth, intended for the general informed reader as well as for policymakers in governments and civil society.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Seeking Middle Ground on Social Security Reform
Book SynopsisCuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the US political scene and looks at both the Republican and the Democratic plans for Social Security, showing important flaws in each.
£7.95
MJ - Ohio University Press Land Power and Custom Controversies Generated by
Book SynopsisLand tenure rights are a burning issue in South Africa, as in Africa more widely. Land, Power, and Custom explores the implications of the controversial 2004 Communal Land Rights Act, criticized for reinforcing the apartheid power structure and ignoring the interests of the common people.Trade Review“Land, Power & Custom brings together a rich combination of critical reflection and historical and ethnographic evidence to elucidate the challenges of securing land rights in post-apartheid South Africa. The authors … make clear the relevance of South Africa’s experiments and dilemmas for land rights reform in sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.”“(Land, Power, and Custom) is a rich source of material for the South African public, for legal and anthropological scholars, and for all those concerned with debates going on apace, seemingly all over Africa.” * African Studies Review *“The value of Claassens and Cousins' book is that the reader gets to grips with the flimsy and insecure nature of land entitlements for residents in former Homelands and the impression is left, which is disturbing, that South Africa remains an apartheid society.” * Journal of Southern African History *“… a timely intervention in a crucial debate on the meaning of custom and tradition in post-apartheid democracy.”“… an outstanding collection of essays of great interest and value to all those concerned with these issues across Africa, as the continent searches for tenure security in the context of development, and for the appropriate role and meaning of the customary within democratic, rights-based governance.”“It is ironic that our government, that is so concerned about growing inequality, would continue to support the disempowerment of women and rural people by passing laws that reinforce apartheid boundaries and power relations in so-called ‘communal areas.’ This is an important book for all citizens concerned with fighting inequality.”
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University of Hawai'i Press Food Safety after Fukushima Scientific
Book SynopsisExamines the process by which notions about what is safe to eat were formulated after the nuclear meltdown in Fukushima. The book's central argument is that as citizens informed themselves about potential risks, they also became savvier in their assessment of the government's handling of the crisis.Trade Review[T]his book is a beautifully written and easy to read account of the challenges Japanese society has faced by the radioactive contamination of food in the first three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna provides manifold insights into the perspectives of concerned consumers and farmers in post-Fukushima Japan, and introduces their strategies for consuming and producing safe food on an everyday base. Scholars and students of Japan and food safety, as well as the general public will benefit from the many examples and rich descriptions of individuals’ practices in a post-disaster society. Sternsdorff-Cisterna’s book sensitively depicts and brilliantly analyzes the precariousness of life in Japan after the dangerous 2011 nuclear plant accident. His concept of scientific citizenship is a major contribution to formulating the social relations, political dynamics, and cultural categories of risk and safety that emerge following the mega-disasters that we humans bring upon ourselves. Food Safety after Fukushima reveals the fallout of Japan’s nuclear meltdown to have been not only radioactive but also deeply social. In Tokyo, fear of radiation’s indiscernible threat—and people’s skepticism of the state’s ability to issue reliable safety assurances—eroded longstanding trust relations between farmers and food shoppers and led women to re-write the rules of "good" mothering. With sensitivity and great insight, Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna details how residents, armed with Geiger counters and newfound political purpose, generate and circulate knowledge about radiation—enacting "scientific citizenship"—to rebuild the social relations that constitute food safety.
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John Wiley & Sons Work Welfare and Politics Confronting Poverty in
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Urban Institute Press,U.S. Public Housing and the Legacy of Segregation
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Georgetown University Press Federalism in the Forest National versus State
Book SynopsisExamines and compares public policy performance across both state and national levels, explaining why state agencies excel at economic outputs and profitability, the management of land with state income in mind - while national agencies are stronger in citizen participation and the inarguably important role of environmental protection.Trade ReviewA concise and readable summary of the differences between federal and state forestry policies... A useful tool. Natural Resources Journal A timely and important book that makes an important contribution to the literature. Federalism in the Forest will be of particular interest to social scientists and policymakers interested in the federal nature of natural resource policy, and to those wondering about the consequences of devolving natural resource policy to state and local levels of government. Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsPart One: Agency Policy Performance in a Federal System1. Does Devolution Matter 2. Comparing Four Forest Pairs Part Two: Differences in State and National Performance3. State Agency Strengths: Timber, Profits, and Revenue Sharing 4. Federal Agency Strength: Environmental Protection 5. Federal Agency Strength: Citizen Participation in Policy Processes Part Three: Explaining Bureaucratic Behavior in a Federal System6. Laws and Forest Plans 7. Budget Incentives 8. Beyond Elected Officials Part Four: Theoretical and Practical Implications9. Explaining Policy Performance Differences 10. Implications for Policy in a Federal System Appendix A. Methods Appendix B. Statistical Tests for State and Federal Differences
£48.00
Georgetown University Press Rethinking Health Care Policy The New Politics of
Book SynopsisStates are increasingly important players in the efforts to reform US health care, as the federal government withdraws from this responsibility. This title analyzes the varied routes states have taken in reformulating health care policy and provides a road map of what specific strategies work and why.
£48.00
Georgetown University Press Pluralism by the Rules Conflict and Cooperation
Book SynopsisDespite America's pluralistic, fragmented, and generally adversarial political culture, participants in pollution control politics have begun to collaborate to reduce the high costs of developing, implementing, and enforcing regulations. This title uses examples from this traditionally combative policy arena to propose a model for regulation.
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Georgetown University Press The Politics of Unfunded Mandates Whither
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive analysis of the politics behind the use of mandates requiring state and local governments to implement federal policy. This book reveals how mandates have changed the way policy is formed in the United States and the fundamental relationship between the federal government and the state and local governments.Trade ReviewA pioneering quantitative and qualitative study of a hot intergovernmental topic — federal mandates on state and local governments … this superb study should be read by every student of American federalism. Its breadth also makes it classroom friendly. * Political Science Quarterly *
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Georgetown University Press Brain Policy How the New Neuroscience Will Change
Book SynopsisAs treatments emerge for disorders of the brain, concerns are arising along with them. Examining the implications of the full range of revolutionary interventions that is possible in the human brain, this book warns that while these techniques may promise medical wonders, they also raise profound political questions.Trade ReviewAmericans, Blank argues convincingly, don't yet appreciate the enormous potential of neuroscience - or its likely social and political impacts ... But, as the author makes clear, brain modification - even more than genetic engineering - will profoundly influence our lives in the decades to come. Wilson Quarterly Has some real strengths ... The opening chapters ... provide a first-rate introduction to neuroscience for the lay person. Blank condenses remarkably complex material into concepts that are easily grasped, but avoids gross oversimplification ... presents a nuanced discussion of the difficult ethical issues surrounding imposed treatment of psychiatric disorders ... Clearly the book is aimed at a general audience, but scientists not conversant with neuroscience would find it an informative, easy read. Nature An important endeavor ... a thorough overview of the most intriguing new developments in the neurosciences ... The text is highly informative yet still easy to read ... This is a well written work. Doody's Review ServiceTable of Contents1. Introduction: Intervention in the Brain 2. The Brain: Structure, Development, and Death 3. The Brain, the Mind, and Consciousness 4. Genetics and the Brain 5. The Brain and Behavior 6. Brain Intervention Techniques 7. Neural Grafting 8. Neurotoxicity 9. Conclusions: The Emergence of Brain Policy
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Georgetown University Press Taking Aim Target Populations and the Wars on
Book SynopsisWeaving case studies from the wars against AIDS and drugs with an empirical analysis of congressional action on these issues, this title shows how members of Congress balance problem solving with re-election concerns, paying particular attention to their need to craft compelling rationales for their actions.Trade ReviewA modest but useful step forward in the literature on target populations and policy design ... A useful volume that advances discourse on target populations ... This book will be useful to readers who are interested in the formation of public policy, who are interested in the nature of policy design-especially as policy design is linked to target populations, and who study the nature of the linkage of social problems with policy solutions. In the final analysis, this book makes a nice...contribution to the literature. American Politics
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Georgetown University Press Remaking New Zealand and Australian Economic
Book SynopsisDuring the 1980s and early 1990s, Australia and New Zealand extensively deregulated their economies to create two of the most open markets in the industrialized world. Drawing on interviews with more than 180 policymakers in Australia and New Zealand, this book analyzes the factors that made the deregulation process different in these countries.Trade ReviewShaun Goldfinch has done an excellent job ... his book is essential reading. This well-written study is highly recommended for students of comparative governance. Governance
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Georgetown University Press Seeking the Center Politics and Policymaking at
Book SynopsisOver the years, Democrats and Republicans each have received about fifty percent of the votes and controlled about half of the government, but this has not resulted in policy deadlock. This title analyzes policy outcomes in light of the frequent alternation in power among evenly divided parties.Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Introduction 1. Durability and ChangeMartin A. Levin and Marc K. LandyPart II: Taxing and Spending2. Budgeting More, Deciding LessEric M. Patashnik3. From Expansion to Austerity: The New Politics of Taxing and SpendingPaul Pierson4. Four Pathways of Power: Probing the Political Dynamics of Federal Tax Policy in the in the Turbulent 1980s and 1990sDavid R. Beam and Timothy J. ConlanPart III: Rights Policies 5. Immigration Reform ReduxPeter H. Schuck6. Republican Efforts to End Affirmative Action: Walking a Fine LineJohn David Skrentny7. On the Resilience of RightsThomas F. BurkePart IV: Social Welfare Policy8. The Evolving Old Politics of Social SecurityMartha Derthick9. The Politics of Rights Retraction: Welfare Reform from Entitlement to Block GrantSteven M. Teles, Brandeis UniversityTimothy S. Prinz10. The New Politics of the Working PoorChristopher Howard11. Dead on Arrival? New Politics, Old Politics, and the Case of National Health ReformCathie Jo Martin12. The New Politics of the CensusPeter SkerryPart V: Foreign Trade13. The Postwar Liberal Trade Regime: Resilience under PressureDavid VogelPart VI: Durability and Change14. Much Huffing and Puffing, Little ChangeDavid R. Mayhew15. Bill Clinton and the Politics of Divided DemocracySidney M. Milkis16. Two-Tier Politics RevisitedWilson Carey McWilliams17. Exit "Equality," Enter "Fairness"Eugene Bardach18. The Politics and Policy of the Regulated Market, Efficiency- Constrained Welfare StateMartin Shapiro
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Georgetown University Press The Government Taketh Away The Politics of Pain
Book SynopsisDemocratic government is about making choices. Sometimes those choices involve the distribution of benefits. This work examines the repercussions of unpopular government decisions in Canada and the USA, the two great democratic nations of North America.Trade ReviewA remarkable volume . . . First, the contributions contained within it are uniformly admirable as scholarship without being cursed with the obscurantist and obsequious lingo that too often renders such tomes either impenetrable or unappealing to the attentive and intelligent public. Second, they provide genuinely informative and compelling explanations of why public policy works (or doesn't work) the way it does. Finally, by giving sufficient detail about selected policy areas to make them intelligible, and then by adding informed reflections and cogent conclusions, they provide citizens, public officials and politicians with the intellectual tools necessary to comprehend problems that may be only apparently insoluble. * The Innovation Journal *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Politics of PainLeslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver2. Cutting Old-Age PensionsR. Kent Weaver3. Controlling Health Care Costs for the AgedCarolyn Hughes Tuohy4. Telecommunications DeregulationRichard J. Schultz and Andrew Rich5. Tobacco ControlDonley T. Studlar6. Closing Military BasesLilly J. Goren and P. Whitney Lackenbauer7. Siting Nuclear WasteBarry G. Rabe8. Gun ControlLeslie A. Pal9. AbortionRaymond Tatalovich10. ConclusionsLeslie A. Pal and R. Kent Weaver
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Hand & Mind Pub. Title Deaf History Notes
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Random House Canada Sideways
Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGFrom the Globe and Mail tech reporter who revealed countless controversies while following the Sidewalk Labs fiasco in Toronto, an uncompromising investigation into the bigger story and what the Google sister company's failure there reveals about Big Tech, data privacy and the monetization of everything.When former New York deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff landed in Toronto, promising a revolution in better living through technology, the locals were starstruck. In 2017 a small parcel of land on the city's woefully underdeveloped lakeshore was available for development, and with Google co-founder Larry Page and his trusted chairman Eric Schmidt leaning into Sidewalk Labs' pitch for the long-forsaken property—with Doctoroff as the urban-planning company's CEO—Sidewalk's bid crushed the competition. But as
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Penguin Books Ltd The Teachers
Book Synopsis***A National Bestseller***A riveting, must-read, year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what’s really going on behind school doors, by New York Times bestselling author and education expert Alexandra Robbins. Alexandra Robbins goes behind the scenes to tell the true, sometimes shocking, always inspirational stories of three teachers as they navigate a year in the classroom. She follows Penny, a southern middle school math teacher who grappled with a toxic staff clique at the big school in a small town; Miguel, a special ed teacher in the western United States who fought for his students both as an educator and as an activist; and Rebecca, an East Coast elementary school teacher who struggled to schedule and define a life outside of school. Robbins also interviewed hundreds of other teachers nationwide who share their secrets, dramas, and joys. Interspersed among the tea
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Thomas Dunne Books Troubled Water
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities-even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer.The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contamin
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St Martin's Press The Poisoned City
Book SynopsisWinner of The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism - 2019When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins. Through a series of disastrous decisions, the state government had switched the city's water supply to a source that corroded Flint's aging lead pipes. Complaints about the foul-smelling water were dismissed: the residents of Flint, mostly poor and African American, were not seen as credible, even in matters of their own lives.It took eighteen months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. By that time, twelve people had died and Flint's children had suffered irreparable harm. The long battle for accountability and a humane response to this man-made disaster has only just begun.In the first full account of this American tragedy, Anna Clark''s The Poisoned City reco
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Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin Troubled Water
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Seth M. Siegel shows how our drinking water got contaminated, what it may be doing to us, and what we must do to make it safe. If you thought America's drinking water problems started and ended in Flint, Michigan, think again. From big cities and suburbs to the rural heartland, chemicals linked to cancer, heart disease, obesity, birth defects, and lowered IQ routinely spill from our taps. Many are to blame: the EPA, Congress, a bipartisan coalition of powerful governors and mayors, chemical companies, and drinking water utilities-even NASA and the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the bottled water industry has been fanning our fears about tap water, but bottled water is often no safer.The tragedy is that existing technologies could launch a new age of clean, healthy, and safe tap water for only a few dollars a week per person. Scrupulously researched, Troubled Water is full of shocking stories about contamin
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Picador USA We Are the Weather
Book SynopsisIn We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn't believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselveswith our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it a
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St Martin's Press Looking for the Good War
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging work of cultural history and criticism that reexamines the impact of postWorld War II myths of the good war.Essential reading. This eloquent, far-ranging analysis of the national psyche goes as far as any book I've ever read toward explaining the peculiar American yen for war and more war. Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Beautiful Country Burn AgainIn Looking for the Good War, Elizabeth D. Samet examines the literature, art, and culture that emerged after World War II, bringing her expertise as a professor of English at West Point to bear on the complexity of the postwar period in national life. She exposes the confusion about American identity that was expressed during and immediately after the war, and the deep national ambivalence toward war, violence, and veteransa history that was suppressed in subsequent decades by a dangerously sentimental attitude toward the United States' supposedly excep
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McGraw-Hill Companies LooseLeaf for Labor Economics
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Orwell on Truth
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Abrams Press Carmageddon
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Johns Hopkins University Press Building Coalitions Making Policy
Book SynopsisFocuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to a public policy course or a course on presidential leadership, and practitioners can learn from it too. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Getting Past No: Building Coalitions and Making Policy from Clinton to Bush to ObamaChapter 1. The Electoral Connection and the Dissonant Game of Coalition Building in an Era of Partisan PolicymakingChapter 2. Why LBJ Is Smiling: The Bush Administration, "Compassionate Conservatism," and No Child Left Behind Chapter 3. Splitting the Coalition: The Political Perils and Opportunities of Immigration Reform Chapter 4. Embracing the Third Rail? Social Security Politics from Clinton to ObamaChapter 5. The Bush Administration and the Politics of Medicare ReformChapter 6. A Solution for All Seasons: The Politics of Tax Reduction in the Bush AdministrationChapter 7. The Bush Administration and the Uses of Judicial PoliticsChapter 8. A Feint to the Center, a Move Backward: Bush's Clear Skies Initiative and the Politics of PolicymakingChapter 9. National Security, the Electoral Connection, and Policy Choice Chapter 10. The Dynamics of Presidential Policy Choice and PromotionChapter 11. Touching the Bases: Parties and Policymaking in the Twenty- First Century Chapter 12. Bush's "Our Crowd"Chapter 13. Politics, Elections, and PolicymakingList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Case of the Green Turtle
Book SynopsisHer study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live.Trade ReviewWhile I recommend this book for readers interested in sea turtle and herpetological history, it will also give readers with no knowledge outside of academia a glimpse into the world of policy and politics in the conservation of amphibians and reptiles. -- C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr. Herpetological Review Holds many lessons for those interested in the conservation of marine creatures and of biodiversity in general. Choice The story of efforts to save green sea turtles, including by farming them, illustrates conflicts common to conservation work. Science News A marvelous study of the history of global efforts to conserve the wide-ranging green turtle... Rieser's tour-de-force makes compelling reading because it is packed with intrigue, almost like a spy novel. It is a page turner and a must-read for all those engaged in trying to stem the illicit trade in wildlife products. -- Nigel Smith AAG Review of Books Rieser shares with us an exhaustive, rich and mind-blowing historical narrative supported by crucial evidence and resources. [ The Case of the Green Turtle] is an extremely valuable contribution to understanding Latin America's wildlife conservation and an important story for all those concerned with saving our natural world. -- Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard Journal of Latin American GeographyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: From Seafood to Icon1. Turtle Kraals and Canneries2. Turning Turtles on the Great Barrier Reef3. The Turtle Islands of Sarawak4. The Gifted Navigators5. The Geography of Turtle Soup6. A Turtle Flap in London7. The Buffalo of the Sea8. Who Will Kill the Last Turtle?9. Red Data for the Green Turtle10. Reptiles on the Red List11. You Lost the Turtle Boat12. One Man's Opinion13. Down on the Farm14. Conservation through Commerce15. The Best Available Science16. A Global StrategyEpilogue: Supply and DemandAppendix A: The 1966 U.S. Classification of Chelonia mydas as Rare and EndangeredAppendix B: IUCN Principles and Recommendations on Commercial Exploitation of Sea TurtlesNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Tapping into The Wire The Real Urban Crisis
Book SynopsisWith a firm grasp on the hard truths of real-world problems, Tapping into 'The Wire' helps undo misconceptions and encourage a dialogue of understanding.Trade ReviewAn engaging, fast-paced read that translates the fiction of a cable one-hour drama to the reality of an American City. Using the themes of the social determinants of health, governance, and intersectoral action, the book seeks to reframe the discourse about drug policy and the health of US cities. It is an important read for students and for those seeking to communicate the importance of social determinants of health and understand the politics of drugs and health in cities. -- Danielle C. Ompad Journal of Urban Health A convincing argument that nonviolent drug users are part of a significant public health problem that demands an effective response from cities... Readers cannot help but feel sympathy for those who struggle with addiction and the plight of government officials who strive to create alternatives to this dilemma. Highly recommended for readers interested in substance abuse or criminal justice issues and prepared for intellectual engagement. Library Journal Beilenson leads us through the rationale and implementation of public health initiatives that might have an effect on the show's characters, or on the city's embattled residents those characters are meant to portray. -- Andrew Cleary Rain Taxi Review of BooksTable of ContentsForeword: A Conversation with David Simon, Creator of The Wire, by Patrick A. McGuire1. The New Public Health Crisis: Wallace's World2. Heroin Central: The Street Life of Bubbles, Marlo, and Johnny3. Losing the War on Drugs: The Pit versus the Police4. Medicalize or Legalize: Hamsterdam5. Needle Exchange and the AIDS Dilemma: Sticking It to "the Bug"6. Treatment on Demand as a Strategy: Walon's Success Story7. School Performance and the MIA Parent: The Tragedy of Dukie's Education8. Teenage Pregnancy and STDs: Shardene's Escape9. Firepower: Snoop's Beretta, Avon's Heckler, and Omar's Mossberg10. Place Matters: Why Didn't Bodie Just Leave?11. Of Paint and Guns: Did Omar Die of Lead Poisoning?12. Obese Yet Malnourished: The Weighty Contradiction of Prop Joe13. Public Health and Politics: The Promise and Peril of Tommy CarcettiEpilogue: Learning from The Wire: Practicing Politics to Practice MedicineCast of CharactersNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Forging Chinas Military Might
Book SynopsisCase studies look in detail at the Chinese space and missile industry.Trade ReviewForging China's Military Might belongs in any political science shelf interested in China's issues and international security and considers the nature of China's emergence as a world power. Midwest Book Review This detailed, well structured and researched overview [is] the most comprehensive and even-handed of anything currently available. -- Kerry Brown Asian Affairs Key for China analysts and those who focus specifically on China's defense industry will be to identify well in advance those early warning indicators that will allow us to determine the extent to which real change in the industry is occurring, and how to determine how much of an impact it is having on China's ability to close the defense technology gap. This book helps to advance that conversation by providing a number of ways to look at [China's] defense industry in comparative perspective, which will be of value to anyone seeking to answer these questions for some time to come. Center for International Maritime Security The contributors have done incredible research on such a comprehensive subject in a single volume. Their multi-lingual capabilities and multiple-perspective approach have distinguished this book from most previous works. Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Frameworks for Analyzing Chinese Defense and Military InnovationChapter 2. An Uncertain Transition: Regulatory Reform and Industrial Innovation in China's Defense Research, Development, and Acquisition SystemChapter 3. The General Armament Department's Science and Technology Committee: PLA- Industry Relations and Implications for Defense InnovationChapter 4. Commissars of Weapons Production: The Chinese Military Representative SystemChapter 5. The Rise of Chinese Civil- Military IntegrationChapter 6. China's Emerging Defense Innovation System: Making the Wheels TurnChapter 7. Locating China's Place in the Global Defense EconomyChapter 8. Organization as Innovation: Instilling a Quality Management System in China's Human Spaceflight ProgramChapter 9. China's Evolving Space and Missile Industry: Seeking Innovation in Long- Range Precision StrikeConclusionsList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Just and Lasting Change
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is a fine resource for individuals teaching or practicing in the fields of international health, public health, health policy, or medical education, as well as individuals in social work and education. The authors' informative treatise introduces practitioners, educators, and policy makers to the fundamentals of promoting community-centered and cost-effective social change. Recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsForeword Glossary: The SEED-SCALE ProcessIntroduction Part I: The Claim: A Just and Lasting Future Is PossibleChapter 1. Getting Started Chapter 2. Our Maturing Understanding of Community Change Chapter 3. Making a Large and Lasting Impact Chapter 4. Synopsis of SEED-SCALEChapter 5. Assuring Accountability through Better Paperwork Chapter 6. A Crisis Can Become an Opportunity Part II: Historical DemonstrationsChapter 7. The World's First Example of Intentional, Community-Based Development: Ding Xian, China Chapter 8. Abraham Lincoln: Setting America's Modernization in Motion Chapter 9. An Evolving Balance between People and Nature: The Adirondacks, New York Chapter 10. Development without Wealth: Kerala, India Part III: Evidence from the Community LevelChapter 11. A Better Pattern for Cities: Curitiba, Brazil Chapter 12. The Role of Conceptual and Cultural Breakthroughs: Narangwal, India Chapter 13. Out of the Shadows: Women in AfghanistanChapter 14. Evolution of a World Training Center: Jamkhed, India Chapter 15. Addiction as a Barrier to Development: Gadchiroli, India Chapter 16. The Green Bay Packers: Community-Owned Energy Part IV: Large-Scale ApplicationsChapter 17. Scaling Up Tobacco Control: Creating Authority by International Convention Chapter 18. Urban Agriculture: A Powerful Engine for Sustainable Cities Chapter 19. Communities and Government Learning to Work Together: CLAS in Peru Chapter 20. Integrating Conservation with Development: Tibet, China Chapter 21. Going to Scale with Health Care: China's Model Counties Chapter 22. A University's Actions in Apartheid South Africa Chapter 23. A Promising Start Derailed: Kakamega, KenyaConclusion: Patterns to Own Our Futures AcknowledgmentsAppendix A. A Handbook on SEED: Initiating Growth Appendix B. A Handbook on SCALE: Growth in Improvement and Participation Notes Authors and Contributors Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial
Book SynopsisBy integrating the perspectives of both medicine and agriculture and exploring the history and science behind the widespread use of growth-promoting antibiotics, One Health and the Politics of Antimicrobial Resistance examines the controversy in a unique way while offering policy recommendations that all sides can accept.Trade ReviewSome of her impartial findings will surprise readers and completely recolor the current conversation on antimicrobial resistance. Give a copy of this book to your legislators today. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association The author demonstrates her command of both the politics and the science of establishing medication guidelines throughout the book and approaches the subject with professional objectivity. Emerging Infectious Diseases Some of her impartial findings will surprise readers and completely recolor the current conversation on antimicrobial resistance. Give a copy of this book to your legislators today. JAVMAD As a veterinarian who follows all policies on antimicrobial resistance closely, I greatly enjoyed reading this book as it provided a holistic, multidisciplinary and well-analysed perspective on the different policies followed and their consequences. For those involved in policies and research around antimicrobial resistance this book will be a must-read. Furthermore, I recommend it to all libraries of medicine, veterinary science and public health schools and research centres all over the world. Veterinary RecordTable of Contents1. The Politics2. A Brief History of Meat Production and Antibiotics3. The British Experience4. Lessons from Sweden5. Lessons from Denmark6. The European Experience7. The Controversy in the United States8. International Challenges9. Environmental and Pharmaceutical Discoveries and Challenges10. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Performance Funding for Higher Education
Book SynopsisUltimately, the authors recommend that states create new ways of helping colleges with many at-risk students, define performance indicators and measures better tailored to institutional missions, and improve the capacity of colleges to engage in organizational learning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction Widespread Adoption of Performance Funding The Different Forms of Performance Funding Conceptualizing How Performance Funding Works Chapter Contents and Preview of Findings 2. Research Perspectives, Questions, and Methods Existing Scholarship on the Impacts of Performance Funding and Its Limitations Policy Instruments Organizational Changes Student Outcomes Obstacles to Effective Functioning Unintended Impacts Overall Limitations Enlisting Insights from Other Bodies of Literature Performance Management in Public Agencies Policy Design: Policy Instruments and their Strengths and Weaknesses Data-Driven Decision Making and Organizational Learning in Higher Education Policy Implementation Principal-Agent Theory Conceptual Framework Research Questions Research Methods 3. Policy Instruments and their Immediate Impacts Financial Incentives Little Initial Impact on Institutional Finances Explaining the Low Initial Impact on Institutional Finances Perceived Impact of Financial Incentives on Institutional Behavior Communication of State Program Goals and Methods State Communication College Communication Variations in Awareness of State Goals and Methods Perceived Impact of Awareness of State Goals and Methods on College Efforts Communication of Institutional Performance on the State Metrics State Communication of Institutional Performance College Communication of Institutional Performance Variations in Awareness of Institutional Performance Perceived Impact of Awareness of Institutional Performance Building Up Institutional Capacity to Respond to Performance Funding What State Officials Were Doing Institutional Officials' Assessment of the State Effort to Build Capacity Disaggregating Our Main Patterns Differences by State Differences by Type of Institution: Community Colleges and Universities Differences by Estimated Organizational Capacity of Institutions Summary and Conclusions 4. Organizational Learning in Response to Performance Funding Deliberative Processes Used to Respond to Performance Funding General Administrative Deliberative Processes Special Purpose Deliberative Structures Informal Deliberative Structures Variations in Deliberative Processes Variations by State Variation by Type of Institution Variations by Expected Institutional Capacity Aids and Hindrances to Deliberation Organizational Commitment and Leadership Communication and Collaboration Time and the Opportunity to Deliberate on New Policies and Practices Timely and Relevant Data Variations in Aids and Hindrances Differences by State Differences by Type of Institution Differences by Institutional Capacity Summary and Conclusions 5. Changes to Institutional Policies, Programs, and Practices Perceptions about the Impact of Performance Funding Ratings of the Impact of Performance Funding on Institutional Changes Reasons Given for Not Rating the Impact of Performance Funding "High" The Joint Influence of Several Different Factors Changes in Academic Policies, Practices, and Programs Developmental Education Changes STEM-Field Academic Changes General Curricular Changes Changes to Instructional Techniques: Technology/Online Education Student Services Changes Advising and Counseling Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction Orientation and First-Year Programs Tuition and Financial Aid Policies Registration and Graduation Procedures Restructuring Student Services Departments and Staffing Other Student Services Changes Isomorphism and the Institutionalization of Campus Changes Disaggregating Our Main Patterns Differences by State Differences by Institutional Type Differences by Institutional Capacity Summary and Conclusions Chapter 6: Student Outcomes Descriptive Data Indiana Ohio Tennessee Multivariate Study Findings Studies Specific to Our Three States Studies of Performance Funding outside Our Three States U. 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Performance Funding Outcomes Outside of Higher Education Summary and Conclusions Chapter 7: Obstacles to Effective Response Student-Body Composition Inadequate Preparation for College Non-Degree Seekers Lower Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Its Financial Burdens Inappropriate Performance Funding Measures Insufficient Institutional Capacity Insufficient State Funding of Higher Education Institutional Resistance to Performance Funding Insufficient Knowledge of Performance Funding Variations Within Our Main Findings Differences by State Differences by Institutional Type Differences by Institutional Capacity Summary and Conclusions Chapter 8: Unintended Impacts of Performance Funding Restrictions of Student Admission General Restrictions Raising Admission Requirements Selective Student Recruitment Directing Institutional Aid to Better Prepared Students Weakening of Academic Standards Lowering Academic Demands in Class (Grade Inflation) Reducing Degree Requirements Compliance Costs Cost of Improving Institutional Research Capacity Increased Workload Reduced Institutional Cooperation Lower Faculty and Staff Morale Less Faculty Voice in Academic Governance Narrowing of Institutional Mission Variations Within Our Main Findings Differences by State Differences by Institutional Type Differences by Institutional Capacity Summary and Conclusions Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions Key Findings Policy Instruments Organizational Learning Institutional Changes Student Outcomes Obstacles to Responding to Performance Funding Unintended Impacts Differences within These Main Patterns Implications for Policy Reducing Unintended Negative Impacts Reducing Obstacles to Effectively Responding to Performance Funding The Importance of Extensive Institutional Consultation and Periodic Review Implications for Research Concluding Thoughts Appendixes Appendix A: The Nature and History of Performance Funding in Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee Appendix B: Interview Protocol for State Officials Appendix C: Interview Protocol for Community College Administrators and Faculty Appendix D: Interview Protocol for University Administrators and Faculty Notes References Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press 150 Years of ObamaCare
Book SynopsisGo behind the curtain of the creation and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In this groundbreaking book, health-care attorney Daniel E. Dawes explores the secret backstory of the Affordable Care Act, shedding light on the creation and implementation of the greatest and most sweeping equalizer in the history of American health care. An eye-opening and authoritative narrative written from an insider's perspective, 150 Years of ObamaCare debunks contemporary understandings of health reform. It also provides a comprehensive and unprecedented review of the health equity movement and the little-known leadership efforts that were crucial to passing public policies and laws reforming mental health, minority health, and universal health. An instrumental player in a large coalition of organizations that helped shape ObamaCare, Dawes tells the story of the Affordable Care Act with urgency and intimate detail. He reveals what went on behind the scenes by including copies of letters anTrade ReviewAn informative and enticing book . . . Dawes combines his on-the-ground perspective with that of a longtime scholar and advocate for the reduction and elimination of health disparities.—Health AffairsThis text is invaluable for its data alone. Dawes provides an informed perspective on U.S. health care, its evolution, and how the ACA ultimately became law; but ObamaCare is also a good information source, a neutral chronicle. I enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the act and U.S. health care policy.—Florida BarAn important book that will come to serve as a key reference work for anyone wishing to understand the process by which the Affordable Care Act came into existence, not to mention the actual contents of the law itself. [Dawes] brings valuable . . . knowledge of the policy process to a wider audience, and the book will be of interest to scholars and policy analysts across a range of fields.—Social History of MedicineThis is an important book that will come to serve as a key reference work for anyone wishing to understand the process by which the Affordable Care Act came into existence, not to mention the actual contents of the law itself.—Social History of Medicine150 Years of ObamaCare not only details the history of the incrementalist approach to health reform in this country but also offers a keen perspective on what might lie ahead.... The lessons of 150 Years of Obamacare will help us all better understand future attacks on the ACA and continuing attempts to achieve health equity. In addition to the vast amount of history one can learn by reading 150 Years of ObamaCare, the book provides a bird's-eye view of both the ACA's passage and the political turmoil that has followed. Readers will appreciate Dawes's insightful descriptions of what it was like behind the scenes during the tortuous process of passing the law.... To help cut through that complexity, all readers, law-trained or not, will find useful Dawes's piece-by-piece explanation of the law's major provisions accompanied by concrete examples designed to illustrate their application.—Journal of Legal MedicineTable of ContentsForeward, by David SatcherPreface1. Making the Case for Health Reform2. Past Meets Present3. Pulling Back the Curtain4. The Fight Is On5. Brushes with Death6. Breaking Down the Law7. Moving Health Equity ForwardAcknowledgmentsAppendixIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Governing Health
Book SynopsisHow do government and private interests shape the health policy process?In this classic text, William G. Weissert and Carol S. Weissert describe how government and private interests help define health policy. Under the Obama administration, the federal government took a broadened role in setting health policy and insurance regulations. But the succeeding Trump administration and a Republican congress threatened to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its core tenets. Chronicling these recent important changes, Governing Health explores the political science theory behind this and other major shifts in national health policy. In this thoroughly updated edition, the authors describe how party polarization, a virulent anti-government movement, populist presidential politics, and the demise of regular order in Congress shape and define a new approach to health policy. This revised edition also offers a comprehensive synthesis of Obamacare, touching on everything from Accountable CTrade ReviewThis book could prove useful for those interested in the process and contributing factors of health policy formation such as scholars and professionals in the fields of governance, medicine, and public health.—Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Policy Process Chapter 2. CongressChapter 3. The PresidencyChapter 4. Interest GroupsChapter 5. The BureaucracyChapter 6. States and Health Care ReformConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Narrative Matters
Book SynopsisDrawn from the popular Narrative Matters column in the journal Health Affairs, these essays embody a vision for a health care system that centers the humanity of patients and doctors alike. Health care decision making affects patients and families first and foremost, yet their perspectives are not always factored into health policy deliberations and discussions. In this anthology, Jessica Bylander brings together the personal stories of the patients, physicians, caregivers, policy makers, and others whose writings add much-needed human context to health care decision making. Drawn from the popular Narrative Matters column in the leading health policy journal Health Affairs, this collection features essays by some of the leading minds in health care today, including Pulitzer Prizewinner Siddhartha Mukherjee, MacArthur fellow Diane Meier, former Planned Parenthood president Leana S. Wen, and former secretary of health and human services Louis W. Sullivan. The collection also presentsTable of ContentsForeword, by Abraham Verghese, MD List of Contributors Introduction Chapter 1. The Practice of Medicine The Importance of BeingAbraham VergheseRethinking the Traditional Doctor's Visit Maureen A. MavrinacIn the Safety Net: A Tale of Ticking Clocks and Tricky Diagnoses Maria MaldonadoThe Personal Toll of Practicing Medicine Elaine SchattnerChapter 2. Medical Innovation and Research Cancer, Our Genes, and the Anxiety of Risk-Based Medicine Siddhartha MukherjeeBeating a Cancer Death Sentence Jonathan FriedlaenderA Black Alzheimer's Patient Wants to Be Part of the Cure Katti GrayChapter 3. Patient-Centered Care "Nothing Is Broken": For an Injured Doctor, Quality-Focused Care Misses the Mark Charlotte YehThe Battle of the Bundle: Lessons from My Mother's Partial Hip Replacement Timothy HoffEven in an Emergency, Doctors Must Make Informed Consent an Informed Choice Cindy BrachChapter 4. The Doctor-Patient Relationship How to Win the Doctor Lottery Donna Jackson NakazawaAt the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship Raya Elfadel KheirbekWhen Patients Mentor Doctors: The Story of One Vital Bond Aroonsiri SangarlangkarnChapter 5. Disparities and Discrimination "Go Back to California": When Providers Fail Transgender Patients Laura ArrowsmithA Simple Case of Chest Pain: Sensitizing Doctors to Patients with Disabilities Leana S. WenGrasping at the Moon: Enhancing Access to Careers in the Health Professions Louis W. Sullivan Bridging the Divide between Dental and Medical Care Gayathri SubramanianIn Rural Towns, Immigrant Doctors Fill a Critical Need Yasmin Sokkar HarkerAn Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care Cheryl BettigoleChapter 6. Aging and End-of-Life Care "I Don't Want Jenny to Think I'm Abandoning Her": Views on Overtreatment Diane E. MeierThe Fall: Aligning the Best Care with Standards of Care at the End of Life Patricia GabowGetting It Right at the End of Life Dina Keller MossThe Evolving Moral Landscape of Palliative Care Myrick C. ShinallNecessary Steps: How Health Care Fails Older Patients, and How It Can Be Done Better Louise AronsonA Family Disease: Witnessing Firsthand the Toll that Dementia Takes on Caregivers Gary Epstein-LubowChapter 7. Maternity and Childbirth Watching the Clock: A Mother's Hope for a Natural Birth in a Cesarean Culture Carla KeirnsIn the "Gray Zone," a Doctor Faces Tough Decisions on Infant Resuscitation Gautham K. SureshReversing the Rise in Maternal Mortality Katy B. KozhimannilChapter 8. Opioids and Substance Abuse Down the Rabbit Hole: A Chronic Pain Sufferer Navigates the Maze of Opioid Use Janice Lynch SchusterIn Opioid Withdrawal, with No Help in Sight Travis N. RiederThe Fine Line between Doctoring and Dealing Pooja LagisettyIntoxicated, Homeless, and in Need of a Place to LandOtis WarrenIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Campus Free Speech
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface 1 Background and History Introduction: Civil Liberties in the United States U.S. Founding Documents The Declaration of Independence The Articles of Confederation The U.S. Constitution The Bill of Rights The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech Debating Freedom of Speech Court Rulings on Free Speech Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech Conclusion Further Reading 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Introduction Campus Climate Regarding Free Speech Civic Engagement Initiatives on Campus Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives on Campus Challenges of Promoting Free Speech on Campus Controversies Regarding Free Speech on Campus Case Study: Chapman University Controversies Regarding Academic Freedom Solutions/Best Practices for Promoting Free Speech Conclusion Further Reading 3 Perspectives Introduction Campus Free Speech: Keep Your Head Down and Don’t Say a Word? Sentwali Bakari Free Speech and the Value of the Sidewalk Provocateur Kathryn Cavins Tull Promoting a “Statement of Community Values” Eva Chatterjee-Sutton Thoughts from the Front Lines of the Campus Free Speech Struggle Matthew J. Dickinson Is There a Free Speech Crisis? David A. Dulio Student Affairs and the Free Speech Debate on Campus Kevin Kruger Talking Politics: Teaching Democracy by Teaching Political Discussion Elizabeth C. Matto Framing Controversies over Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the University Setting Kenneth R. Mayer and Howard Schweber 4 Profiles Introduction Organizations American Association of University Professors American Civil Liberties Union American College Personnel Association American Council on Education American Political Science Association Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Heterodox Academy National Association of Scholars National Association of Student Personnel Administrators University of California at Berkeley University of Chicago U.S. Supreme Court People John Dewey Jonathan Haidt Shaun R. Harper Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Thomas Jefferson Greg Lukianoff James Madison Alexander Meiklejohn John Stuart Mill Mario Savio Further Reading 5 Data and Documents Introduction Data Public Opinion Polling on Campus Free Speech Table 5.1. Rise in Acceptance of Opposing Free Speech on Campus Table 5.2. Is America’s Higher Education System Going in the Right Direction? Table 5.3. Reasons Cited by People Who Believe American Higher Education Is Going in the Wrong Direction U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Pertaining to Free Speech U.S. Supreme Court Cases: Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom Documents Constitutional Provisions Excerpt from John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859 Excerpt from John Dewey, Democracy and Education, 1916 Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) Espionage and Sedition Acts (1917 and 1918) Schenck v. United States (1919) Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957) Healy v. James (1972) Senators Stake Out Differing Positions on Hate Speech and Free Speech on Campus Challenging Colleges to Face Racism on Campus 6 Resources Introduction Books Scholarly Journals Other Publications Online Resources 7 Chronology Glossary Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Unchecked and Unbalanced
Book SynopsisIn Unchecked and Unbalanced, Arnold Kling provides a blueprint for those who are skeptical of political and financial elitism. At the heart of Kling''s argument is the growing discrepancy between two phenomena: knowledge is becoming more diffuse, while political power is becoming more concentrated. Kling sees this knowledge/power discrepancy at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. Financial industry executives and regulatory officials lacked the ability to fathom the complexity of the system that had emerged. And, in response, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, said that they required still more power, including $700 billion to purchase toxic assets from banks. Kling warns that increased concentration of power is a problem, not a panacea, for our modern world and suggests reforms designed to curb the growth of government and allow citizens greater control over the allocation of public goods. Published in cooperation with the HooTrade ReviewThis is essential reading on the political dangers facing us today and the risk of excess centralization. Arnold Kling is one of my favorite commentators. -- Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University, and general director, Mercatus CenterIf it seems to you as if politicians and government officials are getting dumber, Arnold Kling has the explanation: As their power grows, they know less of what they need to know to exercise it wisely. Kling offers a remedy that is likely to arouse interest in the electorate, and apprehension in officialdom. -- Glenn Reynolds, Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at University of Tennessee and author of the blog instapunditUnchecked and Unbalanced is an interesting book….The questions Kling asks are not always the ones I would have asked, but they are thought provoking nonetheless. * The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Spring 2011 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Contents Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Financial Crisis of 2008 Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Discrepancy Between Knowledge and Power Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Mechanisms for Decentralizing Power Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Acknowledgements Chapter 8 Index
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Rowman & Littlefield The United States and the Global Economy
Book SynopsisFinancial collapse. Global recession. The revival of free-market policies. Massive and increasing inequalities. Housing bubbles and record foreclosures. Severe strain in the European Union. Emergence of China and other major players on the international economic scene. Every day, media outlets bombard us with news and possible explanations for the financial, economic, and political crises. In The United States and the Global Economy, Frederick S. Weaver gives readers a concise introduction to the patterns of change in international financial and trade regimes since World War II in order to clarify recent global economic turmoil. Weaver has compiled a clear chronology of major events in the international economy to show how they have reflected and shaped changes in the domestic economy of the United States. Although U.S. dominance over the world economy is not as complete as it once was, U.S. domestic economic processes continue to have profound effects on global economic affairs. TheTrade ReviewWeaver provides a clear, concise, and easily-digestible description of key moments in US economic history and the economic concepts that underpin these events. His work is a boon to all undergraduates struggling through a course in international political economy and to those teaching them. -- Alexandra Guisinger, University of Notre DameHistory matters so we repeat it when we should and don't when we shouldn't. Weaver has done a great service by providing an accessible guide to recent US economic history (and its political drivers) in global context. -- Kevin Gallagher, Boston UniversityWeaver’s book makes a contribution to public understanding of a complex subject. It offers an alternative interpretation to the doctrinaire writings of some mainstream economists who celebrate the benefits of free trade, wealth creation, and consumer gains while downplaying the costs of dislocations, volatility, and instability. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *To quickly get up to speed on today's global economy and its impact on the US, this interdisciplinary book is a good place to start. Its wide-ranging "Selected Readings and Websites" list will also help readers pursue specific topics of interest. Over the last 60 years, numerous international developments have affected the US's role in the global economy, and this volume focuses on how these events have shaped the US economy. Weaver (emer., Hampshire College) explains and analyzes the effects on the US of the emergence of the EU, OPEC policies, the Soviet Union's collapse, China's rise as the export superpower, and economic successes in South Korea, India, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. He examines the causes and consequences of the global crisis from the perspective of developed and developing countries, covering important themes such as the role of income distribution during this crisis; the global nature of the crisis; the systematic failure of the global financial systems; inadequacy of global governance institutions; and challenges presented by financial innovation. To make the book more accessible, Weaver provides readers with the vocabulary of key elements of international economic analysis and their interactions. A good supplement for international studies courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduate through professional audiences as well as general readers. * CHOICE *Explores the patterns of change in the international economy since World War II, focusing on the ways in which international events, issues, and relationships reflected and shaped changes to the U.S.economy. * Journal of Economic Literature *Weaver’s narrative of how the international economic order has changed since the end of the Second World War is often compelling and informative. The book is well paced and an easy read, giving readers without background knowledge in economic or international affairs a good starting point to understand the rapid changes in the international economy. Weaver has the ability to seamlessly define and discuss the sometimes confusing jargon of international economics and provides throughout the book helpful side notes that add to the narrative but do not unnecessarily distract the reader from the book’s core insights. * E-International Relations *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Twentieth Century Quest for a Stable International Economy Chapter 2: The U.S. Domestic Economy and the International Scene, 1945 to 1970s Chapter 3: U.S. Political Shifts and beyond Bretton Woods, 1970s to 1980s Chapter 4: The New International Economy and the Dissolution of U.S. Modern Times, 1970s to 1990s Chapter 5: The Triumph of Free-Market Global Capitalism, 1990s to 2007 Chapter 6: The Twenty-First Century Quest for a Stable International Economy Selected Readings
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Parchman Farm
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Saint Benedict Press How to Keep from Losing Your Mind: Educating
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Alfred A. Knopf Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes,
Book SynopsisFrom the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 bestselling memoir, Duty, a candid, sweeping examination of power, and how it has been exercised, for good and bad, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity. Robert Gates argues that this transformation is the result of the failure of political leaders to understand the complexity of American power, its expansiveness and its limitations. He makes clear that the successful exercise of power is not limited to the ability to coerce or demand submission, but must also encompass diplomacy, strategic communications, development assistance, intelligence, technology, and ideology. With forthright judgments of the performance of past presidents and their senior-most advisers, insightful firsthand knowledge, and compelling insider stories, Gates’s candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations argues that U.S. national security in the future will require abiding by the lessons of the past, reimagining our approach, and revitalizing nonmilitary instruments of power essential to success and security.
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Random House USA Inc Water: A Biography
Book SynopsisSpanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host). Writing with authority and brio, Giulio Boccaletti—honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford—shrewdly combines environmental and social history, beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates Rivers. Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea-level changes from the last glacial melt, he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, led to a population explosion and labor specialization. We see with clarity how irrigation’s structure informed social structure (inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity); how in ancient Greece, the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy; how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation; and how the modern world as we know it began with a legal framework for the development of water infrastructure. Extraordinary for its monumental scope and piercing insightfulness, Water: A Biography richly enlarges our understanding of our relationship to—and fundamental reliance on—the most elemental substance on earth.
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Random House USA Inc Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income
Book SynopsisA New York Times Book Review Editors'' ChoiceShortlisted for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic income—a stipend given to every citizen—and why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling technology. Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients, and politicians from India to Finland to Canada to Mexico—all are talking about UBI. In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. She travels to Kenya to see how a UBI is lifting the poorest people on earth out of destitution, India to see how inefficient government programs are failing the poor, South Korea to interrogate UBI’s intellectual pedigree, and Silicon Valley to meet the tech titans financing UBI pilots in expectation of a world with advanced artificial intelligence and little need for human labor. Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims, uncomfortable costs, and, most powerfully, the entrenched belief that no one should get something for nothing. In the end, she shows how this arcane policy has the potential to solve some of our most intractable economic problems, while offering a new vision of citizenship and a firmer foundation for our society in this age of turbulence and marvels.
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Rowman & Littlefield Democracy in Danger: How Hackers and Activists
Book SynopsisWhen Jake Braun challenged hackers at DEFCON, the largest hacking conference in the world, to breach the security of a voting machine, a hacker in Europe conquered the task in less than two minutes. From hacking into voting machines to more mundane, but no less serious problems, our democracy faces unprecedented tests from without and within. In Democracy Endangered, cybersecurity expert Jake Braun, a veteran of three presidential campaigns and former White House Liaison to the Department of Homeland Security, reveals what the national security apparatus, local election administrators, and political parties have gotten wrong about election security and what America needs to do to protect the ballot box in 2020 and beyond.Trade ReviewWhile much has been written about the role of Russian propaganda, Democracy in Danger focuses instead on Russia’s hacking of voting systems across the United States, erasing voters from voter registration databases and hacking the websites of several secretaries of state. Written as a first-person narrative but packed with information, the book uses Braun’s background and expertise to stress the importance of securing our voting systems. . . . Democracy in Danger is a harrowing account of just how unprepared states were, and remain, to stop election-crippling Russian hacks. It explains the problem in thorough and clear detail, with a call to action to protect the fundamentals of American democracy. This is a good and important work. * Foreword Reviews *“From the frontlines of democracy as a political operative to the Department of Homeland Security to academia – Jake Braun has thought about the intersection of cybersecurity and America from all angles, and weaves his personal vignettes into Democracy in Danger. At home and abroad, from Europe to Africa, cyberattacks on democratic infrastructure are occurring regularly and we must all think and act with greater urgency. Jake understands true stakes and the solutions.” -- John F. Kerry, 68th U.S. Secretary of StateJake Braun has done a great service to the Nation with the publication of this book. There can be no doubt about the threat to our democracy from cyber space and the immediate need for us to get beyond politics to confront and defeat this threat. Jake’s journey of discovery and action sets the stage for the future. The book reflects my strong view on the need for immediate action. -- Francis X Taylor, Brig General, USAF (Retired), Former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis (2014 to 2017)Democracy in Danger reads like a spy thriller, but feels like a horror movie. In his brilliant book, Jake Braun relates, in details emerging from his front row seat, the too-slow recognition of the vulnerabilities of our election system well before 2016 and how a series of missteps, blinders, bureacracy and politics led to the events surrounding the 2016 election. But all is not lost. Braun shows us how stakeholders, election officials and even hackers are building a community with one, and only one, goal: to save our elections and therefore our democracy. An engaging, detailed and honest account, Democracy in Danger is an essential read for those who have the same mission. -- Juliette Kayyem, former Assistant Secretary Department of Homeland Security, current Faculty at Harvard's Kennedy School of GovernmentTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Table Setting: The Putin Problem 2. Clusterf*ck 3. Mandela-Level Turnout 4. Reset? 5. Same-Old-Same-Old or Something New? 6. Here Come the Hackers 7. “You Have to Sit on Those Boxes” 8. “We Have No Evidence”: DEF CON 9. “Child’s Play” 10. Cyber Politics Epilogue Notes Index About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers American Foreign Policy Past Present and Future
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Bloomsbury Academic Americas Opioid Crisis
Book SynopsisRichard J. Baum is Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He served as Acting Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and Executive Director of the President's Opioid Commission (2017-2018) during his 28 years working at the agency. Baum is also a former Congressional staffer, NGO executive, and journalist. He has earned degrees in Government, National Security, and Public Administration. Raised in New York City, Baum has two adult children and resides with his wife Linda in Falls Church, Virginia.
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Rowman & Littlefield The Myth of American Inequality
Book SynopsisA Powerful Corrective to the Debate on Inequalty in AmericaHailed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2022, The Myth of American Inequality demonstrates that the federal government egregiously overstates the degree of inequality and poverty in the world's wealthiest nation. In doing so, the authors--a former United States senator, eminent economist, and a former senior leader at the Bureau of Labor Statistics-- challenge the prevailing consensus that income inequality is a growing threat to American society. Getting the facts straight reveals that the key measures of well-being are greater than the official statistics of the country would lead us to believe. Income inequality is lower today than at any time in post- World War II America. The facts reveal a very different and better America than the one that is currently described by policy advocates across much of the political spectrum. The updated edition brings will challenge political debate throughout the 2024 election season and provide clear and convincing evidence that the American Dream is alive and well.
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