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Book SynopsisOpening the Government of Canada provides a vivid and compelling account of the central challenge facing governments in the digital age: abandoning their Closed Government traditions to become more open, networked, and collaborative.Trade ReviewAmanda Clarke’s Opening the Government of Canada provides an exceptional study of how the Canadian government has responded to external and internal pressures to integrate digital into its governing practices and structures. -- Andrea Rounce * Canadian Journal of Political Science *The more I read, the more I learned and the more I enjoyed going on a journey inside the public service as it responded to digital demands. -- Alex Marland * The Hill Times *Table of Contents1 Opening Government in the Digital Age2 Canada’s Closed Government3 #Fail: Adopting Social Media in the Government of Canada4 Stephen Harper’s Open(ish) Government Initiative5 Internal Openings in the Federal Bureaucracy6 The Digital Skills Gap in the Federal Bureaucracy7 The Future of Digital GovernmentAppendix A: Interview IndexNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisOpening the Government of Canada provides a vivid and compelling account of the central challenge facing governments in the digital age: abandoning their “Closed Government” traditions to become more open, networked, and collaborative.Trade ReviewAmanda Clarke’s Opening the Government of Canada provides an exceptional study of how the Canadian government has responded to external and internal pressures to integrate digital into its governing practices and structures. -- Andrea Rounce * Canadian Journal of Political Science *The more I read, the more I learned and the more I enjoyed going on a journey inside the public service as it responded to digital demands. -- Alex Marland * The Hill Times *Table of Contents1 Opening Government in the Digital Age2 Canada’s Closed Government3 #Fail: Adopting Social Media in the Government of Canada4 Stephen Harper’s Open(ish) Government Initiative5 Internal Openings in the Federal Bureaucracy6 The Digital Skills Gap in the Federal Bureaucracy7 The Future of Digital GovernmentAppendix A: Interview IndexNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisAt the Pleasure of the Crown reveals that although the qualities that Canadian governments look for in senior public servants are subject to change, the political nature of bureaucratic appointments is enduring.Trade Review"A sophisticated analysis of the consequences of the growing politicization of the public service as well as its increasing marginalization at the hands of new partisan sources of policy advice. Christopher Cooper goes well beyond the tired ‘strong first ministers’ thesis that has dominated this analysis in the recent past to bring much-needed nuance to this debate."—Ken Rasmussen, University of ReginaA sophisticated analysis of the consequences of the growing politicization of the public service as well as its increasing marginalization at the hands of new partisan sources of policy advice. Christopher Cooper goes well beyond the tired ‘strong first ministers’ thesis that has dominated this analysis in the recent past to bring much-needed nuance to this debate. -- Ken Rasmussen, University of ReginaTable of ContentsIntroduction1 To the Victor Go the Spoils: Traditional Explanations for Bureaucratic Turnover2 Public Service Bargains: A New Model of Bureaucratic Turnover3 Testing Public Service Bargains: A Descriptive Assessment of Bureaucratic Turnover4 A Closer Look at Bureaucratic Turnover: Controlling for Alternative Causes5 The Politics of Bureaucratic Turnover: Politicians’ MotivationsConclusionNotes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisBehind Closed Doors asks – and answers – whether the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy still has a role in the Westminster parliamentary system.Table of ContentsForeword / The Honourable Louis LeBel, CCIntroduction1 Constitutional Conventions2 Common Law Public Interest Immunity3 Statutory Public Interest Immunity4 The Rule of LawConclusionAppendix: Statutory ProvisionsNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisThis text discusses topics in modern domestic policy reform, such as health, entitlements, environment and taxation, as well as changes that have occurred in the policy-making institutions of Congress, the executive branch, the states and the courts.Trade Review"Leading political scientists [argue that] national politicians, far from being gridlocked, have acted with alacrity to implement fundamental and often surprising reforms in fields as diverse as education, immigration, and tax reform. In some of these areas the powerful lobbyists have been, literally, banished from the Congressional committee rooms, confounding most text books on American politics. This is an important book, which teaches the value of ideas in the post-utilitarian world of modern America. Political StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. IntroductionChapter 1. Of Interests and Values: The New Politics and the New Political SciencePart II. Adversarial Legalism and the Rights RevolutionChapter 2. Separation of Powers and the Strategy of Rights: The Expansion of Special EducationChapter 3. The Politics of Rapid Legal Change: Immigration Policy in the 1980sChapter 4. Adversarial Legalism and American GovernmentPart III. Taxing and SpendingChapter 5. Policy Models and Political Change: Insights from the Passage of Tax ReformChapter 6. The Politics of the Entitlement ProcessChapter 7. Elusive Community: Democracy, Deliberation, and the Reconstruction of Health PolicyPart IV. Regulation and DeregulationChapter 8. The New Politics of Environmental PolicyChapter 9. Policy making in the Contemporary Congress: Three Dimensions of PerformancePart V. ConclusionChapter 10. New Politics, New Elites, Old PublicsChapter 11. Two-Tier Politics and the Problem of Public PolicyChapter 12. The new Politics of Public PolicyNotesList of ContirbutorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn 2006, the first baby boomers turned 60, unleashing a veritable tidal wave of gloomy punditry, advertising for financial services, and forecasts of impending national bankruptcy. This work rejects such catastrophic predictions. It forecasts baby boomers' career plans, health trends, and cultural and political values.Trade ReviewGoldsmith's proposals are worth exploring... He paints a persuasive picture of a more positive outcome for both baby boomers and our economy. Health Affairs A 'must' for any college-level collection on social issues and contemporary American social history. Midwest Book Review 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPrologue1. The Baby Boom: The Self-Involved Glacier2. The Social Safety Net for Older Americans: The Expensive Legacy of the New Deal3. Living to Work: Boomers, Retirement, and the Knowledge Economy4. Healthy Aging: Enabling a Longer, More Active Life5. Encouraging Work in Later Life: What Can Be Done?6. Medicare: The Mount Everest of Entitlements7. Social Security Reform: Grasping the Third Rail8. What We Need to Do9. What Baby Boomers Should Do for ThemselvesConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Defence of Canada: Appeasement and Rearmament is a companion and sequel to Eayrs' In Defence of Canada: From the Great War to the Great Depression (Toronto 1964). Like Volume I, Volume II rejects as outmoded and misleading the traditional division of national security policy into two compartments, one called foreign policy, the other, defence policy. Like Volume I, Volume II is meant to demonstrate that the military and diplomatic components of national security policy are, and ought to be, indissolubly combined, in study and analysis, as well as in formulation and execution. The emphasis in Volume II is mainly on the diplomatic: the tempo and importance of Canadian diplomacy steadily increase during the period with which it is concerned. That period opens with the Italian war aggression against Ethiopia in 1935. It closes in the late summer and early fall of 1940, as the twilight war becomes a total war.

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Book SynopsisThis collection explores the theoretical underpinnings of democratic planning and governance in relation to civil society formation and social learning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Learning Civil Societies for Democratic Planning and Governance LEONORA ANGELES and PENNY GURSTEINPart 1. Planning, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement in a Postmodern World Postcolonialism and Planning: Where Has It Been? Where Is It Going? ANTHONY D. KING Localities and Cultural Citizenship: Narratives of Racialized Girls Living In, Through, and Against Whiteness JO-ANNE JEE Creating Digital Public Space: Implications for Deliberative Engagement PENNY GURSTEIN Rationality and Surprise: The Drama of Mediation in Rebuilding Civil Society JOHN FORESTERPart 2. Civil Society Learning for Democratic Governance Social Movements, Civil Society, and Learning in a World at Risk BUDD L. HALL Learning and Teaching for Transformation: Insights from a Collaborative Learning Initiative PETER TAYLOR, JETHRO PETTIT, and LUCY STACKPOOL-MOORE The Myth of Community? Implications for Civil Society Organizations and Democratic Governance IRENE GUIJT Renegotiating Decentralization and State--Civil Society Relations: A Reinterpretation of Naga City's Experiment in Participatory Governance LEONORA ANGELESContributors

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government.Trade Review"This well-researched and written book should become a seminal work. Any scholar or student of bureaucracy, security studies broadly, or modern US history should read this excellent book . . . Essential."—T. T. Gibson, CHOICE"Not only does Cuéllar's background as a professor of law and political science lend authority to his book, references to a multitude of scholars across many fields suggest that the book is a major work on American national security. Each chapter has extensive and annotated footnotes, and the book has a lengthy bibliography."—Susan A. Smith, Law Library Journal"Resurrecting FDR's largely forgotten Federal Security Agency and showing how it morphed into the present-day Department of Health and Human Services, Cuéllar exposes the organizational roots of policy and the bureaucratic roots of power. Applying this fresh lens to the Department of Homeland Security places bureaucratic power into an unforgiving glare. In this book, law, political science, and sociology come together in a masterful analysis."—Charles Perrow, Yale University"Security is a simple word with a complex and contested history. In this learned, lucid, and provocative book, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar brilliantly illuminates both the intellectual and the institutional evolution of America's often-troubled preoccupation with security over the last three-quarters of a century."—David Kennedy, Stanford University"Governing Security deftly blends archival research, news accounts, and bureaucratic theory to reveal fascinating parallels and divergences in the establishment and operation of the old Federal Security Agency and new Department of Homeland Security. Cuellar offers compelling insights—for policymakers on the attractiveness of defining security broadly and for political scientists on the myriad factors that shape agency creation."—Anne Joseph O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government.Trade Review"This well-researched and written book should become a seminal work. Any scholar or student of bureaucracy, security studies broadly, or modern US history should read this excellent book . . . Essential."—T. T. Gibson, CHOICE"Not only does Cuéllar's background as a professor of law and political science lend authority to his book, references to a multitude of scholars across many fields suggest that the book is a major work on American national security. Each chapter has extensive and annotated footnotes, and the book has a lengthy bibliography."—Susan A. Smith, Law Library Journal"Resurrecting FDR's largely forgotten Federal Security Agency and showing how it morphed into the present-day Department of Health and Human Services, Cuéllar exposes the organizational roots of policy and the bureaucratic roots of power. Applying this fresh lens to the Department of Homeland Security places bureaucratic power into an unforgiving glare. In this book, law, political science, and sociology come together in a masterful analysis."—Charles Perrow, Yale University"Security is a simple word with a complex and contested history. In this learned, lucid, and provocative book, Mariano-Florentino Cuellar brilliantly illuminates both the intellectual and the institutional evolution of America's often-troubled preoccupation with security over the last three-quarters of a century."—David Kennedy, Stanford University"Governing Security deftly blends archival research, news accounts, and bureaucratic theory to reveal fascinating parallels and divergences in the establishment and operation of the old Federal Security Agency and new Department of Homeland Security. Cuellar offers compelling insights—for policymakers on the attractiveness of defining security broadly and for political scientists on the myriad factors that shape agency creation."—Anne Joseph O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

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Book SynopsisIn this text, Jerrold Hirsch reviews the founding of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP) and the significance of its ""American Guide"" series, considering the choices made by the administrators who wanted to celebrate diversity as a positive aspect of American cultural identity.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue.Trade Review"A splendid blend of narrative political history and political science theory based mostly on deep archival digging, newspaper research, and interviews. . . . Dyble indicts the Golden Gate Bridge and Tunnel Authority for its arrogance, corruption, and self-perpetuating administration of the bridge." * Journal of American History *"Urban historian Louis Nelson Dyble lays bare the politics, scandal, corruption, and arrogance that mask what she calls the bridge's 'mythic proportions' and 'heroic beauty'. Dyble's work is not a deconstruction of the bridge itself, but rather an intriguing exposé of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District. . . . Her telling of this experience is useful for any emerging scholar seeking to unravel the intricacy of public policy debates. It can be an uncomfortable, awkward, suspect, and thankless task, but Dyble's book shows the benefits when one prevails." * Journal of Historical Geography *"An important contribution to the study of business history. . . . Louise Nelson Dyble recounts the history of a special district, the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District (aka the Bridge District), which was created to build and service the debt for financing the Golden Gate Bridge." * Enterprise and Society *"Dyble possesses a firm grasp of current scholarship, drawing upon work written by historians, political scientists, and legal scholars. Her in-depth discussion of special districts during the course of the twentieth century and how they played out is itself worthy of the price of admission. . . . Paying the Toll has, unquestionably, added an invaluable chapter to historical scholarship. It is deeply researched, very well organized, and well narrated." * Pacific Historical Review *"Dyble's account is complex and in many instances compelling. . . . What might have been an expose of corruption and greed assumes greater power as an assessment of power and policy. Because she writes so well and draws effectively from the archives she managed to penetrate, her argument is both clear and compelling." * Journal of Planning Literature *"In this magnificent gem of a book, Louise Nelson Dyble takes the reader from the dark corners of avaricious public officialdom and smoke-filled rooms to the bright vistas and architectural wonder of the Golden Gate Bridge itself. At once steward of the public interest, notorious bureaucracy, and gateway to northern California, the Bridge and Highway District emerges in Dyble's telling as the center of a multilayered history of the state. The bridge and its legacy have found their historian." * Robert O. Self, Brown University *"Not merely the history of one particularly unresponsive and incompetent government agency that managed to survive-even thrive-despite decades of public discontent and organized opposition from influential politicians and business leaders, Paying the Toll provides us with greater understanding of the institutional structure of American government. A must-read for everyone concerned about our fragmented public sector and its difficulties confronting the demands of the twenty-first century." * Gail Radford, author of Modern Housing for America *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Agency Run Amok" 1. A Bridge to Prosperity 2. A District Divided 3. The District and Its Enemies 4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority 5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge 6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge 7. Regionalism, Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls Conclusion: Subsidies, Suicides, and Sensitivity Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisWith chapters written by some of the nation's foremost economists, political scientists, and legal scholars, Regulatory Breakdown brings clarity to the heated debate over regulation by dissecting the disparate causes of the current crisis as well as analyzing the most promising solutions to what ails the U.S. regulatory system.Trade Review"In the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Regulatory Breakdown addresses two vital questions: Why do catastrophic failures occur? What are the appropriate regulatory responses? Invaluable perspective on these thorny issues is provided by the fascinating and rigorous case studies and analyses in this insight-filled volume." * Robert A. Kagan, University of California, Berkeley *"Everybody talks about regulatory failure, but no one does much about it. This book investigates claims of regulatory breakdown in the United States and provides helpful clues as to what might be done." * Jerry Mashaw, Yale Law School *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Oversight in Hindsight: Assessing the U.S. Regulatory System in the Wake of Calamity —Christopher Carrigan and Cary Coglianese Chapter 2. Addressing Catastrophic Risks: Disparate Anatomies Require Tailored Therapies —W. Kip Viscusi and Richard Zeckhauser Chapter 3. Beyond Belts and Suspenders: Promoting Private Risk Management in Offshore Drilling —Lori S. Bennear Chapter 4. Regulation or Nationalization? Lessons Learned from the 2008 Financial Crisis —Adam J. Levitin and Susan M. Wachter Chapter 5. Regulating in the Dark —Roberta Romano Chapter 6: Partisan Media and Attitude Polarization: The Case of Healthcare Reform —Matthew A. Baum Chapter 7. Citizens' Perceptions and the Disconnect Between Economics and Regulatory Policy —Jonathan Baron, William T. McEnroe, and Christopher Poliquin Chapter 8. Jason Webb Yackee and Susan Webb Yackee, Delay in Notice and Comment Rulemaking: Evidence of Systemic Regulatory Breakdown? Chapter 9. The Policy Impact of Public Advice: The Effects of Advisory Committee Transparency on Regulatory Performance —Susan L. Moffitt Chapter 10. Reforming Securities Law Enforcement: Politics and Money at the Public/Private Divide —William W. Bratton and Michael L. Wachter Chapter 11. Why Aren't Regulation and Litigation Substitutes? An Examination of the Capture Hypothesis —Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick Chapter 12: Failure by Obsolescence: Regulatory Challenges for the FDA in the Twenty-First Century —Theodore W. Ruger List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisExpert analysis of American governance challenges and recommendations for reformTwo big ideas serve as the catalyst for the essays collected in this book. The first is the state of governance in the United States, which Americans variously perceive as broken, frustrating, and unresponsive. Editor James Perry observes in his Introduction that this perception is rooted in three simultaneous developments: government's failure to perform basic tasks that once were taken for granted, an accelerating pace of change that quickly makes past standards of performance antiquated, and a dearth of intellectual capital that generate the capacity to bridge the gulf between expectations and performance. The second idea hearkens back to the Progressive era, when Americans revealed themselves to be committed to better administration of their government at all levelsfederal, state, and local. These two ideasthe diminishing capacity for effective governance and Americans' expectations for reformare veerTrade Review"“[This book] is a worthy reminder that the parts of government make a whole, progress is uneven, and forward movement happens one step at a time, with backsliding in between. In this edited volume, contributors offer approaches for strengthening government, and in the process, increasing government’s capacity to deal with the complexity of interrelated administrative, social, demographic, and economic challenges." * Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory *"James Perry’s collected essays from thought leaders throughout the field deliver insight into challenges related to public service and leadership, disruptive influences, the need for a more informed citizenry, and emerging government and governance." * Journal of Public Affairs Education *Table of ContentsContents Foreword —Paul A. Volcker Introduction —James L. Perry Chapter 1. Catch-22 Government: Federal Performance in Peril —Paul C. Light Part I. Disruptive Influences Chapter 2. Beyond the Financial Crisis: Regulators Confront New Challenges from Technological (R)evolution —Sheila Bair Chapter 3. Big Data, AI, and Algorithmic Platforms: Implications for Governing and Public Policy —Ramayya Krishnan Chapter 4. Political Disruption: Is America Headed Toward Uncontrollable Extremism or Partisan Goodwill? —Norman J. Ornstein Part II. Emerging Government and Governance Chapter 5. The Intrinsic Functions of Government —Francis Fukuyama Chapter 6. Reframing American Institutions: A Look Ahead to Midcentury —Donald F. Kettl Chapter 7. Is Federal Public Service Reform Still Possible? Toward a "Volcker Rule" for Federal Contractors —John J. DiIulio Jr. Chapter 8. Good Government: Persistent Challenges, Smart Practices, and New Knowledge Needed —Shelley Metzenbaum Part III. Public Service and Public Leaders Chapter 9. A Personal Reflection on the Importance of Public Service —William W. Bradley Chapter 10. Competencies of the Public Service in Challenging Regulatory Times —Paul R. Verkuil Chapter 11. Upending Public Policy Education —Angela Evans Chapter 12. The Emerging Public Leader: Characteristics, Opportunities, and Challenges —Norma M. Riccucci List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisIn Fractured Communities, Anthony E. Ladd and other leading environmental sociologists present a set of crucial case studies analyzing the differential risk perceptions, socio-environmental impacts, and mobilization of citizen protest (or quiescence) surrounding unconventional energy development and hydraulic fracking in a number of key U.S. shale regions. Trade Review“Fractured Communities is a rigorous, innovative, and informative piece of work, consisting of an impressive list of authors and exceptional scholarship.” -- Thomas Shriver * North Carolina State University *"This well-crafted collection of chapters by a number of distinguished researchers addresses some of the most pressing environmental and social problems of our day. Fractured Communities is required reading for those interested in the impacts of energy development on the environment and communities." -- Richard York * director and professor of environmental studies, University of Oregon *"Weekly Book List, April 20, 2018" by Nina Ayoub * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Fractured Communities reveals how this contested terrain is expanding, pushing the issue of fracking into the mainstream of the American political arena." * Environmental Sociology Newsletter *Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction: Energy Matters 1 Anthony E. Ladd 1 Natural Gas Fracking on Public Lands: The Trickle-down Impacts of Neoliberalism in Ohio’s Utica Shale Region 38 Sherry Cable 2 This (Gas) Land Is Your (Truth) Land? Documentary Films and Cultural Fracturing in Prominent Shale Communities 60 Ion Bogdan Vasi 3 Disturbing the Dead: Community Concerns over Fracking below a Cemetery in the Utica Shale Region 85 Carmel E. Price and James N. Maples 4 Mobilizing against Fracking: Marcellus Shale Protest in Pittsburgh 107 Suzanne Staggenborg 5 Engines, Sentinels, and Objects: Assessing the Impacts of Unconventional Energy Development on Animals in the Marcellus Shale Region 128 Cameron Thomas Whitley 6 Motivational Frame Disputes Surrounding Natural Gas Fracking in the Haynesville Shale 149 Anthony E. Ladd 7 Denial, Disinformation, and Delay: Recreancy and Induced Seismicity in Oklahoma’s Shale Plays 173 Ta mara L. Mix and Da kota K. T. Raynes 8 Contested Colorado: Shifting Regulations and Public Responses to Unconventional Oil Production in the Niobrara Shale Region 198 Stephanie A. Malin, Stacia S. Ryder, and Peter M. Hall 9 Citizen Resistance to Oil Production and Acid Fracking in the Sunshine State 224 Patricia Widener 10 Public Participation and Protest in the Siting of Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals in Oregon 248 Hilary Boudet, Brittany Gaustad, and Trang Tran Conclusion 271 Anthony E. Ladd Acknowledgments 287 Notes on Contributors 291 Index 297

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Book SynopsisDives into the heart of the food justice movement through an exploration of East New York Farms!, one of the oldest food justice organisations in Brooklyn. The book details the food inequities the community faces, and how residents mobilized to turn vacant land into community gardens.Trade Review"Growing Gardens, Building Power does a thorough job of engaging and explaining many of the most current debates in food justice activism, and the issues that make such activism necessary. The scholarship is excellent; Myers has a gift for storytelling." -- Alison Alkon * author of Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability *"Growing Gardens, Building Power is truly the first book to put the extensive historical analysis of structural problems —redlining, disinvestment, housing discrimination— together with food justice issues. This will be a book that will change minds." -- E. Melanie DuPuis * author of Dangerous Digestion: The Politics of American Dietary Advice *"In Growing Gardens, Building Power, Professor Justin Sean Myers delves into the origins of food inequity and the politics of food justice. To do so, he follows East New York Farms! (ENYF!) as they fight to deliver food justice to marginalized communities in Brooklyn, New York. Myers touches on the inequalities residents face, the potential of community gardens, and the challenges ENYF! has overcome." -- Julia Agostino * Food Tank *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction: From Food to Food Justice 2 The Social Roots of Food Inequities in East New York 3 Community Gardens: Spaces of Resistance 4 Realizing Social Justice at the Farmers Market: The Importance of the State 5 Money and the Movement: The Limits of Nonprofit Activism 6 Addressing Inequities in Grocery Retailing: Cheap Food vs. High Road Jobs 7 Conclusion: Beyond Access, Towards Food Justice Appendix: The Research ProcessNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBecoming Transnational Youth Workers contests mainstream notions of adolescence with its study of a cross-section of Mexican immigrant youths. Preceding the latest wave of Central American children and teenagers now fleeing violence in their homelands, the book examines a group of Mexican teenage migrants who immigrated to New York City in the early 2000s.Trade Review"An absorbing, luminous and nuanced story of independent teenage migrants—“minors” by U.S. age norms—who journey from Mexico to New York City on their own, leaving parents and siblings behind to help support them financially, outside the purview of the legal system. How they manage these intrepid journeys, and the predicaments that inevitably accompany them, is the subject of this remarkable book. Theoretically sophisticated and deeply observed across years of field work in communities of origin and destination, this is an original and exceptional contribution to the scholarly literature on migration, mobility, and a changing transnational life course." -- Rubén G. Rumbaut * co-author of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation *"Isabel Martinez helps us see. In the famous book Invisible Man Ellison brings us into the world of the unseen worker, the African American living amongst us but not integrated or accepted. Isabel Martinez’ skillful combining of sociology, anthropology, and dissection of legal process helps make visible the lives of migrant teenagers. She reveals through the voices of these youth stories of their daily lives, the factors that motivated them to make lonely dangerous journeys to the United States. She makes palpable the obstacles to integration experienced by Mexican migrant youth. This book will aid anyone seeking to serve immigrant communities whether as an educator, advocate, policy analyst, or fellow resident of the United States." -- Lenni Benson * co-author of Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies *Table of ContentsContents In the Shadows of Skyscrapers and Ivory Towers “Giving my family a better future”: Familism and Interdependence Across Borders “We all come little”: The Migration of Mexican Independent Teenage Migrants Pushed or Jumped? School-Going, School-Leaving and School-Returning From Campos to Kitchens: Becoming Immigrant Workers Between Becoming and Being Adults Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBecoming Transnational Youth Workers contests mainstream notions of adolescence with its study of a cross-section of Mexican immigrant youths. Preceding the latest wave of Central American children and teenagers now fleeing violence in their homelands, the book examines a group of Mexican teenage migrants who immigrated to New York City in the early 2000s.Trade Review"An absorbing, luminous and nuanced story of independent teenage migrants—“minors” by U.S. age norms—who journey from Mexico to New York City on their own, leaving parents and siblings behind to help support them financially, outside the purview of the legal system. How they manage these intrepid journeys, and the predicaments that inevitably accompany them, is the subject of this remarkable book. Theoretically sophisticated and deeply observed across years of field work in communities of origin and destination, this is an original and exceptional contribution to the scholarly literature on migration, mobility, and a changing transnational life course." -- Rubén G. Rumbaut * co-author of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation *"Isabel Martinez helps us see. In the famous book Invisible Man Ellison brings us into the world of the unseen worker, the African American living amongst us but not integrated or accepted. Isabel Martinez’ skillful combining of sociology, anthropology, and dissection of legal process helps make visible the lives of migrant teenagers. She reveals through the voices of these youth stories of their daily lives, the factors that motivated them to make lonely dangerous journeys to the United States. She makes palpable the obstacles to integration experienced by Mexican migrant youth. This book will aid anyone seeking to serve immigrant communities whether as an educator, advocate, policy analyst, or fellow resident of the United States." -- Lenni Benson * co-author of Immigration and Nationality Law: Problems and Strategies *Table of ContentsContents In the Shadows of Skyscrapers and Ivory Towers “Giving my family a better future”: Familism and Interdependence Across Borders “We all come little”: The Migration of Mexican Independent Teenage Migrants Pushed or Jumped? School-Going, School-Leaving and School-Returning From Campos to Kitchens: Becoming Immigrant Workers Between Becoming and Being Adults Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book Synopsis The Patagonian Sublime provides a vivid and cutting-edge investigation of the green economy and New Left politics in Argentina. Based on extensive field research in Glaciers National Park and the mountain village of El Chaltén, Marcos Mendoza deftly examines the diverse social worlds of the many actors involved in the green economy. Trade Review“The Patagonian Sublime is a groundbreaking analysis of the green economy’s contradictory logics in post-neoliberal Argentina. While Mendoza’s book is one of the most important contributions to political ecology in years, it is his vivid and nuanced portrayal of the mountaineers, trekkers, and others who work, play and risk their lives in these Alpine landscapes that will keep you reading." -- Laura Ogden * author of Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades *“In this compelling book, Marcos Mendoza captures the ambivalent allure both of the imposing Patagonian landscape and of the ecotourism economy nurtured within it by the progressively populist Kirchners. Evocatively written and elegantly argued, The Patagonian Sublime will be of interest to scholars and students in diverse fields including anthropology, geography and political ecology as well as environmental, development and Latin American studies.” -- Robert Fletcher * author of Romancing the Wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism *"A rewarding and generous book....Its writing style captures different levels of complexity, and the book will therefore be useful for teaching on both undergraduate and graduate courses of anthropology, geography, political ecology and environmental sciences. It is also a pleasure to read if one simply wants to read a good book." * Journal of Latin American Studies *Table of ContentsContents List of Acronyms List of Spanish Terms List of Images Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Part One: The Sphere of Tourism Consumption 1 Alpine-Style Mountaineering: Resolve and Death in the Andes 2 Adventure Trekking: Pursuing the Alpine Sublime Part Two: The Sphere of Service Production 3 Comerciante Entrepreneurship: Investment Hazard and Ethical Laboring 4 Golondrina Laboring: Informality and Play Part Three: The Sphere of the Conservation State 5 Community-Based Conservation: Land Managers and State-Civil Society Collaborations 6 Conservation Policing: Education and Environmental Impacts Part Four: The Politics of the Green Economy 7 Defending Popular Sustainability in la Comuna 8 Kirchnerismo and the Politics of the Green Economy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book Synopsis The Patagonian Sublime provides a vivid and cutting-edge investigation of the green economy and New Left politics in Argentina. Based on extensive field research in Glaciers National Park and the mountain village of El Chaltén, Marcos Mendoza deftly examines the diverse social worlds of the many actors involved in the green economy. Trade Review“The Patagonian Sublime is a groundbreaking analysis of the green economy’s contradictory logics in post-neoliberal Argentina. While Mendoza’s book is one of the most important contributions to political ecology in years, it is his vivid and nuanced portrayal of the mountaineers, trekkers, and others who work, play and risk their lives in these Alpine landscapes that will keep you reading." -- Laura Ogden * author of Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades *“In this compelling book, Marcos Mendoza captures the ambivalent allure both of the imposing Patagonian landscape and of the ecotourism economy nurtured within it by the progressively populist Kirchners. Evocatively written and elegantly argued, The Patagonian Sublime will be of interest to scholars and students in diverse fields including anthropology, geography and political ecology as well as environmental, development and Latin American studies.” -- Robert Fletcher * author of Romancing the Wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism *"A rewarding and generous book....Its writing style captures different levels of complexity, and the book will therefore be useful for teaching on both undergraduate and graduate courses of anthropology, geography, political ecology and environmental sciences. It is also a pleasure to read if one simply wants to read a good book." * Journal of Latin American Studies *“The Patagonian Sublime is a groundbreaking analysis of the green economy’s contradictory logics in post-neoliberal Argentina. While Mendoza’s book is one of the most important contributions to political ecology in years, it is his vivid and nuanced portrayal of the mountaineers, trekkers, and others who work, play and risk their lives in these Alpine landscapes that will keep you reading." -- Laura Ogden * author of Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades *“In this compelling book, Marcos Mendoza captures the ambivalent allure both of the imposing Patagonian landscape and of the ecotourism economy nurtured within it by the progressively populist Kirchners. Evocatively written and elegantly argued, The Patagonian Sublime will be of interest to scholars and students in diverse fields including anthropology, geography and political ecology as well as environmental, development and Latin American studies.” -- Robert Fletcher * author of Romancing the Wild: Cultural Dimensions of Ecotourism *"A rewarding and generous book....Its writing style captures different levels of complexity, and the book will therefore be useful for teaching on both undergraduate and graduate courses of anthropology, geography, political ecology and environmental sciences. It is also a pleasure to read if one simply wants to read a good book." * Journal of Latin American Studies *Table of ContentsContents List of Acronyms List of Spanish Terms List of Images Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Part One: The Sphere of Tourism Consumption 1 Alpine-Style Mountaineering: Resolve and Death in the Andes 2 Adventure Trekking: Pursuing the Alpine Sublime Part Two: The Sphere of Service Production 3 Comerciante Entrepreneurship: Investment Hazard and Ethical Laboring 4 Golondrina Laboring: Informality and Play Part Three: The Sphere of the Conservation State 5 Community-Based Conservation: Land Managers and State-Civil Society Collaborations 6 Conservation Policing: Education and Environmental Impacts Part Four: The Politics of the Green Economy 7 Defending Popular Sustainability in la Comuna 8 Kirchnerismo and the Politics of the Green Economy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAnge-Marie Hancock argues that beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively "ended welfare as we know it." She shows how stereotypes and politically motivated misperceptions about race, class and gender were effectively used to instigate a politics of disgust.Trade Review"Brilliantly conceived and executed. . .[A] stunning work of public policy that, if embraced, could radically change 'welfare'—and America—as we know it." -- Robin D. G. Kelley,author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination"[A] challenging and disturbing account of the impact of stereotypes in politics. Anyone interested in the means by which the poor, the unpopular, and the alienated are kept from participating in politics to demand better treatment should read this book." -- Frank R. Baumgartner,coauthor of Agendas and Instability in American Politics"[An] excellent and outstanding book; Ange-Marie Hancock has established herself without doubt as a rising star in political science." -- Gerald Horne,author of Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire"The Politics of Disgust is a very thoughtful, theoretically sophisticated, empirically rich analysis of the discourse of welfare reform." * Political Science Quarterly *"For those concerned about inequality and democratic theory in America, Hancock’s introduction alone, in which she frames the characteristics of politics of disgust, makes the book worthwhile." * Perspectives on Politics *"An important contribution to our understanding." * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Face of Welfare Reform2 Political Culture and the Public Identity of the "Welfare Queen" 3 The News Media: Constructing the Politics of Disgust? 4 Public Discourse in Congress: Haunted by Ghosts of "Welfare Queens" Past 5 Contending with the Politics of Disgust: Public Identity through Welfare Recipients' Eyes 6 The Dual Threat: The Impact of Public Identity and the Politics of Disgust on Democratic Deliberation 7 Epilogue: Public Identity and the Politics of Disgust in the New Millennium Appendix A: Citations for News Media Data SetAnalyzed in Chapter 3 Appendix B: Congressional Record DocumentsAnalyzed in Chapter 4 Appendix C: Data Analysis Procedures Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBuffalo's 1977 blizzard, the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history, came after a century of automobility, suburbanization, and snow removal guidelines. Kneeland offers a compelling examination of whether the 1977 storm was an anomaly or the inevitable outcome of years of city planning.

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Book SynopsisA synthesis of the agricultural history of the Green Revolution. R. Douglas Hurt demonstrates that the Green Revolution did not turn out as neatly as scientists predicted. When its methods and products were imported to places like Indonesia and Nigeria, or even replicated indigenously, the result was a tumultuous impact on a society's functioning.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this classic, Gaus writers perceptively of the 'ecology' of public administration and its relationship to the rise of the administrative state. He recounts how crises and changes in people, place, physical technology, social technology, and philosophy in the first half of the 20th century led citizens repeatedly to look to government for relief. Politicians, in turn, created or expanded the powers of public agencies. - Journal of Management History

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Book SynopsisPresents the findings and principles of political science, sociology, psychology, and economics on various proposals for the solution of ills traditionally associated with governmental administration.Trade ReviewThis is an extraordinary book, a true intellectual tour de force. Thompson sets out to discuss the conflict between bureaucratic action dictated by the norms of impersonal objectivity, rationality, and efficiency, and the need to recognize and satisfy exceptional, individual demands - the need for organizational compassion. The author succeeds in making highly insightful and often challenging observations. - Canadian Journal of Political Science ""A delightful book which is small in size but large with intelligent analysis.... This clearly written book is highly recommended."" - Choice ""Undeniably on target in introducing the clash between individual and organizational imperatives as one of the key problems of modern bureaucracy."" - Journal of Politics

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Book SynopsisScholars of public administration have historically too often been disdainful towards politics in the field, viewing political activities and interests as opportunities for corruption, mismanagement, and skewed priorities. Supporters of this antipolitical stance have become even more strident in recent years, many of them advancing scientific models for the study and practise of public administration and governance. Michael Spicer argues that politics deserves to be defended as a vital facet of public administration on the grounds that it can promote moral conduct in government and in public administration, principally by bringing to the foreground the role of values in administrative practice. Politics can facilitate the resolution of conflicts that naturally arise from competing values, or conceptions of the good, while minimising the use of force or violence. Drawing on the writings of Isaiah Berlin, Bernard Crick, and Stuart Hampshire, In Defense of Politics in Public AdministraTrade Review“Spicer argues that politics is central to public administration because it reflects the moral diversity and value differences found within a democracy. An outstanding book for collections on public administration, policy, and U.S. politiecs. Highly recommended for all readership levels.” CHOICE

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Book SynopsisAn expansive and accessible primer on Alabama state politics, past and present, which provides an in-depth appreciation and understanding of the twenty-second state's distinctive political machinery.Trade ReviewAlabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century is interesting and informative, and it brings an important topic up to date. Good examinations of state-level politics need to be done from time to time, and there is no comparable work on contemporary Alabama politics currently available." - Robert P. Steed, coeditor of Writing Southern Politics: Contemporary Interpretations and Future Directions."Alabama Politics in the Twenty-First Century fills a glaring gap in the literature, as there has been no book (to my knowledge) on general and contemporary Alabama politics from a scholarly author since 1988." - Steven L. Taylor, coauthor of A Different Democracy: American Government in a Thirty-One-Country PerspectiveTable of Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Portrait of Alabama 2. The Wallace Legacy 3. Social Values and Politics 4. Corruption in Alabama Politics 5. African Americans and Alabama Politics 6. The Alabama Constitution 7. Interest Groups 8. Political Parties 9. Campaigns 10. Elections 11. Legislative Politics 12. Gubernatorial Politics 13. The Courts as Political Institutions 14. The Politics of Taxing and Spending 15. Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThrough ethnographic case studies of Africans’ quotidian encounters with state bureaucracy, infrastructure, discipline, citizenship, democracy, political economy, education, and health, this book demonstrates how the state not only enables but also constrains and complicates ordinary Africans’ daily struggles to live and live well.Trade Review“Major fresh perspectives on the state in everyday life that will be seminal reading for historians and social scientists as well as for Africanists.”“Anthropologists, for some time, have successfully deconstructed essentialist notions of ‘the’ state in Africa by focusing on what states do when they are working. The contributors to this book push this approach further: they enquire about how ordinary citizens experience the state and its agents in multiple sites, focusing on the possibilities and constraints of everyday life and the resulting popular grammars of state and democracy. The book should be on the core reading list of every course on state and democracy, in Africa and beyond.”“Mobilizing the decentering perspectives of ethnography to capture living practices, Everyday State and Democracy in Africa develops an original view from below on the huge changes throughout the continent since the end of the Cold War. The volume convincingly demonstrates that a focus on how the people involved see state and democracy might be more helpful than intricate theoretical discussions. Two themes seem to come back throughout the volume. The first is (unsurprisingly) the role of violence in people’s everyday encounters with the state. The second (maybe more surprising) is that the state is all the more present in people’s perceptions where it seems to be absent.”

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Book SynopsisThrough ethnographic case studies of Africans’ quotidian encounters with state bureaucracy, infrastructure, discipline, citizenship, democracy, political economy, education, and health, this book demonstrates how the state not only enables but also constrains and complicates ordinary Africans’ daily struggles to live and live well.Trade Review“Major fresh perspectives on the state in everyday life that will be seminal reading for historians and social scientists as well as for Africanists.”“Anthropologists, for some time, have successfully deconstructed essentialist notions of ‘the’ state in Africa by focusing on what states do when they are working. The contributors to this book push this approach further: they enquire about how ordinary citizens experience the state and its agents in multiple sites, focusing on the possibilities and constraints of everyday life and the resulting popular grammars of state and democracy. The book should be on the core reading list of every course on state and democracy, in Africa and beyond.”“Mobilizing the decentering perspectives of ethnography to capture living practices, Everyday State and Democracy in Africa develops an original view from below on the huge changes throughout the continent since the end of the Cold War. The volume convincingly demonstrates that a focus on how the people involved see state and democracy might be more helpful than intricate theoretical discussions. Two themes seem to come back throughout the volume. The first is (unsurprisingly) the role of violence in people’s everyday encounters with the state. The second (maybe more surprising) is that the state is all the more present in people’s perceptions where it seems to be absent.”

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Book SynopsisMeiji-era agricultural policy called for village elites to use their wealth and local reputations to introduce improved farming methods. This book explores these elites and their actions in a region in northeastern Japan, presenting a view of the transformation of Japanese agriculture from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century.

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Book SynopsisProvides an analysis of the complicated relationship between Japanese migration and capital exportation to Latin America and the rise and fall of the empire in the Asia-Pacific region. The book explains how Japan influenced the cultures of Latin American countries and explores the role of Latin America in the evolution of Japanese expansion.

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Book SynopsisThrough a study of the Border Patrol Police’s transformations, Indigenizing the Cold War shows how the Thai ruling elite unfailingly pursued their nation-building. With an introduction of the ‘indigenization’ concept and an in-depth analysis of postcolonial nation-building, this work challenges conventional Cold War studies.Trade ReviewIn this highly original and engaging book, Sinae Hyun offers a new account of the hot Cold War in Thailand through a rich, detailed analysis of the genesis and consolidation of the Border Patrol Police (BPP). Initially funded by the CIA and crafted with collaboration from the US government, Thai military, and Thai monarchy, the BPP is a repressive paramilitary force that went to great lengths to prevent communism from succeeding in Thailand. What makes this book so exciting is that Hyun uses the history of the BPP to develop new arguments about the Cold War in and beyond Thailand. By questioning the very border the BPP was policing—one that was at once psychological and human as well as physical—she develops a new theoretical optic that illustrates how counterinsurgency functioned as a project of creating a new nation and new national subjects." —Tyrell Haberkorn, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Book SynopsisDrawing on forty years as a journalist with training in water law and economics, Anne MacKinnon paints a lively picture of the arcane twists in the notable record of water law in Wyoming. She maintains that states should examine how local people control water and that states must draw on historical understandings of water as a public resource.

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Book SynopsisAs corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries their governments have introduced many anti-corruption measures since the 1950s. This book analyzes and evaluates the anti-corruption strategies employed in Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.Table of ContentsList of Tables. List of Boxes. Abbreviations. About the Author. Foreword. Preface. Chapter 1 Corruption in Asian Countries: Causes, Consequences and Control Patterns. Chapter 2 Japan. Chapter 3 India. Chapter 4 The Philippines. Chapter 5 Taiwan. Chapter 6 Singapore. Chapter 7 Hong Kong. Chapter 8 Thailand. Chapter 9 South Korea. Chapter 10 Indonesia. Chapter 11 Mongolia. Chapter 12 Curbing Corruption: An Impossible Dream?. References. Author Index. Subject Index. Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries: An Impossible Dream?. Research in public policy analysis and management. Research in public policy analysis and management. Copyright page. Dedication.

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Book SynopsisContributors divide these and other methods and applications into four categories – economic, non-economic, hybrid and data-driven – in order to discuss the many factors that affect the utility of each technique and how that impacts the technological, economic and societal forecasts of the programs in question.Trade Review'The economic crisis has simultaneously placed a strong emphasis on the role of R&D as an engine of economic growth and a demand that limited public resources are demonstrated to have had the maximum possible impact. Rigorous evaluation is the key to meeting these needs. This handbook brings together highly experienced leaders in the field to provide a comprehensive and well-organised state-of-the-art overview of the range of methods available. It will prove invaluable to experienced practitioners, students in the field and more widely to those who want to increase their understanding of the complex and pervasive ways in which technological advance contributes to economic and social progress.' --Luke Georghiou, University of Manchester, UK'Theoretical and empirical research on program evaluation has advanced rapidly in scope and quality. A concomitant trend is increasing pressure on policymakers to show that programs are ''effective''. Now is the time for a comprehensive status report on state-of-the-art research and methods by leading scholars in a variety of disciplines on program evaluation. This outstanding collection of contributions will serve as a valuable reference tool for academics, policymakers, and practitioners for many years to come.' --Donald S. Siegel, University at Albany, SUNYTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook Albert N. Link and Nicholas S. Vonortas PART I: ECONOMIC METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2. The Theory and Practice of Public-Sector R&D Economic Impact Analysis Albert N. Link and John T. Scott 3. Micro-Econometric Approaches to the Evaluation of Technology-Oriented Public Programmes: A Non-Technical Review of the State of the Art Spyros Arvanitis 4. Selection of a Portfolio of R&D Projects Sébastien Casault, Aard J. Groen and Jonathan D. Linton PART II: NON-ECONOMIC METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 5. Peer Review and Expert Panels as Techniques for Evaluating the Quality of Academic Research Irwin Feller 6. Logic Modeling: A Tool for Designing Program Evaluations Gretchen B. Jordan 7. Research Value Mapping and Evaluation: Theory and Application Barry Bozeman and Gordon Kingsley PART III: HYBRID METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 8. Social Network Methodology Nicholas S. Vonortas 9. Estimating Avoided Environmental Emissions and Environmental Health Benefits Alan C. O’Connor, Michael P. Gallaher, Ross J. Loomis and Sara E. Casey 10. Evaluating Cooperative Research Centers: A Strategy for Assessing Proximal and Distal Outcomes and Associated Economic Impacts Drew Rivers and Denis O. Gray PART IV: DATA-DRIVEN APPLICATIONS 11. Bibliometrics as a Tool for Research Evaluation Diana Hicks and Julia Melkers 12. Patent Analysis Rosalie Ruegg and Patrick Thomas 13. Measuring Innovation with Official Statistics John E. Jankowski Index

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