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26 produkter
Mending Democracy
Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times
Av John Boswell, Selen A. Ercan m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1195 kr
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The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected — from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and …
Mending Democracy
Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times
Av John Boswell, Selen A. Ercan m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1195 kr
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The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected — from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and …
Magical Thinking in Public Policy
Why Naive Ideals about Better Policymaking Persist in Cynical Times
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2022
1108 kr
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This book explores why naïve ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be ''magical thinking'' in public policy. Contemporary policy scholarship tends to be cynical about movements to reform policymaking by …
Magical Thinking in Public Policy
Why Naive Ideals about Better Policymaking Persist in Cynical Times
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2022
1108 kr
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This book explores why naïve ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be ''magical thinking'' in public policy. Contemporary policy scholarship tends to be cynical about movements to reform policymaking by …
Magical Thinking in Public Policy
Why Naïve Ideals about Better Policymaking Persist in Cynical Times
Av John Boswell
Inbunden, 2022
1319 kr
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This book explores why naïve ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be 'magical thinking' in public policy. Contemporary policy scholarship tends to be cynical about movements to reform policymaking by making …
Mending Democracy
Democratic Repair in Disconnected Times
Av Carolyn M. Hendriks, Selen A. Ercan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1419 kr
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The fabric of democracy is threadbare in many contemporary societies. Connections that are vital to the functioning and integrity of our democratic systems are wearing thin. Citizens are increasingly disconnected — from their elected representatives, from one another in the public sphere, and from …
How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State
Weapons of the Meek at the Frontlines of Public Services
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2026
717 kr
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Despite innovation to address ailing trust and rising inequalities, democratic reformers ignore the most common way that disaffected citizens encounter the state: in the frontline implementation of laws, policies, and services. Dominant thinking about democracy seemingly writes off these encounters …
How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State
Weapons of the Meek at the Frontlines of Public Services
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2026
717 kr
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Despite innovation to address ailing trust and rising inequalities, democratic reformers ignore the most common way that disaffected citizens encounter the state: in the frontline implementation of laws, policies, and services. Dominant thinking about democracy seemingly writes off these encounters …
How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State
Weapons of the Meek at the Frontlines of Public Services
Av John Boswell
Inbunden, 2026
1262 kr
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Despite innovation to address ailing trust and rising inequalities, democratic reformers ignore the most common way that disaffected citizens encounter the state: in the frontline implementation of laws, policies, and services. Dominant thinking about democracy seemingly writes off these encounters …
Kindness of Strangers
The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
Av John Boswell
Häftad, 1998
479 kr
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In this work, John Boswell argues that child abandonment was a common and morally acceptable practice from antiquity until the Renaissance. Using a variety of sources, including drama and mythological-literary texts as well as demographics, Boswell examines evidence that parents of all classes gave …
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
Av John Boswell
Häftad, 2015
304 kr
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John Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church's past relationship to its gay members-among them priests, bishops, and even saints-when it was …
Say This, Not That
What to Say to Get Your Way
Av John Boswell
Häftad, 2010
381 kr
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Words matter. They can inform, soothe, sting, reverberate, and leave scars. And the wrong words can turn off - literally - the listener, transforming what should be an exchange of information, feelings, and ideas into dead air time. So many of our dialogues with others are like scripts - we say the …
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2013
186 kr
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Both highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners of the same sex, but sanctified them--in ceremonies strikingly similar to heterosexual marriage …
Never Make the First Offer
(Except When You Should) Wisdom from a Master Dealmaker
E-bok, 2009
226 kr
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"On a handshake, I''ve trusted Donald Dell with my life." -Arthur Ashe, U.S. Open champion Good negotiators know the rules. Great negotiators know when to break those rules. And then there are the true master dealmakers, like the pioneering sports lawyer Donald Dell. Over the last four decades, he …
The Art and Craft of Comparison
Av John Boswell, Jack Corbett m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
471 kr
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Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms …
The Art and Craft of Comparison
Av John Boswell, Jack Corbett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1302 kr
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Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms …
Art and Craft of Comparison
Av R. A. W. Rhodes, Jack Corbett m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
447 kr
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Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms …
Art and Craft of Comparison
Av R. A. W. Rhodes, Jack Corbett m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
447 kr
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Is it possible to compare French presidential politics with village leadership in rural India? Most social scientists are united in thinking such unlikely juxtapositions are not feasible. Boswell, Corbett and Rhodes argue that they are possible. This book explains why and how. It is a call to arms …
Real War on Obesity
Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
Av John Boswell
Inbunden, 2016
1126 kr
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This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and …
Real War on Obesity
Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
Av John Boswell
E-bok, 2016
1501 kr
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This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and …
Manual of the Nellore District in the Presidency of Madras. Compiled and edited by J. A. C. Boswell. [With a map.]
Av John Boswell
Häftad, 2011
474 kr
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Real War on Obesity
Contesting Knowledge and Meaning in a Public Health Crisis
Av John Boswell
Häftad, 2020
1126 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book sheds new light on the political battle to define and construct obesity as a policy issue. Through a rich analysis of the debates in Australia and the UK, it develops a nuanced analysis of the competing narratives that actors rely on to make sense of and argue about this issue, and …
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