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16 produkter
Agent Orange on Trial
Mass Toxic Disasters in the Courts, Enlarged Edition
Häftad, 1988
436 kr
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Agent Orange on Trial is a riveting legal drama with all the suspense of a courtroom thriller. One of the Vietnam War’s farthest reaching legacies was the Agent Orange case. In this unprecedented personal injury class action, veterans charge that a valuable herbicide, indiscriminately sprayed on …
Diversity in America
Keeping Government at a Safe Distance
Häftad, 2006
360 kr
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America is the first society in history to make ethno-racial diversity an affirmative social ideal rather than viewing it as a fearful menace, as almost all other societies still do. Since the 1960s, America has pursued this ideal in many forms—not only to remedy past discrimination against …
Why Government Fails So Often
And How It Can Do Better
Inbunden, 2014
247 kr
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From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused …
One Nation Undecided
Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us
Inbunden, 2017
338 kr
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A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us today Let's be honest, we've all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through. With so much media spin, political polarization, and mistrust of institutions, …
Why Government Fails So Often
And How It Can Do Better
Häftad, 2015
247 kr
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From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused …
One Nation Undecided
Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us
Häftad, 2019
227 kr
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How to think intelligently about the most divisive public issues confronting us todayWe’ve all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without thinking them through. With so much media spin, political polarization, and mistrust of institutions, it’s hard to know how to think about …
Meditations of a Militant Moderate
Cool Views on Hot Topics
Inbunden, 2005
1561 kr
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Vital center. Radical middle. Amid the red state/blue state divide, is there now space for an iconoclastic militant moderate? In this unusual and remarkably readable collection of short essays on a wide variety of hot-button public issues—race, affirmative action, surrogate motherhood, diversity, …
Meditations of a Militant Moderate
Cool Views on Hot Topics
Häftad, 2005
558 kr
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Vital center. Radical middle. Amid the red state/blue state divide, is there now space for an iconoclastic militant moderate? In this unusual and remarkably readable collection of short essays on a wide variety of hot-button public issues—race, affirmative action, surrogate motherhood, diversity, …
Targeting in Social Programs
Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples
Av Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser
Häftad, 2010
304 kr
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Should chronically disruptive students be allowed to remain in public schools? Should nonagenarians receive costly medical care at taxpayer expense? Who should be first in line for kidney transplantsthe relatively healthy or the severely ill? In T argeting in Social Programs , Peter H. Schuck and …
Targeting in Social Programs
Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples
Av Peter H. Schuck, Richard J. Zeckhauser
E-bok, 2007
328 kr
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Should chronically disruptive students be allowed to remain in public schools? Should nonagenarians receive costly medical care at taxpayer expense? Who should be first in line for kidney transplantsthe relatively healthy or the severely ill? In T argeting in Social Programs , Peter H. Schuck and …
Why Government Fails So Often
And How It Can Do Better
E-bok, 2014
289 kr
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How government can implement more successful policies, more often From healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an …
One Nation Undecided
Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us
E-bok, 2017
289 kr
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A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us today Let''s be honest, we''ve all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through. With so much media spin, political polarization, and mistrust of institutions, …
Paths to Inclusion
The Integration of Migrants in the United States and Germany
Av Peter H. Schuck, Rainer Münz
Inbunden, 1998
1880 kr
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The series is rounded off by this volume which focuses on "immigrant" policy, i.e., the ensemble of institutions, laws and social practices that are designed to facilitate the integration of immigrants and refugees into the receiving countries after they arrive. The chapters bring both theoretical …
Paths to Inclusion
The Integration of Migrants in the United States and Germany
Av Peter H. Schuck, Rainer Münz
Häftad, 2001
511 kr
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The series is rounded off by this volume which focuses on "immigrant" policy, i.e., the ensemble of institutions, laws and social practices that are designed to facilitate the integration of immigrants and refugees into the receiving countries after they arrive. The chapters bring both theoretical …
More Meditations of a Militant Moderate
Inbunden, 2023
1414 kr
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The book collects almost thirty-five opinion pieces, essays, and two poems by the author on a wide variety of public policy topics written and published between 2006 and 2022. The author, a self-described “militant moderate,” draws on his participation in many public debates. The articles are …
More Meditations of a Militant Moderate
Häftad, 2026
475 kr
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The book collects almost thirty-five opinion pieces, essays, and two poems by the author on a wide variety of public policy topics written and published between 2006 and 2022. The author, a self-described “militant moderate,” draws on his participation in many public debates. The articles are …
