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27 produkter
What Should We Do?
A Theory of Civic Life
Av Peter Levine
Inbunden, 2023
323 kr
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A broad theory of civic life that asks the question "What should we do?" and shows how to ask it well for civic engagement. People who want to improve the world must ask the fundamental civic question: "What should we do?" Although the specific issues and challenges people face are enormously …
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American Jewish Experience
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 1993
218 kr
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In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field , Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From …
A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball
The Promise of American Sport
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 1987
670 kr
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A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball …
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American-Jewish Experience
Av Peter Levine
Inbunden, 1992
654 kr
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There has been a general perception that Jewish tradition has not been positive about sports activity. In this first general study of Jewish participation in American sports, Peter Levine shows how the reality has been otherwise, focusing in particular on baseball, boxing, and basketball.
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American-Jewish Experience
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 1994
442 kr
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An exploration into the experience of Jewish immigrants in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Asks the question: What part did sport play in the process by which these people became Americans? It is based on the experience of other imigrant groups and minority people especially the …
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American Jewish Experience
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 1993
218 kr
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In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field , Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From …
What Should We Do?
A Theory of Civic Life
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 2022
228 kr
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A broad theory of civic life that asks the question "What should we do?" and shows how to ask it well for civic engagement. People who want to improve the world must ask the fundamental civic question: "What should we do?" Although the specific issues and challenges people face are enormously …
What Should We Do?
A Theory of Civic Life
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 2022
228 kr
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A broad theory of civic life that asks the question "What should we do?" and shows how to ask it well for civic engagement. People who want to improve the world must ask the fundamental civic question: "What should we do?" Although the specific issues and challenges people face are enormously …
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
The Promise of Civic Renewal in America
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 2013
440 kr
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Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them.Peter Levine''s We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and …
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
The Promise of Civic Renewal in America
Av Peter Levine
Inbunden, 2013
895 kr
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America's most serious social problems require citizen action. Traditional civic organizations have shrunk and weakened; the government ignores and sometimes frustrates constructive civic engagement. But Americans have been experimenting with new forms of active citizenship, mostly at the …
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For
The Promise of Civic Renewal in America
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 2013
440 kr
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Chronic unemployment, deindustrialized cities, and mass incarceration are among the grievous social problems that will not yield unless American citizens address them.Peter Levine''s We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For is a primer for anyone motivated to help revive our fragile civic life and …
Living Without Philosophy
On Narrative, Rhetoric, and Morality
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 1998
563 kr
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Drawing on implications from ethics, theology, law, politics, and education, this book argues that we can decide what is right by describing particular cases in detail, without the aid of ethical theories and principles.Living Without Philosophy argues that we do not need ethical theories, rules, …
Stronger After Stroke
Your Roadmap to Recovery
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 2018
259 kr
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Now in its third edition, Stronger After Stroke puts the power of recovery in the reader's hands by providing simple-to-follow instructions for reaching the highest possible level of recovery. The book’s neuroplastic recovery model stresses repetition of task-specific practice, proper scheduling of …
Engaging Young People in Civic Life
Av James Youniss, Peter Levine
Inbunden, 2009
1481 kr
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The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts, and this collection addresses how to best provide opportunities for enhancing civic learning and forming …
Engaging Young People in Civic Life
Av James Youniss, Peter Levine
Häftad, 2009
601 kr
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The myth of generations of disengaged youth has been shattered by increases in youth turnout in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 primaries. Young Americans are responsive to effective outreach efforts, and this collection addresses how to best provide opportunities for enhancing civic learning and forming …
New Progressive Era
Toward a Fair and Deliberative Democracy
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 1999
558 kr
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A century ago, Americans launched a period of civic renewal and political reform. Today, amid deep dissatisfaction with our major institutions, there are signs that a new movement may revive the spirit of the original Progressive Era. Peter Levine draws inspiration from the great Progressive leader …
Deliberative Democracy Handbook
Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century
Av Gastil, John Gastil m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
637 kr
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The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is a terrific resource for democratic practitioners and theorists alike. It combines rich case material from many cities and types of institutional settings with careful reflection on core principles. It generates hope for a renewed democracy, tempered with …
Defense Management Reform
How to Make the Pentagon Work Better and Cost Less
Av Peter Levine
Inbunden, 2020
1692 kr
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Pentagon spending has been the target of decades of criticism and reform efforts. Billions of dollars are spent on weapons programs that are later abandoned. State-of-the-art data centers are underutilized and overstaffed. New business systems are built at great expense but fail to meet the needs …
Defense Management Reform
How to Make the Pentagon Work Better and Cost Less
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 2020
414 kr
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Pentagon spending has been the target of decades of criticism and reform efforts. Billions of dollars are spent on weapons programs that are later abandoned. State-of-the-art data centers are underutilized and overstaffed. New business systems are built at great expense but fail to meet the needs …
Defense Management Reform
How to Make the Pentagon Work Better and Cost Less
Av Peter Levine
E-bok, 2020
492 kr
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Pentagon spending has been the target of decades of criticism and reform efforts. Billions of dollars are spent on weapons programs that are later abandoned. State-of-the-art data centers are underutilized and overstaffed. New business systems are built at great expense but fail to meet the needs …
Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities
Av Peter Levine
Inbunden, 1995
1111 kr
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A critique of Nietzsche's theory of culture that proposes an alternative paradigm allowing a defense of the humanities against such Nietzschians as Leo Strauss and DerridaLevine argues that Strauss and Derrida have much in common, including an idealist, reified concept of culture that both …
Nietzsche and the Modern Crisis of the Humanities
Av Peter Levine
Häftad, 1995
422 kr
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A critique of Nietzsche's theory of culture that proposes an alternative paradigm allowing a defense of the humanities against such Nietzschians as Leo Strauss and DerridaLevine argues that Strauss and Derrida have much in common, including an idealist, reified concept of culture that both …
