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18 produkter
Civic Ideals
Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History
Häftad, 1999
1016 kr
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Is civic identity in the United States really defined by liberal, democratic political principles? Or is U.S. citizenship the product of multiple traditions—not only liberalism and republicanism but also white supremacy, Anglo-Saxon supremacy, Protestant supremacy, and male supremacy? In this …
True Security
Rethinking American Social Insurance
Av Michael J. Graetz, Jerry L. Mashaw
Häftad, 1999
601 kr
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Social insurance in the United States—including the Social Security Act of 1935 and the Medicare, Medicaid, and disability insurance programs that were added later—may be the greatest triumph of American domestic policy. But true security has not been achieved. As Michael J. Graetz and Jerry L. …
Quantitative Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs
Av Edward H. Kaplan, Ron Brookmeyer
Inbunden, 2001
1073 kr
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How successful are HIV prevention programs? Which HIV prevention programs are most cost effective? Which programs are worth expanding and which should be abandoned altogether? This book addresses the quantitative evaluation of HIV prevention programs, assessing for the first time several different …
Democratic Justice
Av Ian Shapiro
Häftad, 2001
565 kr
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How and why democracy and justice and must be pursued together Democracy and justice are often mutually antagonistic ideas, but in this innovative book Ian Shapiro shows how and why they should be pursued together. Justice must be sought democratically if it is to garner legitimacy in the modern …
Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies
Häftad, 2001
730 kr
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Despite the fact that citizens of advanced market democracies are satisfied with their material progress, many are haunted by a spirit of unhappiness. There is evidence of a rising tide of clinical depression in most advanced societies, and in the United States studies have documented a decline in …
Market System
What It Is, How It Works, and What To Make of It
Häftad, 2002
198 kr
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In this clear and accessible book, an eminent political scientist offers a jargon-free introduction to the market system for all readers, with or without a background in economics. "A balanced and novel treatment of a very important set of questions. This is a book of grand scope by an outstanding …
Electoral Realignments
A Critique of an American Genre
Häftad, 2004
382 kr
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The study of electoral realignments is one of the most influential and intellectually stimulating enterprises undertaken by American political scientists. Realignment theory has been seen as a science able to predict changes, and generations of students, journalists, pundits, and political …
Patient as Person
Explorations in Medical Ethics, Second Edition
Av Paul Ramsey, Margaret Farley m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
563 kr
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As physicians are faced with new and wonderful options for saving lives, transplanting organs, and furthering research, they also must wrestle with new and troubling choices—who should receive scarce and vital treatment, how we determine when life ends, what limits should be placed on care for the …
Yale Guide to Careers in Medicine and the Health Professions
Pathways to Medicine in the 21st Century
Av Robert Donaldson Jr., Kathleen Lundgren m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
752 kr
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Can I become a doctor? Should I? How can I find out? What is it like to be in medical school? What other careers in the health field might be right for me? What are the satisfactions and pitfalls of a career in medicine?For anyone pondering a career in medicine or a related health profession, this …
Mobilizing Inclusion
Transforming the Electorate through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns
Av Lisa García Bedolla, Melissa R. Michelson
Häftad, 2012
638 kr
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Which get-out-the-vote efforts actually succeed in ethnoracial communities—and why? Analyzing the results from hundreds of original experiments, the authors of this book offer a persuasive new theory to explain why some methods work while others don’t.Exploring and comparing a wide variety of …
Field Experiments and Their Critics
Essays on the Uses and Abuses of Experimentation in the Social Sciences
Häftad, 2014
232 kr
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In recent years, social scientists have engaged in a deep debate over the methods appropriate to their research. Their long reliance on passive observational collection of information has been challenged by proponents of experimental methods designed to precisely infer causal effects through active …
Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy
Häftad, 2013
1078 kr
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What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans? A distinguished group of scholars analyzes the long, complex structural and environmental causes of discrimination and their effects on African-Americans. The authors examine the impact of poverty, poor health, poor schools, poor …
Progressives' Century
Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State
Av Stephen Skowronek, Stephen Skowronek m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
789 kr
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A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alikeDuring the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then considered an outmoded system of government. A century later, a new generation of conservatives …
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Häftad, 1999
228 kr
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“Illuminating and beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A magisterial critique of top-down social planning.”—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times “One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been …
Partisan Hearts and Minds
Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters
Av Donald Green, Bradley Palmquist m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
280 kr
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In this authoritative study, three political scientists demonstrate that identification with political parties powerfully determines how citizens look at politics and cast their ballots."Partisan Hearts and Minds is a profound breakthrough in our understanding of partisan loyalties and makes a …
City
Urbanism and Its End
Häftad, 2005
284 kr
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A new understanding of the modern city, its challenges, and why old ideas about urban renewal won’t workHow did neighborhood groceries, parish halls, factories, and even saloons contribute more to urban vitality than did the fiscal might of postwar urban renewal? With a novelist’s eye for telling …
Women, Work, and Politics
The Political Economy of Gender Inequality
Av Torben Iversen, Frances McCall Rosenbluth
Häftad, 2011
319 kr
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Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labor outside the home, which is a function of structural, political, and institutional …
Democracy and the Origins of the American Regulatory State
Häftad, 2015
365 kr
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Political scientist Samuel DeCanio examines how political elites used high levels of voter ignorance to create a new type of regulatory state with lasting implications for American politics. Focusing on the expansion of bureaucratic authority in late-nineteenth-century America, DeCanio’s exhaustive …
