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American Constitutional Law, Volume II: The Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments
By Ralph A. Rossum. 2018
American Constitutional Law Volume II provides a comprehensive account of the nation s defining document examining how its…
provisions were originally understood by those who drafted and ratified it and how they have since been interpreted by the Supreme Court Congress the President lower federal courts and state judiciaries Clear and accessible chapter introductions and a careful balance between classic and recent cases provide students with a sense of how the law has been understood and construed over the years The Tenth Edition has been fully revised to include twelve new cases including key decisions Obergefell v Hodges Burwell v Hobby Lobby Stores Shelby County v Holder Horne v Department of Agriculture and Riley v California A revamped and expanded companion website offers access to even more additional cases an archive of primary documents and links to online resources making this text essential for any constitutional law courseSoutheast Asia in the New International Era
By Robert Dayley. 2018
Southeast Asia in the New International Era seventh edition provides readers with up-to-date coverage on a vibrant region…
home to more than 600 million people vast cultural diversity and dynamic globalized markets Sensitive to historical legacies and with special attention to developments since the end of the Cold War this book highlights the events players and institutions that shape the region Employing a country-by-country format the analysis engages in context-specific treatment of the region s eleven countries Thailand Myanmar Burma Vietnam Cambodia Laos the Philippines Indonesia Timor-Leste Malaysia Singapore and Brunei Each chapter focuses on political and economic developments key institutions state-society relations and foreign affairs In light of the December 2015 launch of the new ASEAN Community this seventh edition includes a new chapter on ASEAN and the prospects of regional integration An excellent resource for students Southeast Asia in the New International Era makes sense of the region s coups policy debates protests and alliances leaving readers with a solid foundation for further studyThe Public Policy Theory Primer
By Kevin B. Smith. 2018
Public policy is a broad and interdisciplinary area of study and research in the field tends to reflect this …
Yet for those teaching and studying public policy the disjointed nature of the field can be confusing and cumbersome This text provides a consistent and coherent framework for uniting the field of public policy Authors Kevin B Smith and Christopher W Larimer offer an organized and comprehensive overview of the core questions and concepts major theoretical frameworks primary methodological approaches and key controversies and debates in each subfield of policy studies from the policy process and policy analysis to program evaluation and policy implementation The third edition has been updated throughout to include the latest scholarship and approaches in the field including new and expanded coverage of behavioral economics the narrative policy framework Fourth Generation implementation studies the policy regime approach field experiments and the debate of program versus policy implementation studies Now with an appendix of sample comprehensive exam questions The Public Policy Theory Primer remains an indispensable text for the systematic study of public policyMunicipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing
By John Boughton. 2018
A narrative history of council housing from slums to the Grenfell TowerUrgent timely and compelling Municipal…
Dreams brilliantly brings the national story of housing to life In this landmark reappraisal of council housing historian John Boughton presents an alternative history of Britain Rooted in the ambition to end slum living and the ideals of those who would build a new society Municipal Dreams looks at how the state s duty to house its people decently became central to our politics The book makes it clear why that legacy and its promise should be defended Traversing the nation in this comprehensive social political and architectural history of council housing Boughton offers a tour of some of the best and most remarkable of our housing estates some happily ordinary some judged notorious He asks us to understand their complex story and to rethink our prejudices His accounts include extraordinary planners and architects who wished to elevate working men and women through design the competing ideologies that have promoted state housing and condemned it the economic factors that have always constrained our housing ideals the crisis wrought by Right to Buy and the evolving controversies around regeneration Boughton shows how losing the dream of good housing has weakened our community and hurt its most vulnerable as was seen most catastrophically in the fire at Grenfell TowerThe SIMPOL Solution: A New Way to Think about Solving the World's Biggest Problems
By John Bunzl, Nick Duffell. 2018
The SIMPOL Solution spearheaded by the Simultaneous Policy SIMPOL Organization gives voters around the world a…
new way to pressure their leaders to address global problems ranging from climate change to mass immigration and gross income disparities Blending politics and psychology The SIMPOL Solution shows how through simultaneous action--through cooperation--we can overcome the problems we face today and our children will face tomorrow The authors argue that the chief barrier to tackling pressing international issues is a vicious circle of destructive global competition in which nations corporations and citizens are helplessly caught Our current economic system--which rewards corporations and nations that offer the greatest profits no matter what the social costs--has the effect of hollowing out national politics and encouraging either voter apathy or populism championed by the Far Right The good news is that it doesn t take masses of people to break this vicious circle and initiate lasting change In fact key transitions in human history were initiated by small numbers of activists Already endorsed by leading policy-makers visionaries and public figures this exciting book offers everyone a way to become a part of this important worldwide movement for changeRevolutionary ideas on how to use markets to bring about fairness and prosperity for allMany blame today's economic inequality, stagnation,…
and political instability on the free market. The solution is to rein in the market, right? Radical Markets turns this thinking--and pretty much all conventional thinking about markets, both for and against—on its head. The book reveals bold new ways to organize markets for the good of everyone. It shows how the emancipatory force of genuinely open, free, and competitive markets can reawaken the dormant nineteenth-century spirit of liberal reform and lead to greater equality, prosperity, and cooperation.Eric Posner and Glen Weyl demonstrate why private property is inherently monopolistic, and how we would all be better off if private ownership were converted into a public auction for public benefit. They show how the principle of one person, one vote inhibits democracy, suggesting instead an ingenious way for voters to effectively influence the issues that matter most to them. They argue that every citizen of a host country should benefit from immigration—not just migrants and their capitalist employers. They propose leveraging antitrust laws to liberate markets from the grip of institutional investors and creating a data labor movement to force digital monopolies to compensate people for their electronic data.Only by radically expanding the scope of markets can we reduce inequality, restore robust economic growth, and resolve political conflicts. But to do that, we must replace our most sacred institutions with truly free and open competition—Radical Markets shows how.Inequality in America: Race, Poverty, and Fulfilling Democracy's Promise (Dilemmas in American Politics)
By Stephen Caliendo. 2017
Why does inequality have such a hold on American society and public policy? And what can we, as citizens, do…
about it? Inequality in America takes an in-depth look at race, class and gender-based inequality, across a wide range of issues from housing and education to crime, employment and health. Caliendo explores how individual attitudes can affect public opinion and lawmakers' policy solutions. He also illustrates how these policies result in systemic barriers to advancement that often then contribute to individual perceptions. This cycle of disadvantage and advantage can be difficult-though not impossible-to break. "Representing" and "What Can I Do?" feature boxes throughout the book highlight key public figures who have worked to combat inequality and encourage students to take action to do the same. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to include the most current data and to cover recent issues and events like the 2016 elections and the Black Lives Matter movement. It now also includes a brand-new chapter on crime and criminal justice and an expanded discussion of immigration. Concise and accessible, Inequality in America paves the way for students to think critically about the attitudes, behaviors and structures of inequality.Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict
By United Nations;World Bank. 2016
Violent conflicts today are complex and increasingly protracted involving more nonstate groups and regional and international actors It…
is estimated that by 2030 the horizon set by the international community for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals more than half of the world s poor will be living in countries affected by high levels of violence Information and communication technology population movements and climate change are also creating shared risks that must be managed at both national and international levels Pathways for Peace is a joint United Nations World Bank Group study that originates from the conviction that the international community s attention must urgently be refocused on prevention A scaled-up system for preventive action would save between US 5 billion and US 70 billion per year which could be reinvested in reducing poverty and improving the well-being of populations The study aims to improve the way in which domestic development processes interact with security diplomacy mediation and other efforts to prevent conflicts from becoming violent It stresses the importance of grievances related to exclusion from access to power natural resources security and justice for example that are at the root of many violent conflicts today Based on a review of cases in which prevention has been successful the study makes recommendations for countries facing emerging risks of violent conflict as well as for the international community Development policies and programs must be a core part of preventive efforts when risks are high or building up inclusive solutions through dialogue adapted macroeconomic policies institutional reform and redistributive policies are required Inclusion is key and preventive action needs to adopt a more people-centered approach that includes mainstreaming citizen engagement Enhancing the participation of women and youth in decision making is fundamental to sustaining peace as well as long-term policies to address the aspirations of women and young peopleWake Up America is a HUGE book It will help to Make America Great Again …
President Donald J TrumpThe New York Times USA Today Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grit merit providence individualism thrift and above all pride in our country These qualities among others are the reason that hundreds of millions of people worldwide look to America for hope inspiration and opportunity But it s precisely these virtues that now are under attack by the radical Left of Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders and their followers America as we know it is eroding before our eyes and becoming what Fox News Channel personality and co-host of The Five Eric Bolling calls a politically correct nanny state The rewards for individual achievement and hard work our basic constitutional rights religious faith national identity and capitalism itself are being replaced by a dangerous socialistic ideology that is the polar opposite of what our Founding Fathers intended America to be Wake Up America identifies the nine core virtues of our nation and demonstrates why each one is so important to our history and our future It s time for us to wake up and heed the clear-cut warning signs that America is heading in the wrong direction--before we re too far gone A celebration of America that is informed by Eric Bolling s personal story Wake Up America is an urgent call to arms for America s citizens to preserve what makes us greatEl poder y la palabra
By George Orwell. 2017
El poder y la palabra re ne diez ensayos de George Orwell que dan vuelta al concepto de…
verdad y al uso perverso del lenguaje pol tico En una poca de enga o universal decir la verdad es un acto revolucionario Los ensayos pol ticos de George Orwell son una de las mejores fuentes de resistencia contra el uso corrupto del lenguaje y las versiones manipuladas de la realidad Su pasi n por la verdad y su esfuerzo infatigable por desmantelar las mentiras le convierten en una referencia inexcusable en estos atribulados tiemposPlato as Critical Theorist
By Jonny Thakkar. 2018
What is the best possible society How would its rulers govern and its citizens behave Such questions are…
sometimes dismissed as distractions from genuine political problems but in an era when political idealism seems a relic of the past says Jonny Thakkar they are more urgent than ever A daring experiment in using ancient philosophy to breathe life into our political present Plato as Critical Theorist takes seriously one of Plato s central claims that philosophers should rule What many accounts miss is the intimate connection between Plato s politics and his metaphysics Thakkar argues Philosophy is the activity of articulating how parts and wholes best fit together while ruling is the activity that shapes the parts of society into a coherent whole conducive to the good life Plato s ideal society is thus one in which ideal theory itself plays a leading role Today s liberal democracies require not philosopher-kings legislating from above but philosopher-citizens willing to work toward a vision of the best society in their daily lives Against the claim that such idealism is inherently illiberal Thakkar shows that it is fully compatible with the liberal theories of both Popper and Rawls while nevertheless pushing beyond them in providing a new vantage point for the Marxian critique of capitalismComandos Sombra 2
By G. G. Vega, Jéssica Dondoni. 2018
Um livro cheio de car ter e tens o tipo comandos de for as especiais…
o relato de um evento que embora fict cio n o est muito longe da realidade global em mat ria de for as especiais Comandos Sombra II enfoca de forma belicosa a situa o global atual as constantes tens es internacionais os avan os tecnol gicos e as consequ ncias subjacentes diante de determinadas situa es de car teres circunstanciais Um livro que lhe ajudar a compreender que em um planeta n o existem bons nem maus apenas jogos de interesses nacionais e internacionais que muitas vezes chegam a situa es extremas e que a diplomacia deve saber esfriar e controlar Um livro interessante e muito recomendadoIn Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth…
century. Using a critical analysis of disability in archival records, personal collections, government publications and a series of interviews, Galer demonstrates how demands for greater access among disabled people for paid employment stimulated the development of a new discourse of disability in Canada. Family advocates helped people living in institutions move out into the community as rehabilitation professionals played an increasingly critical role in the lives of working-age adults with disabilities. Meanwhile, civil rights activists crafted a new consumer-led vision of social and economic integration. Employment was, and remains, a central component in disabled peoples' efforts to become productive, autonomous and financially secure members of Canadian society. Working towards Equity offers new in-depth analysis on rights activism as it relates to employment, sheltered workshops, deinstitutionalization and labour markets in the contemporary context in Canada.Seeing Red: HIV/AIDS and Public Policy in Canada
By Suzanne Hindmarch, Michael Orsini, Marilou Gagnon. 2018
What does it mean to think of HIV/AIDS policy in a critical manner? Seeing Red offers the first critical analysis…
of HIV/AIDS policy in Canada. Featuring the diverse experiences of people living with HIV, this collection highlights various perspectives from academics, activists, and community workers who look ahead to the new and complex challenges associated with HIV/AIDS and Canadian society. In addition to representing a diversity of voices and perspectives, Seeing Red reflects on historical responses to HIV/AIDS in Canada. Among the specific issues addressed are the over-representation of Indigenous peoples among those living with HIV, the criminalization of HIV, and barriers to health and support services, particularly as experienced by vulnerable and marginalized populations. The editors and contributors seek to show that Canada has been neither uniquely compassionate nor proactive when it comes to supporting those living with HIV/AIDS. Instead, this remains a critical area of public policy, one fraught with challenges as well as possibilities.The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may only be thirty-five years old but it is an important document for…
all Canadians. Few today, however, are aware of the extensive work and tumultuous debates that occurred behind the scenes. In The Charter Debates, Adam Dodek tells the story of the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons on the Constitution, whose members were instrumental in drafting the Charter. Dodek places the work of the Joint Committee against the backdrop of the decades-long process of patriation and takes the reader inside the committee room, giving them access to Cabinet discussions about constitutional reform. The volume offers a textual exploration of the edited proceedings concerning major Charter subjects such as fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, equality rights, language rights, and the limitations clause. Presenting key moments from the transcripts, carefully selected and contextualized, The Charter Debates is a one-of-a-kind resource for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the Charter and its impact on constitutional politics in Canada.The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe
By Sandra Van Thiel, Edoardo Ongaro. 2018
This Handbook offers a systematic review of state-of-the-art knowledge on public administration in Europe. Covering the theoretical, epistemological and practical…
aspects of the field, it focuses on how public administration operates and is studied in European countries. In sixty-three chapters, written by leading scholars, this Handbook considers the uniqueness of the European situation through an interdisciplinary and comparative lens, focusing on the administrative diversity which results from the multiplicity of countries, languages, schools of thought and streams of investigation across Europe. It addresses issues such as multi-level administration and governance, intensive cross country cooperation in administrative reform policy, and public accountability under different systems. It also considers the issue of welfare service delivery, at a time of major economic and societal challenges, as well as understudied emerging issues like Islamic Public Administration and the dynamics of public sector negotiations. With contributions from key experts in Public Administration and Public Management, this cutting edge Handbook offers a significant contribution to the field of comparative public administration, policy and management.Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century
By James Loeffler. 2018
A stunningly original look at the forgotten Jewish political roots of contemporary international human rights told through the moving…
stories of five key activists The year 2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of two momentous events in twentieth-century history the birth of the State of Israel and the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Both remain tied together in the ongoing debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict global antisemitism and American foreign policy Yet the surprising connections between Zionism and the origins of international human rights are completely unknown today In this riveting account James Loeffler explores this controversial history through the stories of five remarkable Jewish founders of international human rights following them from the prewar shtetls of eastern Europe to the postwar United Nations a journey that includes the Nuremberg and Eichmann trials the founding of Amnesty International and the UN resolution of 1975 labeling Zionism as racism The result is a book that challenges long-held assumptions about the history of human rights and offers a startlingly new perspective on the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflictGlobal Gender Issues in the New Millennium (Dilemmas in World Politics )
By Anne Sisson Runyan. 2014
p Global Gender Issues in the New Millennium argues that the power of gender works to help keep gender …
race class sexual and national divisions in place despite increasing attention to gender issues in the study and practice of world politics Accessible and student-friendly for both undergraduate and graduate courses authors Anne Sisson Runyan and V Spike Peterson analyze gendered divisions of power and resources that contribute to the worldwide crises of representation violence and sustainability They emphasize how hard-won attention to gender equality in world affairs can be co-opted when gender is used to justify or mystify unjust forms of global governance international security and global political economy p In the new and updated fourth edition Runyan and Peterson examine the challenges of forging transnational solidarities to de-gender world politics scholarship and practice through renewed politics for greater representation and redistribution Yet they see promise in coalitional struggles to re-radicalize feminist world political demands to change the downward conditions of women men children and the planet Updated to include framing questions at the opening of each chapter discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter and updated data on gender statistics and policymaking Chapters One and Two have also been revised to provide more support to readers with less of a background in gender politics Case studies and web resources are now also provided pSelling Out or Buying In?: Debating Consumerism in Vancouver and Victoria, 1945-1985
By Michael Dawson. 2018
Until the late 1950s residents of Vancouver and Victoria negotiated a shopping landscape that would be unrecognizable to today …
s consumers most stores were closed for at least half the day on Wednesdays prevented from opening during the evenings and were banned from operating on Sundays Since that decade however British Columbians and Canadians generally have made significant strides in gaining greater and easier access to consumer goods Selling Out or Buying In is the first work to illuminate the process by which consumers access to goods and services was liberalized and deregulated in Canada in the second half of the twentieth century Michael Dawson s engagingly written and detailed exploration of the debates amongst everyday citizens and politicians regarding the pros and cons of expanding shopping opportunities challenges the assumption of inevitability surrounding Canada s emergence as a consumer society The expansion of store hours was a highly contested and contingent development that pitted employees owners and regulators against one another Dawson s nuanced analysis of archival and newspaper sources reveals the strains that modern capitalism imparted upon the accepted and established rhythms of daily life21D: Las claves de la crisis catalana en 21 artículos
By Agenda Pública. 2018
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