Democratic Efficiency: Inequality, Representation, and Public Policy Outputs in the United States and Worldwide - Lee Ryan Miller

Reducere. This ground-breaking book demonstrates that the decentralized decision-making processes characteristic of democracies are responsible for making th...

A blend of historical and contemporary analysis that opens up many of the puzzles - and curses - of modern American politics, for both professional...

Revealing the origins of graduate folklore programs, as well as their accomplishments, challenges, and connections, Folklore in the United States a...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Deirdre K. (Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley) MulliganNumber of pages: 352Collection: Inf...

Publisher: The University of Michigan PressAuthor(s): Nikolaos ZahariadisIllustration(s): tables, figuresNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 1995...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Roberto SabaIllustration(s): 17 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 392Collection: America ...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Ana MunizIllustration(s): 5 b-w illustrations, 4 maps and 5 tablesNumber of pages: 254Publicati...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdNumber of pages: 220Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 231 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Seung...

Reducere. Covering the U.S.A. and Canada like never before, and for the first time with full-color photographs, here are 1, 000 compelling, essential, offbea...

DescriptionIn a context of increased politicization led by state and federal policymakers, corporate reformers, and for-profit educational organiza...

How American and Canadian cities came to be governed differently - and what it means for the future.

The classic primer for its subject, Housing Policy in the United States, has been substantially revised in the wake of the 2007 near-collapse of th...

Publisher: Duke University PressNumber of pages: 183Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 234 x 12Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Juli...

This book explores what it means to act in a democratic way and provides practical guidance which will help public service professionals ensure use...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Lanfranco SennNumber of pages: 621Collection: Urban Institute PressPublication date: 1999Dimensions: 150 ...

Agricultural Policy in the US: Evolution and Economics traces US agricultural policy from its colonial roots to the present, using economic concept...

Reducere. Today's Christian pro-life movement has misplaced its priorities. The issue of abortion is more complex than the movement often appreciates. For a ...

Reducere. Today's Christian pro-life movement has misplaced its priorities. The issue of abortion is more complex than the movement often appreciates. For a ...

Reducere. Why are unions weaker in the US than in Canada, two otherwise similar countries? This difference has shaped politics, policy, and levels of inequal...

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DescriptionA best-selling text thoroughly updated, including new chapters on the last 30 years"An excellent study that will help historians appreci...

Oil and Sovereignty explores the national and international strategies formulated to deal with the first oil crises in 1973-1974, as steadily incre...

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This publication aims to elucidate the status of implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings and deployment of appropriate technolog...

Reducere. In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaig...

Using original interviews with estate residents in London, Watt provides a vivid account of estate regeneration and its impacts on marginalised com...

This five-part book addresses the basics of strokes; an east-west comparison of stroke rehabilitation between Japan and the US, advice and help for...

How did political parties in the United States and Britain transition from clientelism to programmatic party organization? This book argues that ch...

How presidents spark and sustain support for wars remains an enduring and significant problem. Korea was the first limited war the U.S. experienced...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Mark Atwood LawrenceIllustration(s): 15 b/w illus. 5 maps.Number of pages: 408Collection: America i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sylvia MignonDistinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers a balanced and comprehensive examination of the ...

Reducere. Did you know that the unemployment rate between 1933 and 1934 was one in four people?The stock market crash of 1929 didn't cause the Great Depressi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Imani PerryFor a nation that often optimistically claims to be post-racial, we are still mired in the practices of racial i...

GOD HAS BIG PLANS FOR AMERICAIn a follow-up, companion piece to his 2016 book, The Timing of the Rapture, Paul Wild convincingly makes the case tha...

Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, before closing its borders to Jewish refugees, the United States granted asylum to approximately ninety thous...

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Social and political polarization has posed novel challenges to U.S. democracy in recent years. Democratic Resilience examines the effects of polar...

Reducere. "John Bell Hood's Advance and Retreat is a passionate book by an officer who experienced both triumph and tragedy in full measure. A prominent part...

This book combines U.S.-based case studies with examples from other regions of the world to explore important human rights themes - the equality, u...

Reducere. The author examines in detail the 45 species and numerous hybrids of carnivorous plants that grow in the United States and Canada. This is a black-...

Reducere. This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New Y...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons IncAuthor(s): H P GreenwaldNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x 274 x 21Cover type: Paperback /...

Public Corruption in the United States provides a comprehensive view of public corruption, including discussion on the types, methods, trends, chal...

Generously illustrated, this essential handbook for herpetologists, ecologists, and naturalists features comprehensive keys to eggs, embryos, salam...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr Simon (Plymouth University, UK) ToppingIllustration(s): 23 bw illusNumber of pages: 328Publicatio...