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The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy

Reputations, Networks, and Policy Innovation in Executive Agencies, 1862-1928

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
Until now political scientists have devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and the relationship between bureaucratic and interest group politics. In this pioneering book, Daniel Carpenter contributes to our understanding of institutions by presenting a unified study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes. He focuses on the emergence of bureaucratic policy ... Read more

$47.59 USD

Until now political scientists have devoted little attention to the origins of American bureaucracy and the relationship between bureaucratic and interest group politics. In this pioneering book, Daniel Carpenter contributes to our understanding of institutions by presenting a unified study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes. He focuses on the emergence of bureaucratic policy
... Read more
Democracy by Petition

Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Winner of the James P. Hanlan Book AwardWinner of the J. David Greenstone Book PrizeWinner of the S. M. Lipset Best Book AwardThis pioneering work of political history recovers the central and largely forgotten role that petitioning played in the formative years of North American democracy.Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise ... Read more

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Winner of the James P. Hanlan Book AwardWinner of the J. David Greenstone Book PrizeWinner of the S. M. Lipset Best Book AwardThis pioneering work of political history recovers the central and largely forgotten role that petitioning played in the formative years of North American democracy.Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise
... Read more

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Evolutionary History: A Guided Audio Journey Through 4 Billion Years of Life on Earth

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Narrated by Daniel Carpenter ...

Unabridged

1 hour 57 min

Witness the epic evolutionary biology of our planet in this cinematic natural history journey through deep time. Perfect for your morning commute or a reflective nature walk, this immersive audio experience transforms four billion years of abstract eons into a thrilling narrative. Watch primordial oceans boil with microbial pioneers before bursting into the complex ecosystems that shaped modern ... Read more

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Witness the epic evolutionary biology of our planet in this cinematic natural history journey through deep time. Perfect for your morning commute or a reflective nature walk, this immersive audio experience transforms four billion years of abstract eons into a thrilling narrative. Watch primordial oceans boil with microbial pioneers before bursting into the complex ecosystems that shaped modern
... Read more
Digital Magazine Design

with Case Studies

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Publishers of contemporary highstreet magazines invest more and more money in developing innovative design for an increasingly designliterate reader. Innovation, however, must always be grounded in the underlying conventions of legibility to ensure loyal readership and economic success. Digital Magazine Design provides detailed descriptions of all the necessary rules of design, and uses these ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Publishers of contemporary highstreet magazines invest more and more money in developing innovative design for an increasingly designliterate reader. Innovation, however, must always be grounded in the underlying conventions of legibility to ensure loyal readership and economic success. Digital Magazine Design provides detailed descriptions of all the necessary rules of design, and uses these
... Read more
Reputation and Power

Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
How the FDA became the world's most powerful regulatory agencyThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly does it wield its extraordinary power? Reputation and Power traces the history of FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals, revealing how the agency's organizational reputation has been the primary ... Read more

$47.59 USD

How the FDA became the world's most powerful regulatory agencyThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly does it wield its extraordinary power? Reputation and Power traces the history of FDA regulation of pharmaceuticals, revealing how the agency's organizational reputation has been the primary
... Read more
Audiobook

Democracy by Petition

Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870

by Daniel Carpenter ...

Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer ...

Unabridged

22 hours 3 min

Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women ... Read more

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Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women
... Read more

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Preventing Regulatory Capture

Special Interest Influence and How to Limit it

Edited by Daniel Carpenter, David A. Moss ...

When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the ... Read more

$36.99 USD

When regulations (or lack thereof) seem to detract from the common good, critics often point to regulatory capture as a culprit. In some academic and policy circles it seems to have assumed the status of an immutable law. Yet for all the ink spilled describing and decrying capture, the concept remains difficult to nail down in practice. Is capture truly as powerful and unpreventable as the
... Read more
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Daniel’s Story

by Carol Matas ...

Narrated by Daniel Carpenter-Gold ...

Unabridged

3 hours 22 min

Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel’s family is forced from their home in Frankfurt ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Daniel barely remembers leading a normal life before the Nazis came to power in 1933. He can still picture once being happy and safe, but memories of those days are fading as he and his family face the dangers threatening Jews in Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930s. No longer able to practice their religion, vote, own property, or even work, Daniel’s family is forced from their home in Frankfurt
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The Abolitionist Imagination

by Andrew Delbanco, John Stauffer, Manisha Sinha, Wilfred M. McClay ...

Series Book 3 - The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics
The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring and courageous reformers who hastened the end of slavery. But Andrew Delbanco sees abolitionists in a different light, as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an ... Read more

$34.99 USD

The abolitionists of the mid-nineteenth century have long been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the catastrophic bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring and courageous reformers who hastened the end of slavery. But Andrew Delbanco sees abolitionists in a different light, as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an
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SHALLOW CREEK

by Nick Adams, Erik Bergstrom, Simon Billinton, Daniel Carpenter, Marion Coleman, J Stuart Croskell, Heather Cuthbertson, Andrea Hardaker, David Hartley, Eleanor Hickey, Tom Heaton, Allyson Kersel, Adam Lock, Sarah Lotz, Alice Noel, Ian Steadman, Richard Thomas, Adrian J Walker, Aliya Whiteley, Gregg Williard, Brian Wilson ...

This is the tale of a town on the fringes of fear, of ordinary people and everyday objects transformed by terror and madness, a microcosm of the world where nothing is ever quite what it seems. This is a world where the unreal is real, where the familiar and friendly lure and deceive. On the outskirts of civilisation sits this solitary town. Home to the unhinged. Oblivion to outsiders.Shallow ... Read more

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This is the tale of a town on the fringes of fear, of ordinary people and everyday objects transformed by terror and madness, a microcosm of the world where nothing is ever quite what it seems. This is a world where the unreal is real, where the familiar and friendly lure and deceive. On the outskirts of civilisation sits this solitary town. Home to the unhinged. Oblivion to outsiders.Shallow
... Read more
Municipal Housecleaning

The Methods and Experiences of American Cities in Collecting and Disposing of Their Municipal Wastes—Ashes, Rubbish, Garbage, Manure, Sewage, and Street Refuse

by William Parr Capes, Jeanne Daniels Carpenter ...

Municipal Housecleaning is a compelling anthology that delves into the intricate themes of urban governance and social reform through a tapestry of narratives and essays. The volume assembles a rich array of literary styles, from incisive political analysis to poignant anecdotal storytelling, offering a profound exploration of the civic and ethical dimensions of city management. The collection's ... Read more

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Municipal Housecleaning is a compelling anthology that delves into the intricate themes of urban governance and social reform through a tapestry of narratives and essays. The volume assembles a rich array of literary styles, from incisive political analysis to poignant anecdotal storytelling, offering a profound exploration of the civic and ethical dimensions of city management. The collection's
... Read more
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Sudden Fury [Dramatized Adaptation]

The Last Gunfighter 20

by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone ...

Narrated by A Full Cast, Ken Jackson, James Konicek, Christopher Graybill, James Lewis, Yasmin Tuazon, Thomas Penny, Scott McCormick, Thomas Keegan, Christopher Scheeren, Michael Glenn, Paul Fidalgo, Mort Shelby, Johann Dettweiler, Steven Carpenter, Daniel Gavigan, Tim Carlin, Joseph Thornhill, Eric Messner, Richard Rohan, Andy Clemence, Terence Aselford, Ren Kasey ...

Series series Last Gunfighter
Unabridged

5 hours 3 min

In the redwood country of northern California, Frank Morgan, aka the Last Gunfighter, discovers a mutilated corpse. A killing beast roams these woods. The loggers call it 'The Terror of the Redwoods.' A local timber baron has put a bounty on the hide of this man-beast and the woods are teeming with so many trigger-happy dolts and half-cocked drunkards that someone's bound to get hurt. Frank Morgan ... Read more

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In the redwood country of northern California, Frank Morgan, aka the Last Gunfighter, discovers a mutilated corpse. A killing beast roams these woods. The loggers call it 'The Terror of the Redwoods.' A local timber baron has put a bounty on the hide of this man-beast and the woods are teeming with so many trigger-happy dolts and half-cocked drunkards that someone's bound to get hurt. Frank Morgan
... Read more

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