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“j fred springer”

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  • Applied Policy Research

    Concepts and Cases

    by J. Fred Springer, Peter J. Haas, Allan Porowski ...
    Where many textbooks on policy research focus on methodological and statistical theories, leaving students to wonder how they will apply those theories to future policy positions, this innovative textbook takes theories of policy research and puts them into practice, demystifying the subject by translating it into real-world situations in which students can actively engage. Beginning with an ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

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  • A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories

    Goldfields Tales: Romance, Adventure, and Resilience in 19th-Century Australia

    by Rolf Boldrewood ...
    Rolf Boldrewood's "A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories" embodies the vivid essence of Australian life in the late 19th century. Through a series of dynamic narratives, Boldrewood intricately interweaves themes of resilience, adventure, and romance against the backdrop of the canvas towns that sprang up during the gold rush era. His literary style, marked by rich, descriptive prose and an ... Read more

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  • Why Liberalism? How our Sense of Empathy and Fairness Determines our Political Orientation

    by Eric Balkan ...
    Think your political opinions are the result of carefully reasoned thought? Think that everyone would agree with you if they just weren't so clueless? Think again! Big government vs small government, free market vs a regulated market, individual freedom vs group benefits, conservative vs liberal.... Political controversies sound like they're based on differences in philosophy or ideology or maybe ... Read more

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  • Noam Chomsky on Language, Democracy and Social Justice

    Noam Chomsky’s Critical Intervention- Foreword by Peter McLaren- Afterword by Pepi Leistyna

    by Pierre W. Orelus ...
    Series Book 560 - Counterpoints
    Every century has witnessed the birth of a few world-transcending intellectuals as well as talented emerging scholars. Noam Chomsky and Pierre W. Orelus are no exception. Using dialogues exchanged over the course of nine years, combined with heartfelt critical essays, Chomsky and Orelus analytically examine social justice issues, such as unbalanced relationships between dominant and subjugated ... Read more

    $47.09 USD

  • Palestinian Civil Society

    Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude

    by Benoit Challand ...
    Series series Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
    Palestinian Civil Society examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. Looking at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from sociological, historical, legal, and institutional perspectives, the book sheds light on the involvement of donors in Palestine, and the effect that ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Balancing Control and Flexibility in Public Budgeting

    A New Role for Rule Variability

    by Michael Di Francesco, John Alford ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work explores how reshaping budget rules and how they are applied presents a preferred means of public sector budgeting, rather than simply implementing fewer rules. Through enhanced approaches to resource flexibility, government entities can ensure that public money is used appropriately while achieving the desired results.The authors identify public budgeting practices that inhibit ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Theories of Performance

    Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain

    by Colin Talbot ...
    How well do governments do in converting the resources they take from us - like taxes - into services that improve the well-being of individuals, groups, and society as a whole? In other words: how well do they perform? This question has become increasingly prominent in public debates over the past couple of decades, especially in the developed world but also in developing countries. As the state ... Read more

    $53.09 USD

  • Neuroethics in Higher Education Policy

    by Dana Lee Baker, Brandon Leonard ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book focuses on neuroethics in higher education in the United States. After introducing readers to the philosophical and policy foundations of the neuroethics of higher education, this book explores essential conundrums in the neuroethical practice of higher education in modern democracies. Focusing on neuroethics from the perspective of universally designed learning and policy design sets ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing

    Understanding the Rise and Significance of a New Agenda

    by Ian Bache, Louise Reardon ...
    Government interest in wellbeing as an explicit goal of public policy has increased significantly in recent years. This has led to new developments in measuring wellbeing and initiatives aimed specifically at enhancing wellbeing, that reflect new thinking on 'what matters' and challenge established notions of societal progress. The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing provides the first theoretically ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State

    From Social Engineering to Governance?

    Edited by B. Larsson, M. Letell, H. Thörn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Diverging Destinies

    The Japanese Case

    by James M. Raymo, Miho Iwasawa ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The overarching objective of this book is to summarize, extend, and update previous research on educational differences in family behavior in Japan. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject and the first to evaluate family differentials in Japan in the context of ideas articulated in research on “diverging destinies” and “patterns of disadvantage” as part of the second demographic ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy

    Edited by Thomas R. Oliver ...
    The contentious passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 highlighted the incredible complexity and controversy surrounding health care in the United States. While the U.S. federal government does not provide universal health care, it has an extremely wide reach when it comes to the health of its citizenry. From important scientific and medical research funding to infectious disease control and ... Read more

    $161.99 USD