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  • A Government Ill Executed

    The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It

    by Paul C. Light ...
    The federal government is having increasing difficulty faithfully executing the laws, which is what Alexander Hamilton called “the true test” of a good government. This book diagnoses the symptoms, explains their general causes, and proposes ways to improve the effectiveness of the federal government. Employing Hamilton’s seven measures of an energetic federal service, Paul Light shows how the ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Driving Social Change

    How to Solve the World's Toughest Problems

    by Paul C. Light ...
    Strategies for long-term social impactThis important new book illustrates how to create the social breakthroughs needed to solve urgent global threats such as poverty, disease, and hunger. It then turns to three alternative, but complementary, paths to social breakthrough: social protecting, social exploring, and social advocacy, providing a detailed map of the journey from initial commitment to a ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

  • The Government-Industrial Complex

    The True Size of the Federal Government, 1984-2018

    by Paul C. Light ...
    In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "military-industrial complex" so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy. However, the military was not the only part of a blended government workforce that was growing by leaps and bounds. Over the next half century, the true size of the federal government expanded ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Thickening Government

    Federal Hierarchy and the Diffusion of Accountability

    by Paul C. Light ...
    This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, Drama & Performance Studies, Economics, Education, Film & Media, History, Linguistics, Literary Studies, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Government by Investigation

    Congress, Presidents, and the Search for Answers, 1945?2012

    by Paul C. Light ...
    Paul C. Light examines and evaluates the 100 most significant investigations of policy failures, bureaucratic mistakes, and personal misconduct undertaken by the U.S. federal government between 1945 and 2012. Launched by Congress or the president, sometimes by both at the same time, the investigations at the core of this book were driven by the search for answers about significant breakdowns in ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The True Size of Government

    by Paul C. Light ...
    This book addresses a seemingly simple question: Just how many people really work for the federal government? Official counts show a relatively small total of 1.9 million full-time civil servants, as of 1996. But, according to Paul Light, the true head count is nearly nine times higher than the official numbers, with about 17 million people actually providing the government with goods and services ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Monitoring Government

    Inspectors General and the Search for Accountability

    by Paul C. Light ...
    This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic. Bloomsbury Academic publish acclaimed resources for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as the general reader, across a broad range of subjects including Archaeology, Art & Visual Culture, Biblical Studies, Business & Management, Drama & Performance Studies, Economics, Education, Film & Media, History, Linguistics, Literary Studies, ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Government's Greatest Achievements

    From Civil Rights to Homeland Security

    by Paul C. Light ...
    In an era of promises to create smaller, more limited government, Americans often forget that the federal government has amassed an extraordinary record of successes over the past half century. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, it helped rebuild Europe after World War II, conquered polio and other life-threatening diseases, faced down communism, attacked racial discrimination, reduced poverty ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs

    by Muhammad Yunus ...
    **Nobel Prize winner and bestselling author of *Banker to the Poor,***shows how entrepreneurial spirit and business smarts can be harnessed to create sustainable businesses that can solve the world's biggest problems--a reminder that capitalism can take kindlier forms” (Spectator)Social business is a visionary new model for capitalism developed by Muhammad Yunus, the practical genius who pioneered ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Charity Case

    How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World

    by Dan Pallotta ...
    A blueprint for a national leadership movement to transform the way the public thinks about givingVirtually everything our society has been taught about charity is backwards. We deny the social sector the ability to grow because of our short-sighted demand that it send every short-term dollar into direct services. Yet if the sector cannot grow, it can never match the scale of our great social ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • The Power of Social Innovation

    How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good

    by Stephen Goldsmith ...
    THE POWER of SOCIAL INNOVATIONCivic leaders across the U.S. and throughout the world are discovering creative ways to overcome the obstacles that seal the doors of opportunity for too many.These inspiring individuals believe that within our communities lie the entrepreneurial spirit, compassion, and resources to make progress in such critical areas as education, housing, and economic self-reliance ... Read more

    $37.00 USD

  • The Everything Guide to Fundraising Book

    From grassroots campaigns to corporate sponsorships -- All you need to support your cause; Capital campagins/ Online fundraising / Cause marketing / Special Events

    by Adina Genn ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    Thousands of nonprofit organizations, charities, political campaigns, causes, and groups rely on fundraising dollars to succeed. But competition for donations is stronger than ever. This guide teaches you how to set goals, create a plan, and tap into a financial goldmine of corporate and government endowments. It features timely information on how to: attract and work with volunteers; choose and ... Read more

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