Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform, Martha Kropf, David C. Kimball
Автор: Alvarez Название: Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform ISBN: 1107068835 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107068834 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9029.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers tend to believe that `more open` primary laws will produce more centrist, moderate, or pragmatic candidates. Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform examines California`s first use of the top-two primary system in 2012.
Описание: The Chicago Tribune headline `Dewey Defeats Truman` remains infamously wrong about the outcome of the 1948 presidential election. But, as Andrew Busch reveals, there is much more to this story than the well-worn image of a victorious and beaming President Harry Truman parading the newspaper`s erroneously headlined front page for all to see. Truman`s Triumphs recalls a contest with more twists and turns - and a different outcome - than most contemporaries anticipated, and makes engaging reading for scholar and history buff alike.
Описание: Donald Trump's election was a shock to the world, especially considering it came during a period of war, terrorist attacks, great financial turmoil, and sharp political divisions. Looking beyond the headlines of political reporting on what many view as the greatest upset in presidential race, diversity expert Dr. Shelton J. Goode offers broader and deeper analysis of the impact of the election on the country's efforts to become more inclusive as it becomes more diverse. "So well done " "Riveting and detailed, I found myself reading whenever I had a spare moment. If you want an in-depth account and easily understood analysis of the impact of the 2016 presidential election on diversity in America, this book is for you." -Julius Pryor III, global diversity and inclusion expert and author of Thriving in a Disruptive World: 6 Critical Concepts for Navigating the 21st Century "Gripping " "Goes beyond the media's version and provides the real story of 2016 Presidential race. 'HOUSE OF CARDS' and 'SCANDAL' have nothing on this book.If you care about this country-Winter in America: The Impact of the 2016 presidential election on diversity in companies, communities and the country is a MUST READ." -Nat Alston, chairman, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources "Enthralling " "Great read from start to finish. Enjoyed immensely. Learned some things that I did not know before. Dr. Goode gives an indispensable account of the impact on the larger struggle for justice. Recommend highly." -Karen Nelson, diversity & inclusion leader, City of Appleton, Wisconsin
Donald Trump's election was a shock to the world, especially considering it came during a period of war, terrorist attacks, great financial turmoil, and sharp political divisions. Looking beyond the headlines of political reporting on what many view as the greatest upset in presidential race, diversity expert Dr. Shelton J. Goode offers broader and deeper analysis of the impact of the election on the country's efforts to become more inclusive as it becomes more diverse.
"So well done "
"Riveting and detailed, I found myself reading whenever I had a spare moment. If you want an in-depth account and easily understood analysis of the impact of the 2016 presidential election on diversity in America, this book is for you."
--Julius Pryor III, global diversity and inclusion expert and author of Thriving in a Disruptive World: 6 Critical Concepts for Navigating the 21st Century
"Gripping "
"Goes beyond the media's version and provides the real story of 2016 Presidential race. 'HOUSE OF CARDS' and 'SCANDAL' have nothing on this book.If you care about this country--Winter in America: The Impact of the 2016 presidential election on diversity in companies, communities and the country is a MUST READ."
--Nat Alston, chairman, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources
"Enthralling "
"Great read from start to finish. Enjoyed immensely. Learned some things that I did not know before. Dr. Goode gives an indispensable account of the impact on the larger struggle for justice. Recommend highly."
--Karen Nelson, diversity & inclusion leader, City of Appleton, Wisconsin
Barack Obama's presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. Obama's Race--and its eye-opening account of the role played by race in the election--paints a dramatically different picture.
The authors argue that the 2008 election was more polarized by racial attitudes than any other presidential election on record--and perhaps more significantly, that there were two sides to this racialization: resentful opposition to and racially liberal support for Obama. As Obama's campaign was given a boost in the primaries from racial liberals that extended well beyond that usually offered to ideologically similar white candidates, Hillary Clinton lost much of her longstanding support and instead became the preferred candidate of Democratic racial conservatives. Time and again, voters' racial predispositions trumped their ideological preferences as John McCain--seldom described as conservative in matters of race--became the darling of racial conservatives from both parties. Hard-hitting and sure to be controversial, Obama's Race will be both praised and criticized--but certainly not ignored.
Описание: This book provides a comprehensive examination of the intersection of social class and the helping professions, including examinations of the role of social class in American culture, classism, social class and mental health, and the American Dream. It will be a valuable tool for practitioners in a variety of mental health professions, providing a clearer understanding of social class as it relates to themselves and their clients. The first section contains an introduction to the global, historical, and sociological aspects of class and an in-depth look at urban and rural poverty, the middle class, and the upper class and economic privilege. The reader will find not only an examination of these social constructs, but also an opportunity to examine their own experience with social class. The next section brings the reader into the world of their clients in more specific ways, examining the role social class plays in mental health and mental health counseling, in the family structure and in counseling families, and in the experiences people have throughout the educational process and in schools. Finally, the last section of the book discusses specific techniques and models to use in the reader’s clinical practice, including how to assess clients’ experiences of class and classism and how these experiences have shaped their worldview and view of the self. Case studies throughout demonstrate fair and accurate diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.
Автор: Alvarez Название: Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform ISBN: 1107690153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107690158 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers tend to believe that `more open` primary laws will produce more centrist, moderate, or pragmatic candidates. Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform examines California`s first use of the top-two primary system in 2012.
Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. By 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some postsecondary education or training. Teachers and civic leaders stress the value of study through high school and beyond, but to an alarmingly large segment of America's population—including a disproportionate number of ethnic and racial minorities—higher education seems neither obtainable nor relevant. Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America, edited by Laura W. Perna, offers useful insights into how to bridge these gaps and provide urban workers with the educational qualifications and skills they need for real-world jobs. Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America probes more deeply than recent reports on the misalignment between workers' training and employers' requirements. Written by researchers in education and urban policy, this volume takes a comprehensive approach. It informs our understanding of the measurement and definition of the learning required by employers. It examines the roles that different educational sectors and providers play in workforce readiness. It analyzes the institutional practices and public policies that promote the educational preparation of today's students for tomorrow's jobs. The volume also sheds light on several recurring questions, such as what is the "right" amount of education, and what should be the relative emphasis on "general" versus "specific" or "occupational" education and training? Ensuring that today's students have the education and training to meet future career demands is critical to the economic and social well-being of individuals, cities, and the nation as a whole. With recommendations for institutional leaders and public policymakers, as well as future research, this volume takes important steps toward realizing this goal.
In her 1855 fictionalized autobiography, Mary Gove Nichols told the story of her emancipation from her first unhappy marriage, during which her husband controlled her body, her labor, and her daughter. Rather than the more familiar metaphor of prostitution, Nichols used adultery to define loveless marriages as a betrayal of the self, a consequence far more serious than the violation of a legal contract. Nichols was not alone. In Unfaithful, Carol Faulkner places this view of adultery at the center of nineteenth-century efforts to redefine marriage as a voluntary relationship in which love alone determined fidelity.
After the Revolution, Americans understood adultery as a sin against God and a crime against the people. A betrayal of marriage vows, adultery was a cause for divorce in most states, as well as a basis for civil suits. Faulkner depicts an array of nineteenth-century social reformers who challenged the restrictive legal institution of marriage, redefining adultery as a matter of individual choice and love. She traces the beginning of this redefinition of adultery to the evangelical ferment of the 1830s and 1840s, when perfectionists like John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community, concluded that marriage obstructed the individual's relationship to God. In the 1840s and 1850s, spiritualist, feminist, and free love critics of marriage fueled a growing debate over adultery and marriage by emphasizing true love and consent. After the Civil War, activists turned the act of adultery into a form of civil disobedience, culminating in Victoria Woodhull's publicly charging the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher with marital infidelity.
Unfaithful explores how nineteenth-century reformers mobilized both the metaphor and the act of adultery to redefine marriage between 1830 and 1880 and the ways in which their criticisms of the legal institution contributed to a larger transformation of marital and gender relations that continues to this day.
Автор: Shannon Название: Progressive Reading Education in America ISBN: 113874235X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138742352 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through firsthand accounts of classroom practices, this book ties 130 years of progressive education to social justice work. Progressive reading education has been and remains key to these ties, commitments, challenges and constructions. Over 100 teacher stories invite readers to join the struggle to continue the pursuit of a just democracy in America.
Автор: Shannon Название: Progressive Reading Education in America ISBN: 1138742333 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138742338 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19906.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Through firsthand accounts of classroom practices, this book ties 130 years of progressive education to social justice work. Progressive reading education has been and remains key to these ties, commitments, challenges and constructions. Over 100 teacher stories invite readers to join the struggle to continue the pursuit of a just democracy in America.
Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series
From the patricians of the early republic to post-Reconstruction racial scientists, from fin de si?cle progressivist social reformers to post-war sociologists, character, that curiously formable yet equally formidable “stuff,” has had a long and checkered history giving shape to the American national identity. Bodies of Reform reconceives this pivotal category of nineteenth-century literature and culture by charting the development of the concept of “character” in the fictional genres, social reform movements, and political cultures of the United States from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century. By reading novelists such as Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Pauline Hopkins, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman alongside a diverse collection of texts concerned with the mission of building character, including child-rearing guides, muscle-building magazines, libel and naturalization law, Scout handbooks, and success manuals, James B. Salazar uncovers how the cultural practices of representing character operated in tandem with the character-building strategies of social reformers. His innovative reading of this archive offers a radical revision of this defining category in U.S. literature and culture, arguing that character was the keystone of a cultural politics of embodiment, a politics that played a critical role in determining-and contesting-the social mobility, political authority, and cultural meaning of the raced and gendered body.
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