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The Meaning of Life

By: Aaron E. Freeman

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AARON E. FREEMAN is a scientist, author or coauthor of some 100 papers published in peer review journals. He has a BS degree in education and a MS degree in bacteriology from The George Washington University. He was awarded a PhD. from the Catholic University of America in 1964. His fi rst papers with Dr. Harry Eagle were studies on the nutritional requirements of mammalian cells in culture. Later works with Dr, Robert J Huebner were on the oncogene hypothesis. Dr Freeman identifi ed and classifi ed the oncogenic human adenoviruses. He developed a rat cell transformation assay for carcinogenic chemicals. With Dr, Howard J. Igel of The Children’s Hospital of Akron, he developed a method for cultivating human skin in vitro to use as homografts for burn victims. In later years, Dr. Freeman published on the role of basement membrane components, fi bronectin, laminin and collagen 4 on the growth and differentiation of fetal liver cells. After retirement, Dr. Freeman began to attend Torah study classes with Rabbi Haim Beliak. Always a scientist and an agnostic, his poetry began to express a unique Jewish identity. He wrote about creation of the universe, mankind’s journey through history and especially the story of the Jewish people. As he enters old age, he remembers the faces from his childhood. He contemplates death and offers an explanation of the meaning of life.

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1477144595

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Speaking Truth to Power

Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

By: Aaron Wildavsky

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Speaking Truth to Power

Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

By: Aaron Wildavsky

One of the foremost experts in public policy here attempts not only to describe what public policy is, but given societal changes in the last two decades, to account for its present status.To learn from the past in order to establish public policy as a discipline in its own right, Wildavsky traces its motifs from their beginnings in the 1960s to the 1980s. Starting from the premise that there has been growing polarization of political elites, he shows how public policy as a field has had to face increased politicization. For Wildavsky, the field of public policy needs to incorporate more awareness of the human aspects of policy making: he emphasizes the political choices to be made in a competitive environment and the social relations that sustain them.When the first specialist schools devoted solely to public policy came into existence in the 1960s, the programs of the Great Society were their main impetus. With the disillusionment and failure of the Great Society, the identity of public policy became transformed. New theoretical issues had to be addressed. In this volume, Wildavsky provides a foundation for the theory no less than the practice of policy-making.Aaron Wildavsky is professor of political science, University of California, Berkeley. He founded the School of Public Policy there, and is presently its Director. He was formerly Director of the Russell Sage Foundation. He was the President if the American Political Science Association for the years 1986-1987.

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Routledge

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1351488465

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9781351488464

In the Shadow of the Garrison State

America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy

By: Aaron L. Friedberg

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In the Shadow of the Garrison State

America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy

By: Aaron L. Friedberg

War--or the threat of war--usually strengthens states as governments tax, draft soldiers, exert control over industrial production, and dampen internal dissent in order to build military might. The United States, however, was founded on the suspicion of state power, a suspicion that continued to gird its institutional architecture and inform the sentiments of many of its politicians and citizens through the twentieth century. In this comprehensive rethinking of postwar political history, Aaron Friedberg convincingly argues that such anti-statist inclinations prevented Cold War anxieties from transforming the United States into the garrison state it might have become in their absence. Drawing on an array of primary and secondary sources, including newly available archival materials, Friedberg concludes that the "weakness" of the American state served as a profound source of national strength that allowed the United States to outperform and outlast its supremely centralized and statist rival: the Soviet Union. Friedberg's analysis of the U. S. government's approach to taxation, conscription, industrial planning, scientific research and development, and armaments manufacturing reveals that the American state did expand during the early Cold War period. But domestic constraints on its expansion--including those stemming from mean self-interest as well as those guided by a principled belief in the virtues of limiting federal power--protected economic vitality, technological superiority, and public support for Cold War activities. The strategic synthesis that emerged by the early 1960s was functional as well as stable, enabling the United States to deter, contain, and ultimately outlive the Soviet Union precisely because the American state did not limit unduly the political, personal, and economic freedom of its citizens. Political scientists, historians, and general readers interested in Cold War history will value this thoroughly researched volume. Friedberg's insightful scholarship will also inspire future policy by contributing to our understanding of how liberal democracy's inherent qualities nurture its survival and spread.

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Princeton University Press

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1400842913

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9781400842919

Schizophrenia

Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

By: Aaron T. Beck,Neil A. Rector,Neal Stolar,Paul Grant

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Schizophrenia

Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

By: Aaron T. Beck,Neil A. Rector,Neal Stolar,Paul Grant

From Aaron T. Beck and colleagues, this is the definitive work on the cognitive model of schizophrenia and its treatment. The volume integrates cognitive-behavioral and biological knowledge into a comprehensive conceptual framework. It examines the origins, development, and maintenance of key symptom areas: delusions, hallucinations, negative symptoms, and formal thought disorder. Treatment chapters then offer concrete guidance for addressing each type of symptom, complete with case examples and session outlines. Anyone who treats or studies serious mental illness will find a new level of understanding together with theoretically and empirically grounded clinical techniques.

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Guilford Press

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1606238353

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9781606238356

Implementation

How Great Expectations in Washington Are Dashed in Oakland; Or, Why It's Amazing that Federal Programs Work at All, This Being a Saga of the Economic Development Administration as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers Who Seek to Build Morals on a Foundation

By: Jeffrey L. Pressman,Aaron Wildavsky

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Implementation

By: Jeffrey L. Pressman,Aaron Wildavsky

This book confronts the widespread impression that policy or program implementation should be easy, arguing instead that implementation, even under the best of circumstances, is exceedingly difficult. Using the Oakland Project as a case study, this book discusses each stage of the process of implementation, demonstrating that completion of what might seem to be a simple sequence of events will in fact depend on a complex chain of reciprocal interactions. Each part of the chain must be built with the others in view, so the separation of policy design from implementation is fatal. The first four chapters illustrate the movement from simplicity to complexity. Chapter 5 discusses the number of decision points throughout the process, giving an indication of the magnitude of the task. Chapter 6 examines why project targets may be set even if they are unlikely to be met, considering both the position of those who set targets -- top federal officials who wish large accomplishments from small resources in a short time -- and those who must implement them -- career bureaucrats and local participants characterized by high needs and low cohesion. The last chapter discusses the relationship between the evaluation of programs and the study of their implementation, arguing that tendencies to assimilate the two should be resisted.

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Univ of California Press

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0520053311

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9780520053311

Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers

By: Aaron Pycroft

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Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers

By: Aaron Pycroft

Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers explores the complex nature of addiction and the challenges involved in responding effectively through policy and practice. It examines the biopyschosocial elements of addiction to substances (including alcohol) and, draws together key research findings from these fields to present a new framework for integrating theory and practice. This book fills the need for a text which makes the complex issues surrounding substance misuse accessible to both students and practitioners.

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SAGE Publications

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184787262X

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The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

Reissued with a new introduction by B. Guy Peters

By: Aaron Wildavsky

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The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

Reissued with a new introduction by B. Guy Peters

By: Aaron Wildavsky

The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis is a classic work of the Public Policy discipline. Wildavsky’s emphasis on the values involved in public policies, as well as the need to build political understandings about the nature of policy, are as important for 21st century policymaking as they were in 1979. B. Guy Peters’ critical introduction provides the reader with context for the book, its main themes and contemporary relevance, and offers a guide to understanding a complex but crucial text.

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331958619X

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Book's by Aaron E. Freeman

The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life

Speaking Truth to Power

Speaking Truth to Power

In the Shadow of the Garrison State

In the Shadow of the Garrison State

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

Implementation

Implementation

Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers

Understanding and Working with Substance Misusers

The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

The Art and Craft of Policy Analysis

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