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The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered

By: Jody C. Baumgartner

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The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered

By: Jody C. Baumgartner

Since 1960 the office of the vice presidency of the United States has evolved into a fundamentally different institution than the one the founders envisioned, attracting better-qualified aspirants who may be called upon to perform a variety of important tasks. This book offers a corrective to the overwhelmingly negative view that Americans have had of their vice presidents by demonstrating how the role has changed over time. In addition, Baumgartner examines those who were candidates for vice president but who were not elected. The book is organized thematically according to the career path of the vice president, from the selection process through campaign and nomination to election, service in office, and post-White House contributions. John Adams famously called the vice presidency, the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. Harry Truman called it, about as useful as a cow's fifth teat. How things have changed in a world where many consider Vice President Dick Cheney the most powerful figure in the current administration. Since 1960 the office of the vice presidency of the United States has evolved into a fundamentally different institution than the one the founders envisioned, attracting better-qualified aspirants who may be called upon to perform a variety of important tasks. No longer a ceremonial figurehead or legislative drudge, the vice president today consults closely with the president and plays an important role in executive decisions. Those who are chosen as running mates are examined more thoroughly than ever before, not merely for the boost they might give the presidential candidate in the general election, but also for the kind of president they might be if fate called upon them to serve. In a book that is as readable as it is fascinating, Baumgartner offers a corrective to the overwhelmingly negative view Americans have had of their vice presidents by demonstrating how the role has changed over time. Setting the stage with a visit to the Constitutional Convention and a brief look at pre-modern vice presidents, he examines the 19 men and one woman who have been vice presidents or candidates for the office since 1960. His insightful book is organized thematically according to the career path of the vice president-from the selection process through the campaign and nomination to election, service in office, and post-White House contributions.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313056412

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9780313056413

Agendas and Instability in American Politics

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Bryan D. Jones

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Agendas and Instability in American Politics

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Bryan D. Jones

When Agendas and Instability in American Politics appeared fifteen years ago, offering a profoundly original account of how policy issues rise and fall on the national agenda, the Journal of Politics predicted that it would “become a landmark study of public policy making and American politics.” That prediction proved true and, in this long-awaited second edition, Bryan Jones and Frank Baumgartner refine their influential argument and expand it to illuminate the workings of democracies beyond the United States. The authors retain all the substance of their contention that short-term, single-issue analyses cast public policy too narrowly as the result of cozy and dependable arrangements among politicians, interest groups, and the media. Jones and Baumgartner provide a different interpretation by taking the long view of several issues—including nuclear energy, urban affairs, smoking, and auto safety—to demonstrate that bursts of rapid, unpredictable policy change punctuate the patterns of stability more frequently associated with government. Featuring a new introduction and two additional chapters, this updated edition ensures that their findings will remain a touchstone of policy studies for many years to come.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226039536

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9780226039534

The Politics of Information

Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Bryan D. Jones

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The Politics of Information

Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Bryan D. Jones

How does the government decide what’s a problem and what isn’t? And what are the consequences of that process? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the “paradox of search.” If policy makers don’t look for problems, they won’t find those that need to be addressed. But if they carry out a thorough search, they will almost certainly find new problems—and with the definition of each new problem comes the possibility of creating a government program to address it. With The Politics of Attention, leading policy scholars Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones demonstrated the central role attention plays in how governments prioritize problems. Now, with The Politics of Information, they turn the focus to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings. Better search processes that incorporate more diverse viewpoints lead to more intensive policymaking activity. Similarly, limiting search processes leads to declines in policy making. At the same time, the authors find little evidence that the factors usually thought to be responsible for government expansion—partisan control, changes in presidential leadership, and shifts in public opinion—can be systematically related to the patterns they observe. Drawing on data tracing the course of American public policy since World War II, Baumgartner and Jones once again deepen our understanding of the dynamics of American policy making.

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University of Chicago Press

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022619826X

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9780226198262

In Pursuit of Knowledge

Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America

By: Kabria Baumgartner

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In Pursuit of Knowledge

Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America

By: Kabria Baumgartner

Winner, 2021 AERA Outstanding Book Award Winner, 2021 AERA Division F New Scholar's Book Award Winner, 2020 Mary Kelley Book Prize, given by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Winner, 2020 Outstanding Book Award, given by the History of Education Society Uncovers the hidden role of girls and women in the desegregation of American education The story of school desegregation in the United States often begins in the mid-twentieth-century South. Drawing on archival sources and genealogical records, Kabria Baumgartner uncovers the story’s origins in the nineteenth-century Northeast and identifies a previously overlooked group of activists: African American girls and women. In their quest for education, African American girls and women faced numerous obstacles—from threats and harassment to violence. For them, education was a daring undertaking that put them in harm’s way. Yet bold and brave young women such as Sarah Harris, Sarah Parker Remond, Rosetta Morrison, Susan Paul, and Sarah Mapps Douglass persisted. In Pursuit of Knowledge argues that African American girls and women strategized, organized, wrote, and protested for equal school rights—not just for themselves, but for all. Their activism gave rise to a new vision of womanhood: the purposeful woman, who was learned, active, resilient, and forward-thinking. Moreover, these young women set in motion equal-school-rights victories at the local and state level, and laid the groundwork for further action to democratize schools in twentieth-century America. In this thought-provoking book, Baumgartner demonstrates that the confluence of race and gender has shaped the long history of school desegregation in the United States right up to the present.

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NYU Press

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1479816728

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9781479816729

Seriously Good Chili Cookbook

177 of the Best Recipes in the World

By: Brian Baumgartner

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Seriously Good Chili Cookbook

177 of the Best Recipes in the World

By: Brian Baumgartner

·Brian Baumgartner's first-ever cookbook about his all-time favorite food both on- and off-screen - chili ·Written in the humorous and engaging tone Brian Baumgartner is known for, making this cookbook not your average cookbook ·The ultimate collection of 177 chili recipes from world championship chili cook-off winners, celebrities, social media influencers, famous chefs, restaurant owners, Brian Baumgartner himself, and his fan base ·Features new and inventive ways to cook chili in different methods, styles, and influences, including classic, contemporary, and regional recipes ·Includes an introduction by Brian providing a behind-the-scenes look at the infamous 60-second chili scene that went down in TV history and made him a chili icon, plus his devoted passion for this classic comfort food and its rich history ·Contains tons of chili overviews, secrets, tips, and tricks throughout, plus QR codes to exclusive step-by-step cooking video tutorials ·Includes a foreword written by fellow The Office co-star, Oscar Nunez ·Brian Baumgartner is a New York Times best-selling author and an award-winning actor best known for his role as Kevin Malone in the Emmy-winning NBC sitcom, The Office. He is also a podcaster, producer, director, and author. His latest book, Welcome to Dunder Mifflin, landed on the NYT bestseller list (Nov 2021). ·Contains 50 championship-winning recipes from the International Chili Society's World Champion Chili Cook-Off, spanning from 1967 to present day

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Fox Chapel Publishing

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1607659735

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9781607659730

Behind Locked Doors

A History of the Papal Elections

By: F. Baumgartner,McNamara

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Behind Locked Doors

A History of the Papal Elections

By: F. Baumgartner,McNamara

Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter's Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant politicking that goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel in this important and timely book.

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Springer

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1137110147

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9781137110145

South to Freedom

Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

By: Alice L Baumgartner

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South to Freedom

Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War

By: Alice L Baumgartner

A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico, where slavery was abolished in 1837. In South to Freedom, historianAlice L. Baumgartner tells the story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Southerners hoped that annexing Texas and invading Mexico in the 1840s would stop runaways and secure slavery's future. Instead, the seizure of Alta California and Nuevo México upset the delicate political balance between free and slave states. This is a revelatory and essential new perspective on antebellum America and the causes of the Civil War.

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Basic Books

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1541617770

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9781541617773

The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Suzanna L. De Boef,Amber E. Boydstun

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The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Suzanna L. De Boef,Amber E. Boydstun

Since 1996, death sentences in America have declined by more than 60 percent, reversing a generation-long trend toward greater acceptance of capital punishment. In theory, most Americans continue to support the death penalty. But it is no longer seen as a theoretical matter. Prosecutors, judges, and juries across the country have moved in large numbers to give much greater credence to the possibility of mistakes - mistakes that in this arena are potentially fatal. The discovery of innocence, documented in this book through painstaking analyses of media coverage and with newly developed methods, has led to historic shifts in public opinion and to a sharp decline in use of the death penalty by juries across the country. A social cascade, starting with legal clinics and innocence projects, has snowballed into a national phenomenon that may spell the end of the death penalty in America.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139469207

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9781139469203

The Politics of Attention

How Government Prioritizes Problems

By: Bryan D. Jones,Frank R. Baumgartner

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The Politics of Attention

How Government Prioritizes Problems

By: Bryan D. Jones,Frank R. Baumgartner

On any given day, policymakers are required to address a multitude of problems and make decisions about a variety of issues, from the economy and education to health care and defense. This has been true for years, but until now no studies have been conducted on how politicians manage the flood of information from a wide range of sources. How do they interpret and respond to such inundation? Which issues do they pay attention to and why? Bryan D. Jones and Frank R. Baumgartner answer these questions on decision-making processes and prioritization in The Politics of Attention. Analyzing fifty years of data, Jones and Baumgartner's book is the first study of American politics based on a new information-processing perspective. The authors bring together the allocation of attention and the operation of governing institutions into a single model that traces public policies, public and media attention to them, and governmental decisions across multiple institutions. The Politics of Attention offers a groundbreaking approach to American politics based on the responses of policymakers to the flow of information. It asks how the system solves, or fails to solve, problems rather than looking to how individual preferences are realized through political action.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226406539

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9780226406534

Lobbying and Policy Change

Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Jeffrey M. Berry,Marie Hojnacki,Beth L. Leech,David C. Kimball

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Lobbying and Policy Change

Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Jeffrey M. Berry,Marie Hojnacki,Beth L. Leech,David C. Kimball

During the 2008 election season, politicians from both sides of the aisle promised to rid government of lobbyists’ undue influence. For the authors of Lobbying and Policy Change, the most extensive study ever done on the topic, these promises ring hollow—not because politicians fail to keep them but because lobbies are far less influential than political rhetoric suggests. Based on a comprehensive examination of ninety-eight issues, this volume demonstrates that sixty percent of recent lobbying campaigns failed to change policy despite millions of dollars spent trying. Why? The authors find that resources explain less than five percent of the difference between successful and unsuccessful efforts. Moreover, they show, these attempts must overcome an entrenched Washington system with a tremendous bias in favor of the status quo. Though elected officials and existing policies carry more weight, lobbies have an impact too, and when advocates for a given issue finally succeed, policy tends to change significantly. The authors argue, however, that the lobbying community so strongly reflects elite interests that it will not fundamentally alter the balance of power unless its makeup shifts dramatically in favor of average Americans’ concerns.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226039463

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9780226039466

You Are What You Wear

What Your Clothes Reveal About You

By: Jennifer Baumgartner

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You Are What You Wear

What Your Clothes Reveal About You

By: Jennifer Baumgartner

Baumgartner uncovers the real reasons behind our choices and the solutions to every woman's style dilemmas.

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Da Capo Lifelong Books

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0738215201

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9780738215204

Basic Interests

The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Beth L. Leech

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Basic Interests

The Importance of Groups in Politics and in Political Science

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Beth L. Leech

A generation ago, scholars saw interest groups as the single most important element in the American political system. Today, political scientists are more likely to see groups as a marginal influence compared to institutions such as Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. Frank Baumgartner and Beth Leech show that scholars have veered from one extreme to another not because of changes in the political system, but because of changes in political science. They review hundreds of books and articles about interest groups from the 1940s to today; examine the methodological and conceptual problems that have beset the field; and suggest research strategies to return interest-group studies to a position of greater relevance. The authors begin by explaining how the group approach to politics became dominant forty years ago in reaction to the constitutional-legal approach that preceded it. They show how it fell into decline in the 1970s as scholars ignored the impact of groups on government to focus on more quantifiable but narrower subjects, such as collective-action dilemmas and the dynamics of recruitment. As a result, despite intense research activity, we still know very little about how groups influence day-to-day governing. Baumgartner and Leech argue that scholars need to develop a more coherent set of research questions, focus on large-scale studies, and pay more attention to the context of group behavior. Their book will give new impetus and direction to a field that has been in the academic wilderness too long.

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Princeton University Press

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1400822483

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9781400822485

Deadly Justice

A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Marty Davidson,Kaneesha R. Johnson,Arvind Krishnamurthy

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Deadly Justice

A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Marty Davidson,Kaneesha R. Johnson,Arvind Krishnamurthy

Forty years and 1,400 executions after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty constitutional, eminent political scientist Frank Baumgartner and a team of younger scholars have collaborated to assess the empirical record and provide a definitive account of how the death penalty has been implemented. A Statistical Portrait of the Death Penalty shows that all the flaws that caused the Supreme Court to invalidate the death penalty in 1972 remain and indeed that new problems have arisen. Far from "perfecting the mechanism" of death, the modern system has failed.

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Oxford University Press

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0190841540

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9780190841546

Longing For The End

A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization

By: Frederic J. Baumgartner

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Longing For The End

A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization

By: Frederic J. Baumgartner

Jonestown, Waco, and Heaven's Gate resonate in the contemporary mind in the same way that Masada or Mount Tabor resonated in the minds of others long past. The members of these movements believed that the end of the world was at hand and that they had to act through violence or suicide to ensure its occurrence. Frederic Baumgartner explores the long, often violent, history of millennialism as it has affected Western civilization. From ancient Zoroastrians to Concerned Christians of 1998, a belief in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the new age has motivated hundreds of sects and cults, some of which have burned out in an orgy of violence to become a permanent part of Western history.

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Palgrave Macmillan

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0312238347

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9780312238346

Learning in Adulthood

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Sharan B. Merriam,Lisa M. Baumgartner

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Learning in Adulthood

A Comprehensive Guide

By: Sharan B. Merriam,Lisa M. Baumgartner

The new edition of the authoritative book in the field of adult education — fully revised to reflect the latest research and practice implications. For nearly three decades, Learning in Adulthood has been the definitive guide in the field of adult education. Now in its fourth edition, this comprehensive volume is fully revised to reflect the latest developments in theory, research, and practice. The authors integrate foundational research and current knowledge to present fresh, original perspectives on teaching and learning in adulthood. Written by internationally-recognized experts, this market-leading guide draws from work in sociology, philosophy, critical social theory, psychology, and education to provide an inclusive overview of adult learning. Designed primarily for educators of adults, this book is accessible for readers new to adult education, yet suitably rigorous for those more familiar with the subject. Content is organized into four practical parts, covering topics such as the social context of adult learning, self-directed and transformational learning, postmodern and feminist perspectives, cognitive development in adulthood, and more. Offering the most comprehensive single-volume treatment of adult learning available, this landmark text: Offers a wide-ranging perspective on adult learning Synthesizes the latest thinking and work in the field Includes coverage of the sociocultural perspectives of adult learning Explores the broader social implications of adult education Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide, 4th Edition is an indispensable resource for educators and administrators involved in teaching adults, as well as faculty and students in graduate programs in adult education.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119490510

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9781119490517

Agenda Dynamics in Spain

By: Laura Chaqués Bonafont,Frank R. Baumgartner,Anna Palau

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Agenda Dynamics in Spain

By: Laura Chaqués Bonafont,Frank R. Baumgartner,Anna Palau

Spanish politics has been transformed. Using new techniques, this book looks at 30 years of Spanish political history to understand party competition, the impact of the EU, media-government relations, aspirations for independence in Catalonia and the Basque region, and the declining role of religion.

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Springer

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1137328797

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9781137328793

The Chaos Connection

By: T.M. Baumgartner

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The Chaos Connection

By: T.M. Baumgartner

When your best weapons are chaos and a grudge… As the only nanobot technician on Jackpot Drift, Sil repairs everything from games to oxygen sensors. If she could just keep the goats out of the house, life would be perfect… well, almost perfect. Sil can handle the older god of chaos hiding inside her. Most days nothing falls down or blows up. But the One God wakes up — to warn the colony about Sil? Or to sound the alarm about the AIs changing the fabric of the cosmos? Getting caught with the older god means prison. But rogue AIs on the loose could destroy everything. Chaos complicates things — maybe that complication will save the universe again. Return to Jackpot Drift in the breakneck science fiction adventure of The Chaos Connection.

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Speculative Turtle Press

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1952865107

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9781952865107

Three Models of Opinion Dynamics

By: Mary Layton Atkinson,K. Elizabeth Coggins,James A. Stimson,Frank R. Baumgartner

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Three Models of Opinion Dynamics

By: Mary Layton Atkinson,K. Elizabeth Coggins,James A. Stimson,Frank R. Baumgartner

This Element develops an explanation of how and why all public policy preferences move over time.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009100599

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9781009100595

Sales Growth

Five Proven Strategies from the World's Sales Leaders

By: McKinsey & Company Inc.,Thomas Baumgartner,Homayoun Hatami,Maria Valdivieso de Uster

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Sales Growth

Five Proven Strategies from the World's Sales Leaders

By: McKinsey & Company Inc.,Thomas Baumgartner,Homayoun Hatami,Maria Valdivieso de Uster

The challenges facing today's sales executives and their organizations continue to grow, but so do the expectations that they will find ways to overcome them and drive consistent sales growth. There are no simple solutions to this situation, but in this thoroughly updated Second Edition of Sales Growth, experts from McKinsey & Company build on their practical blueprint for achieving this goal and explore what world-class sales executives are doing right now to find growth and capture it—as well as how they are creating the capabilities to keep growing in the future. Based on discussions with more than 200 of today's most successful global sales leaders from a wide array of organizations and industries, Sales Growth puts the experiences of these professionals in perspective and offers real-life examples of how they've overcome the challenges encountered in the quest for growth. The book, broken down into five overarching strategies for successful sales growth, shares valuable lessons on everything from how to beat the competition by looking forward, to turning deep insights into simple messages for the front line. Page by page, you'll learn how sales executives are digging deeper than ever to find untapped growth, maximizing emerging markets opportunities, and powering growth through digital sales. You'll also discover what it takes to find big growth in big data, develop the right "sales DNA" in your organization, and improve channel performance. Three new chapters look at why presales deserve more attention, how to get the most out of marketing, and how technology and outsourcing could entirely reshape the sales function. Twenty new standalone interviews have been added to those from the first edition, so there are now in-depth insights from sales leaders at Adidas, Alcoa, Allianz, American Express, BMW, Cargill, Caterpillar, Cisco, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Deutsche Bank, EMC, Essent, Google, Grainger, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intesa Sanpaolo, Itaú Unibanco, Lattice Engines, Mars, Merck, Nissan, P&G, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Salesforce, Samsung, Schneider Electric, Siemens, SWIFT, UPS, VimpelCom, Vodafone, and Würth. Their stories, as well as numerous case studies, touch on some of the most essential elements of sales, from adapting channels to meet changing customer needs to optimizing sales operations and technology, developing sales talent and capabilities, and effectively leading the way to sales growth. Engaging and informative, this timely book details proven approaches to tangible top-line growth and an improved bottom line. Created specifically for sales executives, it will put you in a better position to drive sales growth in today's competitive market.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119281083

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9781119281085

TypeScript Cookbook

By: Stefan Baumgartner

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TypeScript Cookbook

By: Stefan Baumgartner

TypeScript is one of the most important tools for JavaScript developers. Still, even experienced developers wonder why the TypeScript compiler is throwing squiggly red lines at them. Enter TypeScript Cookbook. With this practical guide, author Stefan Baumgartner provides senior engineers with solutions for everyday TypeScript problems. If you're conversant with TypeScript as well as JavaScript basics, this book provides actionable recipes to help you tackle a wide array of issues. From setting up complex project structures to developing advanced helper types, each self-contained recipe guides you through the problem and discusses why and how a solution works. The ideal companion for your ongoing TypeScript journey, this cookbook helps you: Dive into the inner workings of the TypeScript type system Integrate TypeScript into a variety of projects Craft advanced type definitions that allow for flexible scenarios Create useful helper types that function across projects Ensure readability along with type safety Create robust APIs for helper types and their coworkers Strongly type function signatures that rely on string types Work around limitations of the standard library Integrate TypeScript into advanced React projects

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"O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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1098136624

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9781098136628

The American Vice Presidency

From the Shadow to the Spotlight

By: Jody C Baumgartner

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The American Vice Presidency

From the Shadow to the Spotlight

By: Jody C Baumgartner

It is quite possible that no elected office has been more historically maligned than the vice presidency of the United States. From the beginning of American politics the office has been the object of ridicule by scholars, pundits, humorists, citizens, and even vice presidents themselves. The perception among many is that institution and its occupants are at best irrelevant. Recent history would suggest otherwise, but as it stands no book exists that takes a detailed look at the new, impactful vice presidency that’s been forged since Clinton/Gore took office. The American Vice Presidency fills an important hole in the literature available to those interested in the modern vice presidency. Concise yet comprehensive, this book is the fullest and most accurate examination of the office to date, covering the origins and constitutional roots of the institution, its history, and the slow transformation of the office starting in the mid-twentieth century. Jody C Baumgartner and Thomas F. Crumblin highlight major changes in vice presidential selection as well as the new and various roles that vice presidents are being asked to play in their administrations. The book emphasizes the increasingly substantive Vice Presidencies of Gore, Cheney, and Biden and both informs and spurs the debate surrounding what form and role the Vice Presidency will take on moving forward.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442228903

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9781442228900

Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

By: Brian Baumgartner,Ben Silverman

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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin

The Ultimate Oral History of The Office

By: Brian Baumgartner,Ben Silverman

New York Times Bestseller "The ultimate behind-the-scenes account.” —Washington Post “The definitive history of the landmark TV show.” —USA Today Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: here's the hilarious and improbable inside story behind the beloved series. Based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with the cast and creators and illustrated with 100 behind-the-scenes photographs, here, at last, is the untold inside story of The Office, featuring a foreword by Greg Daniels, who adapted the series for the U.S. and was its guiding creative force, and narrated by star Brian Baumgartner (aka “Kevin Malone”) and executive producer Ben Silverman.. In Welcome to Dunder Mifflin, the entire Office gang reunite after nearly a decade to share their favorite untold stories, spill secrets, and reveal how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe. This ultimate fan companion pulls back the curtain as never before on all the absurdity, genius, love, passion, and dumb luck that went into creating America's beloved The Office. Featuring the memories of Steve Carell, John Krasinkski, Jenna Fischer, Greg Daniels, Ricky Gervais, Rainn Wilson, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson, Brian Baumgartner, Phyllis Smith, Kate Flannery, Ed Helms, Oscar Nunez, Amy Ryan, Ellie Kemper, Creed Bratton, Paul Lieberstein, Ben Silverman, Mike Schur, and many more.

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0063082217

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The Moral Order of a Suburb

By: M. P. Baumgartner

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The Moral Order of a Suburb

By: M. P. Baumgartner

Surrounding all major cities in the United States are numerous smaller communities collectively known as suburbia. The most popular place of residence in America, the suburbs are peaceful and tranquil environments, where civility prevails and disturbances of the peace are uncommon. Drawing on research, observation, and hundreds of in-depth interviews conducted during a twelve-month study of an affluent New York City suburb, M.P. Baumgartner reveals that the apparent serenity of the suburb is caused by the avoidance of open conflict. She contends that although nonviolence, nonconfrontation, and tolerance produce a superficial social harmony, these behaviors arise from disintegrative tendencies in modern culture--transience, fragmentation, weak family and communal ties, isolation, and indifference--conditions customarily viewed as sources of disorder, antagonism, and violence. A kind of moral minimalism pervades the suburbs, a disorganized social order that, with the suburbs' rapid growth in America, promises to be the moral order of the future. A valuable contribution to the literature on social control, this study of conflict management should attract general readers and scholars alike.

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Oxford University Press

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0190281537

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Suspect Citizens

What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us About Policing and Race

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Derek A. Epp,Kelsey Shoub

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What 20 Million Traffic Stops Tell Us About Policing and Race

By: Frank R. Baumgartner,Derek A. Epp,Kelsey Shoub

Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throughout the war on crime, police agencies have used traffic stops to search drivers suspected of carrying contraband. From the beginning, police agencies made it clear that very large numbers of police stops would have to occur before an officer might interdict a significant drug shipment. Unstated in that calculation was that many Americans would be subjected to police investigations so that a small number of high-level offenders might be found. The key element in this strategy, which kept it hidden from widespread public scrutiny, was that middle-class white Americans were largely exempt from its consequences. Tracking these police practices down to the officer level, Suspect Citizens documents the extreme rarity of drug busts and reveals sustained and troubling disparities in how racial groups are treated.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108575994

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9781108575997

Measurement for Evaluation in Physical Education and Exercise Science

By: Ted Baumgartner,Andrew (Tony) Jackson,Matthew Mahar,David Rowe

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Measurement for Evaluation in Physical Education and Exercise Science

By: Ted Baumgartner,Andrew (Tony) Jackson,Matthew Mahar,David Rowe

Developed to help students master the essential content, principles, and concepts that will make them effective evaluators, this text provides the practical skills and materials they will need--whether they become teachers or work in exercise science.

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0073045268

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9780073045269

Conflict and Rhetoric in French Policymaking

By: Frank R. Baumgartner

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Conflict and Rhetoric in French Policymaking

By: Frank R. Baumgartner

Education policy provides a fertile ground for analyzing the perennial tug-of-war between interest groups and public officials. Baumgartner considers thirty examples of French education policymaking during the early 1980s using a combination of documentary evidence, interviews with more than 100 politicians, civil servants, members of parliament, union and interest group leaders, and a thorough analysis of press coverage of education topics.

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University of Pittsburgh Pre

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0822976633

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9780822976639

Conventional Wisdom and American Elections

Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

By: Jody C Baumgartner,Peter L. Francia

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Conventional Wisdom and American Elections

Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions

By: Jody C Baumgartner,Peter L. Francia

During every election cycle, political observers generate a seemingly limitless supply of theories, opinions, and predictions. Unfortunately, many of these assertions oversimplify complex subjects or overhype the latest political fads. Inevitably, some misinformation becomes part of the conventional wisdom about American elections. The objective of Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions is to bring clarity to several of these subjects. For example, it is now commonplace for commentators to emphasize the negative tactics and practices of the campaigns of presidential candidates. In 2016, some commentators suggested that the presidential campaign was the “nastiest” ever, with the campaigns of President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and their supporters, going to “new extremes” of negativity. However, these claims are not new. Dating as far back as the presidential election of 1800, critics of Thomas Jefferson stated that his potential victory would bring about legal prostitution and the burning of the Bible. In 1824, opponents of Andrew Jackson charged that he was a murderer and that his wife was a bigamist. Perhaps most scurrilous of all, Jackson’s opponents even accused his dead mother of being a prostitute. In total, Conventional Wisdom and American Elections identifies eleven widely held myths and misconceptions about elections in the United States. The conclusions drawn throughout the book are based on the most current political science research. In some instances, the literature is clear in debunking popular myths about American elections. On other issues, research findings are more mixed. In either case, Conventional Wisdom and American Elections clarifies the issues so that readers can discern between those in which scholars have largely resolved and those in which honest debate remains.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538129175

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9781538129173

Politics Is a Joke!

How TV Comedians Are Remaking Political Life

By: S. Robert Lichter

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Politics Is a Joke!

How TV Comedians Are Remaking Political Life

By: S. Robert Lichter

Does late night political humor matter? Are late-night comedians merely entertaining, or do they have the power to influence the way we think about politics and politicians? Politics Is a Joke! situates late night comedy in the historical context of political humor and demonstrates how the public turn to this venue for political information, and are in turn affected by it. Using exclusive data collected by the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the authors conduct a detailed and exhaustive analysis of political jokes on late night TV shows dating back to 1992 in order to pinpoint the main targets and themes of late-night comedy. Politics Is a Joke! uses a wide range of examples, from jokes about politicians' physical appearance and sex scandals to jokes about Congress and even the news media, to assess and understand the impact of political humor on political institutions, politicians and their policies and behavior. Engagingly written with analysis of jokes from comedians like Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Politics is a Joke! is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the crucial role late night comedy plays in our political universe - and anyone who enjoys a good laugh.

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0429961847

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