A provocative exploration of how America’s democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today’s nationalized, partisan politics. The ground beneath American political institutions has moved, with national politics subsuming and transforming the local. As a result, American democracy is in trouble. In this paradigm-shifting book, political scientists Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler bring a sharp new perspective to today’s challenges. Attentive to the different coalitions, interests, and incentives that define the Democratic and Republican parties, they show how contemporary polarization emerged in a rapidly nationalizing country and how it differs from polarization in past eras. In earlier periods, three key features of the political landscape—state parties, interest groups, and media—varied locally and reinforced the nation’s stark regional diversity. But this began to change in the 1960s as the two parties assumed clearer ideological identities and the power of the national government expanded, raising the stakes of conflict. Together with technological and economic change, these developments have reconfigured state parties, interest groups, and media in self-reinforcing ways. The result is that today’s polarization is self-perpetuating—and intensifying. Partisan Nation offers a powerful caution. As a result of this polarization, America’s political system is distinctly and acutely vulnerable to an authoritarian movement emerging in the contemporary Republican Party, which has both the motive and the means to exploit America’s unusual Constitutional design. Combining the precision and acuity characteristic of their earlier work, Pierson and Schickler explain what these developments mean for American governance and democracy.
The new 2000 edition of the WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE is an essential tool to help personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers understand key issues relating to expert withness testimony that can make or break a case. The 2000 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE brings you the best thinking and research of top trial lawyers, trial consultants, and medical and insurance profesionals. The book is comprised of nine chapters - each examining in-depth legal, scientific, or other practical issue involving experts in personal injury litigation. Rather than limiting its focus on experts' roles as witnesses, this year's UPDATE offers valuable guidance that creative trial lawyers can employ to assess whether, when, and how to use expert witneses to a client's best advantage. You will also gain useful insights on the reliability of eyewitness perception and memory. The 2000 UPDATE helps you keep pace with the rapidly developing body of medical and psychology expertise including: How the federal appellate courts have applied the Supreme Court's decision in DAUBERT on the admissability of expert testimony. How to select and prepare a witness for direct examination. How experts can help avoid pitfalls in structured settlements Personal injury practitioners of all levels of experience will find valuable information and practice tips in the 1999 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE.
The Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Preparation Book: Illustrated Questions and Answers Board certification by the American Board of Neurological Surgery is considered the gold standard for neurosurgeons practicing in the U.S. The ABNS primary examination requires many months of preparation, and passing it is both a significant accomplishment and integral component in becoming board certified. Contributions from current neurosurgical residents and seasoned practitioners infuse this book with a well-rounded perspective. Having been there and done that, the authors incorporated what they felt was missing from board review books when they sat for the exam - resulting in a "bucket list" study guide. The review is organized by neurosurgical topic with 20 chapters equally divided among questions followed by answers. Starting with physiology and anatomy, each chapter methodically covers core topics including radiology, neurology, pathology/histology, ophthalmology, and more. The authors provide brief explanations and pearls that accompany each question, which provide a solid springboard for delving deeper into any given topic. The easy-to-follow format enables residents to partake in long study sessions or tackle just a question or two in the midst of a busy day of neurosurgical service. Key Highlights More than 1,300 questions reflect key concepts in the ABNS primary exam Enhanced with more than 350 images, most in color, which reflect the computerized, image-rich format of the current exam A full-length practice test at the end of the book mirrors the cadence and time constraints of the actual exam Explanations of correct and incorrect answers facilitate learning and retaining vast amounts of material This comprehensive board review book will help neurosurgical residents of all levels prepare thoroughly for the March exam. It is a one-stop self-assessment tool for any neurosurgeon who endeavors to attain and maintain ABNS certification.
During a lifetime in professional sports, Jim Finks touched nearly every rung on the ladder. As a player during the National Football League's Golden Era of the 1950's, Finks suffered a broken neck making a tackle and later survived to become a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He coached Paul Hornung to a Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame in 1956 before cutting his teeth as general manager of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. From Canada, Finks headed south to help build Super Bowl teams as GM of the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. He even brought his winning touch to baseball as president of the Chicago Cubs in 1984 before rescuing the New Orleans Saints from pigskin purgatory and elevating them to playoff respectability. Finks spent 26 years as an NFL general manager and was a strong candidate to replace Pete Rozelle as commissioner in 1989 while earning NFL executive of the year awards in 1973 and 1987. Jim Finks was admired for his honesty and integrity in a business where the shafts and knives often fill the air. Finks was a unique individual, and "It's Been a Pleasure" will impart even more of that wisdom.
The 2001 Family Law Update provides an in-depth analysis of the most important issues impacting family law and practice today. Comprised of eleven chapters -- each written by a leading expert in family law practice, psychology, or from the business and public sectors -- the 2001 Update brings you fully up to date with the vital issues you need to master when representing clients in divorce and custody cases. From new court decisions on how to enforce or defend against interstate child support orders, to ground-breaking research on why fathers quit paying child support and withdraw from their children, to how courts classify and divide changes in value of retirement benefits and the latest "thinking tools" available to matrimonial attorneys, the 2001 Update provides an excellent framework for understanding the current state of the law and practice. With the 2001 Family Law Update, you have access to the best thinking and the latest research from experts on the cutting edge of these important issues: Interstate child support and enforcement -- Why fathers stop paying or visiting: the "Parentally Disenfranchised" dad -- Educating children after divorce: Who decides, Who pays? -- The duty to support adult children -- Expert testimony in divorce and custody cases -- Selecting and questioning expert witnesses when grandparents want the kids -- Child witness allegations of sexual abuse -- Inter spousal torts -- Classification and division of post-divorce changes in value of retirement benefits -- Lawyering and technology. Family lawyers of all levels of experience will find valuable insights, time-saving legal research, and relevant practice tips in this widelyrespected and eagerly anticipated annual survey.
The new 2000 edition of the WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE is an essential tool to help personal injury attorneys and trial lawyers understand key issues relating to expert withness testimony that can make or break a case. The 2000 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE brings you the best thinking and research of top trial lawyers, trial consultants, and medical and insurance profesionals. the book is comprised of nine chapters - each examining in-depth legal, scientific, or other practical issue involving experts in personal injury litigation. Rather than limiting its focus on experts' roles as witnesses, this year's UPDATE offers valuable guidance that creative trial lawyers can employ to assess whether, when, and how to use expert witneses to a client's best advantage. You will also gain useful insights on the reliability of eyewitness perception and memory. The 2000 UPDATE helps you keep pace with the rapidly developing body of medical and psychology expertise including: How the federal appellate courts have applied the Supreme Court's decision in DAUBERT on the admissability of expert testimony. How to select and prepare a witness for direct examination. How experts can help avoid pitfalls in structured settlements Personal injury practitioners of all levels of experience will find valuable information and practice tips in the 1999 WILEY EXPERT WITNESS UPDATE.
Citizens of industrialized countries largely share a sense that their national governance is inadequate, believing not only that governments are incapable of making the right policy decisions, but also that the entire network of state and civil society actors responsible for the discussion, negotiation and implementation of policy choices is untrustworthy. Using agro-environmental policy development in France, the United States, and Canada as a case study, Eric Montpetit sets out to investigate the validity of citizens' mistrust through careful attention to the policy-making performance of the relevant policy networks. He concludes that distrust in policy networks is, for the most part, misplaced because high levels of performance by policy networks are more common than citizens appear to expect. Moreover, his analysis reveals that policy networks providing for a participation in governance to powerful interest groups and strong government bureaucracies are more likely to succeed in producing sound environmental policies for agriculture. A timely and crucial contribution to the good governance debate, this book should be required reading for policy-makers and politicians, as well as students and scholars of public policy, political science, environmental studies, and government.
Based on extensive original research and interviews with a wide variety of key players, this is a compelling assessment of the Labour Party in power. Beginning with a detailed account of the development of New Labour, including the ideological tensions within the party, Eric Shaw provides a sophisticated analysis of the Labour Government during an unprecedented period of power. Offering the most detailed examination yet published of the actual performance of the party in several key social and economic policy areas, Losing Labour’s Soul? will be of enormous interest to students of British politics, labour history and party politics.
The Road Taken is an anthology sure to please readers of all tastes. Murder, mayhem, love united and unrequited, family stories of celebration and of the deepest grief, humor, romance, mystery and wit-it's all here and more in this collection of short stories, essays, memoirs and poetry. Spend a few minutes or a few hours in pure enjoyment. What happens when a talented, enthusiastic teacher and twenty-six aspiring writers work on craft together? Over time, they produce a collection of short stories, memoirs, essays, and poetry. What happens to this collection? In the case of Cyndy Muscatel and her Creative Writing Class, it becomes a published anthology. For the authors, it's the trek of discovery from rough draft to published manuscript. For the readers, it's the opportunity to take a remarkable road trip into the human condition via many points of view. The journey represents a unique, collective experience.
While government policies can build supportive coalitions, they can also mobilize powerful opposition forces. What causes backlashes in the American political system? Why do some policies generate resistance among political elites and mass publics? Drawing on case studies of key issues from immigration and trade to healthcare and gun control, Eric Patashnik explores how policies stimulate backlashes by imposing losses, overreaching, or challenging existing arrangements to which people are strongly attached. He argues that backlash politics is fueled by polarization, changes in American culture and society, and the negative feedback from activist government itself. Countermobilization shows that backlashes arise when policy motives, constituency means, and political opportunities converge, and debunks the claim that backlash politics is exclusively a right-wing phenomenon. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners of U.S. politics and public policy, offering practical lessons for anyone who wishes to identify backlash risks-and design against them"--
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