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Managing Information in the Public Sector

By: Jay D White

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Managing Information in the Public Sector

By: Jay D White

This first-of-its-kind survey covers both the basics of information technology and the managerial and political issues surrounding the use of these technologies. Unlike other works on information systems, this book is written specifically for the public sector and addresses unique public sector issues and concerns. The technical basics are explained in clear English with as little technical jargon as possible so that readers can move on to informed analysis of the public policy issues surrounding government's use of MIS. This practical tool includes end of chapter summaries with bridges to upcoming chapters, numerous boxed exhibits, thorough end-of-chapter notes and a bibliography for further reading.

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1317465490

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Ebook: Auditing & Assurance Services

By: Timothy Louwers,Robert Ramsay,David Sinason,Jerry Strawser,Jay Thibodeau

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Ebook: Auditing & Assurance Services

By: Timothy Louwers,Robert Ramsay,David Sinason,Jerry Strawser,Jay Thibodeau

Auditors are trained to investigate beyond appearances to determine the underlying facts—in other words, to look beneath the surface. The recent financial crisis has made this skill even more crucial to the business community. As a result of this recent crisis and of the financial statement accounting scandals that occurred at the turn of the century, understanding the auditor’s responsibility related to fraud, maintaining a clear perspective, probing for details, and understanding the big picture are indispensable to effective auditing. The author team of Louwers, Ramsay, Sinason, Strawser, and Thibodeau has dedicated years of experience in the auditing field to this new edition of Auditing & Assurance Services, supplying the necessary investigative tools for future auditors.

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McGraw Hill

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0077171942

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Theatre Histories

An Introduction

By: Phillip B. Zarrilli,Bruce McConachie,Gary Jay Williams,Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei

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Theatre Histories

An Introduction

By: Phillip B. Zarrilli,Bruce McConachie,Gary Jay Williams,Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei

This new edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers overviews of theatre and drama in many world cultures and periods together with case studies demonstrating the methods and interpretive approaches used by today's theatre historians. Completely revised and renewed in color, enhancements and new material include: a full-color text design with added timelines to each opening section a wealth of new color illustrations to help convey the vitality of performances described new case studies on African, Asian, and Western subjects a new chapter on modernism, and updated and expanded chapters and part introductions fuller definitions of terms and concepts throughout in a new glossary a re-designed support website offering links to new audio-visual resources, expanded bibliographies, approaches to teaching theatre and performance history, discussion questions relating to case studies and an online glossary.

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1134042949

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Recreation Fees

Demonstration Fee Program Successful in Raising Revenues But Could Be Improved

By: Jay Cherlow

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Recreation Fees

Demonstration Fee Program Successful in Raising Revenues But Could Be Improved

By: Jay Cherlow

Congress has expressed concern about the ability of fed. land mgmt. agencies to provide high-quality recreational opportunities to visitors, and in 1996 it authorized the recreational fee demo. program to allow agencies to test new or increased fees to help address unmet needs. This report reviews the implementation by 4 agencies -- Park Serv., Forest Serv., BLM, FWS -- of this program. The report reviews (1) the implementation of the program and the fee revenues generated; (2) the program's expenditures; (3) the agencies use of innovative or coordinated approaches to fee collection; and (4) the program's effects on visitation. Maps. Photos.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788177354

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What They Didn't Tell You About Knowledge Management

By: Jay Liebowitz

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What They Didn't Tell You About Knowledge Management

By: Jay Liebowitz

There are a myriad of books that have been published on knowledge management. However, very few of these books give the practical know-how of what truly is needed in the information professional/manager's mind: · How to make the decision whether knowledge management is right for you · How to explain the pros and cons of the various knowledge management alternatives/solutions · How to determine which knowledge management solution, if any, is the best fit with your organizational culture · How to explain the way to show the expected value-added benefits of using knowledge management · How to discuss lessons learned in applying knowledge management (i.e. how others have utilized KM techniques for enhanced decision making) This book is an applied and concise guide, based on the author's many years of experience, addressing these areas. Tools developed by the author (e.g., knowledge audit instruments, knowledge access and sharing surveys, techniques for determining knowledge management success, etc.) are included.

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Scarecrow Press

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1461729513

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Shareholder Activism Handbook

By: Jay W. Eisenhofer,Michael J. Barry

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Shareholder Activism Handbook

By: Jay W. Eisenhofer,Michael J. Barry

Shareholder Activism Handbook is the single most comprehensive guide on all matters relating to enforcing shareholders' rights. As shareholder activism becomes a more integral part of investing, the law continues to respond accordingly. Legislators

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Busting the Mob

The United States v. Cosa Nostra

By: James B Jacobs,Christopher Panarella,Jay Worthington

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Busting the Mob

The United States v. Cosa Nostra

By: James B Jacobs,Christopher Panarella,Jay Worthington

An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. In practice, organized crime grew strong and wealthy by supplying illicit goods and services and by obtaining control over labor unions and key industries. Despite, or perhaps because of, its power and high profile, Cosa Nostra faced little opposition from law enforcement. Yet, in the last 15 years, the very foundations of the mob have been shaken, its bosses imprisoned, its profits diminished, and its influence badly weakened. In this vivid and dramatic book, James B. Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, and Jay Worthington document the government's relentless attack on organized crime. The authors present an overview of the forces and events that led in the 1980s to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American history. Enlisting trial testimony, secretly taped conversations, court documents, and depositions, they document five landmark cases, representing the most important organized crime prosecutions of the modern era—Teamsters Local 560, The Pizza Connection, The Commission, the International Teamsters, and the prosecution of John Gotti.

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NYU Press

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081474317X

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Addressing the Human Capital Crisis in the Federal Government

By: Jay Liebowitz

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Addressing the Human Capital Crisis in the Federal Government

By: Jay Liebowitz

President Bush's number-one management initiative for the federal government is the Strategic Management of Human Capital. According to Knowledgeworkers.com, human capital is the accumulated value of an individual's intellect, knowledge, and experience. In the U.S. federal government, a human capital crisis exists. The factors contributing to a human capital dilemma include a knowledge bleed due to retirement eligibility, changing perspectives on work, and escalating knowledge loss. According to a Joint Hearing on the Federal Human Capital, by 2005, more than half of the 1.8 million non-postal civilian employees will be eligible for early or regular retirement. An even greater percentage of the Senior Executive Service, the government's core managers, will be eligible to leave. All government agencies are required to develop a human capital strategy by 2005. Many of these agencies have scored a "red" (lowest rating) on the Government Scorecard in the way they are approaching their strategic management of human capital. This book is an executive briefing on developing a successful human capital strategy based on lessons learned from analyzing existing strategies at government agencies such as NASA. Using a knowledge management perspective, Liebowitz identifies four pillars of an effective strategy and gives examples of these in practice.

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1136430989

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Small Business Administration (SBA)

HUBZone Program

By: Robert Jay Dilger

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Small Business Administration (SBA)

HUBZone Program

By: Robert Jay Dilger

The SBA administers several programs to support small bus. (SB), incl. the Historically Underutilized Bus. Zone Empowerment Contracting (HUBZone) program. The HUBZone program is a SB fed. contracting assist. program ¿whose objective is job creation and increasing capital investment in distressed communities.¿ It provides SB located in areas with low income, high poverty rates, or high unemploy. rates with contracting opportunities in the form of ¿setasides,¿ sole-source awards, and price-eval. preferences. Contents of this report: The HUBZone Program; Targeting Assist. to Geographic Areas; HUBZone Areas Defined; HUBZone Bus. Defined; HUBZone Fed. Contracting Goals: Program Admin.; Performance Measures. Illus. This is a print on demand report.

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Listening To The Sea

The Politics of Improving Environmental Protection

By: Robert Jay Wilder

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Listening To The Sea

The Politics of Improving Environmental Protection

By: Robert Jay Wilder

Environmental politics and policy, while gaining a significant place in the nation's consciousness, constantly comes up against the United States' desire for more development, more profit, and a collective lack of foresight. Nowhere is this more evident than in the crucial biodiversity of the world's oceans, which are victim to pollution, overharvesting, habitat destruction, and simplistic and fragmented environmental policies that do not speak to underlying problems.Robert Wilder describes how management of the world's oceans and their ecosystems has long faced two principal obstacles. The first is the seemingly infinite capacity of human apathy - something that permits us to take the sea's comfort, sustenance, ecological services, and integrity for granted. The second is the myriad lines for rigid offshore jurisdiction.That people believe the diversity of life on land should be protected is reflected in well-publicized efforts to save the celebrated biodiversity of rainforests. Far less is known, however, about protecting a larger two-thirds of this planet - the oceans. Drawing on academic literature and practical experience, Wilder illustrates the nature of the questions facing decision makers and provides intelligent, well-crafted solutions.By describing how the emerging idea of precautionary action can help build second-generation policy, Wilder offers means to halt problematic overfishing. He integrates political science with the goals of environmental protection, revealing why agencies often fail in their mission to preserve the environment, and offers fresh, sensible, new paths ahead. Wilder shows how damage to marine ecosystems often stems from distant land-based activities and details emerging ideas such as how industrial ecology can be a cost-effective way to preven pollution.Through a rigorous integration of policy and science, Wilder suggests a much-improved second-generation governance of the ocean and coasts and proposes new ideas for resolving the environmental policy stalemate found within the U.S. government.

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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Volume 1

By: Jay Shafritz

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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Volume 1

By: Jay Shafritz

This is the first volume of a four-volume encyclopaedia which combines public administration and policy and contains approximately 900 articles by over 300 specialists. This Volume covers entries from A to C. It covers all of the core concepts, terms and processes of applied behavioural science, budgeting, comparative public administration, develo

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The Generalissimo's Son

Chiang Ching-kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan

By: Jay Taylor

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The Generalissimo's Son

Chiang Ching-kuo and the Revolutions in China and Taiwan

By: Jay Taylor

Chiang Ching-kuo, son and political heir of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was born in 1910, when Chinese women, nearly all illiterate, hobbled about on bound feet and men wore pigtails as symbols of subservience to the Manchu Dynasty. In his youth Ching-kuo was a Communist and a Trotskyite, and he lived twelve years in Russia. He died in 1988 as the leader of Taiwan, a Chinese society with a flourishing consumer economy and a budding but already wild, woolly, and open democracy. He was an actor in many of the events of the last century that shaped the history of China's struggles and achievements in the modern era: the surge of nationalism among Chinese youth, the grand appeal of Marxism-Leninism, the terrible battle against fascist Japan, and the long, destructive civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists. In 1949, he fled to Taiwan with his father and two million Nationalists. He led the brutal suppression of dissent on the island and was a major player in the cold, sometimes hot war between Communist China and America. By reacting to changing economic, social, and political dynamics on Taiwan, Sino-American rapprochement, Deng Xiaoping's sweeping reforms on the mainland, and other international events, he led Taiwan on a zigzag but ultimately successful transition from dictatorship to democracy. Jay Taylor underscores the interaction of political developments on the mainland and in Taiwan and concludes that if China ever makes a similar transition, it will owe much to the Taiwan example and the Generalissimo's son.

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Harvard University Press

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Introducing Public Administration

By: Jay M. Shafritz,E. W. Russell,Christopher P. Borick,Albert C. Hyde

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Introducing Public Administration

By: Jay M. Shafritz,E. W. Russell,Christopher P. Borick,Albert C. Hyde

Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. This unique approach captivates students and encourages them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Refreshed and revised throughout, the 9th edition contains a number of imporant updates: An examination of the effect of the Barack Obama administration on the discipline, especially economic and financial management and budgetary policy, allowing students to apply the theories and concepts in the text to recent US government practice. An exploration of the 2008 economic meltdown and its consequences for the regulation of financial markets, cut-back management, and social equity, providing students with a critical look at the recent changes in the global economy. All-new images, international examples, keynotes, and case studies have been incorporated to reflect the diversity of public servants throughout history. Case studies correspond to those in optional companion book Cases in Public Policy and Administration to offer clear discussion points and seamless learning with the two books side by side. New sections on careers in public service, whistleblowing and public employee dissent, networks and collaboration across organizations, social innovation, managerialism and productivity improvement, Big Data and cloud computing, collaboration and civic engagement, and evidence-based policy and management. Complete with a companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor's manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

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Iron Widow

Instant New York Times No.1 Bestseller

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

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Iron Widow

Instant New York Times No.1 Bestseller

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

Instant New York Times No.1 Bestseller. A YA Pacific Rim meets the Handmaid’s Tale retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. I have no faith in love. Love cannot save me. I choose vengeance. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises – giant transforming robots that battle aliens beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that their female co-pilots are expected to serve as concubines and often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, her plan is to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But after miraculously surviving her first battle, Zetian sets her sights on a mightier goal. The time has come to stop more girls from being sacrificed. ‘This is the historical-inspired, futuristic sci-fi mash-up of my wildest dreams.’ Chloe Gong ‘Raging against the patriarchy in spectacular style.’ Observer, best books of the year ‘Zetian is unstoppable, and I dare you not to cheer her on.’ Elizabeth Lim, author of Spin the Dawn

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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Volume 3

By: Jay Shafritz

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International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration Volume 3

By: Jay Shafritz

This is the third volume of a four-volume encyclopaedia which combines public administration and policy and contains approximately 900 articles by over 300 specialists. This Volume covers entries from L to Q. It covers all of the core concepts, terms and processes of applied behavioural science, budgeting, comparative public administration, develop

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White-Collar Crime

An Opportunity Perspective

By: Michael L. Benson,Sally S. Simpson,Melissa Rorie,Jay P. Kennedy

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White-Collar Crime

An Opportunity Perspective

By: Michael L. Benson,Sally S. Simpson,Melissa Rorie,Jay P. Kennedy

White-Collar Crime: An Opportunity Perspective analyzes white-collar crime using the opportunity perspective, which assumes that all crimes depend on offenders recognizing an opportunity to commit an offense. The authors explicate the processes and situational conditions that facilitate opportunities for white-collar crimes and the likelihood of being victimized by white-collar crime. In addition, they offer potential policy solutions that will mitigate this persistent and widespread social problem while being realistic and balanced in their treatment of the difficulties of control. With this fourth edition, Benson and Simpson have enlisted the aid of two young white-collar crime scholars, Jay P. Kennedy and Melissa Rorie, who bring new areas of expertise to the book that enhance its analytical depth and coverage of both white-collar crime and the opportunity perspective. New up-to-date case studies are included along with examinations of recent investigations into white-collar crime and its control. These timely updates reaffirm that this rigorous yet accessible book will remain a core resource for undergraduate and early graduate courses on white-collar crime.

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1003818129

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Food Safety

Actions Needed by USDA and FDA to Ensure That Companies Promptly Cary Out Recalls

By: Rosellen McCarthy,Jay L. Scott

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Food Safety

Actions Needed by USDA and FDA to Ensure That Companies Promptly Cary Out Recalls

By: Rosellen McCarthy,Jay L. Scott

The USDA coordinates & tracks recalls that involve USDA-regulated meat & poultry products, such as ground beef & chicken. The FDA assists, coordinates, & tracks recalls involving all other foods, such as fruit juices & alfalfa sprouts. This report provides info. on: the no. of food recalls by USDA & FDA since 1984, & of those, the no. assoc. with outbreaks of foodborne illnesses; for recalls assoc. with such outbreaks, the extent to which USDA & FDA identified the cause of the outbreak & how the product became contaminated; the extent to which co's. delayed or did not comply with USDA or FDA recalls; & the economic impact of recalls on affected co's.

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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

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Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

By: Xiran Jay Zhao

‘Fast-paced, furiously funny and utterly fantastic.’ A.F. Steadman ‘Culture and technology clash as Zachary Ying takes adventure to a new level!’ Kwame Mbalia Percy Jackson meets Yu-Gi-Oh in this hilarious, action-packed fantasy adventure. Zachary Ying has never had much chance to learn about his Chinese heritage. So when he’s chosen to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission, he is woefully unprepared. As a result, the emperor botches his attempt to possess Zack’s body and binds to his AR gaming headset instead. With the legendary tyrant yapping in his headset, Zack must journey across China to steal magical artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth. Using his newfound water dragon powers, can Zack complete the mission in time to save the mortal world?

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Simon and Schuster

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0861545494

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Social Networking

The Essence of Innovation

By: Jay Liebowitz

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Social Networking

The Essence of Innovation

By: Jay Liebowitz

Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types. Social Networking: The Essence of Innovation discusses how social networking and SNA can influence innovation in an organization through the presentation of a broad range of concepts, examples, and case studies. The book's initial chapters deal with developing personal knowledge networks, linking social networking to innovation and strategic intelligence, and exploring synergies among knowledge management, business intelligence, and competitive intelligence. The introduction, an overview of social network analysis, is followed by case studies and an exploration of applications, including knowledge mapping and the analysis of organizations. Software systems devoted to these areas are described, citing results achieved, and a final chapter takes a look at future prospects, making this an essential tool for managers, executives, business analysts, educators, and strategic planners.

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1461723329

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Fashion Design Essentials

100 Principles of Fashion Design

By: Jay Calderin

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Fashion Design Essentials

100 Principles of Fashion Design

By: Jay Calderin

The advice offered throughout this book supplies a selection of starting points for fashion designers of all levels. It provides a wide variety of useful examples for each stage of the design process including: How to define concepts and render them; Understanding textiles and the process of selecting fabrics; Developing sewing skills and constructing garments; How to build a reputation and find an audience for your work."--Cover p. [4].

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1592538274

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The Fragile Middle Class

Americans in Debt

By: Teresa A. Sullivan,Elizabeth Warren,Jay Lawrence Westbrook

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The Fragile Middle Class

Americans in Debt

By: Teresa A. Sullivan,Elizabeth Warren,Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Why have so many middle-class Americans encountered so much financial trouble? In this classic analysis of hard-pressed families, the authors discover that financial stability for many middle-class Americans is all too fragile. The authors consider the changing cultural and economic factors that threaten financial security and what they imply for the future vitality of the middle class. A new preface examines the persistent and new threats that have emerged since the original publication. "[A] fascinating, alarming study. . . . [This] chilling diagnosis of middle-class affliction demonstrates that we all may be only a job loss, medical problem or credit card indulgence away from the downward spiral leading to bankruptcy."--Publishers Weekly "A well-designed and carefully executed study."--Andrew Greeley, University of Chicago "The Fragile Middle Class, a well-written work of social science that is about as gripping as the genre gets, forces us to reevaluate notions about consumerism."--American Prospect

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Yale University Press

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0300251890

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Natural Resource Policy

By: Frederick Cubbage,Jay O'Laughlin,M. Nils Peterson

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Natural Resource Policy

By: Frederick Cubbage,Jay O'Laughlin,M. Nils Peterson

Natural resource policies provide the foundation for sustainable resource use, management, and protection. Natural Resource Policy blends policy processes, history, institutions, and current events to analyze sustainable development of natural resources. The book’s detailed coverage explores the market and political allocation and management of natural resources for human benefits, as well as their contributions for environmental services. Wise natural resource policies that promote sustainable development, not senseless exploitation, promise to improve our quality of life and the environment. Public or private policies may be used to manage natural resources. When private markets are inadequate due to public goods or market failure, many policy options, including regulations, education, incentives, government ownership, and hybrid public/private policy instruments may be crafted by policy makers. Whether a policy is intended to promote intensive management of natural resources to enhance sustained yield or to restore degraded conditions to a more socially desirable state, this comprehensive guide outlines the ways in which natural resource managers can use their technical skills within existing administrative and legal frameworks to implement or influence policy.

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Waveland Press

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1478633999

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Challenges in Military Health Care

Perspectives on Health Status and the Provision of Care

By: Jay Stanley, John D. Blair

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Challenges in Military Health Care

Perspectives on Health Status and the Provision of Care

By: Jay Stanley, John D. Blair

This is the first compendium on sociological research on health and the armed forces. The core reality is that both health care and the military reflect social systems in transition. In essence, Challenges in Military Health Care is about the intersection of two institutions in flux.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412819296

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Contemporary Corporation Forms

By: Jay Brown

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Contemporary Corporation Forms

By: Jay Brown

Providing actual documents created by the nation's leading law firms, this comprehensive, Second Edition, five-volume library gives you virtually every form you need to meet today's corporate legal and procedural requirements -- from the simplest, to the most sophisticated corporate action -- for all types of corporate entities. From closely-held companies to public corporations, its approximately 500 forms provide practical, easy-to-use tools that have been proven in the field. In addition, in recognition of the increased use of noncorporate business entities, coverage has been expanded and the set now includes information on forming limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships. All of the forms are complete and unabridged, so you have a full template for the finished product. Contemporary Corporation Forms covers practically every corporate function and situation under such topics as: Shareholder agreements Registered agent filings Foreign qualifications Board meetings: directors, officers, and managers Private placement Shareholders' meetings, elections, voting, and notice Compensation of directors, officers, and managers Warrants, options, dividends, and spinoffs Equity transfers Amendments and changes in capital Initial public offerings Merger, consolidation, and sale of assets Dissenters' rights, environmental concerns Professional corporations, nonprofit corporations Inspection of records Dissolution

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1567066623

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The Generalissimo

Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China, With a New Postscript

By: Jay Taylor

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The Generalissimo

Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China, With a New Postscript

By: Jay Taylor

One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong—his archrival for leadership of China—he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan’s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization. Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang’s diaries, The Generalissimo provides the most lively, sweeping, and objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted, active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is excelled by few, if any, in modern history. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang’s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan.

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0674735242

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The Power of Public Investment Management

Transforming Resources Into Assets for Growth

By: Anand Rajaram,Kai Kaiser,Tuan Minh Le,Jay-Hyung Kim,Jonas Frank

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The Power of Public Investment Management

Transforming Resources Into Assets for Growth

By: Anand Rajaram,Kai Kaiser,Tuan Minh Le,Jay-Hyung Kim,Jonas Frank

Public resources, if invested well in public infrastructure and services, can unleash inclusive growth and development. This report provides a simple but comprehensive framework and global experience, to help policy makers adopt good functional principles in the design of institutions to strengthen public investment management.

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World Bank Publications

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146480317X

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Criminal Justice

By: Jay S. Albanese

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Criminal Justice

By: Jay S. Albanese

Criminal Justice, 4/E Jay S. Albanese, "Virginia"" Commonwealth University" ISBN-10: 0205499090 Albanese's Criminal Justice, 4th edition is a thorough introduction to the field of criminal justice. In addition the major concepts, this text focuses on critical thinking as well as the media's influence on both criminal justice and the public's perception of criminal justice. Albanese gives new attention to up-to-the-minute laws and policies related to crime, search and seizure, and operations of the criminal justice system. The text examines cutting-edge issues of technology, including crimes facilitated by the Internet and identity theft. An experienced author, scholar, and past president of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Jay Albanese has received high marks for his appealing narrative style and comprehensive style.

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Allyn & Bacon

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0205422020

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9780205422029

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