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Democracy and Legal Change

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Democracy and Legal Change

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

This book argues against the view that important laws should be impossible to change.

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6610909938

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Democratic Deals

A Defense of Political Bargaining

By: Melissa Schwartzberg,Jack Knight

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Democratic Deals

A Defense of Political Bargaining

By: Melissa Schwartzberg,Jack Knight

Two leading scholars of democracy make the case for political bargaining and define its proper limits. Bargains—grand and prosaic—are a central fact of political life. The distribution of bargaining power affects the design of constitutions, the construction of party coalitions, legislative outcomes, judicial opinions, and much more. But can political bargaining be justified in theory? If it inevitably involves asymmetric power, is it anything more than the exercise of sublimated force, emerging from and reifying inequalities? In Democratic Deals, Melissa Schwartzberg and Jack Knight defend bargaining against those who champion deliberation or compromise, showing that, under the right conditions and constraints, it can secure political equality and protect fundamental interests. The challenge, then, is to ensure that these conditions prevail. Drawing a sustained analogy to the private law of contracts—in particular, its concepts of duress and unconscionability—the authors articulate a set of procedural and substantive constraints on the bargaining process and analyze the circumstances under which unequal bargaining power might be justified in a democratic context. Institutions, Schwartzberg and Knight argue, can facilitate gains from exchange while placing meaningful limits on the exercise of unequal power. Democratic Deals examines frameworks of just bargaining in a range of contexts—constitution-making and legislative politics, among judges and administrative agencies, across branches of government, and between the state and private actors in the course of plea deals. Bargaining is an ineradicable fact of political life. Schwartzberg and Knight show that it can also be essential for democracy.

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Harvard University Press - T

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Democracy and Legal Change

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Democracy and Legal Change

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

Since ancient Athens, democrats have taken pride in their power and inclination to change their laws, yet they have also sought to counter this capacity by creating immutable laws. In Democracy and Legal Change, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that modifying law is a fundamental and attractive democratic activity. Against those who would defend the use of 'entrenchment clauses' to protect key constitutional provisions from revision, Schwartzberg seeks to demonstrate historically the strategic and even unjust purposes unamendable laws have typically served, and to highlight the regrettable consequences that entrenchment may have for democracies today. Drawing on historical evidence, classical political theory, and contemporary constitutional and democratic theory, Democracy and Legal Change reexamines the relationship between democracy and the rule of law from a new, and often surprising, set of vantage points.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139464345

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Privatization

NOMOS LX

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Privatization

NOMOS LX

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

A distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proliferation of privatization across industries in the United States, from security and the military to public transportation and infrastructure. In shifting control from the state to private actors, do we weaken or strengthen structures of governance? Do state-owned enterprises promise to be more equal and fair than their privately-owned rivals? What role can accountability measures play in mediating the effects of privatization; and what role does coercion play in the state governance and control? In this latest installment from the NOMOS series, an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars in political science, law, and philosophy examine the moral and political consequences of transferring state-provided or state-owned goods and services to the private sector. The essays consider how we should evaluate the decision to privatize, both with respect to the quality of outcomes that might be produced, and in terms of the effects of privatization on the core values underlying democratic decision-making. Privatization also affects the structure of governance in a variety of important ways, and these essays evaluate the consequences of privatization on the state. Privatization sheds new light on these highly salient questions of contemporary political life and institutional design.

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NYU Press

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1479842931

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9781479842933

Counting the Many

The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Counting the Many

The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521198232

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9780521198233

Constructing National Security

U.S. Relations with India and China

By: Jarrod Hayes,Melissa Schwartzberg

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Constructing National Security

U.S. Relations with India and China

By: Jarrod Hayes,Melissa Schwartzberg

Supermajority rules govern many features of our lives in common: from the selection of textbooks for our children's schools to residential covenants, from the policy choices of state and federal legislatures to constitutional amendments. It is usually assumed that these rules are not only normatively unproblematic but necessary to achieve the goals of institutional stability, consensus, and minority protections. In this book, Melissa Schwartzberg challenges the logic underlying the use of supermajority rule as an alternative to majority decision making. She traces the hidden history of supermajority decision making, which originally emerged as an alternative to unanimous rule, and highlights the tensions in the contemporary use of supermajority rules as an alternative to majority rule. Although supermajority rules ostensibly aim to reduce the purported risks associated with majority decision making, they do so at the cost of introducing new liabilities associated with the biased judgments they generate and secure."--Publisher's description.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107040426

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9781107040427

Intimate Coercion

Recognition and Recovery

By: Marti Loring,Melissa Scardaville

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Intimate Coercion

Recognition and Recovery

By: Marti Loring,Melissa Scardaville

This book explores the foundation and causes of intimate coercion, focusing specifically on the identification of the issue and subsequent healing process. Coerced by a relation, friend, or lover, the victim commits acts that are contrary to their normal behavior, and often, illegal in nature. Marti Loring and Melissa Scardaville reference an extensive list of case studies to examine the varying dynamics and experiences of intimate coercion among the wide subset of the population that is affected; this list includes immigrants, disabled individuals, children, and elders. To aid therapists working with coerced individuals, Intimate Coercion defines coercive mechanisms, identifies distinct elements in the coercion process, and provides transformative tools for use with coerced individuals. Based on Loring’s years of work in the courtroom and Scardaville’s work with battered women, Intimate Coercion unveils the driving force of coerced behavior and explains how therapists can help treat this trauma.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442254335

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Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

By: Jo Anne L. Earp,Elizabeth French,Melissa Gilkey

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Patient Advocacy for Health Care Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care

By: Jo Anne L. Earp,Elizabeth French,Melissa Gilkey

As a contribution to the emerging healthcare quality movement, Patient Advocacy for Healthcare Quality: Strategies for Achieving Patient-Centered Care is distinct from any others of its kind in its focus on the consumer’s perspective and in its emphasis on how advocacy can influence change at multiple social levels. This introductory volume synthesizes patient advocacy from a multi-level approach and is an ideal text for graduate and professional students in schools of public health, nursing and social work.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763749613

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9780763749613

The Birth of Politics

Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter

By: Melissa Lane

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The Birth of Politics

Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter

By: Melissa Lane

First published in the United Kingdom as: Greek and Roman political ideas: a Pelican introduction, by the Penquin Group, Penguin Books ... London"--T.p. verso.

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Princeton University Press

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0691173095

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The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy - E-Book

By: Melissa Stewart

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The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy - E-Book

By: Melissa Stewart

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 in Patient Education** Most healthcare providers know that health literacy is a major barrier to positive health outcomes, but regardless of good intentions they continue to simply present health information rather than promote deep patient learning. With Dr. Melissa N. Stewart's unique, research-driven approach, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy helps you make the shift from simply presenting health information to activating deep patient learning. Revised and thoroughly updated from Dr. Stewart's Practical Patient Literacy: The MEDAGOGY Model, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy equips both students and healthcare providers with the skills needed to engage patients' brains in order to help them understand their conditions and promote long-lasting behavior change. Based on the neuroscience of learning, this groundbreaking book is packed with abundant tools to teach students and practitioners how to negotiate effectively with patients about what they will and won't do to maintain and improve their health. Equipped with enhanced levels of health literacy, your patients will better understand their illnesses and become their own best healthcare advocates. - UNIQUE! Focus on the author's proven patient literacy model applies a reliable methodology to promote patient health and reduce hospital readmissions. - Practical, patient-centered approach emphasizes how to help patients formulate their own healthcare goals to promote their own health. - In-depth discussion of pedagogy and andragogy introduces how these concepts can be used to teach different patients and accommodate their educational needs. - Case Studies promote reader engagement and active learning. - Guidance on how to understand the patient's emotional state and grieving process helps you understand when and how to best communicate health information. - Handy tools such as the Patient Education Hierarchy, Informational Seasons, the PITS mode, and the UPP tool add direction to individual and/or team patient education efforts. - UNIQUE! Research-driven approach based on the latest findings in the neuroscience of learning. - NEW! Addresses the emergence of health literacy as a crucial issue for the future of high-quality healthcare. - NEW! and UNIQUE! Incorporates the author's Self-Activation Tool to help patients activate their own learning. - NEW! Colorful design and numerous illustrations promote reader engagement and active learning. - NEW! Chapter-ending Key Points provide a focused self-check for each chapter. - NEW! Broader focus on different health professions provides information for a wide range of caregivers.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323609090

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Greek and Roman Political Ideas

A Pelican Introduction

By: Melissa Lane

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Greek and Roman Political Ideas

A Pelican Introduction

By: Melissa Lane

What is politics? What are the origins of political philosophy? What can we learn from the Greeks and Romans? In Greek and Roman Political Ideas, acclaimed classics scholar Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of political philosophy from Socrates to Cicero to Plutarch, Lane reminds us that the birth of politics was as much a story of individuals as ideas.

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Penguin UK

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0141976160

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Own Your Shift : An Invitation to Transform Using a Mindfulness Toolkit

By: Melissa Canter,Mayra Sacco,2WallStreetChicks

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Own Your Shift : An Invitation to Transform Using a Mindfulness Toolkit

By: Melissa Canter,Mayra Sacco,2WallStreetChicks

Learn the techniques and tools of Mindfulness taught by two former Wall Streeters who transformed their own lives with these practices.

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Lulu.com

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1387782819

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30 Real Signs from the Afterlife

Recognizing and Understanding Messages from Lost Loved Ones

By: Melissa St. Hilaire

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30 Real Signs from the Afterlife

Recognizing and Understanding Messages from Lost Loved Ones

By: Melissa St. Hilaire

Discover signals from the spirit world and connect with those you've lost Signs of the spirit world are all around us— which means contacting loved ones and pets who have passed on is possible. This guide shows you how to communicate with the afterlife by noticing and decoding the signs and messages it sends. Author Melissa St. Hilaire explains the essential steps to sensing and understanding spirit energy, setting good intentions before contacting spirits, making a connection, and maintaining that connection for as long as you want. Know the signs — Be ready when the spirits reach out by exploring 30 different ways they make contact, including paranormal activity, a sudden animal appearance, or targeting your senses. Commune and connect — Learn how to keep communication open with meditation, séances, mementos, and more. Then, learn to strengthen those connections through conduits like candles or crystal balls. The meaning in the message — From phantom flavors to psychic visions and temperature changes, learn how to interpret each sign and understand the guidance it is offering you. Record what you receive — Keep track of your messages from your loved ones with fill-in pages that offer space to describe the details of every sign you encounter and what it meant to you. Open yourself up to the spirits that surround you with help from the 30 Real Signs From the Afterlife.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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9798886509465

Practical Patient Literacy: The Medagogy Model

By: Melissa N. Stewart

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Practical Patient Literacy: The Medagogy Model

By: Melissa N. Stewart

Use the Medagogy Model to enhance patient communication—and the efficiency of your practice In this unique guide, Dr. Melissa Stewart explains her patient-centered Medagogy conceptual framework, which tracks the flow of information throughout the patient education process, from information to delivery to action. Not only does the Medagogy model help patients understand their illness and become their own best healthcare advocate, it is the cornerstone of effective multidisciplinary patient education. Dr. Stewart’s patient literacy work and her Understanding Personal Perception (UPP) tool were incorporated into the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 9th scope of work Care Transitions pilot. The Quality Initiative Organization, which used Dr. Stewart’s work in this program, was acknowledged by the CMS with a national award for their outstanding contribution to the field of healthcare. FEATURES Unique focus on Medagogy, the author’s proven patient literacy model that has reduced patients’ readmissions to hospitals and has applied a reliable, robust methodology to individual and interdisciplinary patient literacy efforts Practical patient orientation clarifies how patients can assert their healthcare goals and knowledge, helping them assume their rightful position in the planning and management of their treatment In-depth discussion of pedagogy and andragogy—two theoretical frameworks that support human learning strategies—and how they can be used to teach different patients and accommodate their particular educational needs Guidance on how to understand the patient’s emotional state and grieving process while receiving healthcare Handy tools such as the Patient Education Hierarchy, Informational Seasons, the PITS model and the UPP tool that can add direction to individual and/or team patient education efforts. Case studies, numerous illustrations and figures, chapter summaries, and full references

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071761314

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9780071761314

Privatization

NOMOS LX

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Privatization

NOMOS LX

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1479896489

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Democratic Deals

A Defense of Political Bargaining

By: Melissa Schwartzberg,Jack Knight

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Democratic Deals

A Defense of Political Bargaining

By: Melissa Schwartzberg,Jack Knight

Bargains are a fact of political life. But if bargaining inevitably involves asymmetric power, can it ever be just? Drawing on an analogy to the private law of contracts and on case studies across arenas of civic life, Democratic Deals shows that, subject to proper limits, bargaining can secure political equality and protect fundamental interests.

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Harvard University Press

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0674279328

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Active and Passive Citizens

A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

By: Richard Tuck

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Active and Passive Citizens

A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy

By: Richard Tuck

A powerful case for why majority rule—not representation—is the defining feature of democratic politics The idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or randomly selected bodies such as legislatures, courts, and juries. This would have astonished eighteenth-century theorists of democracy, who viewed universal suffrage and majoritarian voting as the sole criteria for democratic politics. Active and Passive Citizens defends the view of these earlier thinkers, asserting that individual agency is the very essence of democracy. In this provocative and lucidly argued book, Richard Tuck draws on the distinction made by the Abbé Sieyès, a leading political theorist of the French Revolution, between “active” citizens (the electorate) and “passive” ones (those who are represented by the institutions of the state). Tuck traces our current representative view of democracy to Sieyès and contrasts him with Rousseau, a theorist of active self-rule by the people. Tuck argues that modern theories of democracy have effectively turned us into passive citizens and calls for a renewal of a majoritarian democracy that realizes the full potential of active citizenship. Based on the prestigious Tanner Lectures delivered at Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, Active and Passive Citizens is edited and introduced by Stephen Macedo and includes commentary by political theorists Simone Chambers, Joshua Cohen, John Ferejohn, and Melissa Schwartzberg.

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Princeton University Press

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0691242801

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9780691242804

Constructing National Security

U.S. Relations with India and China

By: Jarrod Hayes,Melissa Schwartzberg

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Constructing National Security

U.S. Relations with India and China

By: Jarrod Hayes,Melissa Schwartzberg

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Cambridge University Press

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1107040426

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Protest and Dissent

NOMOS LXII

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

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Protest and Dissent

NOMOS LXII

By: Melissa Schwartzberg

Essays on the justification, strategy, and limits of mass protests and political dissent In Protest and Dissent, the latest installment of the NOMOS series, distinguished scholars from the fields of political science, law, and philosophy provide a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the potential—and limits—of mass protest and disobedience in today’s age. Featuring ten timely essays, the contributors address a number of contemporary movements, from Black Lives Matter and the Women’s March, to Occupy Wall Street and Standing Rock. Ultimately, this volume challenges us to re-imagine the boundaries between civil and uncivil disagreement, political reform and radical transformation, and democratic ends and means. Protest and Dissent offers thought-provoking insights into a new era of political resistance.

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NYU Press

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1479810517

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9781479810512

Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #5: Starring You and Me

(Starring You and Me)

By: Mary-kate & Ashley Olsen

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Mary-Kate & Ashley Sweet 16 #5: Starring You and Me

(Starring You and Me)

By: Mary-kate & Ashley Olsen

The summer is over, but the fun is just beginning! To do this: •Help Penny and Brian stage free concert at school. •Get new students to audition for fall musical! •Make plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert on his radio show. •Make new plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert. •Help Danielle get role in school musical. •Cancel Brian's and Penny's concert??? Ages 8–12

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0060528117

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