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Personnel Management in Government

Politics and Process, Seventh Edition

By: Norma M. Riccucci,Katherine C. Naff

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Personnel Management in Government

Politics and Process, Seventh Edition

By: Norma M. Riccucci,Katherine C. Naff

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government continues to be the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians and government leaders as well as citizens. The great recession of 2008 put enormous strains on governments, highlighting the key role personnel play in managing under times of austerity as well as prosperity. A thorough examination of political and historical aspects, Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, Seventh Edition provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector. It discusses the development of public sector human resource management, the present status of best practices, and important insights from current scholarship on all three levels of government: federal, state, and local. See What’s New in the Seventh Edition: Personnel reforms under the Obama administration Pension developments at state and local levels of government Labor relations reforms at state and local levels, e.g. recent experiences in Michigan, Ohio, and other states making big changes to labor laws and policies Changes to diversity and affirmative action initiatives across the nation Developments in performance outcome initiatives at all levels of government During the 36 years since the publication of the first edition, the authors have addressed issues that were not yet considered mainstream, yet have become so over time. The seventh edition is no different. It examines progress that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of the current decade. Exploring developments and innovations in the management of people who carry out the government's work, the book introduces students to public sector personnel management.

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Routledge

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1351554468

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Last Words from Death Row

The Wall Unit

By: Norma Herrera

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Last Words from Death Row

The Wall Unit

By: Norma Herrera

Norma Herrera lived her brother's personal hell as he waited on Death Row for the courts to decide if the new evidence that proved Leonel Herrera's innocence would save his life. Her book fulfills her last promise to Leo: to tell his story, to tell the truth. "Federal habeas courts do not sit to correct errors of fact but to ensure the individuals are not imprisoned in violation of the Constitution," it said. In other words, being falsely imprisoned is not a violation of your rights. Herrera was executed four months after the ruling. In his final statement he said: "I am innocent, innocent, innocent. I am an innocent man, and something very wrong is taking place tonight." Norma Herrera's book documents court events and press coverage. She recounts the tribulations she and her family suffered as they worked to free Leonel Herrera from his fate. If the all the court proceedings, including the Supreme Court's decision prior to Leo's execution represent the visible tip of the death penalty iceberg, LAST WORDS FROM DEATH ROW exposes the enormous human tragedy that resides below the surface. Her questions drive a powerful wedge between the legal process in capital cases and the truth. Why do the guilty go unpunished? When is innocence not enough to free a convicted man? Does Truth not prevail in the American Justice system? Who pays? We all do. Who is next?

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Nightengale Press

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1933449292

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Celeste

By: Norma Erickson Nelson

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Celeste

By: Norma Erickson Nelson

This is a story of mystery, suspense, family love, child abuse, slavery, Native Americans and man’s best friend. The story takes place in the 1800’s. When four-year-old Celeste disappears, her mother Louise Lorell and her brother Michael are devastated. Read what happens to the couple that abuse and misuse Celeste. Read about Mitzi, the collie who makes life bearable for Celeste once again. Find out what dangerous undertaking Louise devotes her time to while hoping and praying for the return of her dear Celeste. Readers will meet several strong and interesting characters in this story. Some you might love and some you may despise.

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1452080585

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Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations

By: Norma M Riccucci

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Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations

By: Norma M Riccucci

The readings in this volume will enlighten and enliven the contents of any standard public administration text covering human resource management. Selected mainly from the pages of Public Administration Review and Review of Public Personnel Administration, these classic articles trace the historical and evolutionary development of the fields of public personnel administration and labor relations from the point at which the first civil service law was passed - the Pendelton Act in 1883 - through the 21st century. The collection covers everything from the seminal concerns of civil service (e.g., keeping spoils out) to topics that early reformers would never have envisioned (e.g., affirmative action and drug testing). These works continue to inform the theory and practice of public personnel and labor relations. To facilitate an instructor's ability to assign readings that illuminate lectures and course material, a correlation matrix on the M.E. Sharpe website shows how this book can be used easily alongside eight leading textbooks.

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Routledge

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1317461746

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The Sweetest Passion

By: Norma West-Green

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The Sweetest Passion

By: Norma West-Green

Some of us hear of, or see violent and immoral atrocities. We disapprove. We express anger and outrage, but realize we can only speculate from the safety of our homes. HPD Detective John Garrison and his partner Andy Becker are committed to solving the murders by a killer who leaves no trace of evidence in this suspenseful, shocking thriller. The killer is only focused on stopping the crimes and damage caused by his victims. He cannot reconcile those who are outraged, with those who expose and avenge. Will Detectives Garrison and Becker be able to expose and stop the atrocities? Do we admire or condemn the avenger? Partner with the detectives to reveal the killer who leaves no evident clues.

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Outskirts Press

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1977239935

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Arts, Health and Well-Being

A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice

By: Norma Daykin

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Arts, Health and Well-Being

A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice

By: Norma Daykin

This important book develops a critical understanding of the bridging of arts and health domains, drawing on models and perspectives from social sciences to develop the case for arts and health as a social movement. This interdisciplinary perspective offers a new research agenda that can help to inform future developments and sustainability in arts, health and well-being. Daykin begins with an overview of the current evidence base and a review of current challenges for research, policy and practice. Later chapters explore the international field of health and the arts; arts, with well-being as a social movement; and boundary work and the role of boundary objects in the field. The book also includes sections summarising research findings and evidence in arts and health research and examples from specific research projects conducted by the author, chosen to highlight particularly widespread challenges across many arts, health and well-being contexts. Arts, Health and Well-Being: A Critical Perspective on Research, Policy and Practice is valuable reading for students in sociology, psychology, social work, nursing, psychiatry, creative and performing arts, public health and policymakers and practitioners in these fields.

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1000710785

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The Ship of State

Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America

By: Norma Thompson

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The Ship of State

Statecraft and Politics from Ancient Greece to Democratic America

By: Norma Thompson

This provocative and illuminating book provides a new perspective on the development of political thought from Homer to Machiavelli, Tocqueville, and Gertrude Stein (who is introduced here, for the first time, as a writer of political significance). Providing nuanced readings of key texts by these and other thinkers, Norma Thompson locates a powerful theme: that the political health of organized political communities—from the ancient polis to the modern state to contemporary democracy—requires a balance between masculine and feminine qualities. Although most critics view the Western tradition as a progression away from misogyny and toward rights for women, Thompson contends that the need for balance in the political community was well understood in earlier eras. Only now has it been almost entirely overlooked in our focus on surface indications of strict gender equality. Thompson argues that political rhetoric must once again promote the reconciliation of masculine and feminine forces in order to achieve effective politics and statecraft.

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Yale University Press

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0300128053

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9780300128055

Instilling Ethics

By: Norma Thompson

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Instilling Ethics

By: Norma Thompson

Fifteen essays, presented by Thompson (political science, Yale U.) Explore both historical and contemporary issues of ethics (mostly in the political and social sphere). After separate treatments of the ethical thinking of Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli, Rousseau, Kant, Nietzsche, and others, the final third of the essays discuss such issues as the failure of ethics in American government, ethical considerations of information technology, and the paradox of trying to establish societal notions of right and wrong on individual judgements of ethics. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847697452

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9780847697458

Avedon

Something Personal

By: Norma Stevens,Steven M. L. Aronson

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Avedon

Something Personal

By: Norma Stevens,Steven M. L. Aronson

An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times), by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson. Richard Avedon was arguably the world’s most famous photographer—as artistically influential as he was commercially successful. Over six richly productive decades, he created landmark advertising campaigns, iconic fashion photographs (as the star photographer for Harper’s Bazaar and then Vogue), groundbreaking books, and unforgettable portraits of everyone who was anyone. He also went on the road to find and photograph remarkable uncelebrated faces, with an eye toward constructing a grand composite picture of America. Avedon dazzled even his most dazzling subjects. He possessed a mystique so unique it was itself a kind of genius—everyone fell under his spell. But the Richard Avedon the world saw was perhaps his greatest creation: he relentlessly curated his reputation and controlled his image, managing to remain, for all his exposure, among the most private of celebrities. No one knew him better than did Norma Stevens, who for thirty years was his business partner and closest confidant. In Avedon: Something Personal—equal parts memoir, biography, and oral history, including an intimate portrait of the legendary Avedon studio—Stevens and co-author Steven M. L. Aronson masterfully trace Avedon’s life from his birth to his death, in 2004, at the age of eighty-one, while at work in Texas for The New Yorker (whose first-ever staff photographer he had become in 1992). The book contains startlingly candid reminiscences by Mike Nichols, Calvin Klein, Claude Picasso, Renata Adler, Brooke Shields, David Remnick, Naomi Campbell, Twyla Tharp, Jerry Hall, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Bruce Weber, Cindy Crawford, Donatella Versace, Jann Wenner, and Isabella Rossellini, among dozens of others. Avedon: Something Personal is the confiding, compelling full story of a man who for half a century was an enormous influence on both high and popular culture, on both fashion and art—to this day he remains the only artist to have had not one but two retrospectives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his lifetime. Not unlike Richard Avedon’s own defining portraits, the book delivers the person beneath the surface, with all his contradictions and complexities, and in all his touching humanity.

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Random House

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0812994442

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Wild Women of Michigan

A History of Spunk and Tenacity

By: Norma Lewis

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Wild Women of Michigan

A History of Spunk and Tenacity

By: Norma Lewis

Wild Women of Michigan commemorates the women of this state who boldly left their marks. Countless Michiganian women performed extraordinary acts that challenged and improved the world. Madame Marie-Therese Cadillac served as the medicine woman in the frontier that became Detroit. Annie Taylor survived rolling over Niagara Falls in a barrel. After suffragist Anna Howard Shaw fought to vote, the state saw an influx of women running for office. In the 1970s, East Lansing's Patricia Beeman aided in efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Suellen Finatri showcased an extreme side of equestrian sports by riding more than four thousand miles from St. Ignace to Skagway, Alaska. And World War II army flight nurse Aleda Lutz evacuated more than 3,500 wounded soldiers and is still recognized as one of America's most decorated servicewomen. Author and historian Norma Lewis commemorates the women who boldly left their marks.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439662401

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9781439662403

Public Personnel Management

By: Norma M. Riccucci

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Public Personnel Management

By: Norma M. Riccucci

Updated in a new 5th edition, Public Personnel Management, by Norma M. Riccucci, is a concise and accessible reader containing all original articles addressing the most current issues in public personnel management. Written expressly for the text by leading scholars, all of the articles are either new to this edition or substantially revised. Each article focuses on specific-often controversial-issues in public personal management, such as comparative personnel management, pensions, sexuality, health, succession planning, unions, and the multi-generational workforce.

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Routledge

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1317344901

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Everything You Need to Know About Immigrants and Refugees

By: Norma King

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Everything You Need to Know About Immigrants and Refugees

By: Norma King

The many dangers of war, poverty, and hope have driven tens of millions of refugees and immigrants to flee their homes in search of a better life. Today the world is witnessing the highest numbers of displaced persons on record, even as resources and assistance are stretched thin. Refugees and immigrants have played a critical role in the history of nations, and today is no different. This book explores why people leave their home countries and what awaits them at their destination.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1508176728

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9781508176725

Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience

By: Norma Smith

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Jeannette Rankin, America's Conscience

By: Norma Smith

Social worker, suffragist, first woman elected to the United States Congress, and a lifelong peace activist, Jeannette Rankin is often remembered as the woman who voted "No" to United States involvement in both world wars. Rankin's determined voice for change shines in this biography, written by her friend, Norma Smith.

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Montana Historical Society

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0917298799

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9780917298790

Accidents of Influence

Writing as a Woman and a Jew in America

By: Norma Rosen

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Accidents of Influence

Writing as a Woman and a Jew in America

By: Norma Rosen

For Norma Rosen, the Holocaust is the central event of the twentieth century. In this book, she examines the relationship of post-Holocaust writers to their work in terms of subject, language, imagery, and facing up to the task of writing in a post-Holocaust era. She considers the work of such major influences on our time as T. S. Eliot, Simone Weil, Anne Frank, E. L. Doctorow, Norman Mailer, Eugenio Montale, Philip Roth, and Saul Bellow. Accidents of Influence combines critical analysis with personal response and autobiographical moments. It includes quotidian encounters in friendship, sex, society, art, politics, response to violence, and religious observance, which struggle for moral ground in this post-Holocaust era.

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State University of New York Press

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1438417780

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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

By: Norma Metheny

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Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

By: Norma Metheny

Fluid and Electrolyte Balance: Nursing Considerations, takes a case study and applications approach that is ideal for undergraduate nursing students. It provides in-depth discussion of fluid and electrolyte balance and imbalance with a strong focus on understanding pathophysiology. Further, it outlines basic concepts and gives an overview of nursing considerations for fluid and electrolyte problems, including sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and acid-base imbalances.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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0763781649

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9780763781644

Personnel Management in Government

Fifth Edition, Politics and Process

By: Katherine C. Naff,Norma M. Riccucci,Jay Shafritz,David H. Rosenbloom,Albert C. Hyde

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Personnel Management in Government

Fifth Edition, Politics and Process

By: Katherine C. Naff,Norma M. Riccucci,Jay Shafritz,David H. Rosenbloom,Albert C. Hyde

A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay reform and innovative classification and compensation systems currently implemented by federal agencies, a discussion of constitutional and legal issues facing public personnel administration in areas such as AIDS and drug testing, figures and tables on collective bargaining laws and trends, and more.

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CRC Press

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0824705041

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9780824705046

Advanced Case Management

New Strategies for the Nineties

By: Norma Radol Raiff,Barbara K. Shore

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Advanced Case Management

New Strategies for the Nineties

By: Norma Radol Raiff,Barbara K. Shore

This overview of issues pertinent to case management in the social services illustrates the diversity of innovative approaches which have been developed. These include: new forms of outreach and assessment; alternative methods for engaging family members and natural supports; and strategies attuned to the needs of culturally diverse constituencies. The degree to which existing services are available to meet clients' needs, and variations in service philosophies and resources are among the issues discussed. Examples from many practice settings illustrate the adaptability of case management.

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SAGE

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0803938721

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9780803938724

Herodotus and the Origins of the Political Community

Arion's Leap

By: Norma Thompson

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Herodotus and the Origins of the Political Community

Arion's Leap

By: Norma Thompson

The subtitle of this book is `Arion's Leap' and it is from this example of the puzzling fictionality of some of Herodotus' histories that the author starts her exploration (Arion was the singer who leapt into the sea to escape from Corinthian pirates and was rescued by dolphins). Scholars have long wrestled with Herodotus' practice of placing fanciful stories alongside factual ones, but Thompson suggests that rather than displaying a primitive conception of history, such a practice indicates a profound grasp of political theory and an understanding of the way that central stories can become the core of a political community. This major reconsideration of Herodotus' art draws his work into the modern historical debate, and the author uses the writings of Martin Bernal, Fran�ois Hartog and Edward Said to shed new light on Herodotus' conception of history.

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Yale University Press

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0300062605

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9780300062601

The Art of Baby Nameology

Explore the Deeper Meaning of Names for Your Baby

By: Norma Watts

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The Art of Baby Nameology

Explore the Deeper Meaning of Names for Your Baby

By: Norma Watts

What really is in a name? What does that mean for your baby? Astrologist and nameology expert Norma J. Watts helps every expecting parent explore those questions. By analyzing names using numerology, Watts has crafted a comprehensive guide to using a name's letters to unlock hidden meaning. Watts instructs readers in the tools of nameology, using famous names such as Martha Stewart, Martin Luther King, and Madonna to further explain personality traits. An A-Z quick reference guide of names along with a chapter on converting names to numbers aids in interpreting uncommon names or those not found in the book. Offering insight for those who want to look past the obvious and explore deeper meaning, The Art of Baby Nameology gives expectant parents a way to preview the personalities associated with names they are considering.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1402231776

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9781402231773

Patterns of Residential Care

Sociological Studies in Institutions for Handicapped Children

By: Roy D. King,Norma V. Raynes,Jack Tizard

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Patterns of Residential Care

Sociological Studies in Institutions for Handicapped Children

By: Roy D. King,Norma V. Raynes,Jack Tizard

Originally published in 1971, this title describes a series of studies dealing with the upbringing of children in residential institutions. Most work has been carried out in institutions for children with learning disabilities, although units caring for able but deprived children and children with physical disabilities have also been examined. The investigations have been concerned with the detailed nature of different institutional environments – that is, the routine patterns of daily life in hospital wards, hostels and cottages of children’s homes – rather than with the effects of specific child-rearing practices upon the intellectual, emotional and social development of the children. The more precise delineation of ‘the environment’ is an essential step towards the evaluation of residential services and the interpretation of their effects upon those who use them, yet this is an area which had received little systematic attention from social scientists at the time. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1971. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000960269

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9781000960266

VENUS WINKED

By: NORMA HASS

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VENUS WINKED

By: NORMA HASS

These poems ring with humor and truth about the lives of women." --Cordelia Koplow If you have enjoyed reading Norma's poems, you'll love hearing them sung! Recordings of Norma performing her original music and lyrics are for sale in Compact Disc and other formats (digital downloads coming soon!). Two albums are available: "Wisdom and Fortune" and "The Great Chicago Flood: Songs of Love, War, Politics, and other Disasters". For song lists, prices, and ordering information please send e-mail request to bookrabbitrecords@att.net.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1479751618

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Environmental Issues

By: Edward P. Ortleb,Norma O'Toole

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Environmental Issues

By: Edward P. Ortleb,Norma O'Toole

Color Overheads Included! This book is a study of the factors which influence the relationships between living things and the environment. Special consideration is given to those human activities which adversely affect our environment. Each of the twelve teaching units in this book is introduced by a color transparency, which emphasizes the basic concept of the unit and presents questions for discussion. Reproducible student pages provide reinforcement and follow-up activities. The teaching guide offers descriptions of the basic concepts to be presented, background information, suggestions for enrichment activities, and a complete answer key.

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Lorenz Educational Press

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1558630961

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Homegirls

Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs

By: Norma Mendoza-Denton

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Homegirls

Language and Cultural Practice Among Latina Youth Gangs

By: Norma Mendoza-Denton

In this ground-breaking new book on the Norteña and Sureña (North/South) youth gang dynamic, cultural anthropologist and linguist Norma Mendoza-Denton looks at the daily lives of young Latinas and their innovative use of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges that signal their gang affiliations and ideologies. Her engrossing ethnographic and sociolinguistic study reveals the connection of language behavior and other symbolic practices among Latina gang girls in California, and their connections to larger social processes of nationalism, racial/ethnic consciousness, and gender identity. An engrossing account of the Norte and Sur girl gangs - the largest Latino gangs in California Traces how elements of speech, bodily practices, and symbolic exchanges are used to signal social affiliation and come together to form youth gang styles Explores the relationship between language and the body: one of the most striking aspects of the tattoos, make-up, and clothing of the gang members Unlike other studies – which focus on violence, fighting and drugs – Mendoza-Denton delves into the commonly-overlooked cultural and linguistic aspects of youth gangs

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118910877

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9781118910870

Managing Diversity In Public Sector Workforces

By: Norma M. Riccucci

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Managing Diversity In Public Sector Workforces

By: Norma M. Riccucci

Public and private sector workforces in the U.S. look very different today than they did even 25 years ago. The changes are having a significant effect on how organizations manage their workforces. The old styles of managing heterogeneous workforces are proving to be ineffectual, and so management strategies aimed at embracing diversity and inclusion are essential. These strategies can have positive implications for worker satisfaction, morale and – ultimately – the delivery of public services to the American people. Managing Diversity in Public Sector Workforces, Second Edition examines demographic changes to the U.S. labor force and workplace and the ways in which government employers are managing the diverse populations that now fill public sector jobs. Addressing specific management strategies and initiatives relied on by public sector employers, as well as the implications of effectively managing variegated workforces for the overall governance of American society, this book demonstrates the importance of ensuring that programs to promote inclusiveness and diversity that appear on paper are carried through to practice through implementation. The book begins with a review of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and the extent to which EEO and AA are still relied upon in the workplace. It then examines law and other public policy issues surrounding EEO, AA and diversity management. The remainder of the book focuses on the core of managing diversity in the public sector, exploring the initiatives, strategies, and programs that government employers either do or might rely on to ensure that the demographic mosaic embodied by their workforces is prepared to meet the needs and interests of the American citizenry of the 21st century. Data are provided on the demographics of the federal, state and local government workforces. Separate chapters address each of the following aspects of diversity: race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ employment, physical ability, and the intersection of these constructs. Managing Diversity in Public Sector Workforces, Second Edition will be of interest to students of public administration and public personnel management, and it is essential reading for all those involved in managing public organizations.

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Routledge

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1000392902

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9781000392906

Reinventing Yourself After 40: Norma's Victorious Journey

By: Norma Boucher

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Reinventing Yourself After 40: Norma's Victorious Journey

By: Norma Boucher

In this inspiring autobiography and advice book, Jamaican-born Norma Boucher tells the story of how she went from being a young, single mother with no high school diploma to a top-ranked tennis player with a college degree – all in middle age. Boucher grew up in a family of six children to a loving, gentle mother and a strict father. Though her father pressed all of his children to take their education seriously, the harsh punishments he used to motivate her had the opposite effect on young Norma. As a teenager, Boucher immigrated to England to study nursing and soon became pregnant. When she moved to the United States, her life seemed destined to taking care of her daughter and working menial jobs – until one day, at age 38, she became inspired to take up tennis. From then on, instead of ignoring her dreams, Boucher worked toward them. She achieved one athletic accomplishment after another, going on to earn her college degree at Alfred University and leading her college tennis team to its first undefeated season as a 50-year-old grandmother. Along the way, Boucher earned accolades from the prestigious Giant Steps Award for athletes who have overcome great odds to features in Sports Illustrated and documentaries. But, in Boucher’s eyes, her greatest achievement was learning to listen to her heart’s desires. No matter what age you are, Boucher’s story will push you to take control of your destiny and rise to heights you never thought possible.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1628384093

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9781628384093

Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan

By: Norma Lewis & Christine Nyholm

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Prohibition in Southwestern Michigan

By: Norma Lewis & Christine Nyholm

Even in law-abiding southwestern Michigan, the Eighteenth Amendment turned ordinary citizens into scofflaws and sparked unprecedented unrest. ... Authors Norma Lewis and Christine Nyholm reveal how the Noble Experiment fueled a rowdy, roaring, decade-long party."--Back cover.

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Arcadia Publishing

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ISBN 10

1467144800

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9781467144803

Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives

A Genealogy of the Tucker Family and Also the Families of Allen, Blackistone, Chandler, Ford, Gerard, Harmor, Hume, Monroe, Skaggs, Smith, Stevesson, Stone, Sturman, Thompson, Ward, Yowell, and Others

By: Norma Tucker

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Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives

By: Norma Tucker

This copiously documented volume sheds new light on one of the earliest families to settle in Virginia, that of Captain William Tucker of London, and on a number of allied families whose progenitors figured in the early history of the Virginia and Maryland colonies.

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280

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806345071

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9780806345079

The Expanding Discourse

Feminism And Art History

By: Norma Broude

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The Expanding Discourse

Feminism And Art History

By: Norma Broude

A sequel to the pioneering volume, Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany, published in 1982, The Expanding Discourse contains 29 essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance to the present, representing some of the best feminist art-historical writing of the past decade. Chronologically arranged, the essays demonstrate the abundance, diversity, and main conceptual trends in recent feminist scholarship.

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787

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Routledge

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0429972466

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9780429972461

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