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Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership

By: Richard Michael Flanagan

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Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership

By: Richard Michael Flanagan

Big city mayors rank among the most powerful and colorful politicians in America. Yet few books focus on the leadership challenges the occupants of the office face. Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership examines twelve case studies of mayoral leadership in seven cities, from the New Deal era to the beginning of the 21st century. The prospects for mayoral success or failure are driven by how mayors manage the fit between political commitments and the broader patterns of political competition. City Hall powerhouses like Richard J. Daley of Chicago (1954-76), David Lawrence of Pittsburgh (1946-58), Tom Bradley of Lost Angeles (1973-83), and Robert F. Wagner of New York (1954-65) came to power in times of political crisis. They realigned politics in their cities to reinvigorate municipal government and bolster their power. In contrast, mayors with less redoubtable reputations like Mayors Sam Yorty of Los Angeles (1961-73), Dennis Kucinich of Cleveland (1977-79), Jane Byrne of Chicago (1979-83), and Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia (1972-1980) were outsiders who lost their battles to challenge powerful political coalitions in their cities. The new breed mayors of the 1990s--among them Rudy Giuliani of New York, Dennis Archer of Detroit, and Ed Rendell of Philadelphia--used modern campaign and governing techniques and scored surprising policy and political victories as a result. Mayors and the Challenge of Urban Leadership concludes with a discussion of Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, elected in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, as an exemplar of the modern style of governing big cities in the 21st century.

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Miracles and Magic

Three Tales of Christmas

By: L. E. Richard

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Miracles and Magic

Three Tales of Christmas

By: L. E. Richard

Christmas is just not Christmas without the gifts of miracles and magic. In this trio of holiday tales, a mysterious stranger connects three families and illustrates how to find the joy and meaning not only just in Christmas, but also in everyday life. To say that fourteen-year-old Billy is angry is an understatement. Orphaned two years earlier, he is exiled to a group home where he wonders if he will ever again find the happiness of a family's love. In "Wooden Angels," with the help of an old man, Billy is about to discover the gifts he never knew he had. In "The Christmas Wish," after another fight with his father, teenager J.J. decides to run away from his life-and his future-during a Christmas Eve snowstorm. He soon realizes, with the help of a new friend, that anything is possible. Father Tim is struggling with his faith and the fact that his first parish will soon be demolished. Just when he thinks all hope is dashed, he meets a wise man who encourages him to always be willing to take a "Leap of Faith." Miracles and Magic shares the poignant journeys of three lost souls as they rely on a stranger's gentle guidance and kind actions to find themselves and the significance behind Christmas.

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Ethnic Music on Records

A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 6: Artist Index, Title Index

By: Richard K. Spottswood

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Ethnic Music on Records

A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942. Vol. 6: Artist Index, Title Index

By: Richard K. Spottswood

This impressive compilation offers a nearly complete listing of sound recordings made by American minority artists prior to mid-1942. Organized by national group or language, the seven-volume set cites primary and secondary titles, composers, participating artists, instrumentation, date and place of recording, master and release numbers, and reissues in all formats. Because of its clear arrangements and indexes, it will be a unique and valuable tool for music and ethnic historians, folklorists, and others.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252017242

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Homicide in Pre-famine and Famine Ireland

By: Richard McMahon (Research fellow)

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Homicide in Pre-famine and Famine Ireland

By: Richard McMahon (Research fellow)

The book provides a quantitative and contextual analysis of homicide in pre-Famine and Famine Ireland, placing the Irish experience within a comparative framework and drawing wider inferences about the history of interpersonal violence in Europe and beyond.

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Oxford University Press

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Rostenkowski

The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics

By: Richard E. Cohen

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Rostenkowski

The Pursuit of Power and the End of the Old Politics

By: Richard E. Cohen

For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century. As chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the representative from Illinois influenced the nation’s tax laws, international trade, Social Security, health care, welfare, and a good many other areas—policies that affected most Americans. Richard Cohen’s scrupulous political biography of Rostenkowski follows his rise to power from modest origins in the Democratic ward politics of Chicago’s Polish northwest side, to his legislative triumphs, and ultimately to his criminal conviction and imprisonment for abuses of House practice. Because Rostenkowski served so many years in Congress (1959-1995), his career offers a prism into the changing nature of the institution and of the Democratic party, a change that gradually brought a new bitterness to Washington politics. Even when the congressman gained national influence, he remained close to Chicago politics and his boss, Richard J. Daley; but as he lost touch with local voters, opposed to political reforms, and clung to his personal stubbornness, he greased the skids for his downfall. Mr. Cohen has written a compelling, eye-opening story of American politics at work, portrayed through his career of one of its most fascinating practitioners. With 8 pages of photographs.

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Ivan R. Dee

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1461702291

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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By: Richard M. Reese,Jennifer L. Reese,Alexey Grigorev

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Java: Data Science Made Easy

By: Richard M. Reese,Jennifer L. Reese,Alexey Grigorev

Data collection, processing, analysis, and more About This Book Your entry ticket to the world of data science with the stability and power of Java Explore, analyse, and visualize your data effectively using easy-to-follow examples A highly practical course covering a broad set of topics - from the basics of Machine Learning to Deep Learning and Big Data frameworks. Who This Book Is For This course is meant for Java developers who are comfortable developing applications in Java, and now want to enter the world of data science or wish to build intelligent applications. Aspiring data scientists with some understanding of the Java programming language will also find this book to be very helpful. If you are willing to build efficient data science applications and bring them in the enterprise environment without changing your existing Java stack, this book is for you! What You Will Learn Understand the key concepts of data science Explore the data science ecosystem available in Java Work with the Java APIs and techniques used to perform efficient data analysis Find out how to approach different machine learning problems with Java Process unstructured information such as natural language text or images, and create your own search Learn how to build deep neural networks with DeepLearning4j Build data science applications that scale and process large amounts of data Deploy data science models to production and evaluate their performance In Detail Data science is concerned with extracting knowledge and insights from a wide variety of data sources to analyse patterns or predict future behaviour. It draws from a wide array of disciplines including statistics, computer science, mathematics, machine learning, and data mining. In this course, we cover the basic as well as advanced data science concepts and how they are implemented using the popular Java tools and libraries.The course starts with an introduction of data science, followed by the basic data science tasks of data collection, data cleaning, data analysis, and data visualization. This is followed by a discussion of statistical techniques and more advanced topics including machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning. You will examine the major categories of data analysis including text, visual, and audio data, followed by a discussion of resources that support parallel implementation. Throughout this course, the chapters will illustrate a challenging data science problem, and then go on to present a comprehensive, Java-based solution to tackle that problem. You will cover a wide range of topics – from classification and regression, to dimensionality reduction and clustering, deep learning and working with Big Data. Finally, you will see the different ways to deploy the model and evaluate it in production settings. By the end of this course, you will be up and running with various facets of data science using Java, in no time at all. This course contains premium content from two of our recently published popular titles: Java for Data Science Mastering Java for Data Science Style and approach This course follows a tutorial approach, providing examples of each of the concepts covered. With a step-by-step instructional style, this book covers various facets of data science and will get you up and running quickly.

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1788479181

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America Votes 22

By: Richard & Mary Scammon,Mcgillivray a,Cook R

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America Votes 22

By: Richard & Mary Scammon,Mcgillivray a,Cook R

This latest edition of a series published biennially in the year following each national election includes the 1995 and 1996 races for president, US House and Senate, and state governors. General election returns are provided by state and county, and primary elections are summarized for each state. Statewide vote tables for president, governors, and senators from 1945 to the present give a historical perspective of each state's voting patterns. State profiles list current governors, senators, and representatives, and reference tables allow for comparison of voter turnout and results between states. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0871879182

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Juvenile Justice

A Text/Reader

By: Richard Lawrence,Craig Hemmens

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Juvenile Justice

A Text/Reader

By: Richard Lawrence,Craig Hemmens

Juvenile Justice: A Text/Reader offers a unique new spin on the core textbook format. Organized like a more traditional juvenile justice text, this text/reader is divided into eight sections that contain all the usual topics taught in a juvenile justice course. After a comprehensive overview, each section has an introductory "mini-chapter" that provides engaging coverage of key concepts, developments, controversial issues, and research in the field. These authored introductions are followed by carefully selected and edited original research articles. The readings, from prominent scholarly journals, were written by juvenile justice experts and often have a policy orientation that will help address student interest in the "so what?" application of theory. Key Features and Benefits Boasts extensive and unique coverage of the juvenile justice system, focusing on law enforcement, the court system, correctional responses to juvenile offending, and an overview of the causes of delinquency Features a unique "How to Read a Research Article"—tied to the first reading in the book—to give students a guide to understand and learn from the edited articles that appear throughout the text. Provides an introduction to each reading to give students an overview of the purpose, main points, and conclusions of each article. Utilizes photographs, boxes, and suggested Web resources to enhance the book's presentation and engage student interest. Offers a clear and concise summary of key terms and concepts in each section and discussion questions that enhance student comprehension Ancillaries A Student study site at www.sagepub.com/lawrencestudy provides self-quizzes, e-flashcards, additional readings, and more. Instructor Resource on CD include test questions for both the text and readings, PowerPoint slides, teaching tips, and other resources. Qualified instructors can request a copy by contacting Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE (7243), 6AM-5PM, Pacific Time. Intended Audience This Text/Reader is designed to serve as a replacement for a core text, or a supplement text for upper-level undergraduate Juvenile Justice courses in departments of criminal justice, criminology, sociology and related disciplines. Interested in a text/ reader for another criminology or criminal justice here? Explore other titles in the series.

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1412950368

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Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy, Second Edition

By: Richard F. Lockey

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Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy, Second Edition

By: Richard F. Lockey

Researchers and clinicians relate their experience with immunotherapy using antigens, which has remained important throughout the enormous advances in immunology over the past 30 years. Among the topics are a historical perspective, outdoor and indoor allergens, venoms, the preparation and administration of extracts, and reactions and other adverse effects. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0824752511

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Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy

By: Richard F. Lockey

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Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy

By: Richard F. Lockey

Enlarged to describe more than a decade of advances in the immunotherapy of allergic diseases and asthma, this Third Edition contains the most recent studies on the mechanisms, manufacture, and standardization of various allergen groups and their utilization in the treatment of allergic diseases-containing 8 new chapters detailing various pharmacoe

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0203026314

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Dublin's Great Wars

The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution

By: Richard S. Grayson

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Dublin's Great Wars

The First World War, the Easter Rising and the Irish Revolution

By: Richard S. Grayson

The story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the Irish Revolution.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107029252

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The Gulf War Chronicles

A Military History of the First War with Iraq

By: Richard S. Lowry

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The Gulf War Chronicles

A Military History of the First War with Iraq

By: Richard S. Lowry

Extensively researched, painstakingly documented, and dedicated to the courageous men and women who fought and served in the First War with Iraq, this is a factual military history of Operation Desert Storm-and the only readable and thorough chronicle of the entire war. From the first night of battle to Day Two, when Saddam struck back, to G Day and the eventual cease-fire, accomplished military historian Richard S. Lowry delivers a detailed, day-by-day account of each battle and every military encounter leading up to the liberation of Kuwait. Desert Storm was a war of many firsts: America's first four-dimensional war; the first time in military history that a submerged submarine attacked a land target; the Marine Corps' first combat air strikes from an amphibious assault ship; the first time in the history of warfare that a soldier surrendered to a robot; and more. And it was an overwhelming victory for the United States and its allies. Intentionally presented without political commentary and ending with a complete listing of the heroic Americans killed in Desert Storm as well as a battle timeline, glossary, bibliography, and resources, The Gulf War Chronicles provides a much-needed understanding of the nature of modern-day, high-tech warfare and honors America's collective resolve and commitment to freedom.

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0595600751

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Preserving Nature in the National Parks

A History

By: Richard West Sellars

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Preserving Nature in the National Parks

A History

By: Richard West Sellars

This book traces the epic clash of values between traditional scenery-and-tourism management and emerging ecological concepts in the national parks, America’s most treasured landscapes. It spans the period from the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 to near the present, analyzing the management of fires, predators, elk, bear, and other natural phenomena in parks such as Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, and Great Smoky Mountains.

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Yale University Press

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0300075782

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Lowell Municipal Elections: 1965-2015

By: Richard Howe

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Lowell Municipal Elections: 1965-2015

By: Richard Howe

This book lists the results of all city council, school committee, and regional school committee elections in Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1965 to 2015. Also included are elections of city managers and school superintendents, and instances when elected officials left office midterm, and who replaced them.

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Lulu.com

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1365761274

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Voicing the Popular

On the Subjects of Popular Music

By: Richard Middleton

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Voicing the Popular

On the Subjects of Popular Music

By: Richard Middleton

How does popular music produce its subject? How does it produce us as subjects? More specifically, how does it do this through voice--through "giving voice"? And how should we understand this subject--"the people"--that it voices into existence? Is it singular or plural? What is its history and what is its future? Voicing the Popular draws on approaches from musical interpretation, cultural history, social theory and psychoanalysis to explore key topics in the field, including race, gender, authenticity and repetition. Taking most of his examples from across the past hundred years of popular music development--but relating them to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century "pre-history"--Richard Middleton constructs an argument that relates "the popular" to the unfolding of modernity itself. Voicing the Popular renews the case for ambitious theory in musical and cultural studies, and, against the grain of much contemporary thought, insists on the progressive potential of a politics of the Low.

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Routledge

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1136092749

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US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation

From Vietnam to Iraq

By: Richard Lock-Pullan

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US Intervention Policy and Army Innovation

From Vietnam to Iraq

By: Richard Lock-Pullan

This book examines how the US Army rebuilt itself after the Vietnam War and how this has effected US intervention policy after the Cold War.

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Psychology Press

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0714657190

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The Labor Market and Economic Adjustment

By: Pierre-Richard Agénor

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The Labor Market and Economic Adjustment

By: Pierre-Richard Agénor

This paper examines the role of the labor market in the transmission process of adjustment policies in developing countries. It begins by reviewing the recent evidence regarding the functioning of these markets. It then studies the implications of wage inertia, nominal contracts, labor market segmentation, and impediments to labor mobility for stabilization policies. The effect of labor market reforms on economic flexibility and the channels through which labor market imperfections alter the effects of structural adjustment measures are discussed next. The last part of the paper identifies a variety of issues that may require further investigation, such as the link between changes in relative wages and the distributional effects of adjustment policies.

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International Monetary Fund

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1451854781

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Roger C. Sullivan and the Triumph of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1908-1920

By: Richard Allen Morton

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Roger C. Sullivan and the Triumph of the Chicago Democratic Machine, 1908-1920

By: Richard Allen Morton

Between 1908 and 1920, Roger C. Sullivan and his political allies consolidated their control of the Chicago and Illinois Democratic parties, creating the enduring structure known as the "Chicago Democratic machine." Not a personal faction nor tied to any cause, it was a coalition of professional political operatives employing business principles to achieve legal profit and advantage. Sullivan was its chief organizer and first "boss," rising to primacy after many political battles--with William Jennings Bryan, among others--and went on to become a kingmaker who helped Woodrow Wilson win the presidency. By the time of his death, Sullivan was widely respected, his achievements recognized even by those who deplored his politics. Based upon new research, this first comprehensive study of Sullivan and the early days of the Chicago "machine" focuses on the daily realities of the city's politics and the personalities who shaped them.

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McFarland

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1476634505

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The Danish Voter

Democratic Ideals and Challenges

By: Rune Stubager,Kasper M. Hansen,Michael S. Lewis-Beck,Richard Nadeau

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The Danish Voter

Democratic Ideals and Challenges

By: Rune Stubager,Kasper M. Hansen,Michael S. Lewis-Beck,Richard Nadeau

For many international experts, politicians, and commentators, Denmark stands out as an ideal society with a well-functioning welfare state, low levels of corruption, and a high degree of social and political stability. Like other countries, however, Denmark faces challenges brought on by overall societal changes—particularly the challenges of maintaining a prosperous economy and from the growing number of immigrants with different ethnic and religious backgrounds that have left their mark on Danish society over the past 50 years. But how have Danish voters reacted to these challenges? The authors of The Danish Voter investigate a series of interesting questions concerning voters’ reactions to these macrosocial challenges and how their reactions affect the foundations for the ideal. Indeed, due to an electoral system open to new influences, the Danish case is an important test case for theories about political development of contemporary Western societies.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472128337

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The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004

By: David S. Neft,Richard M. Cohen,Michael L. Neft

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The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball 2004

By: David S. Neft,Richard M. Cohen,Michael L. Neft

Stats, history, and trivia -- from the 1901 through the 2003 season -- are all included in the latest edition of this popular, low-priced reference book.

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Macmillan

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031230479X

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A Genius for Confusion

Joseph R. McCarthy and the Politics of Deceit

By: Richard M. Fried

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A Genius for Confusion

Joseph R. McCarthy and the Politics of Deceit

By: Richard M. Fried

This new biography of Joseph R. McCarthy shows how the Wisconsin Senator’s campaign against American Communists prized sensation above truth. McCarthy often put aside his hunt for Reds while he pursued his anti-communist critics. He fought foes not just with noisy accusations but with covert gossip. He was gullible enough that some con artists managed to lure him on wild goose chases. The man who charged others with being “dupes” was sometimes one himself. Historian Fried’s book builds on over a decade’s research in a multitude of sources, many of them newly opened—not just McCarthy’s own papers but those of forty-seven Senate colleagues, plus records of journalists, observers, and activists. It brings to light such theatrical episodes as a CIA “op” against McCarthy as well as Joe’s quixotic search for Soviet security chief Lavrenti Beria in Spain. The resulting multi-focal perspective on the political and institutional setting in which McCarthy operated with such abandon is full of drama.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538145782

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The Japan That Never Was

Explaining the Rise and Decline of a Misunderstood Country

By: Beason, Richard,Dick Beason,Dennis Patterson,Distinguished Professor of Law Dennis Patterson

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The Japan That Never Was

Explaining the Rise and Decline of a Misunderstood Country

By: Beason, Richard,Dick Beason,Dennis Patterson,Distinguished Professor of Law Dennis Patterson

Contests conventional wisdom on Japan's postwar economic success and its economic and political problems in the 1990s, providing a new account of these conditions.

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0791460398

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Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment

By: Fredrick A. Schrank,Daniel C. Miller,Barbara J. Wendling,Richard W. Woodcock

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Essentials of WJ III Cognitive Abilities Assessment

By: Fredrick A. Schrank,Daniel C. Miller,Barbara J. Wendling,Richard W. Woodcock

The most widely used psychoeducational battery, the WJ III is separated into two parts: Achievement and Cognitive Abilities, the latter of which tests memory, vocabulary, and other quantitative abilities. Now in a Second Edition, this is the only book to provide state-of-the-art administrative and interpretive guidelines to this portion of the WJ III battery. Thoroughly updated to reflect the expanded knowledge base of information, including the Diagnostic Supplement and the Normative Update, this book is a must-have for clinicians wanting to better understand the WJ III's Cognitive Ability tests.

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0470566647

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Running from Office

Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics

By: Jennifer L. Lawless,Richard L. Fox

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Running from Office

Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics

By: Jennifer L. Lawless,Richard L. Fox

The past two decades of politics in Washington have seen increased partisanship, prolonged stalemates, and numerous scandals. For today's teenagers and young adults, years of ineffective and inefficient political leadership have completely eroded any sense that politicians or government have the ability to do good or effect positive change. Worse, the mean-spirited, dysfunctional political system that has come to characterize American politics has turned young people off to the idea of running for office. With more than 500,000 elected positions in the United States, what will happen when this generation is expected to take the reins of political power? Through an original, national survey of more than 4,000 high school and college students, as well as more than 100 in-depth interviews, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox find that young Americans feel completely alienated from contemporary politics and express little ambition or aspiration to run for office in the future. The overwhelming majority see nothing particularly noble about those currently in office, viewing most as dishonest, self-interested, and disinterested in helping their constituents. These young people want to improve their communities and enact change in the world; but they don't think politics is the way to achieve these goals. In fact, they look disdainfully upon the prospects of growing up to be a mayor, governor, senator, or even president of the United States. Running from Office explores young people's opinions about contemporary politics and their political ambition (or lack of it). The book paints a political profile of the next generation that should sound alarm bells about the long-term, deeply embedded damage contemporary politics has wrought on U.S. democracy and its youngest citizens. As disheartening as their conclusions sound, Lawless and Fox end with practical suggestions for how new technologies, national service programs, and well-strategized public service campaigns could generate political ambition in young people. Today's high school and college students care deeply about improving the future, and it's not too late to ensure that they view running for office as an effective way to do so.

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Oxford University Press

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019939766X

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9780199397662

Political Bribery in Japan

By: Richard H. Mitchell

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Political Bribery in Japan

By: Richard H. Mitchell

Scholars often use the term "structural corruption" when discussing modern Japan's political system--a system that forces politicians to exchange favors with businessmen in return for funds to finance their political careers. Scholars argue that the origins of corruption can be found in the "iron triangles" formed by politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen during the postwar era or during the Pacific War years. In this examination of malfeasance in Japanese public office, Richard Mitchell systematically surveys political bribery in Japan's historical and cultural contexts from antiquity to the early 1900s. Mitchell's narrative serially considers scandals involving courtiers in the ancient imperial government, corruption among the shogun's samurai officials, and political bribery among bureaucrats and party politicians in the mid-nineteenth century. Mitchell concludes that bribery was as ubiquitous in premodern Japan as it has been in recent times. Focusing on the period since 1868, Mitchell discusses in fascinating detail changes in political bribery in the wake of suffrage expansion, estimates of the enormous amount of campaign money needed to win a Diet seat in both the prewar and postwar periods, and the low conviction rate of suspected takers of bribes. Here is a highly readable and reliable survey of an important yet largely neglected topic in English-language studies of Japanese political history.

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0824818199

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