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Money, Power, and Elections

How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy

By: Rodney A. Smith

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Money, Power, and Elections

How Campaign Finance Reform Subverts American Democracy

By: Rodney A. Smith

Have campaign finance reform laws actually worked? Is money less influential in electing candidates today than it was thirty years ago when legislation was first enacted? Absolutely not, argues Rodney A. Smith in this passionately written, fact-filled, and provocative book. According to Smith, the laws have had exactly the opposite of their intended effect. They have increased the likelihood that incumbents in the House and Senate will be reelected, and they have greatly diminished the chances that candidates who are not wealthy will be elected. Smith's claims are supported by convincing data; he collected and analyzed information about all federal elections since 1920. These data show clearly that money matters now more than ever. Smith thinks that reform legislation has created a new inequality for candidates that, if left unchecked, threatens to destroy the American electoral process by obliterating the foundational principle of free speech. He argues that "money buys speech" and when candidates lack money to buy media time and space they are effectively silenced. Their inability to "speak freely" violates the most significant intentions of our nation's founders: that a sovereign citizenry elect its own leaders based on a free exchange of ideas. For Smith, campaign finance reform has unwittingly unbalanced the checks and balances created by the Framers of the Constitution. After presenting a detailed historical overview of how we have reached the present crisis, Smith proposes a simple solution: institute a process that completely discloses relevant information about campaign donors and recipients of donations. All disclosures would be available to the media, which would be able to investigate and report them fully. Only then, Smith believes, will the United States have the opportunity to be the democratic republic that its founders intended.

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LSU Press

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0807156310

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Shared Landscapes

Archaeologies of Attachment and the Pastoral Industry in New South Wales

By: Rodney Harrison

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Shared Landscapes

Archaeologies of Attachment and the Pastoral Industry in New South Wales

By: Rodney Harrison

The heritage of the pastoral industry stands as an integral symbol of identity for rural communities - both black and white - in New South Wales. Modern changes in pastoral land management, infrastructure and technology, combined with broader land-use changes and increased community interest in the conservation and rehabilitation of former grazing lands, has meant that many former pastoral properties have been abandoned or acquired for other uses. Tracking the history of these land-use changes, "Shared Landscapes" presents new ways of understanding historic heritage in settler societies through cross-disciplinary case studies that examine the heritage of the pastoral industry in two national parks. Assessing its current state of interpretation and management in New South Wales, Rodney Harrison shows that pastoral heritage is more than just 'woolsheds and homesteads', the showpieces of white, male, settler-colonial economies. Pastoral heritage is the product of the mutual histories of Aboriginal and settler Australians. It is a form of heritage that is both in, and a part of the landscape. His 'archaeological' approach to the heritage of the pastoral industry involves both recording sites and revealing attachments to community heritage, demonstrating that writing shared histories and celebrating shared heritage has the creative power to reconcile Aboriginal and settler Australians in powerful and positive ways.

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UNSW Press

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0868405590

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Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism

Essays in Medieval Social History

By: Rodney Hilton

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Class Conflict and the Crisis of Feudalism

Essays in Medieval Social History

By: Rodney Hilton

The conflict between landlords and peasants over the appropriation of the surplus product of the peasant holding was a prime mover in the evolution of medieval society. In this collection of essays Rodney Hilton looks at the economic context within which these conflicts took place. He seeks to explain the considerable variations in the size, composition and management of landed estates and investigates the nature of medieval urbanisation, a consequence of the development of both local commodity production and long distance trade in luxury goods. By setting the broader economic context – the nature of the peasant and landlord economies and the commercialisation of peasant production – Hilton's essays enable a thorough understanding of the relationship between landlords and peasants in medieval society.

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A&C Black

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0826427383

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9780826427380

Young Writer's Guide Book

By: Rodney Martin,hand2mind

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Young Writer's Guide Book

By: Rodney Martin,hand2mind

Hand-On Educational Activities & Materials

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0740627481

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A Scientific Bibliography of the Far Northern Drakensberg

By: Rodney Moffett

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A Scientific Bibliography of the Far Northern Drakensberg

By: Rodney Moffett

This Scientific Bibliography of the “Far Northern Drakensberg” is a continuation by the Afromontane Research Unit of the University of the Free State (ARU) to document published and other similar works on the mountains of the summer rainfall area of South Africa. It follows “A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands” which was published in 2020 (Moffett 2020), and which covered the area between the North-Eastern Cape and the North-Eastern Free State. The current work extends this northward by including articles and publications dating back to 1875 (E.Cohen, on the Lydenburg goldfields) reaching as far as the Wolkberg and Woodbush near Tzaneen in Limpopo Province. Figure 1 shows the boundary of the area covered, and although referred to as the Far Northern Drakensberg in this work, it is identical to that described as the LMEE, Limpopo, Mpumalanga & Eswatini Escarpment by Clarke et al (2022). Although slightly separate from the “lower” escarpment, the mountainous Barberton and adjacent Eswatini area, as well as the Leolo Mountains in eastern Sekhukhuneland are also included. Details on how the boundary in figure 1 was determined are given in Clark et al (2022). Bibliographies on two further ranges in the summer rainfall area, viz. the Magaliesberg in Gauteng province and the Soutpansberg in Limpopo province are to be the subject of future compilations.

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UJ Press

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1776434137

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Day by Day

The Twenties

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

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Day by Day

The Twenties

By: Rodney P. Carlisle

Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, the period from 1920 to 1929 witnessed such momentous events as the crash of the stock market, Prohibition, the Harlem Renaissance, the Scopes "Monkey Trial," and the first feature-length motion picture with a soundtrack. Day by Day: The Twenties is a comprehensive two-volume set presenting a complete, accessible chronology of this pivotal decade. This unique new title documents the major events of the period as they unfolded each day, including the defining social, economic, political, and cultural issues of the time. Comprehensive daily coverage is divided into 10 sections: World Affairs; Europe; Africa and the Middle East; The Americas; Asia and the Pacific; U.S. Politics and Social Issues; U.S. Foreign Policy and Defense; U.S. Economy and Environment; Science, Technology, and Nature; and Culture, Leisure, and Lifestyle.

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0816071837

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9780816071838

The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

By: James Rodney Lundwall

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The Pioneer Heritage of the Miller/Lewis Family

By: James Rodney Lundwall

This book explores the roots of the Miller/Lewis family. From colonial America, the formation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the expultions and forced migrations of the early Mormon saints, to the settlement and development of the state of Utah, we learn who we are by seeing who we were. We also learn what great potential we have, for we have been blessed with a heritage rich in sacrifice, hard work and vision.

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Lulu.com

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1300026219

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9781300026211

EBOOK: Principles of Economics

By: Moore McDowell,Rodney Thom,Ivan Pastine,Robert Frank,Ben Bernanke

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EBOOK: Principles of Economics

By: Moore McDowell,Rodney Thom,Ivan Pastine,Robert Frank,Ben Bernanke

With an accessible approach, the third European edition of Principles of Economics provides students with the tools to analyze current economic issues. The book is underpinned by a focus on seven Core Principles, which help students to make the link between economic theory and practice. The 'economic naturalist' approach, supported by exercises, problems and examples, encourages students to employ economics principles to understand and explain the world around them. Developed from the well-regarded US textbook by Frank and Bernanke, it presents an intuitive approach to economics and is suitable for all students taking a Principles of Economics course.

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McGraw Hill

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007714127X

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A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands

By: Rodney Moffett

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A Scientific Bibliography of the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands

By: Rodney Moffett

This bibliography includes scientific articles on the Drakensberg, Maloti and Adjacent Lowlands published between 1808 and 2019. Although focussing on material appearing in accredited journals, there is such a wealth of information in the form of unpublished, yet traceable, reports, documents, presentations and dissertations, these are also included. The bibliography has two parts – a complete list arranged alphabetically, and the same references arranged in 33 different disciplines. These range from Palaeobotany with 17 entries, to Rock Art with 502 entries.

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UJ Press

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1928424457

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The Landlord's Son

By: Rodney Cam

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The Landlord's Son

By: Rodney Cam

In The Landlord’s Son Rodney gives an insight into his upbringing in the three public houses he shared with his parents, Jack and Joan Cam, and his maternal grandparents Bertie and Florrie Greaves, and later his brother Michael. The book covers Rodney’s formative years, his schooling and his early employment together with a detailed account of the day-to-day running of public houses in the 40s, 50s and 60s. It is a personal recollection of life lived between 1942 and 1967 and highlights the social changes encountered during that time in Yorkshire, and it is quite clear that the changes in his opinion, were not always for the best. All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the British Heart Foundation.

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Paragon Publishing

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1782229256

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Explosive Secrets of Covert CIA Companies

By: Rodney Stich

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Explosive Secrets of Covert CIA Companies

By: Rodney Stich

Several former heads of covert CIA companies provide details to the author, himself a former federal agent, of their covert activities, including drug smuggling, money laundering, secret funding of U.S. politicians.

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Silverpeak Enterprises

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0932438466

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9780932438461

Woody Plants and Woody Plant Management

Ecology: Safety, and Environmental ImPatt

By: Rodney W. Bovey

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Woody Plants and Woody Plant Management

Ecology: Safety, and Environmental ImPatt

By: Rodney W. Bovey

A presentation of strategies for managing woody plants and using research data to select the most appropriate control methods. It analyzes the responses of over 370 North American woody plants to commercially available herbicides. The authors provide methods to manage woody plants that interfere with recreation, watershed yield, animal and plant di

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CRC Press

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1482270560

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9781482270563

Enchanted Looms

Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers

By: Rodney Cotterill

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Enchanted Looms

Conscious Networks in Brains and Computers

By: Rodney Cotterill

This beautifully written 1998 book examining consciousness, and which received high praise in the reviews, is now available in paperback.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521794625

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9780521794626

A Biographical Dictionary of Contributors to the Natural History of the Free State and Lesotho

By: Rodney Moffett

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A Biographical Dictionary of Contributors to the Natural History of the Free State and Lesotho

By: Rodney Moffett

This work briefly records the lives and achievements of 502 men and women who contributed, or are still contributing, to the natural history of the Free State and Lesotho, between 1829 and 2013.

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UJ Press

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1920382356

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9781920382353

Bond Men Made Free

Medieval Peasant Movements and the English Rising of 1381

By: Rodney Hilton

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Bond Men Made Free

Medieval Peasant Movements and the English Rising of 1381

By: Rodney Hilton

Rodney Hilton's account of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 remains the classic authoritative text on the 'English Rising'. Hilton views the revolt in the context of a general European pattern of class conflict. He demonstrates that the peasant movements that disturbed the Middle Ages were not mere unrelated outbreaks of violence but had their roots in common economic and political conditions and in a recurring conflict of interest between peasants and landowners. Now with a new introduction by Christopher Dyer, this survey remains the leading source for students of medieval English peasantry.

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Routledge

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1134374674

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Marxism, Morality, and Social Justice

By: Rodney G. Peffer

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Marxism, Morality, and Social Justice

By: Rodney G. Peffer

The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments. In this book R. G. Peffer tackles the challenges of finding in Marx's work an implicit moral theory, of answering claims that Marxism is incompatible with morality, and of developing the outlines of an adequate Marxist moral and social theory. Peffer analyzes the moral components of Marx's thought and considers all the major interpretations of his moral perspective; he concludes that Marx is a mixed deontologist who is most committed to a maximum system of equal freedoms, both positive and negative. He then utilizes contemporary metaethical theory to show that Marxism is compatible with morality in general and with the concepts of justice and rights in particular. Peffer proposes a radically egalitarian theory of social justice (which subsumes Marx's own moral theory) and a minimal set of Marxist empirical theses, which together entail the Marxist's basic normative political positions. This book demonstrates that contemporary analytic political philosophy is invaluable for coming to terms with Marxism and that it is only Marx's less abstract empirical theories about classes and class struggle, the dysfunctions of capitalism, and the possibility of creating democratic, self-managing postcapitalist societies that are needed for the development of an adequate Marxist moral and social theory. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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140086089X

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Applied Logistic Regression

By: David W. Hosmer, Jr.,Stanley Lemeshow,Rodney X. Sturdivant

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Applied Logistic Regression

By: David W. Hosmer, Jr.,Stanley Lemeshow,Rodney X. Sturdivant

A new edition of the definitive guide to logistic regression modeling for health science and other applications This thoroughly expanded Third Edition provides an easily accessible introduction to the logistic regression (LR) model and highlights the power of this model by examining the relationship between a dichotomous outcome and a set of covariables. Applied Logistic Regression, Third Edition emphasizes applications in the health sciences and handpicks topics that best suit the use of modern statistical software. The book provides readers with state-of-the-art techniques for building, interpreting, and assessing the performance of LR models. New and updated features include: A chapter on the analysis of correlated outcome data A wealth of additional material for topics ranging from Bayesian methods to assessing model fit Rich data sets from real-world studies that demonstrate each method under discussion Detailed examples and interpretation of the presented results as well as exercises throughout Applied Logistic Regression, Third Edition is a must-have guide for professionals and researchers who need to model nominal or ordinal scaled outcome variables in public health, medicine, and the social sciences as well as a wide range of other fields and disciplines.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470582472

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9780470582473

English and French Towns in Feudal Society

A Comparative Study

By: Rodney Howard Hilton

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English and French Towns in Feudal Society

A Comparative Study

By: Rodney Howard Hilton

This is a comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages. In bringing together much material which dissolves old categories and simplifications in the study of medieval towns, Professor Hilton provides an important new perspective on medieval society and on the nature of feudalism. He argues that medieval towns were not, as is often thought, the harbingers of capitalism, and emphasises the way in which urban social structures fitted into, rather than challenged, feudalism.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521484561

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9780521484565

Disavow

Sage of Betrayal

By: Rodney Stich

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Disavow

Sage of Betrayal

By: Rodney Stich

Disavow is the story of a covert CIA company based in Honolulu, some of their covert operations, and the betrayal when the companys cover is exposed. Described to the author by the former titular head of that CIA company.

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