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Book Synopsis Neither Liberal nor Conservative by : Donald R. Kinder
Download or read book Neither Liberal nor Conservative written by Donald R. Kinder and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about everything, from terrorism and national security, to taxes and government spending, to immigration and gay marriage. Well, American elites disagree fiercely. But average Americans do not. This, at least, was the position staked out by Philip Converse in his famous essay on belief systems, which drew on surveys carried out during the Eisenhower Era to conclude that most Americans were innocent of ideology. In Neither Liberal nor Conservative, Donald Kinder and Nathan Kalmoe argue that ideological innocence applies nearly as well to the current state of American public opinion. Real liberals and real conservatives are found in impressive numbers only among those who are deeply engaged in political life. The ideological battles between American political elites show up as scattered skirmishes in the general public, if they show up at all. If ideology is out of reach for all but a few who are deeply and seriously engaged in political life, how do Americans decide whom to elect president; whether affirmative action is good or bad? Kinder and Kalmoe offer a persuasive group-centered answer. Political preferences arise less from ideological differences than from the attachments and antagonisms of group life.
Book Synopsis No Good Alternative by : William T. Vollmann
Download or read book No Good Alternative written by William T. Vollmann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 1293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most honest book about climate change yet.” —The Atlantic “The Infinite Jest of climate books.” —The Baffler An eye-opening look at the consequences of coal mining and oil and natural gas production—the second of a two volume work by award-winning author William T. Vollmann on the ideologies of energy production and the causes of climate change The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic book about the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel, but a "heritage." Over the course of four years Vollmann finds hollowed out towns with coal-polluted streams and acidified drinking water; makes covert visits to mountaintop removal mines; and offers documented accounts of unpaid fines for federal health and safety violations and of miners who died because their bosses cut corners to make more money. To write about natural gas, Vollmann journeys to Greeley, Colorado, where he interviews anti-fracking activists, a city planner, and a homeowner with serious health issues from fracking. Turning to oil production, he speaks with, among others, the former CEO of Conoco and a vice president of the Bank of Oklahoma in charge of energy loans, and conducts furtive roadside interviews of guest workers performing oil-related contract labor in the United Arab Emirates. As with its predecessor, No Immediate Danger, this volume seeks to understand and listen, not to lay blame--except in a few corporate and political cases where outrage is clearly due. Vollmann is a carbon burner just like the rest of us; he describes and quantifies his own power use, then looks around him, trying to explain to the future why it was that we went against scientific consensus, continually increasing the demand for electric power and insisting that we had no good alternative.
Book Synopsis Alternative Societies by : Luke Martell
Download or read book Alternative Societies written by Luke Martell and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-02-24 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a wide range of approaches and new strands of economic and social thinking from across the US, Asia, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, this book critically assesses the alternatives to capitalism, learning lessons from them and shows the ways forward with a convincing argument of pluralist socialism.
Book Synopsis Civic Ideology, Organization, and Law in the Rule Scrolls by : Yonder Moynihan Gillihan
Download or read book Civic Ideology, Organization, and Law in the Rule Scrolls written by Yonder Moynihan Gillihan and published by Yonder Moynihan Gillihan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Political Visions & Illusions by : David T. Koyzis
Download or read book Political Visions & Illusions written by David T. Koyzis and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this freshly updated, comprehensive study, political scientist David Koyzis surveys the key political ideologies of our era, unpacking the worldview issues inherent to each and pointing out essential strengths and weaknesses. Writing with broad international perspective, Koyzis is a sensible guide for Christians working in the public square, culture watchers, and all students of modern political thought.
Download or read book Ideology written by Teun A Van Dijk and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1998-02-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definition of ideology continues to occupy scholars across a wide range of disciplines. In this book, Teun A van Dijk sketches a challenging new multidisciplinary framework for theorizing ideology. He defines ideology as the basis of the social representations of a group, its functions in terms of social relations between groups, and its reproduction as enacted by discourse. Contemporary racist discourse is examined to illustrate these ideological relations between cognition, society and discourse.
Book Synopsis Mind And Ideology by : Summer Maclean
Download or read book Mind And Ideology written by Summer Maclean and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers an extensive background to the history, religion, politics, cognitive psychology, and anthropology that explains the behaviour of fanatical political movements and terrorism. This is not a book of theory, but of factual examples. The book examines human nature as it has been demonstrated, tested, and moulded in myriad established cultures and in special environments. The book lets one understand better what is happening in our world today. If a reader seeks a universal explanation or theory, he will need to formulate one himself from the data provided herein.
Download or read book Ideology written by Michael Freeden and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, inciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking, without which we cannot make sense of the political world. The reader is introduced to their vitality and force, utilizing insights from a range of disciplines, and through examining the arguments of the main ideologies.
Book Synopsis Statecraft as Soulcraft by : George F. Will
Download or read book Statecraft as Soulcraft written by George F. Will and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1984-05-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George F. Will purports that the proper goals of statecraft, are justice, social cohesion, and national strength. Therefore, he urges the development of a "conservatism with a kindly face," capable of respecting private enterprise and at the same time espousing "an affirmative doctrine of the welfare state," which Will sees as "an embodiment of the wholesome ethic of common provision." Proper government involves the cultivation of good character in citizens. This is what is meant by statecraft as soulcraft.
Book Synopsis Conflicting Ideologies in Political Economy by : Philip L. Beardsley
Download or read book Conflicting Ideologies in Political Economy written by Philip L. Beardsley and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1981-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflicting Ideologies In Political Economy investigates the prospects for synthesizing the liberal and the Marxist view of the American political economy. Beardsley reviews these conflicting analyses, makes recommendations for an alternative system, and offers outlooks on means of change. This book is the companion volume to Beardsley's Redefining Rigor, also from SAGE.
Book Synopsis Public Administration Reformation by : Yogesh K. Dwivedi
Download or read book Public Administration Reformation written by Yogesh K. Dwivedi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an attempt to instil trust in their performance, credibility, integrity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and good governance, many public organizations are in effect viewing tax-paying citizens as consumers. Little research exists to explore synergies between the market economy, public administration reformation, and their complex bilateral effects. This book takes a timely look at the heightened need for public administration reform as a result of the economic challenges currently faced by nations across the globe. In particular it explores the roles of eGovernment and a citizen-centric focus in this transformation. Public Administration Reform examines several commonly-held assumptions about public administration: the public sector is slow and bureaucratic; government employees are frequently disengaged; and government agencies are sometimes wasteful. eGovernment is proposed as a key tool in the improvement of both public services and reputations of public organizations.
Download or read book Educating Reason written by Harvey Siegel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1988. The critical thinking movement is increasingly important in the philosophy of education. Beginning from the generally accepted view that children should be taught to reason, not simply to repeat what they have been told, it tries to establish whether it is in fact possible to teach children a set of skills which add up to thinking. Siegel here examines three major conceptions of critical thinking and then puts forward his own definition of the critical thinker as one who is appropriately moved by reasons'. He argues that critical thinking is a fundamental educational ideal, and defends the ideal against charges of indoctrination. Chapters on science education and minimum competency testing highlight its practical implications for education policy and curriculum. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of education and philosophy.
Book Synopsis Rising to Second Freedom by : Nixon Fernando
Download or read book Rising to Second Freedom written by Nixon Fernando and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If at any time you have looked upon the happenings in India with deep anguish and longed for solutions this book is for you. It brings together a set of timeless ancient ideas that have worked wonders when they were properly applied in the past; these ideas have been re-interpreted for the present India. The book also gives an action plan for the villages of India to journey into freedom through their own village self-initiative. In the search for a socio-political-economic solution for the difficult challenges faced by India the book delves into spiritualism and tradition without losing sight of scientific principles. This harmonizing between science and spirituality is unique about the book. Over all, the book seeks to inform Team India about the opportunities available for realizing India’s best potentials. A revolution must happen in the villages of India. The governments of independent India, in their sincere but misplaced attempts at doing welfare for the villages, have been stifling village life, killing village initiatives, and muting village self-expression. They did not lack good intention but they did lack the conviction to implement Gandhian ideas. It is high time for the citizens in the villages to dispel the ignorance, to take initiative, and work in teams to unleash their potentials. When villages rise, India will transform. And surely they will because the answers emerge from Gandhiji’s vision, from the successful ‘village republics’ described in the Uttaramerur inscriptions and from the various present day successful village revolutions that have dotted the length and breadth of India. India has had an uninterrupted civilisation for at least five thousand years. This is partly because our ancient wise have taught us to raise ourselves to excellence and freedom. The freedom the ancients talk about is not limited to the freedom the nation achieved at Independence. It is about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is flavoured by a deep self-understanding. It is about doing duties rather than asking for rights. And there is historical evidence to suggest that when this duty bound excellence manifested in the actions of the temporal powers, then under those temporal powers common people rose to excellence, happiness and prosperity. In this time and age, all those wielding power be it in their homes, workplaces, communities or government, must understand how these levers turn. Understanding duty bound excellence as encoded in dharma will make India rise to be the thought leader of the 21st century. His perspectives on the various aspects of Hinduism are well presented, and he makes a convincing case for the reader to pay heed to the intellectual giants of ancient India. In my view, this is an excellent book, and very briefly, it is a great tribute to Hinduism. - T.N. Seshan (IAS), Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Chennai, Feb 2013 This book is a very valuable contribution by Mr Nixon Fernando to remove the apathy and indifference with which those in power look at development issues. - Dr. Lalitha Ramamurthi, Chairperson, Gandhi Peace Foundation, Chennai. Nixon’s methods of drawing secular but spiritual wisdom from the works of the wise is sure to benefit serious thinkers and light up the path ahead a little more. - Prof. Bala V. Balachandran, Founder and Dean, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India Distinguished Professor (Emeritus in service) Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Book Synopsis The Business of Psychotherapy by : Robert L. Barker
Download or read book The Business of Psychotherapy written by Robert L. Barker and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1982-09-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Business of Psychotherapy
Book Synopsis Corporatist Ideology in Kemalist Turkey by : Taha Parla
Download or read book Corporatist Ideology in Kemalist Turkey written by Taha Parla and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an informed analysis of the ideological content of Kemalismthe name given to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's party's political thought and practiceand the persistently official and semi-official, hegemonic ideology of the Turkish Republic, formally founded in 1923. Through a textual and contextual analysis of Kemalism in Atatürk's speeches and the official documents of the ruling Republican People's Party, Taha Parla and Andrew Davison offer fresh interpretations of the political, economic, social, and cultural goals of the Kemalist version of Turkish nationalism. They also provide an astute analysis of the power and authority that Atatürk and his colleagues believed were necessary to achieve their implementation, and of the institutions created in that process. Kemalism as a democratizing and secularizing framework for modern governance is debated by illuminating Kemalism's emphatic and self-conscious, corporatist ideological core. The authors show how Kemalism's conceptions of society, national identity, the relationship between the state and Islam, and other fundamental political dynamics require a rethinking of its democratic, secular, and modernist reputation, and its prospects for, and barriers to, a more democratic Turkey within the Kemalist legacy.
Book Synopsis Devils and Angels by : Eoin Devereux
Download or read book Devils and Angels written by Eoin Devereux and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring how television tells stories about poverty in ideological ways, Devils and Angels examines how poverty is explained on factual, fictional, and fund-raising television.
Book Synopsis Journal of Northwest Anthropology by : Roderick Sprague
Download or read book Journal of Northwest Anthropology written by Roderick Sprague and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medicine Crossing: Representing Native American Lived Experience - Benedict J. Colombi Evidence for Thermal Preconditioning in Patinated Basaltic Chipped Stone Artifacts -Edward F. Bakewell Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 56th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Bellingham, 19-22 March 2003 Barnacles: Fed Up with Being Unappreciated; First Prize Student Paper 56th Northwest Anthropological Conference - Keturah Huber and Jade Sommer Northern Exposure: A Site for Hegemonic Struggle? Second Prize Student Paper 56th Northwest Anthropological Conference - Jennifer C. Gatzke Sea-Level History and the Archaeology of the Northern Oregon Coast: A Case Study from Netarts Bay - Robert J. Losey
