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Author : John G. Matsusaka
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226510816
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book For the Many Or the Few written by John G. Matsusaka and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Author : John G. Matsusaka
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226510875
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book For the Many or the Few written by John G. Matsusaka and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Direct democracy is alive and well in the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's For the Many or the Few provides the first even-handed and historically based treatment of the subject. Drawing upon a century of evidence, Matsusaka argues against the popular belief that initiative measures are influenced by wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. Examining demographic, political, and opinion data, he demonstrates how the initiative process brings about systematic changes in tax and expenditure policies of state and local governments that are generally supported by the citizens. He concludes that, by and large, direct democracy in the form of the initiative process works for the benefit of the many rather than the few. An unprecedented, comprehensive look at the historical, empirical, and theoretical components of how initiatives function within our representative democracy to increase political competition while avoiding the tyranny of the majority, For the Many or the Few is a most timely and definitive work.
Author : Hilda Sábato
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804739443
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Many and the Few written by Hilda Sábato and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the relationship between the many and the few in the formation of a republican polity. It studies the case of Buenos Aires in the 1860s and 1870s, when the inauguration of a new national order in Argentina entailed a radical change in the ways of power. By exploring the different forms of participation of the people in the public life of the city, it illuminates a frequently neglected side of the process of construction and legitimization of political power in nineteenth-century Latin American societies. It also provides new historical evidence on the origins of democracy in Argentina, and proposes an interpretation of that process that challenges prevailing views. The book focuses on two major topics: the history of elections and electoral practices, and the creation and development of a public sphere. Its detailed, and often colorful, description of electoral procedures portrays a dynamic and competitive political life that contradicts traditional interpretations of the history of citizenship in Argentina. The author also argues that elections were not the only major element in the relationship between the many and the few, that these decades witnessed the formation of a public sphere: a space of mediation between civil society and the political realm, where different groups voiced their opinions and directly represented their claims. She studies three aspects of the life of the city that were symptoms of this process: the proliferation of associations, the expansion of the periodical press, and the development of a "culture of mobilization. The book concludes by assessing how its conclusions offer new clues to the study of the Argentine political system, the history of Latin American democracies, and, more generally, the relations between the many and the few in modern societies.
Author : Eric Carlton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351889796
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Few and the Many written by Eric Carlton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social scientists are concerned with élites of many kinds - bureaucracies, military oligarchies, political leaders and the like. The study of élites is frequently characterised by a certain suspicion, and the tone of the enquirer’s description and discussion of such groups is often sceptical if not actually hostile. While not simply an attempt to redress the balance, this book is intended to provide the reader with a fair idea of the nature and variety of élites and to offer some explanantions as to why societies over a remarkably wide range of time, space and economic development have evolved a structure in which a small group exercises a disproportionate power over the great mass of their fellows. The first section deals with theoretical approaches to élites and élitism, summarising and criticising work from Plato and Weber, Popper, Scruton and Bottomore. The second section consists of a number of historical and contemporary case studies, ranging from Classical Athens to late twentieth-century Western society, which individually and in combination illustrate and amplify the theoretical material. The final section draws together the main arguments in the form of a critique and conclusions.
Author : Stephanie Parker-Weaver
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465340629
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Rebirth: A Breast Cancer Journey of Many; Survival of Few written by Stephanie Parker-Weaver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A FACTUAL, TRUE ACCOUNT OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST’S LIFE STORY TOLD FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE BATTLEFIELDS IN MISSISSIPPI. WHEN THE BATTLE CHANGES FROM FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS TO FIGHTING TO SAVE HER OWN LIFE AGAINST BREAST CANCER, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND FAITH END UP ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH ONLY ONE OUTCOME: LIFE OR DEATH. Book Reviews I urge everyone who wants an inspired account of God's unending love for his children to read this book. Stephanie has witnessed for justice, and spoken truth to power through many dangers, toils and snares, always trusting God to see her through. Now, she tells how God moves in mysterious ways to see her through another kind of peril. Her strong faith will be a blessing! - Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery “Dean” of the Civil Rights Movement President Emeritus, SCLC Former Chairman, Black Leadership Forum Delivered Benediction at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration Stephanie’s life is one of courage and commitment. Here is a story of standing your ground and fighting for our future. This book is a gift to all... - Benjamin Todd Jealous President and CEO, NAACP Intense, as well as therapeutic. Stephanie’s story puts life in perspective for folks. - Dorothy T. Terry, Ph.D Former High School English Teacher of Author This book goes to the core of the reader’s total consciousness about any experience, either personal or vicarious, with any form of cancer. Stephanie Parker-Weaver bares her soul and opens a window for the rest of us to see how a true survivor copes with trauma after trauma. This is a lesson for each of us who reads her book. She is deliberate in writing in such a manner that her own struggle is under-played while she educates the rest of us about the Her2 gene. REBIRTH: A Breast Cancer Journey of Many; Survival of Few, written in Stephanie’s own inimitable style, is one more piece of herself—one more gift—that Stephanie shares with others. - Corinne Williams Anderson, Ed.D. Senior Technical Adviser, Liberian Teacher Training Program; former Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, Tougaloo College President, American Association of University Women, Jackson Branch President, Central MS Chapter of Nat’l Coalition of 100 Black Women Past President, National Federation of Democratic Women Third Edition
Author : Robert B. Reich
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385350589
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Saving Capitalism written by Robert B. Reich and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Aftershock and The Work of Nations, his most important book to date—a myth-shattering breakdown of how the economic system that helped make America so strong is now failing us, and what it will take to fix it. Perhaps no one is better acquainted with the intersection of economics and politics than Robert B. Reich, and now he reveals how power and influence have created a new American oligarchy, a shrinking middle class, and the greatest income inequality and wealth disparity in eighty years. He makes clear how centrally problematic our veneration of the “free market” is, and how it has masked the power of moneyed interests to tilt the market to their benefit. Reich exposes the falsehoods that have been bolstered by the corruption of our democracy by huge corporations and the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street: that all workers are paid what they’re “worth,” that a higher minimum wage equals fewer jobs, and that corporations must serve shareholders before employees. He shows that the critical choices ahead are not about the size of government but about who government is for: that we must choose not between a free market and “big” government but between a market organized for broadly based prosperity and one designed to deliver the most gains to the top. Ever the pragmatist, ever the optimist, Reich sees hope for reversing our slide toward inequality and diminished opportunity when we shore up the countervailing power of everyone else. Passionate yet practical, sweeping yet exactingly argued, Saving Capitalism is a revelatory indictment of our economic status quo and an empowering call to civic action.
Author : Few words
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Few words on many subjects, grave and light, by a recluse written by Few words and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Antonio Giuffrida
Publisher : Inter-American Development Bank
ISBN 13 : 1597820733
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)
Download or read book From Few to Many written by Antonio Giuffrida and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Few to Many is the first comprehensive look at Colombia's 1993 health system reforms. It describes the implementation of universal health insurance, including a subsidized system for the poor, and examines the impact of this and other reforms during a time when Colombia experienced crushing recession and internal conflict that displaced half a million people. Prior to the reforms, a quarter of the Colombian population had health insurance. Subsidies failed to reach the poor, who were vulnerable to catastrophic financial consequences of illness. Yet by 2008, 85 percent of the population benefited from health insurance. From Few to Many describes the challenges and benefits of implementing social health reforms in a developing country, exploring health care financing, institutional reform, the effects of political will on health care, and more. The reforms have provided important lessons not only for continued reform in Colombia, but also for other nations facing similar challenges.
Author : Ash Amin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Cities for the Many Not the Few written by Ash Amin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are the focus of much of our national life. So it is right that cities are a focus of government policy, after many years of neglect. However, New Labour policy on cities (still in the making) lacks a framing vision of:what cities are forwho they are forwhat kinds of societies they might most democratically embody.Cities for the many not the few reflects on the development of policy towards cities so far, by asking some of the bigger questions about how we might imagine cities in this new century.The authors question the belief that the future of cities lies in just the knowledge economy. Further, they claim that current government thoughts on who should make decisions in cities lacks an overall conception of 'urban citizenship'.The case is argued for a strategy that seeks empowerment across the social spectrum, which feels comfortable with the reconstruction of cities as plural and open.Cities for the many not the few is essential reading for researchers, practitioners and activists interested in the future of urban life.
Author : Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Lacon: or, Many things in few words written by Charles Caleb Colton and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rev. Caleb Charles Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words written by Rev. Caleb Charles Colton and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words written by Charles Caleb Colton and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Caleb Colton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Lacon: or, Many things in few words; addressed to those who think written by Charles Caleb Colton and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Caleb COLTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Lacon: or Many things in few words ... Tenth edition written by Charles Caleb COLTON and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wayne Dunaway
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1619964368
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Heaven: Where Few Are Many written by Wayne Dunaway and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you've always wanted to know about Heaven...almost - Will only a few people go to Heaven? - Can "few" be "many"? - Does God mean what He says about who is going to Heaven? - Can God extend clemency to some if He pleases? - Can Jesus judge people based on what they would have done if their circumstances had been different? - Can Jesus let one go to Heaven if he prepares his heart to seek God, even though he does things contrary to what God has written? - Should Christians fear the Judgment Day? - Will believers be judged for their sins? - When I get to Heaven will I be me? - Will I recognize my relatives and friends? - Will all earthly relationships be dissolved in Heaven? - Will there be sex in Heaven? - Will there be rewards for Christian service? - What are the rewards? - What will we do in Heaven? - Will a righteous person just barely make it to Heaven? Explore these and other questions that many believers have always wondered about- and some still do! Wayne Dunaway has been a serious student of the Bible for over forty years. He is a Preacher, Motivational Speaker, Humorist, and Author. His books include A Journey with Jonah and The Lord's Friend in a Lion's Den. He has a unique way of speaking and writing which will be evident when you read his books.
Author : Abb Landis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Life Insurance written by Abb Landis and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Warren F. Ilchman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253111180
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (111 download)
Download or read book The Lucky Few and the Worthy Many written by Warren F. Ilchman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-11-03 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although winning a major competitive scholarship, such as the Rhodes or Marshall, is a strong marker for later success, there has been little serious research on how these scholarships are given and how the process could be improved. This book, the fruits of a discussion on "strengthening nationally and internationally competitive scholarships," presents studies that address issues of identifying leadership and creativity in the young, analyze alternative methods of selection, make suggestions for the proper evaluation of scholarship programs, and look at the backgrounds of American Rhodes Scholars. An introduction by the editors provides an overview of the issues. Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies -- Dwight F. Burlingame and David C. Hammack, editors
