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Book Synopsis The Performative State by : Iza Yue Ding
Download or read book The Performative State written by Iza Yue Ding and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance—performative governance. Iza Ding unpacks the black box of street-level bureaucracy in China through ethnographic participation, in-depth interviews, and public opinion surveys. She demonstrates in vivid detail how China's environmental bureaucrats deal with intense public scrutiny over pollution when they lack the authority to actually improve the physical environment. They assuage public outrage by appearing responsive, benevolent, and humble. But performative governance is hard work. Environmental bureaucrats paradoxically work themselves to exhaustion even when they cannot effectively implement environmental policies. Instead of achieving "performance legitimacy" by delivering material improvements, the state can shape public opinion through the theatrical performance of goodwill and sincere effort. The Performative State also explains when performative governance fails at impressing its audience and when governance becomes less performative and more substantive. Ding focuses on Chinese evidence but her theory travels: comparisons with Vietnam and the United States show that all states, democratic and authoritarian alike, engage in performative governance.
Book Synopsis Medicolegal Death Investigation System by : Institute of Medicine
Download or read book Medicolegal Death Investigation System written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-08-22 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of The National Academies to conduct a workshop that would examine the interface of the medicolegal death investigation system and the criminal justice system. NIJ was particularly interested in a workshop in which speakers would highlight not only the status and needs of the medicolegal death investigation system as currently administered by medical examiners and coroners but also its potential to meet emerging issues facing contemporary society in America. Additionally, the workshop was to highlight priority areas for a potential IOM study on this topic. To achieve those goals, IOM constituted the Committee for the Workshop on the Medicolegal Death Investigation System, which developed a workshop that focused on the role of the medical examiner and coroner death investigation system and its promise for improving both the criminal justice system and the public health and health care systems, and their ability to respond to terrorist threats and events. Six panels were formed to highlight different aspects of the medicolegal death investigation system, including ways to improve it and expand it beyond its traditional response and meet growing demands and challenges. This report summarizes the Workshop presentations and discussions that followed them.
Book Synopsis Women Under Scrutiny by : Randy Susan Meyers
Download or read book Women Under Scrutiny written by Randy Susan Meyers and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women Under Scrutiny is an honest, intimate examination of the relationships we have with our bodies, hair, and faces, how we've been treated by the world based on our appearance-and how we have treated others. The women who created the serious, humorous, and courageous work in this anthology-women ages seventeen to seventy-six-represent an array of cultures and religions from across the United States. They are an extraordinary group of women who all share one thing: the ability to tell the truth.Women Under Scrutiny grew out of Randy Susan Meyers' new novel, Waisted, the story of two women who torture themselves and are brutalized by others around weight issues, who get caught in the war against women, disguised as a war against fat.¿"Meyers exquisitely explores body image, family, and marriage in this surprisingly deep novel. . . she dips into major issues of race, culture, obsession, and sisterhood. Taking on the timely topic of how a woman is perceived in today's society, she twists it into how far women will go to be what society deems right, and at what cost-a marriage, a family obligation, a personal goal?"- Booklist (about Waisted: A Novel)
Author :United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :348 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States: Report on Japanese activities by : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
Download or read book Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States: Report on Japanese activities written by United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1346 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (31 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of the Attorney General by : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General
Download or read book Investigation of the Attorney General written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :362 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Medicaid Program Investigation by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Download or read book Medicaid Program Investigation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis United States Code by : United States
Download or read book United States Code written by United States and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The United States Code is the official codification of the general and permanent laws of the United States of America. The Code was first published in 1926, and a new edition of the code has been published every six years since 1934. The 2012 edition of the Code incorporates laws enacted through the One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, the last of which was signed by the President on January 15, 2013. It does not include laws of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, enacted between January 2, 2013, the date it convened, and January 15, 2013. By statutory authority this edition may be cited "U.S.C. 2012 ed." As adopted in 1926, the Code established prima facie the general and permanent laws of the United States. The underlying statutes reprinted in the Code remained in effect and controlled over the Code in case of any discrepancy. In 1947, Congress began enacting individual titles of the Code into positive law. When a title is enacted into positive law, the underlying statutes are repealed and the title then becomes legal evidence of the law. Currently, 26 of the 51 titles in the Code have been so enacted. These are identified in the table of titles near the beginning of each volume. The Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives continues to prepare legislation pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 285b to enact the remainder of the Code, on a title-by-title basis, into positive law. The 2012 edition of the Code was prepared and published under the supervision of Ralph V. Seep, Law Revision Counsel. Grateful acknowledgment is made of the contributions by all who helped in this work, particularly the staffs of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and the Government Printing Office"--Preface.
Book Synopsis How the States Shaped the Nation by : Melanie Jean Springer
Download or read book How the States Shaped the Nation written by Melanie Jean Springer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States routinely has one of the lowest voter turnout rates of any developed democracy in the world. That rate is also among the most internally diverse, since the federal structure allows state-level variations in voting institutions that have had—and continue to have—sizable local effects. But are expansive institutional efforts like mail-in registration, longer poll hours, and “no-excuse” absentee voting uniformly effective in improving voter turnout across states? With How the States Shaped the Nation, Melanie Jean Springer places contemporary reforms in historical context and systematically explores how state electoral institutions have been instrumental in shaping voting behavior throughout the twentieth century. Although reformers often assume that more convenient voting procedures will produce equivalent effects wherever they are implemented, Springer reveals that this is not the case. In fact, convenience-voting methods have had almost no effect in the southern states where turnout rates are lowest. In contrast, the adverse effects associated with restrictive institutions like poll taxes and literacy tests have been persistent and dramatic. Ultimately, Springer argues, no single institutional fix will uniformly resolve problems of low or unequal participation. If we want to reliably increase national voter turnout rates, we must explore how states’ voting histories differ and better understand the role of political and geographical context in shaping institutional effects.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :512 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (32 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States by : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
Download or read book Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Financial Position of the White County Bridge Commission Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :337 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (853 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of the White County Bridge Commission by : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Financial Position of the White County Bridge Commission
Download or read book Investigation of the White County Bridge Commission written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Financial Position of the White County Bridge Commission and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates White County Bridge Commission, Carmi, Ill., alleged financial improprieties. Focuses on GAO investigation results. Feb. 13 hearing was held in New Harmony, Ind.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :1744 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States by : United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
Download or read book Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944) and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. Subcommittee on Governmental Organization for Space Activities Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :798 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (17 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Governmental Organization for Space Activities by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. Subcommittee on Governmental Organization for Space Activities
Download or read book Investigation of Governmental Organization for Space Activities written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. Subcommittee on Governmental Organization for Space Activities and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews space program administration and coordination by NASA and DOD. Focuses on differing roles of NASA and DOD in the development of a space program. Includes report "Interdepartmental Coordination in the Federal Administration of Scientific and Technological Functions" by the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress, 1959 (p. 661-745).
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :254 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of the Attorney General by : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General
Download or read book Investigation of the Attorney General written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Investigation of the Attorney General and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Crime Investigation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :950 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (853 download)
Book Synopsis Investigation of Crime Conditions by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Crime Investigation
Download or read book Investigation of Crime Conditions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Crime Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States by : National Research Council
Download or read book Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
Book Synopsis Constitutional Construction by : Keith E. Whittington
Download or read book Constitutional Construction written by Keith E. Whittington and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect, on which legal scholars have focused, is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and externally enforced by the courts against government actors. This is the process of constitutional interpretation. But according to Keith Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy. In so doing, it is also dependent on political actors, both to formulate authoritative constitutional requirements and to enforce those fundamental settlements in the future. Whittington characterizes this process, by which constitutional meaning is shaped within politics at the same time that politics is shaped by the Constitution, as one of construction as opposed to interpretation. Whittington goes on to argue that ambiguities in the constitutional text and changes in the political situation push political actors to construct their own constitutional understanding. The construction of constitutional meaning is a necessary part of the political process and a regular part of our nation's history, how a democracy lives with a written constitution. The Constitution both binds and empowers government officials. Whittington develops his argument through intensive analysis of four important cases: the impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson, the nullification crisis, and reforms of presidential-congressional relations during the Nixon presidency.
Book Synopsis Using Your Money Wisely by : Larry Burkett
Download or read book Using Your Money Wisely written by Larry Burkett and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1990-06-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 80 percent of all divorced couples between the ages of 20 and 30 list financial difficulties as the primary cause of their separation. Even some of the most dedicated Christians are facing the perils of bankruptcy and overextended credit. We are seeing just some of the effects of living in a materialistic society. Larry Burkett, renowned for his Christian Financial Concepts ministry, dedicated himself to helping people understand what the Scripture says about finances. Through a series of outstanding articles taken from CFC newsletters, Using Your Money Wisely clearly demonstrates God’s principles for prudent money management
