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The Myth Of The Level Playing Field
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Author : Jerry Fowler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-11-05
The Myth Of The Level Playing Field written by Jerry Fowler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-05 with Social Science categories.
The Myth of the Level Playing Field examines the idea prevalent in American culture that all Americans have a level playing field and an equal opportunity for success. It describes the essential elements of life in order to decide if there is, indeed, equal access to nutritious, affordable food; to affordable, quality healthcare; top life without risk to safety or liberty; to quality education; to affordable, safe housing; and to legal ways to make a living to support a decent lifestyle. The author, Jerry Fowler, analyzed these elements, pointing out common themes and drawing conclusions and thus recommending changes in public policy, legal philosophy, political behaviors, popular attitudes, personal responsibility, and political ideology. This book offers psychological insights as well as political and economic analysis. Any reader that suspects that the game is rigged will have those suspicions validated. Those who think that all that is required for success is hard work and persistence will come to see the fallacy of this idea. This book will generate discussion and increase awareness of the system's inequities, foster compassion for those less fortunate, and entice them to vote for significant change in American society.
A Level Playing Field
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Author : Rachel Wise
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-09-25
A Level Playing Field written by Rachel Wise and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-25 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Includes an excerpt from "Dear know-it-all: Old story, new twist."
A Level Playing Field
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Author : Gerald L. Early
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-29
A Level Playing Field written by Gerald L. Early and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-29 with Sports & Recreation categories.
As Americans, we believe there ought to be a level playing field for everyone. Even if we don’t expect to finish first, we do expect a fair start. Only in sports have African Americans actually found that elusive level ground. But at the same time, black players offer an ironic perspective on the athlete-hero, for they represent a group historically held to be without social honor. In his first new collection of sports essays since Tuxedo Junction (1989), the noted cultural critic Gerald Early investigates these contradictions as they play out in the sports world and in our deeper attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. Early addresses a half-century of heated cultural issues ranging from integration to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Writing about Jackie Robinson and Curt Flood, he reconstructs pivotal moments in their lives and explains how the culture, politics, and economics of sport turned with them. Taking on the subtexts, racial and otherwise, of the controversy over remarks Rush Limbaugh made about quarterback Donovan McNabb, Early restores the political consequence to an event most commentators at the time approached with predictable bluster. The essays in this book circle around two perennial questions: What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? These essays are based on the Alain Locke lectures at Harvard University’s Du Bois Institute.
The Level Playing Field
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Author : John Kingston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Level Playing Field written by John Kingston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with categories.
Level Playing Fields
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Author : Peter Morris
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Level Playing Fields written by Peter Morris and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Ben-Zion Gold's memoir brings to life the world of a million Jews in pre-World War II Poland who were later destroyed by the Nazis. Warmly recalling the relationships, rituals, observances, and celebrations, Gold evokes the sense of family and faith that helped him through the catastrophe that followed.
Level Playing Fields
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Author : Peter Morris
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04
Level Playing Fields written by Peter Morris and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Most baseball fans want to hear about stellar players and spectacular plays, statistics and storied franchises. Level Playing Fields sheds light on a usually unnoticed facet of the game, introducing fans and historians alike to the real fundamentals of baseball: dirt and grass. In this lively history, Peter Morris demonstrates that many of the game's rules and customs actually arose as concessions to the daunting practical difficulties of creating a baseball diamond. Recovering a nearly lost and decidedly quirky chapter of baseball history, Level Playing Fields tells the engaging story of Tom and Jack Murphy, brothers who made up baseball's first great family of groundskeepers and who played a pivotal role in shaping America's national pastime. Irish immigrants who tirelessly crafted home-field advantages for some of baseball's earliest dynasties, the brothers Murphy were instrumental in developing pitching mounds, permanent spring training sites, and new irrigation techniques, and their careers were touched by such major innovations as tarpaulins and fireproof concrete-and-steel stadiums. Level Playing Fields is a real-life saga involving craftsmanship, resourcefulness, intrigue, and bitter rivalries (including attempted murder!) between such legendary figures as John McGraw, Connie Mack, Honus Wagner, and Ty Cobb. The Murphys' story recreates a forgotten way of life and gives us a sense of why an entire generation of American men found so much meaning in the game of baseball.
Us Financial Regulation And The Level Playing Field
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Author : H. Garten
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2001-01-19
Us Financial Regulation And The Level Playing Field written by H. Garten and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-19 with Political Science categories.
What will deregulation and globalization of financial markets mean for the future of US financial regulation? This book argues that the uniqueness of US regulation derives from its success in promoting four principles of competitive fairness that US players demand from financial markets. The peculiar US notion of a 'level playing field' provides a novel approach to understanding the evolution of US regulation, including recent reform, and to predicting US attitudes toward questions of global financial market supervision.
A Level Playing Field
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Author : Jane Fowler Morse
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
A Level Playing Field written by Jane Fowler Morse and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Education categories.
Examines the legal and political details of school funding reform in New York, Vermont, and Ontario.
A Level Playing Field
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Author : Gerald Lyn Early
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-08-15
A Level Playing Field written by Gerald Lyn Early and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-15 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?
The Myth Of The Level Playing Field
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Author : Jerry Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2016-12-06
The Myth Of The Level Playing Field written by Jerry Fowler and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-06 with Social Science categories.
The Myth of the Level Playing Field examines the idea prevalent in American culture that all Americans have a level playing field and an equal opportunity for success. It describes the essential elements of life in order to decide if there is, indeed, equal access to nutritious, affordable food; to affordable, quality healthcare; top life without risk to safety or liberty; to quality education; to affordable, safe housing; and to legal ways to make a living to support a decent lifestyle. The author, Jerry Fowler, analyzed these elements, pointing out common themes and drawing conclusions and thus recommending changes in public policy, legal philosophy, political behaviors, popular attitudes, personal responsibility, and political ideology. This book offers psychological insights as well as political and economic analysis. Any reader that suspects that the game is rigged will have those suspicions validated. Those who think that all that is required for success is hard work and persistence will come to see the fallacy of this idea. This book will generate discussion and increase awareness of the system’s inequities, foster compassion for those less fortunate, and entice them to vote for significant change in American society.