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Numbered Voices
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Author : Susan Herbst
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1995-08-15
Numbered Voices written by Susan Herbst and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-15 with Political Science categories.
Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appears to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in Numbered Voices, Susan Herbst demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. Exploring the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Herbst shows how numbers served both instrumental and symbolic functions, not only conveying neutral information but creating a basis authority. Addressing how the quantification of public opinion has affected contemporary politics and the democratic process, Herbst asks difficult but fundamental questions about the workings of American politics. "An original and thought-provoking analysis of why we have polls, what they accomplish, and how they affect the current political scene. Herbst's scholarship is impeccable, her writing is clear and crisp, and her findings are original. . . . Every reader will benefit by carefully weighing the issues she raises and the conclusions she draws."—Doris A. Graber, Political Science Quarterly "An intelligent, theoretically rich, and historically broad account of public opinion over several millennia. . . . The historical accounts are interesting and her interpretations are thought-provoking."—Paul Brace, Journal of American History
Numbered Voices
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Author : Susan Herbst
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1995-08-15
Numbered Voices written by Susan Herbst and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-08-15 with Political Science categories.
Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appears to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in Numbered Voices, Susan Herbst demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it. Exploring the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Herbst shows how numbers served both instrumental and symbolic functions, not only conveying neutral information but creating a basis authority. Addressing how the quantification of public opinion has affected contemporary politics and the democratic process, Herbst asks difficult but fundamental questions about the workings of American politics. "An original and thought-provoking analysis of why we have polls, what they accomplish, and how they affect the current political scene. Herbst's scholarship is impeccable, her writing is clear and crisp, and her findings are original. . . . Every reader will benefit by carefully weighing the issues she raises and the conclusions she draws."—Doris A. Graber, Political Science Quarterly "An intelligent, theoretically rich, and historically broad account of public opinion over several millennia. . . . The historical accounts are interesting and her interpretations are thought-provoking."—Paul Brace, Journal of American History
The Voices Of The Numbered
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Author : Allison Ince
language : en
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2019-12-20
The Voices Of The Numbered written by Allison Ince and has been published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-20 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In The Voices of the Numbered, Amelia Rivera (aka Memory) and her friends""Abednego, Ghost, and Tech""find themselves taken by the Elite agents to the Experiment Halls. The Zoeks must find the courage to endure the torturous experiments and horrific brainwashing of the Elite. In her attempt to survive, Memory will come face-to-face with the secrets her father tried to protect her from and the vicious nature of Hidey Jagger.
Our War Too
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Author : Margaret Paton-Walsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Our War Too written by Margaret Paton-Walsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
In the late 1930s, a number of American women—especially those allied with various peace and isolationist groups—protested against the nation's entry into World War II. While their story is fairly well known, Margaret Paton-Walsh reveals a far less familiar story of women who fervently felt that American intervention was absolutely necessary. Paton-Walsh recounts how the United States became involved in the war, but does so through the eyes of American women who faced it as a necessary evil. Covering the period between 1935 and 1941, she examines how these women functioned as political actors-even though they were excluded from positions of power-through activism in women's organizations, informal women's networks, and even male-dominated lobbying groups. In the "Great Debate" over whether America should enter the war, some women favored aid to the Allies not because they hoped for war but because they hoped aid would forestall more direct U.S. involvement-but also because they believed war was preferable to a Nazi victory. Paton-Walsh shows that this activism involved some of the most prominent women of their day. Elizabeth Cutter Morrow-whose son-in-law, Charles Lindbergh, was an isolationist spokesman-supported the revision of the Neutrality Acts to allow the sale of arms to the Allies and expressed her support in a national radio broadcast. Soon other women joined this debate: Esther Brunauer of the AAUW, journalist Dorothy Thompson, and organizations like the League of Women Voters and National Women's Trade Union League broke from the pacifist tradition to advocate American aid for the Allied cause. Focusing on the conflict in Europe, Paton-Walsh shows how these women grasped the implications of the Lend-Lease program for America's entry into the war but supported it nevertheless. By late 1941, the Women's Division of the Fight for Freedom Committee had been established; no longer merely advocating aid to Britain to keep American boys out of battle, this organization supported direct American involvement in the war as a means of stopping Nazi oppression. While most historians have focused on women's pacifism, Paton-Walsh connects women more directly to world events and shows how those interventionists reformulated maternalist ideas to justify and explain their beliefs. Our War Too is a story of American women trying to reconcile the irreconcilable, to preserve both their principles and their peace. It expands our understanding of women as political actors and thinkers about foreign policy as it sheds new light on American public opinion over the build-up to the war.
Politics At The Margin
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Author : Susan Herbst
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-08-26
Politics At The Margin written by Susan Herbst and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-26 with Political Science categories.
This book explores how a variety of historically marginalised groups create their own 'public spheres', parallel to the mainstream public arena. Since such groups have been excluded from conventional public discourse and activity, they build their own infrastructures for opinion formation and expression. The book draws upon theory in sociology, philosophy, political science, and communications in order to understand communication patterns among the politically marginal at different points in history. Three diverse historical case studies (female-operated salons of eighteenth-century Paris, the black press of the 1930s, and the creation of The Masses), and a contemporary analysis of the Libertarian Party, illuminate the experiences of those who live on the fringe of the public sphere. Through synthesis of existing scholarship, and original archival research, Politics at the Margin demonstrates the centrality of political communication to the study of social action.
The Social Divide
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Author : Margaret Weir
language : en
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Release Date : 1998-02-01
The Social Divide written by Margaret Weir and has been published by Brookings Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-01 with Political Science categories.
A Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation publication The extraordinary swings in the scope and content of the policy agenda during the first Clinton administration revealed a fundamental partisan divide over the social role of the federal government. This book argues that the recent conflicts over social policy represent key elements in strategies that parties designed in an attempt to consolidate their hold over the federal government. Long frustrated by divided government, each party exceeded its electoral mandate in hopes of enacting major policy reforms aimed to shift politics in their direction for the foreseeable future. The book traces the overreaching and limited legislative success that characterized the first Clinton administration's approach to three distinctive features of politics and policymaking: the polarization of political elites; the predominance of advertising campaigns and intense interest group politics as political parties have ceased to mobilize ordinary people; and the unprecedented role that budgetary concerns now play in social policymaking. Although neither party managed to enact its major transforming agenda, Congress did pass new policies--most notably welfare reform--that together with a host of other changes in the states and the private sector altered the landscape for social policy. The poor have been the biggest losers as Democrats and Republicans have fought to win the middle class over to their vision of the future. The authors first analyze the institutions and tools of policymaking, including Congress, the political use of public opinion polling, and the politics of the deficit. They then consider policies designed to win over the middle class, including health care policy, employer-provided social benefits, wages and jobs, and crime policy. Last, they address policies targeted at the disadvantaged, including welfare, affirmative action, and urban policy. In addition to the editor, the contributors include John Ferejohn, Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Sha
1603 1623
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Author : Lambeth Palace Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
1603 1623 written by Lambeth Palace Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Great Britain categories.
Historic Brass Society Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Historic Brass Society Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Brass instruments categories.
Arithmetic By Grades For Inductive Teaching Drilling And Testing Numbers From 1 To 100
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Author : John Tilden Prince
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
Arithmetic By Grades For Inductive Teaching Drilling And Testing Numbers From 1 To 100 written by John Tilden Prince and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Arithmetic categories.
Includes arithmetic exercises to instruct student from beginner to advanced.
Range Bearing Estimation And Filtering For Blue Whale Voices
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Author : Toshiaki Tanaka
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Range Bearing Estimation And Filtering For Blue Whale Voices written by Toshiaki Tanaka and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.