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Why do we hold the political views that we do We often dwell on the self-interest of opponents, yet seldom reflect on our own. Considering five contemporary worldviews, Thomas Prosser argues that our views tend to satisfy self-interest. Paradoxically, awareness of self-interest makes us more reflective, allowing us to see humanity in adversaries.

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From the much-loved, witty and excoriating voice of journalist Nick Cohen, a powerful and irreverent dissection of the agonies, idiocies and compromises of mainstream liberal thought.

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Focusing on the educational system in the United Kingdom, this book offers lessons of international applicability. Offering a compendium on education policy and its impact on educational attainment, it examines numerous large-scale data sources on individual pupils and schools.

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With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on the 'thirty-year backlash' - the common man's revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment.

Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, Frank describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union.

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Addicts are generally regarded with either pity or grave disapproval. But is being addicted to something necessarily bad Challenging conventional accounts of addiction, this book aims to show that most ideas about addiction take certain ideals of health and normality for granted.

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Come along with Georgetta as she tries to get through her first day of school. She'll need your help along with all of her friends and Mrs. Wheat, the sweetest teacher you'll ever meet, Georgetta will learn how to calm herself and not let her anger get in the way.

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Maureen Ramsay provides an accessible and comprehensive critique of the key concepts that underpin liberal political philosophy.

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Examines career patterns in American journalism. This book is designed as a series of self-contained essays, each concentrating on one characteristic, such as age, gender, or place of employment, including newspapers, television networks, wire services, and niche publications.

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The trauma of losing a sibling when we are in our adult years is one of the most unrecognized areas of psychology. This book explores the unique connections we have with brothers and sisters and describes the trauma of losing a sibling as an adult. It includes interviews with psychologists and counsellors who specialize in bereavement issues.

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Few women will experience a secure retirement. Marriage, education, occupation, home ownership - these variables predict their future. Possession of all four indicates retirement security, and absence of any increases risk of old-age poverty.

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Fewer than 20% of Baby Boom women will experience a secure retirement.

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Since the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults - a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world. This book explains how we got into the trap and how we can get out of it: to cut both crime and the prison population.

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This perspective on Congressional debating, derived from the theoretical work of Mikhail Bakhtin, argues against several often unvoiced assumptions: that such debating is tedious and inconsequential; that debates are inherently bipolar; and that they are "finalizable".

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Examines the new conventional wisdom about federal grants. Through documentary research and hundreds of interviews with local, state, and federal administrators and elected officials, the authors consider the implementation and operation of federal programs for education, health care, and housing in four urban areas to learn which programs worked, when, and why.

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Explores the warning signs and motivations for murders committed by teenagers with no history of violence. The author asserts that understanding these patterns of behaviour can lead to a less violent society in the future.

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Marxist research-relevant assumptions about epistemology, methodology, and science are scrutinized along with how each of the various Marxist groups goes about conducting research in terms of contemporary social science norms.

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Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap.

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Glaser presents profiles and interviews with women across the country who have found success on their own terms and offers these empowered people as updated role models.