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The principle of the separation of powers has been subject to much recent controversy. This book criticizes the various challenges raised by legal, political, public policy, and management theorists. It revisits the classic normative background of the principle and offers a novel justification of it, grounding it in analytical political theory.

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Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the relationship between pragmatism and politics. In The Priority of Democracy, Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore the subject and make a strong case for adopting a pragmatist approach to democratic politics--and fo

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The Prison Path: School Practices that Hurt Our Youth takes a unique and unapologetic look into the practices, social norms, construction, and policies within our schools that mirror prisons. From the physical building to the labeling and placement of special education student...

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Gripping and inspirational stories from one of Britain's most renowned prisons

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The Prisoners' World seeks to make the 'prisoners' voice' come alive for regular college classroom students via author narrative essays as well as over sixty prisoner essays that shed light into prisoner experiences in California and Michigan penitentiaries.

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Mary Moore Free presents a new perspective on the literature of aging with her study of the rich, old, cognitively intact, powerful, formally retired, elite elders whose needs do not include nursing care.

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This book deals with the problem of freedom and identity in educational theories as they are reinterpreted in the critical perspective of postmodern social theory and postsocialist political openness.

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The Problem of Natural Law examines the understanding of conscience offered by Thomas Aquinas, who provided the classic statement of natural law. The book suggests that natural law theory could be improved by bracketing Thomistic conscience and then shows how a natural law pos...

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Based upon analysis of existing theoretical literature and current political practice, this book addresses both the use of marketing and its impact upon democracy.

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Based upon analysis of existing theoretical literature and current political practice, this book addresses both the use of marketing and its impact upon democracy.

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Exploring both the systemic and political levels of the system, Sorenson argues that the United States will fall behind if the current defense acquisition system is not reformed.

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"Based on an exploration of the total mass of executive and legislative records for the years 1801-1809--something no other scholar has attempted--this thoroughly documented account describes the machinery and operation of the presidential office, the Cabinet, the departments, and other offices and commissions in the executive branch. It also expla

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Drawing on extensive archival records and oral history interviews, this book is the first comprehensive study of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), and their personnel, the European civil servants.

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The ninth book in the IBM Endowment Series on the Business of Government, "The Procurement Revolution" continues the tradition of timely and vital information dissemination the series has come to stand for.

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The role of the Foreign Service Officer of the United States altered radically during and after World War II. John Harr, who served as a staff member of the Commission on Foreign Affairs Personnel in 1962 and as Director of the Office of Management Planning in the State Department for four years, describes the changes and the response of the Foreig

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This volume provides practical information concerning the functions of professional psychologists, the settings in which they work, and legal, ethical, and insurance issues affecting professional practice.