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"When asked about government, young readers are apt to discuss the president or the U.S. Capitol. But they likely overlook state government and local government, the two components of the U.S. government that are most relevant to their lives. In this volume, state and local governments are at the forefront. Readers will learn about the levels of government, what state and local governments are responsible for, the leaders of state and local governments...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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5 online resources (5 video files, 52 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
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English
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Rio, Johannesburg, Caracas, Sao Paulo, Miami are some of the most dangerous cities in the world : drugs, kidnappings, homicides, rival gangs and corrupted police forces are the tough reality of these cities. The public life is almost paralyzed out of fear of being hit by a stray bullet or being kidnapped. How do people face their daily life? What are the measures of the local governments to fight against this shocking reality? This documentary collection...
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The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many others failed. Are Western governments healthy and strong enough to keep their citizens safe from another virulent virus?and protect their economies from collapse? Is global leadership passing from the United States to Asia?and particularly China? The...
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HowExpert
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource
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English
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About the Expert:Michael Cole has been actively engaged in the local political arena both in the foreground and behind the scenes in South East Texas for over twenty years. Familiar with all level of running for government from local elections to state and federal elections, Mr. Cole has been a candidate for office 4 times and helped over 100 local candidates run for and win their elections. Born to a military family at Fort Lewis Army base, politics...
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Independent Institute
Pub. Date
2015.
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1 online resource (400 pages)
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English
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In his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative State. For several decades he has unstintingly chronicled the federal, state, and local governments' malfeasance in these many areas of life that all levels of government have intruded upon without Constitutional mandate. In this book, however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective,...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
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x, 313 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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"An intimate, deeply moving investigation of an underreported phenomenon--the rising number of unclaimed dead in America today--and what it says about the state of our society. For centuries, people who died destitute or alone were buried in potters' fields--a Dickensian end that even the most hard-pressed families tried to avoid. Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up...
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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
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vii, 280 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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The ways in which people of all ages use and obtain that information has changed drastically in recent years: e-book readership has increased, Wikipedia has largely supplanted encyclopedias and reference books, and many people now consume news and media through their smartphones, tablets, and laptops. With digital culture ascendant, it seems counterintuitive to argue that libraries, of all things, are more important than ever. But that is exactly...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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First edition.
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xvii, 267 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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"In AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK, Cullors charts a framework for how everyday activists can effectively fight for an abolitionist present and future. Filled with relatable pedagogy on the history of abolition, a reimagining of what reparations look like forBlack lives and real-life anecdotes from Cullors AN ABOLITIONIST'S HANDBOOK offers a bold, innovative, and humanistic approach to how to be a modern-day abolitionist. Cullors asks us to lead with...
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in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
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xxix, 240 p. ; 25 cm.
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English
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"Americans are in denial, maintains security expert Flynn, about how vulnerable our nation is to disaster, be it terrorist attack or act of God. But what's truly shocking, he argues, is how little we have learned from September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. America is living on borrowed time--and squandering it. Flynn describes how we have become increasingly vulnerable to disaster by grossly neglecting the complex, crumbling infrastructure that provides...
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