Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy, Mettler Suzanne, Lieberman Robert C.
Автор: Daniel Mettler, Daniel Studer Название: Construction: Manual ISBN: 3035622264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783035622263 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 41750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
People involved in architecture need to be familiar with construction methods in order to be in control of their designs. New technical requirements impact on our buildings and call for up-to-date specialist knowledge, which leads to new forms of architecture.
This handbook uses clearly comprehensible 3D isometric diagrams to introduce the world of contemporary construction, from concept through to the detail; photographs are used to illustrate the content.
The three main chapters deal with the structure, the building envelope, and the fit-out, starting with a clear introduction to the construction principles of modern building methods. Using drawings of selected built examples at scales of 1:10 and 1:20, a deeper examination of details is possible.
Автор: Mettler Suzanne, Lieberman Robert C. Название: Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy ISBN: 1250244420 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250244420 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Рейтинг: Цена: 17770.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: An urgent, historically-grounded take on the four major factors that undermine American democracy, and what we can do to address them.
Автор: Lieberman Robert C., Mettler Suzanne, Roberts Kenneth M. Название: Democratic Resilience ISBN: 1108834108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108834100 Издательство: Cambridge University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 173270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Social and political polarization has posed novel challenges to U.S. democracy in recent years. Democratic Resilience examines the effects of polarization on democratic institutions and political behavior, exploring the sources of democratic resilience that can stabilize and protect the democratic order in the years ahead.
Автор: By Ibrahim Alkatout, By Liselotte Mettler Название: Practical Manual for Laparoscopic & Hysteroscopic Gynecological Surgery ISBN: 9352701941 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789352701940 Издательство: JayPee Brothers India Рейтинг: Цена: 127070.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A unique guide to operative decision-making techniques in female endoscopic pelvic surgery, this new edition is a landmark in gynaecological endoscopy. The book is divided into basics and anatomical aspects of endoscopic surgery; specific gynecological laparoscopic procedures; specific hysteroscopic procedures; and complications in surgery.
Автор: Mettler Suzanne Название: The Government-Citizen Disconnect ISBN: 087154668X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780871546685 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27540.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Americans' relationship to the federal government is paradoxical. Polls show that public opinion regarding the government has plummeted to all-time lows, with only one in five saying they trust the government or believe that it operates in their interest. Yet, at the same time, more Americans than ever benefit from some form of government social provision. Political scientist Suzanne Mettler calls this growing gulf between people's perceptions of government and the actual role it plays in their lives the "government-citizen disconnect." In The Government-Citizen Disconnect, she explores the rise of this phenomenon and its implications for policymaking and politics. Drawing from original survey data which probed Americans' experiences of 21 federal social policies -- such as food stamps, Social Security, Medicaid, and the home mortgage interest deduction -- Mettler shows that 96 percent of adults have received benefits from at least one of them, and that the average person has utilized five. Overall usage rates transcend social, economic, and political divisions, and most Americans report positive experiences of their policy experiences. However, the fact that they have benefited from these policies has little positive effect on people's attitudes toward government. Mettler finds that shared identities and group affiliations, as well as ideological forces, are more powerful and consistent influences. In particular, those who oppose welfare tend to extrapolate their unfavorable views of it to government in general. Deep antipathy toward the government has emerged as the result of a conservative movement that has waged a war on social welfare policies for over forty years, even as economic inequality and benefit use have increased. Mettler finds that voting patterns exacerbate the government-citizen disconnect, as those holding positive views of federal programs and supporting expanded benefits have lower rates of political participation than those holding more hostile views of the government. As a result, the loudest political voice belongs to those who have benefited from policies but who give government little credit for their economic well-being, seeing their success more as a matter of their own deservingness. This contributes to the election of politicians who advocate cutting federal social programs. According to Mettler, the government-citizen disconnect frays the bonds of representative government and democracy. The Government-Citizen Disconnect illuminates a paradox that increasingly shapes American politics. Mettler's examination of hostility toward government at a time when most Americans will at some point rely on the social benefits it provides helps us better understand the roots of today's fractious political climate.
Автор: Mettler Suzanne Название: Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream ISBN: 0465044964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780465044962 Издательство: Little Brown Цена: 22250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: America's higher education system is failing its students. In the space of a generation, we have gone from being the best-educated society in the world to one surpassed by eleven other nations in college graduation rates. Higher education is evolving into a caste system with separate and unequal tiers that take in students from different socio-economic backgrounds and leave them more unequal than when they first enrolled. Until the 1970s, the United States had a proud history of promoting higher education for its citizens. The Morrill Act, the G.I. Bill and Pell Grants enabled Americans from across the income spectrum to attend college and the nation led the world in the percentage of young adults with baccalaureate degrees. Yet since 1980, progress has stalled. Young adults from low to middle income families are not much more likely to graduate from college than four decades ago. When less advantaged students do attend, they are largely sequestered into inferior and often profit-driven institutions, from which many emerge without degrees and shouldering crushing levels of debt. In Degrees of Inequality, acclaimed political scientist Suzanne Mettler explains why the system has gone so horribly wrong and why the American Dream is increasingly out of reach for so many. In her eye-opening account, she illuminates how political partisanship has overshadowed America s commitment to equal access to higher education. As politicians capitulate to corporate interests, owners of for-profit colleges benefit, but for far too many students, higher education leaves them with little besides crippling student loan debt. Meanwhile, the nation s public universities have shifted the burden of rising costs onto students. In an era when a college degree is more linked than ever before to individual and societal well-being, these pressures conspire to make it increasingly difficult for students to stay in school long enough to graduate. By abandoning their commitment to students, politicians are imperiling our highest ideals as a nation. Degrees of Inequality offers an impassioned call to reform a higher education system that has come to exacerbate, rather than mitigate, socioeconomic inequality in America.
Автор: Mettler, Suzanne. Название: Dividing citizens : ISBN: 0801485460 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801485466 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 40040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The New Deal was not the same deal for men and women—a finding strikingly demonstrated in Dividing Citizens. Rich with implications for current debates over citizenship and welfare policy, this book provides a detailed historical account of how governing institutions and public policies shape social status and civic life. In her examination of the impact of New Deal social and labor policies on the organization and character of American citizenship, Suzanne Mettler offers an incisive analysis of the formation and implementation of the pillars of the modern welfare state: the Social Security Act, including Old Age and Survivors' Insurance, Old Age Assistance, Unemployment Insurance, and Aid to Dependent Children (later known simply as "welfare"), as well as the Fair Labor Standards Act, which guaranteed the minimum wage.
Mettler draws on the methods of historical-institutionalists to develop a "structured governance" approach to her analysis of the New Deal. She shows how the new welfare state institutionalized gender politically, most clearly by incorporating men, particularly white men, into nationally administered policies and consigning women to more variable state-run programs. Differential incorporation of citizens, in turn, prompted different types of participation in politics. These gender-specific consequences were the outcome of a complex interplay of institutional dynamics, political imperatives, and the unintended consequences of policy implementation actions. By tracing the subtle and complicated political dynamics that emerged with New Deal policies, Mettler sounds a cautionary note as we once again negotiate the bounds of American federalism and public policy.
Автор: Mettler Diane Название: Adventures of a White Trash Wedding Planner ISBN: 1087852153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781087852157 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 18390.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Sheila Johnson designs inspired weddings out of her busted-up 1973 Airstream at the Wheel-In RV Park. She dreams of a better clientele--brides that don't need bouncers, grooms that don't need strippers, and DJs that don't need boom boxes.
In the meantime, Sheila does what she has to pull off her events while being guided by her romantic ideal, the '80s flick Dirty Dancing, and sticking to her personal motto: It's not a felony if it's for love.
She's sure that if she can win Best BrideMagazine's budget wedding contest with her current monkey-themed wedding idea, she could finally get her big break. But there are plenty of obstacles standing in her way: a dirt poor bride, a pregnant best friend and business partner, a trailer-stealing mom, a spectacular crush on her boss, and a precarious job at a lowly minimart. This wedding will go on . . . or land her in jail.
Автор: Daniel Mettler, Daniel Studer Название: Construction: Manual ISBN: 3035622299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783035622294 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 52070.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание:
People involved in architecture need to be familiar with construction methods in order to be in control of their designs. New technical requirements impact on our buildings and call for up-to-date specialist knowledge, which leads to new forms of architecture.
This handbook uses clearly comprehensible 3D isometric diagrams to introduce the world of contemporary construction, from concept through to the detail; photographs are used to illustrate the content.
The three main chapters deal with the structure, the building envelope, and the fit-out, starting with a clear introduction to the construction principles of modern building methods. Using drawings of selected built examples at scales of 1:10 and 1:20, a deeper examination of details is possible.
Автор: Mettler, Rene Название: Flowers ISBN: 1851033823 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851033829 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21450.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book explores subordinated vernacular languages in the context of African, Caribbean and US educational landscapes, highlighting the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism in these areas. It examines contravening movements towards forms of linguistic diversity and offers a comprehensive approach to language awareness in educative settings.
Автор: Mettler Diane Название: Buffalo Rock: The story of the 1970 Eatonville Rock Festival ISBN: 1636841104 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781636841106 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
A look at the 1970 Buffalo Party Convention and Pig Roast, otherwise known as the Eatonville Rock Festival. Although the event was officially canceled, thousands of people flocked to the small town for a Fourth of July weekend of peace, love, rock and roll and drugs.
Автор: Mettler, John J. Название: Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game ISBN: 0882663917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780882663913 Издательство: Workman Рейтинг: Цена: 15170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Sarah Tufts is en route to the colonies with her father when pirates swarm their ship. In the melee, Sarah tumbles overboard and washes ashore on an island ruled by the wicked Mr. Grim, who sends his pirate son Black Tooth out to steal babies and then raises these hapless tykes to become Woolies, weavers of fine rugs. Chased by Mr. Grim, Sarah stumbles into the enclosure known as Woolie World and meets Freck, a timid five-year-old dressed head to toe in a fuzzy white garment. Sarah quickly discovers the marvels of a world populated by singing, dancing Woolies. But she also sees a darker side. Failed Woolies are turned into "Worms," exiles who live in underground tunnels and scrounge for food. Sarah befriends Mr. Grim`s twitchy but kind-hearted son Nigel and joins forces with Thomas, the 12-year-old Woolie leader. Will they be able to outwit Mr. Grim and rescue Woolies and Worms from servitude? This unique fantasy adventure sparkles with wit and wordplay, harrowing adventure, and heartfelt emotion.
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