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This study of the influence minority parties wield is both a major work of political science scholarship and a timely examination of an issue with real consequences for the functioning of democratic legislatures and the creation of legislation.
Challenging conventional assumptions that the majority party dominates the legislature, Jennifer Hayes Clark investigates precisely the ways in which and under what conditions members of the minority party successfully pursue their interests. For this study, Clark collects fine-grained data from both the U.S. Congress and state legislatures to get...

Fasten bedeutet in erster Linie, sich an Gott zu laben!Fasten verbindet man gewöhnlich mit Verzicht. Doch was, wenn es eher darum geht, mehr von Gott zu gewinnen? Wenn es eine heilige Tür zu neuen Begegnungen mit dem alles verzehrenden Feuer Gottes ist?Die Erweckungshistorikerin Jennifer A. Miskov hat untersucht, was die großen Erweckungen in der Geschichte ausgelöst hat und was die maßgeblich beteiligten Personen dazu beigetragen haben.Ein wichtiger gemeinsamer Nenner war das Fasten. Dabei waren in der Geschichte der Erweckung "die Fastenden" eigentlich "die Feiernden" - diejenigen, die...

Irish hero Finn McCool was once just a little boy. He wants to play with the boys, but they won't let him. This All-By-Myself story from Irish mythology tells how he solves his problem.

Working Regions focuses on policy aimed at building sustainable and resilient regional economies in the wake of the global recession. Using examples of four 'working regions' - regions where research and design functions and manufacturing still coexist in the same cities - the book argues for a new approach to regional economic development. It does this by highlighting policies that foster innovation and manufacturing in small firms, focus research centers on pushing innovation down the supply chain, and support dynamic, design-driven firm networks. This book traces several key themes...

This edited volume introduces the latest advances in quantitative methods and illustrates ways to apply these methods to important questions in substance use research. The goal is to provide a forum for dialogue between methodologists developing innovative multivariate statistical methods and substance use researchers who have produced rich data sets.

Reflecting current research trends, the book examines the use of longitudinal techniques to measure processes of change over time. Researchers faced with the task of studying the causes, course, treatment, and prevention of substance...

This book explores the intersection of fuzzy mathematics and the spatial modeling of preferences in political science. Beginning with a critique of conventional modeling approaches predicated on Cantor set theoretical assumptions, the authors outline the potential benefits of a fuzzy approach to the study of ambiguous or uncertain preference profiles. This is a good text for a graduate seminar in formal modeling. It is also suitable as an introductory text in fuzzy mathematics.

This book explores the intersection of fuzzy mathematics and the spatial modeling of preferences in political science. Beginning with a critique of conventional modeling approaches predicated on Cantor set theoretical assumptions, the authors outline the potential benefits of a fuzzy approach to the study of ambiguous or uncertain preference profiles. This is a good text for a graduate seminar in formal modeling. It is also suitable as an introductory text in fuzzy mathematics.

Conflict, poverty, endemic diseases, and lack of clean water pose serious challenges for the population in Africa, a continent which encompasses some 50 countries. This work focuses on palliative care and hospice development in Africa, examining the development of palliative care services in 26 African countries, from different perspectives.

Thought-provoking information that will ROCK your political thinking Read it before you vote again Where did socialism come from? Who invented free enterprise? What is the history, what is the fruit? "While Dr. Jennifer Clark] shares thought-provoking information that will rock political thinking, her down-to-earth explanations and examples... make logical sense. Dr. Clark's] in-depth research provides fresh insight into the political arena.... This is clearly an important read " - Editorial Review "Was Jesus a Capitalist? is a powerful, myth-busting book that confronts one of the central...

Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels.

Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in degree of complexity, the text provides readers with the resources they need for effective policy planning and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods are systematically...