wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship: The Civic Costs of the American Way of Life
ISBN: 9780199897575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks-Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling developments over the past few decades. Americans find many of the more substantial criticisms of sprawl easy to ignore because they often come across as snobbish in tone. Yet as Thad Williamson explains, sprawl does create real, measurable social problems. Utilizing a landmark 30,000-person survey,...
Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban ...
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139,61 zł |
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Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era
ISBN: 9780415933568 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Scenes from small-town America in the 21st century: Downtown shops are boarded up as Wal-Marts sprawl across the landscape. Factories close, lured to the next state by government handouts. Traffic jams snarl country roads. Yet, for every declining Hartford, CT there's a boomtown like Athens, GA. Why? What is wrong with our communities? The problem, argue the authors of this work, is not in our lack of civic pride but in the triple threat our towns and cities face: globalization, the chase for jobs and the challenge of sprawl. These forces - which we created with misguided policies - destroy...
Scenes from small-town America in the 21st century: Downtown shops are boarded up as Wal-Marts sprawl across the landscape. Factories close, lured to ...
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201,04 zł |
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Sprawl, Justice, and Citizenship
ISBN: 9780195369434 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban living in America. Yet despite the ubiquity of the critique, it never sticks-Americans by the scores of millions have willingly moved into sprawling developments over the past few decades. Americans find many of the more substantial criticisms of sprawl easy to ignore because they often come across as snobbish in tone. Yet as Thad Williamson explains, sprawl does create real, measurable social problems. Utilizing a landmark 30,000-person survey,...
Must the strip mall and the eight-lane highway define 21st century American life? That is a central question posed by critics of suburban and exurban ...
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468,29 zł |
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Making a Place for Community: Local Democracy in a Global Era
ISBN: 9780415947411 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Until we face the issues of decay and isolation at the local level, any attempts to revitalize downtown or restore family values are sure to fail. Making a Place for Community is a vivid blueprint for rebuilding the heart of American life - its towns and cities.
Until we face the issues of decay and isolation at the local level, any attempts to revitalize downtown or restore family values are sure to fail. Mak...
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201,04 zł |
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Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy: Can We Make American Democracy Work?
ISBN: 9781839108129 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. How can we create and sustain an America that never was, but should be? How can we build a truly multiracial democracy in which everyone is valued and possesses the needed political, economic and social capital so that democracy becomes a meaningful way of life, for all citizens? By critically probing these questions, the editors of Community Wealth Building and the Reconstruction of American Democracy seize the opportunity to bridge the gap between our democratic aspirations and our current reality. In a moment of democratic disappointment and anxiety, politicians, policy officials,...
How can we create and sustain an America that never was, but should be? How can we build a truly multiracial democracy in which everyone is valued and...
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576,83 zł |
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Leadership and Global Justice
ISBN: 9781349342105 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.
What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the ma...
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193,19 zł |
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The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond: Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016
ISBN: 9781469681283 / Angielski / 03-12-2024 Książka dostępna od: 03-12-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 03-12-2024
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666,67 zł |
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The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond: Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016
ISBN: 9781469681290 / Angielski / 03-12-2024 Książka dostępna od: 03-12-2024 |
Planowany termin premiery książki: 03-12-2024
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203,76 zł |
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Leadership and Global Justice
ISBN: 9780230339040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the marketplace, health, education, and the environment. And they provide creative and constructive moral approaches for evaluating and promoting global justice.
What does global justice look like, and how can leadership help get us there? The contributors explore justice in various spheres: citizenship, the ma...
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425,06 zł |