This volume explores American attitudes toward affirmative action policies through an extensive study of a national sample of university faculty. By examining views about affirmative action in academia within a framework that outlines the larger issues involved in using affirmative action to promote equality of opportunity for historical victims of discrimination, Stephanie Witt offers new insights into the competing values in American society which the policy of affirmative action serves to bring into conflict. She finds important differences in the perceptions of white males as opposed...
This volume explores American attitudes toward affirmative action policies through an extensive study of a national sample of university faculty. B...
This book examines anti-gay voter initiatives from both the political science and communication perspectives. In recent years, anti-gay initiatives sponsored by conservative Christian groups have been placed on the ballot in several states. This development provides an opportunity to evaluate the initiative process as a way of resolving public policy questions on this divisive topic. Using examples and data from Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Maine, Missouri, Florida, California, and Washington, the authors discuss the emergence of the new religious right and why anti-gay initiatives are...
This book examines anti-gay voter initiatives from both the political science and communication perspectives. In recent years, anti-gay initiatives...
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with specific skill development in areas of immediate interest to those who work in the public sector. It also features a strong "practice" orientation, with plentiful boxed applications (Insights from the Field, Skill Development boxes, Case Studies). It concludes with an especially useful summary chapter that describes the ten essential skills for successful communication.
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with s...
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with specific skill development in areas of immediate interest to those who work in the public sector. It also features a strong "practice" orientation, with plentiful boxed applications (Insights from the Field, Skill Development boxes, Case Studies). It concludes with an especially useful summary chapter that describes the ten essential skills for successful communication.
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with s...
Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America s last urban frontier. In recent decades Las Vegas, Reno, Salt Lake City, and Boise have become the anchors for sprawling metropolitan regions. This population explosion has been fueled by the maturing of Las Vegas as the nation s entertainment capital, the rise of Reno as a magnet for multitudes of California expatriates, the development of Salt Lake City s urban corridor along the Wasatch Range, and the growth of Boise s celebrated high-tech economy and...
Cities, Sagebrush, and Solitude explores the transformation of the largest desert in North America, the Great Basin, into America s last urban ...
