This is an accessible book that delineates how progressives and the progressive movement have created the American idea and ideals and forged the kind of country in which we want to live. It creates a platform from which to argue how progressives today are fighting to improve America, in contrast to how conservatives have always worked to defend the interests of elites.

Each chapter will tell the reader a story focusing on different subjects, such as efforts to enact civil rights laws, social security, the middle class, how the idea of America changed the world, and why most of us can...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Rhetorik / Phonetik / Sprechwissenschaft, Note: 2,0, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat Tubingen, Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Rhetorische Erziehung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschaftigt sich mit der rhetorischen Erziehung an den Schulen des Jesuitenordens - Schwerpunkt ist die Zeit der Gegenreformation. Tradition, Theorie, Praxis und Einordnung.

This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. The direction taken in the book is to provide readers with a multidisciplinary and multi-perspective view as well as practical applications. Beyond the more conventional psychotherapy applications (client-centered, experimental, emotion-focused, child-centered, motivational interviewing, existential, filial, etc.) others have evolved including peace and conflict resolution work, encounter and T-groups, nonviolent communication, parent effectiveness training,...

​This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. The direction taken in the book is to provide readers with a multidisciplinary and multi-perspective view as well as practical applications. Beyond the more conventional psychotherapy applications (client-centered, experimental, emotion-focused, child-centered, motivational interviewing, existential, filial, etc.) others have evolved including peace and conflict resolution work, encounter and T-groups, nonviolent communication, parent effectiveness training,...

​This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. The direction taken in the book is to provide readers with a multidisciplinary and multi-perspective view as well as practical applications. Beyond the more conventional psychotherapy applications (client-centered, experimental, emotion-focused, child-centered, motivational interviewing, existential, filial, etc.) others have evolved including peace and conflict resolution work, encounter and T-groups, nonviolent communication, parent effectiveness training,...

This book examines the scientific contribution and increasing relevance of the Person-Centered Approach (PCA) in psychotherapy. It shows connections of PCA to international and interdisciplinary studies as well as demonstrates PCA as a meta-approach.