Published annually, State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics making it easy to compare states across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government finance, and so much more. The editors compile useful statistics that would otherwise take an enormous amount of time to research making it a favorite resource on reference shelves throughout the United States and around the world. The rankings have been updated using specific methodology explained in the introduction. Geographic and data notes are also included to provide context. State Rankings compares every state and Washington, DC, in the following areas: - Agriculture - Population - Economy - Environment - Government finance - Crime - Education - Geography - Social welfare - Defense - Health - Energy - Housing
The conventional approach to the study of polarization primarily addresses the distance and difference between voters or political parties on policy issues. Societies become "perniciously" polarized when they divide into mutually antagonistic "Us vs. Them" camps and this antagonism extends into social relationships and becomes part of one's social identity. Loyalty and alignment to one's own camp can result in a self-perpetuating logic that potentially undermines democratic norms. This volume of The ANNALS explores eleven country case studies of pernicious polarization, and its resulting obstinate political blocs and its effects on democracy. By examining the emotional and identity facets of polarization and the role of political entrepreneurs who use polarizing discourse for their own instrumental ends, this volume offers insight into the causes of pernicious polarization and possible policies to prevent it.
The SAGE Handbook of International Migration provides an authoritative and informed analysis of key issues in international migration, including its crucial significance far beyond the more traditional questions of immigrant settlement and incorporation in particular countries. Bringing together chapters contributed by an international cast of leading voices in the field, the Handbook is arranged around four key thematic parts: Part 1: Disciplinary Perspectives on Migration Part 2: Historical and Contemporary Flows of Migrants Part 3: Theory, Policy and the Factors Affecting Incorporation Part 4: National and Global Policy Challenges in Migration The last three decades have seen the rapid increase and diversification in the types of international migration, and this Handbook has been created to meet the need among academics and researchers across the social sciences, policy makers and commentators for a definitive publication which provides a range of perspectives and insights into key themes and debates in the field.
Social Work Research Methods: Learning by Doing instills in students an appreciation for science-informed practice as a means of evaluating client outcomes. With a "learn by doing" approach, author Reginald York takes readers on a step-by-step journey through the process of conducting research. Each chapter features not only the hands-on approach to producing research, but also a meticulously prioritized organization of methodology and practical chapter exercises that help reinforce methods mastery. Using their own data, students engage in research tasks where they apply knowledge in realistic and pertinent ways. Based on over 30 years of teaching experience, Reginald York's down-to-earth approach will help students develop an affinity for research as they discover how it can enable them to better serve clients in the field.
Bestselling author Stephanie D.H. Evergreen shows how sketching helps realize mistakes and find solutions quickly and provides space to think through, not just an individual graphic, but how several graphics could fit together in a composition, creating drafts for infographics and dashboards.
New Policies, New Politics? Policy Feedback, Power-Building, and American Governance
The literature on policy feedback has examined how public policies, once enacted, reshape elements of politics. This research, however, has yet to be translated into practical recommendations for addressing societal problems and creating effective, longstanding policy reform. The potential for real-world application-that addresses problems, increases policy durability, and builds political momentum-is immense. This volume of The ANNALS considers the power of United States policy reform and its potential to build self-reinforcing political consequences. Focusing on health insurance, climate change, criminal justice, and economic opportunity, this volume offers updated insights on policy feedback that reflect our current political climate, and it presents evidence-backed suggestions for efficient, lasting policy moving forward.
Covering the strengths of existing works on crisis management such as systems, leadership, communication and stakeholder perspective, this new innovative text includes global, ethical, change and emotional aspects of crisis communication. Using her proven Transformative Crisis Management Framework, Sarah Kovoor-Misra shows how organizations of all sizes can be adaptable, proactive, resilient and ethical in the face of a crisis. Real world cases analyse the cause and impact of these crises at organizations like Apple, Uber, SpaceX and Wells Fargo.
Explaining the theoretical underpinning of generalized linear models, this text enables researchers to decide how to select the best way to adapt their data for this type of analysis, with examples to illustrate the application of GLM.
This text uses an applied approach and graphical presentation style to offer a minimally technical overview of multilevel structural equation modelling, which combines two fields in applied statistics: multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling.
