Why do voters so often exhibit patterns of policy preference vastly different from what analysts and strategists predict? And why do these same voters consistently cast ballots that ensure the continuation of ''divided government?''In The Two Majorities Byron Shafer and William Claggett offer groundbreaking political analysis that resolves many of ......
''The problem of Poe's place in American culture cannot be settled canonically, since, unlike the works of Melville or Hawthorne, Poe's texts have not been primarily transmitted through the schools. Indeed, at its most radical level, the failure of criticism to account for the remarkable diversity of Poe's influence leads one to question the ......
''The works of Plautus,'' writes Palmer Bovie, ''mark the real beginning of Roman literature.'' Now Bovie and David Slavitt have brought together a distinguished group of translators for the final two volumes of a four-volume set containing all twenty-one surviving comedies of one of Western literature's greatest dramatists. Born in Sarsina, ......
The decades before the Civil War saw the first secular efforts in history to remake society through reform. Reformers launched unprecedented campaigns reform criminals and prostitutes, to educate the deaf and the blind, guarantee women's rights, and abolish slavery. Our modern systems of free public schools, prisons, and hospitals for the mentally ......
On April 13, 1970, some 205,000 miles from Earth, an explosion rocked the moon-bound Apollo 13, taking our both engines of the command module and crippling the life-support system. Guided by the ground crew in Huston, the crew took refuge in the lunar module and used its engines, almost in the fashion of an outboard motor, to maneuver the craft ......
Drawing on extensive anthropological fieldwork, Peter Wade shows how the concept of ''blackness'' and discrimination are deeply embedded in different social levels and contexts--from region to neighborhood, and from politics and economics to housing, marriage, music, and personal identity.
This book brings together and reviews the findings of research into short-term care services for a range of user groups. It examines the importance of providing a positive experience for the individual, as well as providing a break for the carer. Moving from an overview of principles, policy and practice in short-term care to a discussion of ......
Crime and Abuse Against People with Learning Disabilities
This book outlines the range and nature of crimes against people with learning disabilities, and the way the law does - or should - relate to these crimes. It discusses the sources of victimization and deals with prevention specifically from the perspective of learning difficulties. It outlines: how to achieve redress for victims through the ......
"Football Coaching Strategies" is an invaluable source of football wisdom. Inside you'll find 67 informative articles contributed during the last 25 years by many of the greatest football coaches the game has ever known.
