Download or read book Faulty Premises Faulty Policies written by Gary Galles and published by Liberty.Me. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faulty Premises, Faulty Policies by Gary Galles is an incredibly good guide to showing precisely what is nonsensical about political debate. How many times have you watched a public policy fiasco and been mystified as to how the politicians can believe their own rhetoric? They talk about how raising the minimum wage is going to make the poor better off, even though there is no mechanism in the nature of things to bring about that reality; about how some new war is going to rid the world of despotism, despite knowing that the history of war tends in the opposite direction; about how some new healthcare mandate is going to bring freedom from disease, and yet you know that legislation can't actually achieve anything like this. There always seems to be a missing step in the chain of logic. Politicians and pundits actually seem to believe that passing a law will generate a certain wonderful result, even though the relationship between cause and effect is nowhere present. It seems like a giant exercise in fantasy. Galles has provided an outstanding tool for navigating your way through the sea of folly that is the politics of our time. There is no anger in his prose, and there doesn't need to be. He has the arguments, the analytics, and the facts - those alone make the case.
Download or read book The Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Policy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to revise ICC freight and passenger transportation regulation, focusing on ratemaking procedures.
Download or read book American Foreign Policy written by John Zeugner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Ausa, an obscure but adequately credentialed professor of American International Relations, at the end of his career imagined he might best illustrate what he called the “themes” or “frames” or “buzzwords” of American foreign policy by telling a few stories about typical Americans living through these pandemic times in ways he hoped would illustrate terms like “deterrence,” “containment,” “asymmetrical warfare,” and “mutual assured destruction.” The novel fragment he left attempts to do that. Whether he succeeded only future readers, if any, will tell. The afterword by Liv Wells, former U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission at several American embassies, doesn’t help much.
Download or read book Prisoners of Their Premises written by George C. Edwards III and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Why do leaders sometimes get it so wrong when making major policy decisions despite all the resources in terms of expertise and experience they can call on? We debate debacles such as the American involvement in Vietnam, seeking to understand why leaders pursued disastrous policies. In Prisoners of their Premises George Edwards argues that the failure of leaders to examine their premises, the assumptions they make about the world and situation they are dealing with, cause them to ignore real problems or pursue policies that, in costly ways, deal with problems that are different than they think or simply don't exist. Edwards looks at the role of premises in identifying (or ignoring) a problem in a series of case studies that range from strategic decisions in World War I to our own Iraq War. Too often unexamined premises color initial decisions to pursue a policy and shape the strategies a leader employs to achieve their goals with grave consequences for their countries, organizations, and potentially the world. Edwards demonstrates the real costs leaders incur by failing to question their premises"--
Download or read book Getting Started with Policy Governance written by Caroline Oliver and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this newest book on the Policy Governance approach to board leadership created by John Carver, Caroline Oliver gives readers practical, hands-on tools for getting the most from the system in the day-to-day operation of their boards. In the Policy Governance Fieldbook, Oliver explored the experience of 11 organizations that succeeded and failed in using Policy Governance. Now, she has drawn upon the most important lessons from that experience as well as her experience in helping many more organizations along the Policy Governance road to governing excellence. The result is a wealth of tools and resources for helping readers to: Decide if Policy Governance is right for them Identify and link with owners Develop means policies Create Ends policies Monitor Policies Run meetings Evaluate Plan for the future
Download or read book CGL Builder s Risk Monograph written by Matthew Horowitz and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2004 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capital Formation and Industrial Policy written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Issues for Debate in American Public Policy written by The CQ Researcher and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of non-partisan reports written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists focuses on provocative current policy issues. As an annual publication that comes together just months before it goes to press, the volume is all new and as up-to-date as possible. And because it’s CQ Researcher, the policy reports are expertly researched and written, showing all sides of an issue. Chapters follow a consistent organization—exploring three issue questions, then offering background, current context, and a look ahead—and feature a pro/con debate box. All issues include a chronology, bibliography, photos, charts, and figures.
Download or read book Rural Violence in Contemporary Nigeria written by Usman A. Tar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explores the pressing problem of rural violence in contemporary Nigeria by assessing the changing patterns of conflict and response across the country. Rural violence in Nigeria is becoming an increasingly pressing concern, with cattle rustling, banditry, kidnapping and farmer-herder conflicts putting immense pressure on the state’s institutional preparedness and the response capacity of the government, military and other security agencies. Drawing from the expertise of a wide range of African development, governance and security researchers and practitioners, this book assesses the severity of the current problem of rural violence, and provides a critical analysis of the various national and state responses to rural violence in Nigeria. Ultimately, the book aims to provide suggestions for restoring peace, security and development in Nigeria. This book will be of interest to scholars, researchers and administrators across Political Science, Security Studies, Rural Studies, and Regional Studies in Africa.
Download or read book Water Supply Policy of the Federal Government written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rulemaking written by Cornelius M. Kerwin and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking new edition of their highly regarded text, authors Cornelius M. Kerwin and Scott R. Furlong help you grasp the dynamics of today’s American politics by showing you how rulemaking remains an elemental part of our government system. Rulemaking, Fifth Edition, brings concepts to life with the inclusion of new data, a fresh analysis of interest group participation, and new coverage of the Trump administration’s actions from executive orders and key personnel to agencies’ responses to changes. An invaluable and accessible guide to an intensely political process, this much-anticipated edition contains the most current scholarship on a crucial yet understudied subject. New to the Fifth Edition New scholarship from the past five to six years provides you with the latest research and analysis in rulemaking. Updated information on the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump Administration puts rulemaking in context and demonstrates how different administrations use this tool. New tables and charts reflect the most recent data available to better illustrate the trends and patterns of rulemaking.
Download or read book Clearinghouse Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Timber Sale Policies written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Special Subcommittee on Integrated Oil Operations and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 2612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nov. 14 hearing was held in Redding, Calif.; Nov. 15 hearing was held in Klamath Falls, Oreg.; Nov. 16 hearing was held in Medford, Oreg.; Nov. 17 hearing was held in Roseburg, Oreg.; Nov. 18 hearing was held in Eugene, Oreg.; Nov. 21 and 22 hearings were held in Portland, Oreg.
Download or read book Politics Policy and Private Law written by Jodi Gardner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a landmark and ambitious research project looking at private law through the policy prism undertaken by a team of acknowledged experts in their fields. The majority of existing literature diminishes the impact of policy in the development of legal principles, impeding a deeper understanding of it. Part of a two-part study, this first volume explores tort law, property law and equity. Both studies engage with modern challenges and technical developments that now inform private law, with chapters looking at the Grenfell disaster, compensation of medical injuries post COVID-19, the gig economy and co-ownership. They also explore traditional private law areas through a novel lens, such as psychological injury and the impact of fairness and/or equality obligations. They highlight the similarities and differences across many aspects of private law, allowing for a richer analysis across all the strands of private law.
Download or read book Torture As Public Policy written by James P. Pfiffner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After September 11, 2001 the Bush Administration decided that the most important intelligence about terrorism would come from the interrogation of captives suspected of terrorism. As a result, many detainees were subject to harsh interrogation techniques that at times amounted to torture. Here, James P. Pfiffner authoritatively examines the policy directives, operational decisions, and leadership actions of the Bush Administration that reversed centuries of US policy on the treatment of enemy prisoners. He shows how the serious reservations of career military lawyers about these policies were overcome by the political appointees of the Bush Administration. Pfiffner then analyses the philosophical and legal underpinnings of the policies and practices that have led to the denunciation of the United States' policies by its allies and adversaries throughout the world. Looking ahead, Pfiffner anticipates Obama administration policy changes to restore U.S. credibility and accountability. In all, Torture as Public Policy is a model of detailed policy analysis that demonstrates how greatly public policy matters beyond the back corridors of bureaucracy.
