Download or read book Procedural Politics written by Joseph Jupille and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 2004. Under what conditions, in what ways, and with what effects do actors engage in politics with respect to, rather than merely within, political institutions? Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and applies it to European Union integration and politics. Assuming that actors influence maximizers, it argues and demonstrates that the jurisdiction ambiguity of issues provides opportunities for procedural politics and that influence-differences among institutional alternatives provide the incentives. It also argues and demonstrates that procedural politics occurs by predictable means (most notably, involving procedural coalition formation and strategic issue-definition) and exerts predictable effects on policymaking efficiency and outcomes and long-run institutional change. Beyond illuminating previously under-appreciated aspects of EU rule governance, these findings generalize to all rule-governed political systems and form the basis of fuller accounts of the role of institutions in political life.

Download or read book From Pea to Pumpkin A Baby Journal written by Geralyn Broder Murray and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My little pea. My little pumpkin. My little baby. Gather your baby's moments and milestones from the first year inside this beautiful garden-inspired baby book. Place photos, document quick thoughts with easy-breezy prompts, chart your baby's day, and create a keepsake of loving moments that will last forever. This gorgeously illustrated book is perfect for busy moms and their growing wonders.

Download or read book America s First Woman Lawyer written by Jane M. Friedman and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-06-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During her lifetime, Myra Bradwell (1831-1894) - America's first woman lawyer as well as publisher and editor-in-chief of a prestigious legal newspaper - did more to establish and aid the rights of women and other legally handicapped people than any other woman of her day. Her female contemporaries - Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone - are known to all. Now it is time for Myra Bradwell to assume her rightful place among women's rights leaders of the nineteenth century. With author Jane Friedman's discovery of previously unpublished letters and valuable documents, Bradwell's fascinating story can at last be told.In a 1982 opinion, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor cited Myra Bradwell's hard-fought, successful campaign (culminating in 1869) to practice law, but few who read that opinion recognized Bradwell's name. In this work, Friedman reintroduces Bradwell, a feminist and long-term editor/publisher of the weekly Chicago Legal News. Friedman's accounts of Bradwell's fight to secure Mary Todd Lincoln's release from an asylum and her efforts on behalf of women's equality in various occupations are thoroughly absorbing, as are discussions of Bradwell's controversies concerning Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. This book restores an important figure to her rightful place in American history and indicates that even an imperfect human being can be a splendid role model. Highly recommended. -Library Journal[This] biography of Myra Bradwell contributes to a new and growing interest in the history of women in the legal profession . . . Although she lost in the Superme Court in 1873, the agitation her case provoked led to important reforms, and several states, including Illinois, passed legislation allowing women to practice law . . . Friedman has uncovered some interesting letters from Susan B. Anthony to Bradwell that help to place Bradwell at the center of the nineteenth-century women's rights movement and that reveal the strained relationship between these two influential women. -American History ReviewExcellent reading for those who wish to learn more about a woman who struggled to open up the legal profession to women. -Women & Criminal Justice

Download or read book My Baby Book written by Jenn Foster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby's First Year and More (It's a Girl) It's the perfect for Mom or Dad to write and document their baby's journey and milestones to remember for years to come! Special Questions, Photo and Journaling areas and so much more Our Family Tree, All about My Parents The Day I Arrived My First Day, Immunizations, Dr Visits, Dentist Visits, My Firsts, 1st - 5th Birthdays, Holidays Special pages provided to paste pictures or to write love letters to your little one. Perfect for a baby shower gift. Add photos and write a few words to remember all the important moments from your child's first year. Paperback book on white paper, Small 5 x 8 inch size. 135 pages. Keepsake Journal & Baby Book to write in. *This e-book is for preview with questions only. To write in this journal please purchase the paperback version. Check out all our other wonderful journals and guestbooks on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2h6Fy2X

Download or read book My Baby Book written by Jenn Foster and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baby's First Year and More (It's a Boy) It's the perfect for Mom or Dad to write and document their baby's journey and milestones to remember for years to come! Special Questions, Photo and Journaling areas and so much more Our Family Tree, All about My Parents The Day I Arrived My First Day, Immunizations, Dr Visits, Dentist Visits, My Firsts, 1st - 5th Birthdays, Holidays Special pages provided to paste pictures or to write love letters to your little one. Perfect for a baby shower gift. Add photos and write a few words to remember all the important moments from your child's first year. Paperback book on white paper, Small 5 x 8 inch size. 135 pages. Keepsake Journal & Baby Book to write in. *This e-book is for preview with questions only. To write in this journal please purchase the paperback version. Check out all our other wonderful journals and guestbooks on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2h6Fy2X

Download or read book Paula Vaughan s Quilts for All Seasons written by Paula Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 1994-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capture the aura of yesteryear in these 12 cross stitch designs inspired by patchwork quilts. Adapted from the watercolor paintings of Paula Vaughan, there's a nostalgic design to reflect the special beauty of each month of the year.

Download or read book More Alike Than Different written by David Egan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inspiring memoir, David Egan tells his own story, giving us a window into a life spent pushing boundaries. With a family undaunted by his diagnosis of Down syndrome, Egan learned early to speak up for himself. He has since become a powerful advocate for all people with disabilities. His optimistic perspective rejected the limits of stereotypes and the expectations of others. He shares how the support of loving family and friends led him to overcome challenges and blaze new trails. It started with swimming and baseball, when he earned places on his neighborhood teams, competing fiercely and as a fully accepted teammate. He writes firsthand of the empowering feeling of being fully included in elementary school and at work as an adult. Egan has earned positions at prestigious companies and a distinguished fellowship on Capitol Hill. He sits on the boards of influential advocacy organizations. He has addressed audiences worldwide and has played a powerful global advocacy role with Special Olympics. He allowed himself to dream big, and he encourages everyone to do the same. His lesson to all of us is to focus on our shared humanity despite our differences--and our diagnoses. This hopeful memoir will encourage everyone to make the most of their lives.

Download or read book Restoring Pride written by Richard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoring Pride is "elitist" in that it acknowledges that some people are better as human beings than others, and that they have made themselves so by perfecting their natural talents. The idea of the Sermon on the Mount, that the poor and the meek are blessed, is repudiated. Instead, Taylor embraces the classical Greek ideal of virtue as personal excellence without any suggestion that everyone is equal in worth. The proud, setting the rules and standards for themselves, are apt to be looked on as unconventional. However, one invariable rule guides their behavior toward others: considerateness. The same egalitarian standard applies to their treatment under the law in a democratic society.

Download or read book 365 Days of Firsts written by Potter Gift and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with inspirational quotes on babyhood and parenthood, 365 Days of Firsts is a slim and accessible journal that provides a daily writing space to reflect on all the moments of baby's first year. Filled with gorgeous art, this utterly giftable package features a simple, unprompted space to reflect and record--users simply fill in the date and record a few lines each day. As the journal fills it will become a heartfelt keepsake of a very special time.

Download or read book Baby s First Year Journal written by Annabel Karmel and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Record and cherish those wonderful milestones in your baby's first year. Capture those early smiles and giggles, mark baby's first steps, and save that first lock of hair with this beautifully illustrated book from bestselling cookery author and baby food expert Annabel Karmel. With space for photos, a handy pocket for special keepsakes, helpful tips and a place to record those all-important first tastes, it's the perfect book for you to fill with memories and treasure forever.

Download or read book Firsts Favorites written by Kate Pocrass and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of 40ish Weeks and Pleased to Meet You, this keepsake journal invites new parents to commemorate their baby's very own firsts and special favorites. Filled with colorful illustrations and prompts ranging from the classic (first step, favorite book) to the quirky (first diaper blow-out, favorite food to spit up)—plus a few "fill-in-your-own" pages—this cute little journal makes it simple for exhausted but well-meaning parents to capture all the sweet milestones and laughter-filled moments of life with their growing baby.

Download or read book God and Metaphysics written by Richard M. Gale and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of seminal articles by Richard M. Gale represents the areas of philosophy to which he has made significant contributions-God, time, nonbeing, and pragmatism.

Download or read book Virusphere written by Frank Ryan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and long overdue examination of viruses - from what they are and what they do, to the vital role they have played in human history.What are viruses? Do they rely on genes, like all other forms of life? Do they follow the same patterns of evolution as plants and animals?Dr. Frank Ryan answers these questions and many more in a sweeping tour of illnesses caused by viruses. He examines the common cold, measles, chicken pox, herpes, mumps, and rubella, as well as less familiar maladies, such as rabies, "breakbone fever," hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola, and virus-induced cancers. Along the way, readers will learn about the behaviors of viruses and what drives them to infect a human host. Ryan explains the role of viruses in the evolution of life, revealing how viruses have changed us at the most intimate level, helping to make us quintessentially human.

Download or read book Magnificent Principia written by Colin Pask and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has written that "all that has happened since 1687 is a gloss on the Principia." Now you too can appreciate the significance of this stellar work, regarded by many as the greatest scientific contribution of all time. Despite its dazzling reputation, Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or simply the Principia, remains a mystery for many people. Few of even the most intellectually curious readers, including professional scientists and mathematicians, have actually looked in the Principia or appreciate its contents. Mathematician Pask seeks to remedy this deficit in this accessible guided tour through Newton's masterpiece. Using the final edition of the Principia, Pask clearly demonstrates how it sets out Newton's (and now our) approach to science; how the framework of classical mechanics is established; how terrestrial phenomena like the tides and projectile motion are explained; and how we can understand the dynamics of the solar system and the paths of comets. He also includes scene-setting chapters about Newton himself and scientific developments in his time, as well as chapters about the reception and influence of the Principia up to the present day.

Download or read book My Baby s Book written by Anne Phyfe Palmer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful keepsake baby book provides a place for a proud parent to record and preserve the memories, moments, and milestones of a new baby's arrival and first few years. My Baby's Book focuses on baby's delivery and first few years. Prompts include a mix of short-answer questions, lists, fill in the blanks, and places for photos to record pregnancy/anticipation of the birth, arrival, family info, observations about baby's appearance and temperament, firsts, growth milestones, home, family friends, and baby playmates. When complete, you'll have a nuanced portrait of your baby's life through reflections, memories, history, and stories--a keepsake to be cherished throughout their life. Sections include- About UsYour ArrivalAbout YouShoweredFirstsHomeAdventure Growing Up This gorgeously crafted journal features the whimsical work of papercut artist Sarah Trumbauer throughout.

Download or read book The Whole Story of Climate written by E. Kirsten Peters and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging narrative that describes the important contributions of geology to our understanding of climate change. What emerges is a much more complex and nuanced picture than is usually presented.

Download or read book In Truth written by Matthew Fraser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From ancient Rome to the current Internet age, this sweeping history of ideas explores how different epochs wrestled with the issue of truth and lies. From the ancient Greeks and Romans to the modern era, how have people determined what is true? How have those with power and influence sought to control the narrative? Are we living in a post-truth era, or is that notion simply the latest attempt to control the narrative? The relationship between truth and power is the key theme. Moving through major historical periods, the author focuses on notable people and events, from well-known leaders like Julius Caesar and Adolf Hitler to lesser-known individuals like Procopius and Savonarola. He notes distinct parallels in history to current events. Julius Caesar's publication of his Gallic Wars and Civil Wars was an early exercise in political spin not unlike what we see today. During the English Civil War and the Enlightenment, pamphleteering coupled with the new power of the printing press challenged the status quo, as online and social media does in our time. And "fake news" was already being used by German chancellor Otto von Bismarck in nineteenth-century Europe and by the "yellow journalism" of American newspaper magnates William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer near the turn of the twentieth century. The author concludes optimistically, noting that we are debating and discussing truth more fiercely today than in any previous era. The determination to arrive at the truth, despite the manipulations of the powerful, bodes well for the future of democracy.