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City on the Line - Andrew Kleine - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

City on the Line - Andrew Kleine - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

In City on the Line, former Baltimore budget director Andrew Kleine asks why the way government does its most important job – deciding how to spend taxpayer dollars – hasn’t changed in hundreds of years. Parts memoir, manifesto, and manual, this book tells the story of Baltimore’s radical departure from traditional line item budgeting to a focus on outcomes like better schools, safer streets, and stronger neighborhoods—during one of the most tumultuous decades in the city’s history. Elected officials, executives, and citizens alike will be equipped to transform budgets in their city, state, or any other mission-driven organization.

DKK 644.00
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City on the Line - Andrew Kleine - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

City on the Line - Andrew Kleine - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

In City on the Line, former Baltimore budget director Andrew Kleine asks why the way government does its most important job – deciding how to spend taxpayer dollars – hasn’t changed in hundreds of years. Parts memoir, manifesto, and manual, this book tells the story of Baltimore’s radical departure from traditional line item budgeting to a focus on outcomes like better schools, safer streets, and stronger neighborhoods—during one of the most tumultuous decades in the city’s history. Elected officials, executives, and citizens alike will be equipped to transform budgets in their city, state, or any other mission-driven organization.

DKK 361.00
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Drawing the Line - Andrew Stark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Drawing the Line - Andrew Stark - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

" In Drawing the Line , Andrew Stark takes a fresh and provocative look at how Americans debate the border between the public realm and the private. The seemingly eternal struggle to establish the proper division of societal responsibilities—to draw the line—has been joined yet again. Obama administration initiatives, particularly bank bailouts and health care reform, roil anew the debate of just what government should do for its citizens, what exactly is the public sphere, and what should be left to individual responsibility. Are these arguments specific to isolated policy issues, or do they reveal something bigger about politics and society? The author realizes that the shorthand, ""public vs. private"" dichotomy is overly simplistic. Something more subtle and complex is going on, Stark reveals, and he offers a deeper, more politically helpful way to view these conflicts. Stark interviewed hundreds of policymakers and advocates, and here he weaves those insights into his own counterintuitive view and innovative approach to explain how citizens at the grass-roots level divide policy debates between public and private responsibilities—specifically on education, land use and ""public space,"" welfare, and health care. In doing so, Drawing the Line provides striking lessons for anyone trying to build new and effective policy coalitions on Main Street. ""All of these debates... are typically portrayed as conflicts between one side championing the values of the public sphere... and the other those of the private realm.... [A] closer look shows that each side asserts and relies coequally on both sets of values... but applies them in inverse or opposing ways."" —From the Introduction "

DKK 321.00
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Holding the Line - George White - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Holding the Line - George White - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union intensified as Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the White House. However, the burning question for the vast majority of the world''s population was not whether they would join the "Free World" or the Soviet bloc, but whether they could achieve meaningful self-determination. Nowhere did the answer to that question loom larger than in Africa. The Eisenhower administration''s confrontation with Africa demonstrates the significance of race in the creation and execution of American foreign policy. In this new work, historian George White, Jr. explores the ways in which Eisenhower diplomacy, influenced by America''s racialized fantasies, fears, and desires, turned the Cold War into a global sanctuary for the rehabilitation of Whiteness. In turn, American statesmen and bureaucrats justified the undermining of democracy and freedom by stuffing the multi-faceted realities of African aspirations and Western privileges into the straitjacket of a bi-polar worldview. Using as its foundation American relations with Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, and the Congo, Holding the Line demonstrates the power of race to warp perception and to severely limit the parameters and possibilities of human engagement. Holding the Line provides a fresh perspective on 1950s era U.S. foreign relations that remain salient in American diplomacy today. This is a book that will be of interest to students of American diplomatic history, Critical Race and Whiteness studies, American studies, and international relations.

DKK 423.00
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Aesthetics Across the Color Line - James J. Winchester - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Aesthetics Across the Color Line - James J. Winchester - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Imagine Immanuel Kant discussing art with bell hooks and Cornel West. Or Friedrich Nietzsche hanging around at a blues club. In Aesthetics Across the Color Line, James Winchester brings the western philosophical tradition into dialog with contemporary African-American thinkers in an attempt to bridge (or at least understand) the culture gap in aesthetic judgments. In this unique study, James Winchester urges philosophers to reexamine traditional aesthetic theory in light of recent writings by prominent African-American thinkers. Winchester focuses on the black-white cultural divide in the United States, but his theories also help frame the way we think about all cross-cultural aesthetic judgments. It is high time this book appeared in this age of multiculturalism.

DKK 361.00
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On the Fault Line - Carolyn Gallaher - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

On the Fault Line - Carolyn Gallaher - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Due to the economic globalization over the last twenty years, white workers have seen their racial dominance challenged and the security of their jobs assaulted, making them ripe for mobilization. On the Fault Line examines the American Patriot Movement—a broad, right-wing social movement that includes militias, Second Amendment activists, tax protestors, and individuals who drop out of the system. Carolyn Gallaher uncovers how the Patriot Movement addresses the conflicting social positions of its members—predominantly white, working class males. Arguing that discourses of patriotism obscure the class-based nature of their concerns, Gallaher asserts that these patriots buttress their racial anxieties through safe, acceptable nationalistic coding. While patriots have been mobilized by the right wing, this book presents potent reasons why the left could intervene, and to better effect. For all those interested in the fluctuating systems of power within the United States, Gallaher''s work proves to be a fascinating and unique analysis.

DKK 417.00
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Preparing to Be Next in Line - Kevin A. Gorman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Preparing to Be Next in Line - Kevin A. Gorman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Every building administrator must be proactive to accomplish the demands of educating children for the twenty-first century. This entails making ethical decisions, building relationships, prioritizing school safety, and developing excellent communication skills that utilize data as a baseline. As a new administrator, it is very difficult to be an educational leader without having a predetermined map of what and where to lead. Preparing to Be Next in Line: A Guide to the Principalship provides that navigational tool so that every administrator can be successful. Separating the theory from practical solutions, this text can be used as a resource for the novice administrator. The guide is based upon best practice and active research, and will provide new principals with both the theory and the practical aspects that will guarantee their successful tenures as principal.

DKK 273.00
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Preparing to Be Next in Line - Kevin A. Gorman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Preparing to Be Next in Line - Kevin A. Gorman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Every building administrator must be proactive to accomplish the demands of educating children for the twenty-first century. This entails making ethical decisions, building relationships, prioritizing school safety, and developing excellent communication skills that utilize data as a baseline. As a new administrator, it is very difficult to be an educational leader without having a predetermined map of what and where to lead. Preparing to Be Next in Line: A Guide to the Principalship provides that navigational tool so that every administrator can be successful. Separating the theory from practical solutions, this text can be used as a resource for the novice administrator. The guide is based upon best practice and active research, and will provide new principals with both the theory and the practical aspects that will guarantee their successful tenures as principal.

DKK 441.00
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Knowing Where to Draw the Line - Mary Ann Manos - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Knowing Where to Draw the Line - Mary Ann Manos - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Many teachers in public schools find themselves increasingly unsure of what the law expects of them in the classroom. The general public and government regulators are holding them to higher and stricter standards of conduct, yet their educational preparation has not kept up with the changing environment. Knowing Where to Draw the Line: Ethical and Legal Standards for Best Classroom Practice is an ideal guide for teacher education programs, offering a comprehensive account of the legal information that will arm teachers for legal survival in the classroom. Organized for both easy reference and thorough examination, this book instructs teachers on how to deal with students, parents, administrators, and local communities, covering an exhaustive list of legal issues, including sexual harassment, discipline, contract negotiations, liability, and medical concerns. It also highlights a number of court cases and uses hypothetical cases to further aid teachers in understanding these vital concerns.

DKK 317.00
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A Visual History of Walking Sticks and Canes - Anthony Moss - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

A Visual History of Walking Sticks and Canes - Anthony Moss - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

A comprehensive study of walking canes from around the world, dating from the distant past to the modern-day. The book presents a historical context on both practical and ceremonial usage. At the same time, specially shot pictures showcase the celebrated A&D Collection of canes, while enlightening prose demonstrates the cane''s enduring relevance to society. More than just a mobility aid, the cane has held numerous offices of significance. From the staff of the legendary Monkey King in the classic Chinese Journey to the West, or the stylised crosiers carried by high-ranking prelates from the Roman Catholic church, to the truncheon wielded by Mr Punch in puppet shows, canes are embedded in the culture of almost every country around the globe. Roving the map with one hand and thumbing through history books with the other, A Virtual History of Walking Canes and Sticks seeks not only to introduce the collector to the diverse wealth of canes available but also to entertain the casual reader. Intermingled with over 800 full-colour pictures are descriptions of gadget canes for tradesmen, squirting canes for pranksters, and glamorous Art Nouveau canes for the dapper gentlemen of the ''20s. Informative and meticulously researched, this book paves an accessible route into a niche subject while paying homage to our ongoing relationship with canes. This story stretches back as far as history itself.

DKK 618.00
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On the Mason-Dixon Line - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

On the Mason-Dixon Line - - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

In the first collection of its kind, the editors have gathered together fifty-two of the best poems, stories, memoirs, novel excerpts, and creative nonfiction by writers who have called the tiny state of Delaware their home. The volume offers meticulously selected work, alphabetized by author, much of it inspired by or set in the state, and all in a wide range of styles. The anthology is not limited to writers currently living in Delaware; rather, it ranges far beyond, including major writers such as Gibbons Ruark, McKay Jenkins, Julianna Baggott, Fleda Brown, Allison Funk, and Pulitzer Prize winner W. D. Snodgrass_writers who were originally from Delaware, or who lived in the state long enough for their work to have been influenced by its streets, its beaches, and its winding marshland waterways. The anthology includes substantial biographies of each author.

DKK 866.00
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Across the Line - Barry Jacobs - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Across the Line - Barry Jacobs - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia''s Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn''t attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson''s mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. Barry Jacobs has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, People and other publications. He is the author of several sports books, including Coach K''s Little Blue Book . He lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

DKK 220.00
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Red Line - P. J. Crowley - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Red Line - P. J. Crowley - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Over the past quarter century, four consecutive American presidents—two Democrat, two Republican—have spent more time, diplomatic capital, and military resources on Iraq than any other country in the world. Much as the Vietnam syndrome cast a long shadow over American security policy in the decades after the end of the Vietnam War, Iraq provides the commanding narrative for this generation of American leaders. In this book, former Deputy Secretary of State P. J. Crowley, one of America’s most insightful national security commentators, unpacks the legacy of American triumphs and failures in Iraq . He argues that presidents have fallen victim to the Iraq Syndrome—the disconnect between politics, policy, strategy, and narrative—that has hampered America’s foreign policy in the Middle East and hotspots throughout the world. In order to maintain America’s global leadership role, Crowley argues that the next president must realign American’s national security politics, policies, strategies, and narrative for the long term.

DKK 229.00
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Fishing Adventures in Florida - Sport Fishing with Light Tackle - Bog af Max Hunn - Paperback

Fishing Adventures in Florida - Sport Fishing with Light Tackle - Bog af Max Hunn - Paperback

Is there a cure for snook fever?¿I've landed plenty of snook with a light bait-casting outfit. Don't fish for snook any other way. You can cane pole 'em with heavy lines off piers and bridges, or troll for 'em. But I like to scrub the bushes and make 'em hit top-water plugs.\ This was how Cal Stone introduced the author to light tackle fishing many decades ago in the waters of south Florida.Steer through twisted mangrove channels, dodge ¿noggin-knockers\ and oyster bars on outgoing tides, and..

DKK 134.95
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Sipping Darkness - Timothy Cotton - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Sipping Darkness - Timothy Cotton - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Following his best-selling essay collections Detective in the Dooryard and Dawn in the Dooryard, and the hilarious Got Warrants, retired Maine police officer Tim Cotton has turned his keyboard to fiction. Cole Miller is a retired officer reeling from the recent death of his wife. He is drawn back to the law by the case of a repeat offender who is allowed to remain free--and continue to carry out despicable acts--by a loophole in the system. Sipping Darkness is a novel about the often shady line between good and evil, and about the men and women who walk that line to keep the darkness at bay.

DKK 229.00
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Crossing the Finish Line - Alan Seidman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Crossing the Finish Line - Alan Seidman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

College student retention continues to be a vexing issue for colleges and universities. There are some very simple steps that a college or university can take to help students persist until they reach academic and/or personal goal attainment. This book is intended to give the reader the necessary tools, for all types of educational institutions and delivery systems, to implement a retention formula and success model that will actually help students meet their academic and personal goals and thus increase college retention and graduation rates. Regardless of the academic ability, socioeconomic status, gender, first generation, ethnicity of students, the retention formula and model presented will help each and every college type increase student retention and graduation rates.

DKK 273.00
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Crossing the Finish Line - Alan Seidman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

Crossing the Finish Line - Alan Seidman - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

College student retention continues to be a vexing issue for colleges and universities. There are some very simple steps that a college or university can take to help students persist until they reach academic and/or personal goal attainment. This book is intended to give the reader the necessary tools, for all types of educational institutions and delivery systems, to implement a retention formula and success model that will actually help students meet their academic and personal goals and thus increase college retention and graduation rates. Regardless of the academic ability, socioeconomic status, gender, first generation, ethnicity of students, the retention formula and model presented will help each and every college type increase student retention and graduation rates.

DKK 511.00
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