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Living on Your Own
(April 2014)
Single Women, Rental Housing, and Affect in Contemporary South Korea
Jesook Song - Author
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics, Second Edition
(January 2014)
A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Matthew B. Robinson - Author
Renee G. Scherlen - Author
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Revised and updated edition that analyses how the Office of National Drug Control Policy employs statistics to misleadingly claim the War on Drugs is a success.
First published in 2007, Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics critically analyzed claims made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the White House agency of accountability in the nation’s drug war since 1989, as found in the six edit...(Read More) |
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Universities and Colleges as Economic Drivers
(November 2012)
Measuring Higher Education’s Role in Economic Development
Jason E. Lane - Editor
D. Bruce Johnstone - Editor
Nancy L. Zimpher - Foreword by
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Comprehensive examination of the relationship between higher education, state government, and economic development.
Local, state, and national economies are facing unprecedented levels of international competition. The current fiscal crisis has hampered the ability of many governments in the developed world to directly facilitate economic growth. At the same time, many governments in the developing world are investing signific...(Read More) |
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Precipice or Crossroads?
(June 2012)
Where America's Great Public Universities Stand and Where They Are Going Midway through Their Second Century
Daniel Mark Fogel - Editor
Elizabeth Malson-Huddle - Editor
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Comprehensive treatment of the challenges faced by America’s public research universities, and of what those challenges may mean for the nation.
President Lincoln signed the Morrill Land-grant Act in 1862, launching a nationwide project in public higher education that would build democracy, prosperity, and competitiveness to levels undreamed of 150 years ago. As student costs skyrocket, driven by steep drops in public fu...(Read More) |
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Tax Cheating
(June 2012)
Illegal--But Is It Immoral?
Donald Morris - Author
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Category Finalist - 2013 Eric Hoffer Book Awards, presented by Hopewell Publications
FINALIST – 2012 ForeWord Book of the Year in the Political Science Category
An examination of the ethical issues surrounding tax cheating and implications for public policy.
From unreported gambling winnings and inflated claims of the value of clothing donated to charity to money hidden in Swiss bank accounts and high...(Read More) |
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Federal Government and Urban Housing, The, Third Edition
(May 2012)
R. Allen Hays - Author
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A comprehensive history of U.S. housing policy that illuminates the political struggles that have accompanied the nation’s effort to assist those citizens who are in desperate need of decent, affordable housing.
Since its initial publication, The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition has become a standard reference on the history of housing policy in the United States. It remains a unique contribution,...(Read More) |
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Fighting for Our Health
(February 2012)
The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States
Richard Kirsch - Author
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Insider Richard Kirsch offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be.
This first-person account brings readers inside the biggest and most consequential issue campaign in American history. Fighting for Our Health recounts how a reform campaign led by grassroots organizers played a crucial role in President Obama’s signing historic health reform legislation in March of 2010—defeating...(Read More) |
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The Beach Beneath the Streets
(June 2011)
Contesting New York City's Public Spaces
Benjamin Shepard - Author
Gregory Smithsimon - Author
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Examines New York City as a paradigmatic example of the tensions between privatization and public uses of space in the contemporary United States.
Focusing on the liberating promise of public space, The Beach Beneath the Streets examines the activist struggles of communities in New York City—queer youth of color, gardeners, cyclists, and anti-gentrification activists—as they transform streets, piers, and...(Read More) |
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Water Pollution Policies and the American States
(May 2011)
Runaway Bureaucracies or Congressional Control?
John A. Hoornbeek - Author
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A fresh perspective on American water pollution policy.
In this incisive volume, John A. Hoornbeek provides a comprehensive treatment of American water pollution policy, including its history and implementation, as well as ideas for policy reform. Focusing on Congress’s statutory directions in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act since 1948 and state compliance, he throws into relief the complex and of...(Read More) |
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Globalization, Social Justice, and the Helping Professions
(April 2011)
William Roth - Editor
Katharine Briar-Lawson - Editor
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Explores the impact of globalization and the imperative of social justice for the helping professions in contemporary times.
This landmark book brings together the reality of globalization and the imperative for social justice for helping professionals and students. Helping professions such as social work, counseling, and community building can no longer be understood outside a global framework. While the very notion of ...(Read More) |
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