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  • Too Young to Run?

    A Proposal for an Age Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

    by John Seery ...
    Under the Constitution of the United States, those with political ambitions who aspire to serve in the federal government must be at least twenty-five to qualify for membership in the House of Representatives, thirty to run for the Senate, and thirty-five to become president. What is the justification for these age thresholds, and is it time to consider changing them? In this provocative and ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Democracy Reconsidered

    by David Alvis, Martha Bayles, James W. Ceaser, Eric Cohen, Jocelyn Jones Evans, Gayle McKeen, Michael Papazian, David Ramsey, Carl Eric Scott, Paul Seaton, Matthew Sitman, John Seery, Brian A. Smith, Ann Hartle, Joseph M. Knippenberg, Peter Augustine Lawler ...
    Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine the lessons that novelists, philosophers, and political theorists have for democratic societies as ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Political Returns

    Irony In Politics And Theory From Plato To The Antinuclear Movement

    by John Evan Seery ...
    This book presents a theory of the politics of irony and tests this theory through readings of political theory texts and through an analysis of the politics of the contemporary anti-nuclear movement, and argues that political writing must be ironic. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Higher Education in Ireland

    Practices, Policies and Possibilities

    by Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery, John Walsh ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This collection provides the first in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical context of the country over the past 40 years and the development of European and national policies. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • A Political Companion to Walt Whitman

    by John E. Seery ...
    Series series Political Companions to Great American Authors
    "Wonderful . . . a timely invitation to political and social theorists to take seriously this imaginative man who solicited us to think and sing democracy." —Bonnie Honig, author of Emergency PoliticsThe works of Walt Whitman have been described as masculine, feminine, postcolonial, homoerotic, urban, organic, unique, and democratic, yet arguments about the extent to which Whitman could or should ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best Kind of College

    An Insiders' Guide to America's Small Liberal Arts Colleges

    Edited by Susan McWilliams, John E. Seery ...
    Small college professors from across the United States explain why liberal arts institutions remain the gold standard for higher education.The fevered controversy over America's educational future isn't simply academic; those who have proposed sweeping reforms include government officials, politicians, foundation officers, think-tank researchers, journalists, media pundits, and university ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • George Kateb

    Dignity, Morality, Individuality

    Edited by John Seery ...
    Series series Routledge Innovators in Political Theory
    George Kateb’s writings have been innovatory in exploring the fundamental quandary of how modern democracy—sovereignty vested in the many—might nevertheless protect, respect, promote, even celebrate the singular, albeit ordinary individual. His essays, often leading to unexpected results, have focused on many inter-related topics: rights, representation, constitutionalism, war, evil, extinction, ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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    Edited by Susan Marlow, Dean Patton, Monder Ram ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
    The majority of employees currently working in the private sector are now employed in small firms, yet little is known about their working conditions. This collection of essays addresses this gap. Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key areas of the employment relationship adding a new perspective to our understanding of contemporary work. ... Read more

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  • A Socially Critical View Of The Self-Managing School

    Edited by John Smyth ...
    The shift from the model of central government educational control to school- based management has been widely adopted and acclaimed and has created the general impression of increased democracy and participation.; The international contributors to this book tackle this important policy issue and look behind the scenes of the moves towards school self- management. They investigate the phenomenon ... Read more

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  • Education plc

    Understanding Private Sector Participation in Public Sector Education

    by Stephen J. Ball ...
    Is the privatisation of state education defendable? Did the public sector ever provide a fair education for all learners?In Education plc, Stephen Ball provides a comprehensive, analytic and empirical account of the privatisation of education. He questions the kind of future we want for education and what role privatisation and the private sector may have in that future. Using policy sociology to ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Consorting And Collaborating In The Education Market Place

    by Chris Husbands, David Bridges ...
    This text offers descriptions and analyses of some of the different ways in which schools and other educational institutions have started to establish new collaborative relationships in today's competitive educational marketplace. Using case studies, the book describes examples of such collaborative structures.; Educational consortia have been established as a vehicle for professional and ... Read more

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  • What is Youth Work?

    Edited by Janet Batsleer, Bernard Davies ...
    Series series Empowering Youth and Community Work PracticeýLM Series
    With the proposed development of the ′youth professional′ and the consolidation of graduate professional qualifications, this is an important time for youth work. This book sets out the current state of debate about youth work for those considering, or about to embark on, a degree course. Contemporary debates in youth work are explored, and help to give students a sense of its history and its ... Read more

    $65.69 USD