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  • Democracy Declined

    The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection

    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    As Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, “It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street.” More than a century after the government embraced credit to fuel the American economy, consumer ... Read more

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  • Uncivil Democracy

    How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power

    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communitiesEach year, as many as 250 million Americans face civil legal problems like eviction, debt collection, and substandard housing. These problems are disproportionately shouldered by racially and economically marginalized people, particularly women of color. Civil courts and legal aid organizations are supposed to ... Read more

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  • What Inclusive Instructors Do

    Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching

    This book uniquely offers the distilled wisdom of scores of instructors across ranks, disciplines and institution types, whose contributions are organized into a thematic framework that progressively introduces the reader to the key dispositions, principles and practices for creating the inclusive classroom environments (in person and online) that will help their students succeed.The authors asked ... Read more

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  • Student-Centered Leadership

    Series Book 15 - Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education
    Student-Centered Leadership offers a timely and thoughtful resource for school leaders who want to turn their ideals into action. Written by educational leadership expert Viviane Robinson, the book shows leaders how they can make a bigger difference to the quality of teaching and learning in their school and ultimately improve their students' performance.This book is based not on fad or fashion ... Read more

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  • Losing Ground (10th Anniversary Edition)

    American Social Policy, 1950-1980

    This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually made matters worse for its supposed beneficiaries, the poor and minorities. Charles Murray startled readers by recommending that we abolish welfare reform, but his position launched a debate culminating in President ... Read more

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  • Reconsidering Change Management

    Applying Evidence-Based Insights in Change Management Practice

    Series series Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development
    Despite the popularity of organizational change management, the question arises whether its prescriptions and dominant beliefs and practices are based on solid and convergent evidence. Organizational change management entails interventions intended to influence the task-related behavior and associated results of an individual, team, or entire organization. There is a perception that a lot of ... Read more

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  • Why Government Fails So Often

    And How It Can Do Better

    How government can implement more successful policies, more oftenFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives. At the same time, Americans have never been more disaffected with Washington, seeing it as an intrusive, incompetent, wasteful giant. Ineffective policies are caused by deep structural factors ... Read more

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  • Purposeful Program Theory

    Effective Use of Theories of Change and Logic Models

    Series Book 31 - Research Methods for the Social Sciences
    Between good intentions and great results lies a program theory-not just a list of tasks but a vision of what needs to happen, and how. Now widely used in government and not-for-profit organizations, program theory provides a coherent picture of how change occurs and how to improve performance. Purposeful Program Theory shows how to develop, represent, and use program theory thoughtfully and ... Read more

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    How Everyday Choices Lock In White Advantage

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