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The Personal Sustainability Handbook

60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond

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Personal Sustainability Handbook: A Blueprint for a Better You and a Better WorldEver feel like your health is going south or that your finances are built on a house of cards? Or maybe you feel poorly every day or have relationships that are lackluster or rough? Those are really sustainability problems that people don't tend to recognize as such — but whose impacts can make your goals meaningless ... Read more

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Personal Sustainability Handbook: A Blueprint for a Better You and a Better WorldEver feel like your health is going south or that your finances are built on a house of cards? Or maybe you feel poorly every day or have relationships that are lackluster or rough? Those are really sustainability problems that people don't tend to recognize as such — but whose impacts can make your goals meaningless
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever feel like your health is going south or that your finances are built on a house of cards? Or maybe you feel poorly every day or have relationships that are lackluster or rough? Those are really sustainability problems that people don't tend to recognize as such — but whose impacts can make your goals meaningless and cause you to crumble and fall ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Ever feel like your health is going south or that your finances are built on a house of cards? Or maybe you feel poorly every day or have relationships that are lackluster or rough? Those are really sustainability problems that people don't tend to recognize as such — but whose impacts can make your goals meaningless and cause you to crumble and fall
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Learning to Govern Together in Representative Democracy

The Dynamics of Cooperation and Competition in Coalition Governance

by Thomas König, Xiao Lu, Thiago N. Silva ...

Series series Comparative Politics
Learning to Govern Together in Representative Democracy introduces a dynamic theory on coalition governance and circular regression for studying joint policy-making of coalition parties, which considers the “pro tempore” nature of representative democracy. Because representative democracy limits the time to govern, the implementation of a common policy agenda is temporarily constrained. In ... Read more

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Learning to Govern Together in Representative Democracy introduces a dynamic theory on coalition governance and circular regression for studying joint policy-making of coalition parties, which considers the “pro tempore” nature of representative democracy. Because representative democracy limits the time to govern, the implementation of a common policy agenda is temporarily constrained. In
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Hope Nation

YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration

by Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Nicola Yoon, Marie Lu ...

**★ "This amazing outpouring of strength and honesty offers inspirational personal accounts for every reader who wonders what to do when everything seems impossible." --Booklist, starred reviewA 2019 Texas Topaz Reading List SelectionA Junior Library Guild Selection**Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help ... Read more

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**★ "This amazing outpouring of strength and honesty offers inspirational personal accounts for every reader who wonders what to do when everything seems impossible." --Booklist, starred reviewA 2019 Texas Topaz Reading List SelectionA Junior Library Guild Selection**Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help
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Mobile Learning Design

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Edited by Daniel Churchill, Jie Lu, Thomas K.F. Chiu, Bob Fox ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book focuses on mobile learning design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It introduces and discusses how mobile learning can be effectively integrated into curricula, highlighting the design of four key components of learning-centric pedagogy: Resource, Activity, Support and Evaluation in the context of mobile learning. It also investigates the learning theories underpinning ... Read more

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This book focuses on mobile learning design from both theoretical and practical perspectives. It introduces and discusses how mobile learning can be effectively integrated into curricula, highlighting the design of four key components of learning-centric pedagogy: Resource, Activity, Support and Evaluation in the context of mobile learning. It also investigates the learning theories underpinning
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Poor Numbers

How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It

by Morten Jerven ...

Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and ... Read more

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One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capacity. Reliable statistics, including estimates of economic growth rates and per-capita income, are basic to the operation of governments in developing countries and vital to nongovernmental organizations and other entities that provide financial aid to them. Rich countries and
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Africa

Why Economists Get It Wrong

by Morten Jerven ...

Series series African Arguments
'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

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'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book,
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Democratic Policymaking

An Analytic Approach

by Charles Barrilleaux, Christopher Reenock, Mark Souva ...

This introduction applies analytic models to policymaking challenges, equipping students with tools to evaluate core policymaking dilemmas. Students are introduced to the approaches of game theory, social choice theory, research design and causal inference. Key terms, along with current research, are highlighted to build an understanding of public policy study. Exercises and thought questions ... Read more

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This introduction applies analytic models to policymaking challenges, equipping students with tools to evaluate core policymaking dilemmas. Students are introduced to the approaches of game theory, social choice theory, research design and causal inference. Key terms, along with current research, are highlighted to build an understanding of public policy study. Exercises and thought questions
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The Timeline of Presidential Elections

How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter

by Robert S. Erikson, Christopher Wlezien ...

Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and ... Read more

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In presidential elections, do voters cast their ballots for the candidates whose platform and positions best match their own? Or is the race for president of the United States come down largely to who runs the most effective campaign? It’s a question those who study elections have been considering for years with no clear resolution. In The Timeline of Presidential Elections, Robert S. Erikson and
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Follow the Leader?

How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance

by Gabriel S. Lenz ...

In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters consider candidates' competence, honesty, and other performance-related traits. But does this actually happen? Do voters consider candidates' policy positions when deciding for whom to vote? And how do politicians' ... Read more

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In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters consider candidates' competence, honesty, and other performance-related traits. But does this actually happen? Do voters consider candidates' policy positions when deciding for whom to vote? And how do politicians'
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Local Elections and the Politics of Small-Scale Democracy

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Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people vote in local elections, particularly in the smaller cities, towns, and suburbs where ... Read more

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Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans' daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people vote in local elections, particularly in the smaller cities, towns, and suburbs where
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Revolving Door Lobbying

Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests

by Timothy M. LaPira, Herschel F. Thomas III ...

In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes, ... Read more

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In recent decades Washington has seen an alarming rise in the number of “revolving door lobbyists”—politicians and officials cashing in on their government experience to become influence peddlers on K Street. These lobbyists, popular wisdom suggests, sell access to the highest bidder. Revolving Door Lobbying tells a different, more nuanced story. As an insider interviewed in the book observes,
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