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Metapolitics From Wagner and the German Romantics to Hitler

Metapolitics From Wagner and the German Romantics to Hitler

More than half a century after the fall of the Third Reich Nazism its roots and its essential nature remain a central and unresolved enigma of the twentieth century. During the period of Hitler's ascendancy most attempts at explaining this unprecedented phenomenon were framed in economic often Marxist sociological terms and concepts. Peter Viereck's Metapolitics initially published in 1941 broke with this convention by indicting Hitler in terms of the Judaic-Christian ethical tradition and locating certain elements of the Nazi worldview in German romantic poetry music and social thought. Newly expanded Metapolitics remains a key work in the cultural interpretation of Nazism and totalitarianism and in the psychological interpretation of Hitler as a Wagnerite and failed artist. The term metapolitics a coinage from Richard Wagner's nationalist circle signifies an ideology resulting from five distinct strands: romanticism (embodied chiefly in the Wagnerian ethos) the pseudo-science of race Fuehrer worship vague economic socialism and the alleged supernatural and unconscious force of the Volk collectivity. Together those elements engendered an emphasis on irrationalism and hysteria and belief in a special German mission to direct the course of the world's history. Viereck analyzes nineteenth-century German thought's conflicting attitudes toward political procedures and social arrangements rooted in classical rational legalistic and Christian traditions. This edition includes an appreciation by Thomas Mann and an exchange with Jacques Barzun debating Viereck's criticism of German romanticism. Viereck's essays on the case of Albert Speer on Claus von Stauffenberg (the German officer who led the army conspiracy to assassinate Hitler) and on the poets Stefan George and Georg Heym appear here for the first time in book form. | Metapolitics From Wagner and the German Romantics to Hitler

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Aging and Diversity An Active Learning Experience

Aging and Diversity An Active Learning Experience

As the older population in the United States is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse it is important to understand the characteristics the potential and the needs of this population. In this new and fully revised edition of Aging and Diversity Chandra Mehrotra and Lisa Wagner address key topics in diversity and aging discussing how the aging experience is affected by not only race and ethnicity but also gender religious affiliation social class rural-urban community location and sexual orientation and gender identity. Taking this broad view of human diversity allows the authors to convey some of the rich complexities facing our aging population – complexities that provide both challenges to meet the needs of a diverse population of elders and opportunities to learn how to live in a pluralistic society. Mehrotra and Wagner present up-to-date knowledge and scholarship about aging and diversity in a way that engages readers in active learning placing ongoing emphasis on developing readers’ knowledge and skills fostering higher order thinking and encouraging exploration of personal values and attitudes. | Aging and Diversity An Active Learning Experience

GBP 51.99
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Opera in Paris from the Empire to the Commune

Opera in Paris from the Empire to the Commune

Studies in the history of French nineteenth-century stage music have blossomed in the last decade encouraging a revision of the view of the primacy of Austro-German music during the period and rebalancing the scholarly field away from instrumental music (key to the Austro-German hegemony) and towards music for the stage. This change of emphasis is having an impact on the world of opera production with new productions of works not heard since the nineteenth century taking their place in the modern repertory. This awakening of enthusiasm has come at something of a price. Selling French opera as little more than an important precursor to Verdi or Wagner has entailed a focus on works produced exclusively for the Paris Opéra at the expense of the vast range of other types of stage music produced in the capital: opéra comique opérette comédie-vaudeville and mélodrame for example. The first part of this book therefore seeks to reintroduce a number of norms to the study of stage music in Paris: to re-establish contexts and conventions that still remain obscure. The second and third parts acknowledge Paris as an importer and exporter of opera and its focus moves towards the music of its closest neighbours the Italian-speaking states and of its most problematic partners the German-speaking states especially the music of Weber and Wagner. Prefaced by an introduction that develops the volume’s overriding intellectual drivers of cultural exchange genre and institution this collection brings together twelve of the author’s previously published articles and essays fully updated for this volume and translated into English for the first time. | Opera in Paris from the Empire to the Commune

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The Psychobiology of Human Motivation

The Psychobiology of Human Motivation

This is a classic edition of Hugh Wagner’s influential overview of the biopsychological underpinnings of human motivation. It includes a new foreword written by Michael Richter who reflects on Wagner’s 20 years of teaching writing and research in the field of biopsychology and promises an engaging succinct and accessible introductory text that remains relevant and useful to students today. The Psychobiology of Human Motivation explores what directs our behaviour from basic physiological needs like hunger and thirst to more complex aspects of social behaviour like altruism. Wagner explores the limits of biological explanations and shows how humans can influence ‘basic’ physiological drives in order to adapt to a complex social environment. An accessible engaging resource strengthened by many applied examples Wagner’s text continues to be integral reading for undergraduate students seeking a solid introduction to the psychology of human motivation across the social and behavioural sciences.

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The Muse as Eros Music Erotic Fantasy and Male Creativity in the Romantic and Modern Imagination

The Muse as Eros Music Erotic Fantasy and Male Creativity in the Romantic and Modern Imagination

The Muse has long been figured as a divine or erotically alluring consort to the virile male artist who may inspire him or lead him to the edge of madness. This book explores the changing cultural expressions of the relationship between the male artist with a beloved imagined or desired Muse to offer new and penetrating perspectives on musical representations and transformations of creative masculine subjectivity and important aspects of the shift from the styles and aesthetics of Romantic Idealism to Modernist Anxiety in music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Each of the chapters begins with explorations into male artists' relationships with their Muse and moves to analysis and interpretation which uncovers cultural constructions of masculine artistic inspiration and production and their association with creatively inspiring and erotically charged relationships with a Muse. New insights are offered into the musical meaning and cultural significance of selected works by Rossini Beethoven Chopin Liszt Schumann Wagner Sibelius Mahler Bart³k Scriabin Szymanowski Debussy Berg Poulenc and Weill. | The Muse as Eros Music Erotic Fantasy and Male Creativity in the Romantic and Modern Imagination

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Nietzsche and the Fate of Art

Nietzsche and the Fate of Art

This title was first published in 2002. Challenging the accepted orthodoxy on Nietzsche's views on art this book seeks both to challenge and to establish a new set of concerns as far as discourses on Nietzsche's thoughts on aesthetics are concerned whilst at the same time using such insights to illuminate more central concerns of Nietzsche scholarship such as the will to power the illusion/truth question the eternal return the death of God tragedy Wagner. Following the development of Nietzsche's thoughts on art from his earliest writings to his last Pothen counters traditionally accepted interpretations by suggesting a need to recognize the deep suspicion and at times hostility that Nietzsche displays towards art and the artist throughout his text by emphasising the philosophical arguments underlying this deep suspicion and by viewing this tendency as something deeply connected to the other areas of his thought. Readers with interests in Nietzsche studies aesthetics German philosophy and the philosophy of music will find this a particularly invaluable and distinctive contribution to Nietzsche scholarship. | Nietzsche and the Fate of Art

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Benjamin Britten and Montagu Slater's Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten and Montagu Slater's Peter Grimes

‘Who can turn skies back and begin again?’ -Peter This book contends that Peter Grimes widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential operas of the 20th century is also one of the British theatre’s finest ‘lost’ plays. Seeking to liberate Britten and Slater’s work from the blinkered traditions of theatre and opera criticism Sam Kinchin-Smith poses two questions: If an opera was created like a play and can be staged as a play is it a play? If a portion of its success and influence is the product of this newly identified theatrical engine is it then a great play? The answers involve Wagner and W. G. Sebald George Crabbe and Complicité Akenfield and Twin Peaks. Challenging long-established narratives of post-war theatre history this book makes a compelling case for why practitioners and scholars of performance ought to pay more attention to Britten and Slater’s achievement – a milestone of unconventional English modernism – and perhaps to other operatic masterpieces too. | Benjamin Britten and Montagu Slater's Peter Grimes

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United Artists

United Artists

Established in 1919 by Hollywood's top talent United Artists has had an illustrious history from Hollywood minor to industry leader to a second-tier media company in the shadow of MGM. This edited collection brings together leading film historians to examine key aspects of United Artists' centennial history from its origins to the sometimes chaotic developments of the last four decades. The focus is on several key executives – ranging from Joseph Schenck to Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise – and on many of the people making films for United Artists including Gloria Swanson David O. Selznick Kirk Douglas the Mirisch brothers and Woody Allen. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources individual case studies explore the mutually supportive but also in places highly contentious relationships between United Artists and its producers the difficult balance between artistic and commercial objectives and the resulting hits and misses (among them The General the Pink Panther franchise Heaven’s Gate Cruising and Hot Tub Time Machine). The second volume in the Routledge Hollywood Centenary series United Artists is a fascinating and comprehensive study of the firm’s history and legacy perfect for students and researchers of cinema and film history media industries and Hollywood.

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Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

Henry Irving (1838-1905) the first actor to be knighted dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation his somewhat ungainly physique and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and villainy. As a director of spectacular and commercially driven entertainments Irving anticipated Hollywood directors from D. W. Griffith to Stephen Spielberg. And as manager of the Lyceum Theatre where audiences included the leading public figures of the day he controlled every aspect of the performance. This collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving's art: his acting his contribution to the plays he commissioned his flair for the stage picture and his ear for incidental music. Like Wagner Irving was a proponent of a holistic approach to the stage that is blending together acting painting music and architecture to create harmonious balanced and artistic theatre. Irving emerges not only as the peer of such eminent contemporaries as Tennyson Sullivan Shaw and Burne-Jones but also as a powerful influence on the twentieth-century theatre. | Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

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The Schopenhauerian Mind

The Schopenhauerian Mind

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is now recognised as a figure of canonical importance to the history of philosophy. Schopenhauer founded his system on a highly original interpretation of Kant’s philosophy developing an entirely novel and controversial worldview guided centrally by his striking conception of the human will and of art and beauty. His influence extends to figures as diverse as Fredrich Nietzsche Ludwig Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch within philosophy and Richard Wagner Thomas Hardy Sigmund Freud Thomas Mann Samuel Beckett and Jorge Luis Borges outside it. The Schopenhauerian Mind is an outstanding wide-ranging collection that explores the rich nature of Schopenhauer's ideas texts influences and legacy. Comprising 38 original chapters by an international team of contributors the volume is organised into five clear parts: Knowledge and Reality Aesthetics and the Arts Ethics Politics and Salvation Before Schopenhauer After Schopenhauer The Schopenhauerian Mind covers all the key areas and concepts of Schopenhauer’s philosophy including fields omitted in previous studies. It is essential reading for students of nineteenth-century philosophy Continental philosophy and philosophy of art and aesthetics and also of interest to those in related disciplines such as literature and religion.

GBP 205.00
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James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music is the first full-length and in-depth study to position this painter within the overall trajectory of French modernism during the second half of the nineteenth century and to view the artist as integral to the aesthetic projects of its most original contributors. Suzanne M. Singletary maintains that Whistler was in a unique situation as an insider within the emerging French avant-garde thereby in an enviable position to both absorb and transform the innovations of others – and that until now his widespread influence as a catalyst among his colleagues has been neither investigated nor appreciated. Singletary contends that Whistler’s importance rivals that of Manet whose multi-layered (and often unexpected) interconnections with Whistler are the focus of one chapter. In addition Whistler’s pivotal role in linking the legacies of Baudelaire Delacroix Gautier Wagner and other mid-century innovators to the later French Symbolists has previously been largely ignored. Courbet Degas Monet and Seurat complete the roster of French artists whose dialogue with Whistler is highlighted. | James McNeill Whistler and France A Dialogue in Paint Poetry and Music

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Fifty Key Theatre Designers

Fifty Key Theatre Designers

Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set costume lighting and projection designers since the Renaissance. Developments of scenic design are traced from the introduction of perspective painting to create illusionistic scenery in Renaissance Italy to the use of digital projection in the twenty-first century. The book also discusses important landmarks in the evolution of costume and lighting design as well as the introduction of film and video technology to stage design. A broad range of work is explored including opera dance Broadway and West End commercial theatre avant-garde performance and even Olympic spectacles. Each chapter features one designer including basic biographical information and a discussion of that artist’s style aesthetics and contributions. Designers covered include Sebastiano Serlio Ferdinando Bibiena Richard Wagner Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig amongst many other notable individuals. Each chapter also includes references to other significant designers with similar aesthetics or who made similarly important contributions to the development of that aspect of scenography. This book is ideal for undergraduates and graduates of scenography theatrical design and theatre history.

GBP 39.99
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Diversity and Inclusion on Campus Supporting Students of Color in Higher Education

Diversity and Inclusion on Campus Supporting Students of Color in Higher Education

This new and updated second edition of Diversity and Inclusion on Campus: Supporting Students of Color in Higher Education provides an exploration of the range of college experiences from gaining access to higher education to successfully persisting through degree programs. By bridging research theory and practice related to the ways that peers faculty administrators staff and institutions can and do influence racially and ethnically diverse students’ experiences Winkle-Wagner and Locks examine how and why it is imperative to have an understanding of the issues that affect students of color in higher education. This new edition also includes features such as: New case studies and examples throughout that allow readers to take institutional-level and student-level approaches to the chapter topics Updated citations and theory across chapters New topical coverage including discussion of college affordability an exploration of a variety of institution types and the role of merit in maintaining and perpetuating racial inequality in higher education End-of-chapter questions that encourage readers to explore chapter concepts in more detail This second edition is an invaluable resource for future and current higher education and student affairs practitioners working towards full inclusion and participation for students of color in higher education. | Diversity and Inclusion on Campus Supporting Students of Color in Higher Education

GBP 42.99
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Organizational Behavior Securing Competitive Advantage

Organizational Behavior Securing Competitive Advantage

The management of organizational behavior is a critically important source of competitive advantage in today’s organizations. Managers must be able to capitalize on employees’ individual differences as jobs are designed teams are formed work is structured and change is facilitated. This textbook now in its third edition provides its readers with the knowledge required to succeed as managers under these circumstances. In this book John Wagner and John Hollenbeck make the key connection between theory and practice to help students excel as managers charged with the task of securing competitive advantage. They present students with a variety of helpful learning tools including: • Coverage of the full spectrum of organizational behavior topics • Managerial models that are based in many instances on hundreds of research studies and decades of management practice – not the latest fad • Completely new introductory mini-cases and updated examples throughout the text to help students contextualize organizational behavior theory and understand its application in today’s business world This ideal book for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students of organizational behavior is written to motivate exceptional student performance and contribute to their lasting managerial success. Online resources including PowerPoint slides and test banks round out this essential resource for instructors and students of organizational behavior. | Organizational Behavior Securing Competitive Advantage

GBP 145.00
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Opera In The Flesh Sexuality In Operatic Performance

Opera In The Flesh Sexuality In Operatic Performance

Verdi Wagner polymorphous perversion Puccini Brunnhilde Pinkerton and Parsifal all rub shoulders in this delightful poetic insightful sexual book sprung by one man's physical response to the power and exaggeration we call opera. Sam Abel applies a light touch as he considers the topic of opera and the eroticized body: Why do audiences respond to opera in a visceral way? How does opera like no other art form physically move watchers? How and why does opera arouse feelings akin to sexual desire? Abel seeks the answers to these questions by examining homoerotic desire the phenomenon of the castrati operatic cross-dressing and opera as presented through the media. In this deeply personal book Abel writes ‘These pages map my current struggles to pin down my passion for opera my intense admiration for its aesthetic forms and beauties but much more they express my astonishment at how opera makes me lose myself how it consumes me. ’ In so doing Abel uncovers what until now through dry musicology and gossipy history has been left behind a wall of silence: the physical and erotic nature of opera. Although Abel can speak with certainty only about his own response to opera he provides readers with a language and a resonance with which to understand their own experiences. Ultimately Opera in the Flesh celebrates the power of opera to move audiences as no other book has done. It is indeed a treasure of scholarship passion and poetry for everyone with even a passing interest in this fascinating art form. | Opera In The Flesh Sexuality In Operatic Performance

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Forestry Economics A Managerial Approach

Forestry Economics A Managerial Approach

Forestry Economics introduces students and practitioners to the economics of managing forests and forest enterprises. The book adopts the approach of managerial economics textbooks and applies this to the unique problems and production processes faced by managers of forests and forest enterprises. What many future forest and natural resource managers need is to understand what economic information is and how to use it to make better business and management decisions. John E. Wagner draws on his 30 years of experience teaching and working in the field of forest resource economics to present students with an accessible understanding of the unique production processes and problems faced by forest and other natural resource managers. The second edition has been updated to include: Expanded discussion of compounding discounting and capital budgeting as well as an expanded discussion of when to replace a capital asset that has (i) costs but no direct revenue stream such as a machine; (ii) costs and a direct annual revenue stream such as a solar array; or (iii) costs and a periodic revenue stream illustrated by the forest rotation problem. New practical examples to provide students with applications of the concepts being discussed in the text most notably on New Zealand and a Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata) Plantation. A brand-new chapter that develops business plans for for-profit businesses to illustrate how a business plan is derived from the economic information contained within the Architectural Plan for Profit and how it can be used to make business decisions about continuing to operate a business or to start a new business. This textbook is an invaluable source of clear and accessible information on forestry economics and management not only for economics students but also for students of other disciplines and those already working in forestry and natural resources. | Forestry Economics A Managerial Approach

GBP 59.99
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Planning and Zoning New York City

Planning and Zoning New York City

Two unique events shaped the magnificent unnatural geography of New York City and created its sense of place: the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 and the zoning resolution of 1916. The first imprinted Manhattan with a two-dimensional plan a rectangular grid defined by broad north-south avenues multiple east-west cross streets and by its standard units: blocks of two hundred feet by six hundred to eight hundred feet. The second determined the city's three-dimensional form by restricting uses by district by limiting the maximum mass of a building allowed on a given site. This book addresses the fundamental challenge facing every American municipality: Can zoning - the basic tool of municipal land-use control - balance growth and equity? As New York plans for the future the nation's foremost commentators on urban planning architecture land-use law and design discuss the accomplishments of New York's zoning laws and explore alternative scenarios for guiding the city's future development. The chapters in this book were originally prepared for a symposium on the history and future of planning in New York City. The authors provide a skillful blend of urban history architectural review economic analysis and social commentary. Contributors include such experts as Jonathan Barnett Sigurd Grava Frances Halsband Jerold Kayden Brian Kintish Eric Kober Michael Kwartler Larry Littlefield Norman Marcus R. Susan Motley Richard A. Plunz Peter D. Salins Richard L. Schaffer John Shapiro Robert A. M. Stern Roy Strickland Marilyn Taylor Robert F. Wagner Jr. and Carol Willis. This book is essential reading for planners architects historians developers and municipal officials concerned with guiding the future of America's cities. Its lessons are vital for every city in America. | Planning and Zoning New York City

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Building Theories Architecture as the Art of Building

Building Theories Architecture as the Art of Building

Building Theories speaks to the value of words in architecture. It addresses the author’s fascination with the voices of architects engineers builders and craftspeople whose ideas about building have been captured in text. It discusses the content of treatises essays articles and letters by those who have been throughout history committed to the art of building. In this Building Theories argues for the return of a practice of architectural theory that is set amongst building buildings and builders. This journey of close reading reinterprets the words of Vitruvius Alberti de L’Orme Le Camus de Mézières Boullée Laugier Rondelet Semper Viollet-le-Duc Hübsch Bötticher Berlage Muthesius Wagner Behrendt Gropius and Arup. With chapters dedicated to texts from antiquity the Renaissance and the nineteenth century and with a critical eye on architectural theory popularized in the Anglo-Saxon world post-1968 readers are introduced to a wider more inclusive definition of architectural ideas. Building Theories considers how contemporary scholarship has steered away from the topic of building in its reluctance to admit that both design and construction are central to its concerns. In response it argues for a realignment of architecture with the concept of techné with a dual commitment to fabrica e ratio with a productive return to l’art de bien bastir with the accurate translation of the term Baukunst and with an appeal to the architect’s ‘composite mind. ’ Students practitioners and educators will identify in Building Theories ways of thinking that strive for the integration of design with construction; reject the supposed primacy of the former over the latter; recognize how aesthetics are an insufficient scaffold for subtending the subject of architectural ethics; and accept without reservation that material transformations have always been at the origins of built form. | Building Theories Architecture as the Art of Building

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American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration has been the go-to introductory textbook for Public Administration courses with a focus on civil society for the last decade. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition authors Cropf and Wagner weave the most recent and compelling research throughout every chapter to give students a useful in-depth understanding of the field today. Changes to this edition include: A stronger focus on e-governance and the ways in which technological change (e. g. social media government information policy surveillance) have transformed the government’s relationship with citizens as well as the role of the public servant/nonprofit worker at the federal state and local levels An expanded discussion of citizen participation in all aspects of governing including the 2016 elections the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Black Lives Matter movement Updated mini case studies throughout the text on topics such as climate change LGBT rights and violent extremism to maximize student engagement A new section on major local government issues including public–private partnerships land-use planning and economic development – and their relevance to Public Administration A chapter focusing on environmental policy administration and the role and responsibilities of public administrators in a time of global climate change Expanded coverage of the nonprofit sector and discussion of important linkages between Public Administration and Nonprofit Management A comprehensive suite of online supplements including PowerPoint slides an Instructor’s Manual with suggested lectures discussion questions and a test bank (includes multiple choice true-false matching) as well as student exercises (written individual group and web-based). Comprehensive well-written and offering a careful consideration of the fundamentals American Public Administration Second Edition is an ideal introductory text for courses at the undergraduate or graduate level offering students a broader civil society context in which to understand public service. | American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

GBP 94.99
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American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

American Public Administration has been the go-to introductory textbook for Public Administration courses with a focus on civil society for the better part of two decades. Now in an extensively revised and updated third edition authors Cropf and Wagner weave the most recent and compelling research throughout every chapter to give students a useful in-depth understanding of the field today. Changes to this edition include: Three new chapters including one on public administration’s role in community resilience a second on public administration and public health and a complete rewrite of the chapter on managing information resources in public organizations. Extended discussions about the importance of civil society in public administration as well as the growing role of information technology including the role of government in combating misinformation and disinformation. New coverage of topics including but not limited to: the need for better disaster and pandemic planning at all levels of government; a need for greater preparedness related to global climate change; the worsening of the wealth inequality gap in the United States; America’s changing role in the world’s economy; important efforts to achieve racial economic and social equality and the response from government; and the increasing and evolving relationship between police and the community in the United States. Fully updated pedagogical tools including chapter summaries discussion questions brief case studies case study discussion questions key terms and suggestions for further reading in each chapter as well as accompanying support material that can be easily incorporated into Learning Management Systems (LMS) including Canvas and Blackboard. Comprehensive well-written and offering a careful consideration of the fundamentals American Public Administration Third Edition is an ideal introductory text for courses at undergraduate or graduate level offering students a broader civil society context in which to understand public service. | American Public Administration Public Service for the Twenty-First Century

GBP 74.99
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Neighborhood Democracy Building Anchor Partnerships Between Colleges and Their Communities

Neighborhood Democracy Building Anchor Partnerships Between Colleges and Their Communities

Higher education and America stand at a perilous moment brought about by economic and social inequality racism and the fracture of civic cohesion and structures. From its origins the mission of American higher education was to promote democratic governance and a free fair and orderly society through the education of responsible citizens. Just as its mission has become more urgent it is being undermined as colleges and universities find themselves trapped in a fiscal crisis that threatens their very institutional viability—a crisis in large part brought about by the very perpetuation of economic and racial inequity and the consequent erosion of consensus about civic purpose and vision. This book argues that higher education can and must again take leadership in promoting the participatory processes and instilling the democratic values needed to build a vibrant and fair society. How to do that when as Guarasci argues a majority of colleges and universities are floundering under a business model that generates insufficient net revenue while making college unaffordable?Guarasci offers a model of civic mission and engagement whereby through relatively modest investment colleges can develop reciprocal partnerships with local institutions civic and business groups to raise the quality and outcomes of K-12 education promote local entrepreneurship and community involvement raise incomes and increase the attainment of postsecondary education to benefit the wider national economy and colleges around the region and country. He demonstrates how civic engagement can revitalize communities and generate developmental and foundation funding. Vividly illustrated by the examples of success of students from the shadow community to which Wagner College committed its energies and resources by the stories of the local schools and their principals and the voices of local partners this book offers a compelling and detailed account of what it takes to transform an institution and a neighborhood—and a model of renewal. A Co-Publication with AAC&U | Neighborhood Democracy Building Anchor Partnerships Between Colleges and Their Communities

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The Future of American Higher Education How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate

The Future of American Higher Education How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate

This impressive anthology presents the reader with an introduction to a gallery of public intellectuals through the critical eyes of a wide array of contributing writers from various academic fields. Both the latter and the public intellectuals themselves are responding to the state of American higher education. Importantly most of them (there are a few public intellectuals in the book who cling closer to the status quo) do not separate colleges and universities from the political economic and social currents of American society. They attack the realities of growing social inequality the intractable presence of institutional racism and the recurrent reliance on the free market as the arbiter of value. Public intellectuals assess the impact of these social factors on the organization and practices of contemporary American higher education. They force the reader to consider serious challenges to the current arrangement of higher learning and as such they ask us to assess the efficacy of their respective perspectives. Do they present the reader with insight or idealism pathways or dead ends? This compendium provides an abundance of ideas for higher education leaders policy makers faculty members trustees and governmental officials as well as social theorists and graduate students interested in higher education careers. —Richard Guarasci President Emeritus of Wagner CollegeJust as our society is polarized higher education is no less divided as to its mission and purpose whether it should be preparing students for employment or for engagement as citizens whether it should be corporatist and profit-driven or promote intellectual curiosity and independent thinking and whether it should pursue a neoliberal agenda or promote a liberal education. Whose scholarship culture and epistemologies should be validated? Should it be a private or a public good? Preserve tenure or erode it? What role should colleges and universities play in addressing economic inequality and systemic racism? The answers to these questions are critical for the future of our society as our universities and colleges are the nurseries of the values and philosophies that shape it. The chapters in this book review the contributions of seventeen public intellectuals who have been at the forefront of these issues and significantly contributed to these debates. Each describes the genesis of each scholar’s ideas and presents and critiques his or her core insights and arguments. The seventeen public intellectuals represent a spectrum of opinion from the conservative to the progressive. At this pivotal moment when much of higher education is in economic crisis and public trust in it has been eroded this book offers a robust entry point for considering the options and directions ahead for anyone in a leadership position. The book will also be valuable for higher education courses to stimulate debate about these critical issues and introduce readers to the seminal thinkers in the field. Public Intellectuals PresentedStanley AronowitzMichael BérubéMarc BousquetPatricia Hill CollinsLori Patton DavisWilliam DeresiewiczStanley Fish Marybeth GasmanHenry GirouxSara Goldrick-RabbAmy GutmannRussell JacobyRandall KennedyDavid KirpDavid F. LabareeChristopher NewfieldMichael Roth | The Future of American Higher Education How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate

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