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Multiple-Use Management : the Economics of Public Forestlands.

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by Bowes, Michael D.
Call Number 333.750973 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary In this book, Bowes and Krutilla bring together what is known and relevant about valuing the nonmarket services of the public forests and propose a new theoretical framework that allows multiple uses, the biological dynamics of the forest, and the institutional and economic realities of public forest management to be taken into account in forest planning and budgeting. The authors begin by tracing the development of multiple use in forest management and by exploring the multiple uses of the public forests and the economics of multiple-use forestry. They offer a masterful analysis of the ninete.
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Defense management reform : how to make the Pentagon work better and cost less / Peter Levine.

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by Levine, Peter, 1957- author.
Call Number 355.68570973 23
Publication Date 2020
Summary "This book addresses why, despite decades of attempted reform, the Pentagon continues to struggle to reduce waste and inefficiency. Peter Levine narrates the history of attempted reforms through three case studies in civilian personnel, acquisition, and financial management in the Department of Defense. The result is a clear understanding of what went wrong in the past and a set of concrete guidelines to plot a better future."--
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Strategic planning in the arts : a practical guide / Michael M. Kaiser.

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by Kaiser, Michael M., 1953- author.
Call Number 706 23
Publication Date 2019
Summary "A guide for strategic planning in the arts, based on the current ecology of arts organizations and the culture surrounding them"--
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The way out : how to overcome toxic polarization / Peter T. Coleman.

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by Coleman, Peter T., 1959- author.
Call Number 303.69 23
Publication Date 2021
Summary "The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal too-and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the other side. How can we loosen the grip of this toxic polarization and start working on our most pressing problems? The Way Out offers an escape from this morass. The social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. Deploying the concept of attractors in dynamical systems, he explains why we are stuck in this rut as well as the unexpected ways that deeply rooted oppositions can and do change. Coleman meticulously details principles and practices for navigating and healing the difficult divides in our homes, workplaces, and communities, blending compelling personal accounts from his years of working on entrenched conflicts with lessons from leading-edge research. The Way Out is a vital and timely guide to breaking free from the cycle of mutual contempt in order to better our lives, relationships, and country"--
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Transforming government organizations : fresh ideas and examples from the field / edited by Ronald R. Sims, College of William and Mary ; William I. Sauser, Jr., Harbert College of Business, Auburn University ; Sheri Bias, Saint Leo University.

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by Sims, Ronald R., editor.
Call Number 352.3670973 23
Publication Date 2016
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Working for respect : community and conflict at Walmart / Adam Reich and Peter Bearman.

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by Reich, Adam D. (Adam Dalton), 1981- author.
Call Number 331.7613811490973 23
Publication Date 2018
Summary "Walmart is the largest employer in the world. It encompasses nearly 1 percent of the entire American workforce--young adults, parents, formerly incarcerated people, retirees. Walmart also presents one possible future of work--Walmartism--in which the arbitrary authority of managers mixes with a hyper-rationalized, centrally controlled bureaucracy in ways that curtail workers' ability to control their working conditions and their lives. In Working for Respect, Adam Reich and Peter Bearman examine how workers make sense of their jobs at places like Walmart in order to consider the nature of contemporary low-wage work, as well as the obstacles and opportunities such workplaces present as sites of struggle for social and economic justice. They describe the life experiences that lead workers to Walmart and analyze the dynamics of the shop floor. As a part of the project, Reich and Bearman matched student activists with a nascent association of current and former Walmart associates: the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart). They follow the efforts of this new partnership, considering the formation of collective identity and the relationship between social ties and social change. They show why traditional unions have been unable to organize service-sector workers in places like Walmart and offer provocative suggestions for new strategies and directions. Drawing on a wide array of methods, including participant-observation, oral history, big data, and the analysis of social networks, Working for Respect is a sophisticated reconsideration of the modern workplace that makes important contributions to debates on labor and inequality and the centrality of the experience of work in a fair economy"--
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American Airlines, US Airways and the creation of the world's largest airline / Ted Reed and Dan Reed.

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by Reed, Ted, 1948 April 2-
Call Number 387.706573 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary "The 2013 merger of American Airlines and US Airways marked a major step in the consolidation of the U.S. airline industry. A young management team that began plotting mergers a decade earlier designed a strategy to seize an industry prize and it enlisted the help of unions who engineered one of the labor movement's biggest corporate victories"--
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America in the Teens / Andrew J. Dunar.

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by Dunar, Andrew J., author.
Call Number 973.91 23
Publication Date 2016
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Enforcing freedom : drug courts, therapeutic communities, and the intimacies of the state / Kerwin Kaye

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by Kaye, Kerwin, author.
Call Number 364.6 23
Publication Date 2020
Summary Kerwin Kaye offers an ethnographic account of drug courts and mandatory treatment centers as a system of coercion, demonstrating how the state uses notions of rehabilitation as a means of social regulation. Enforcing Freedom presents a critical perspective on the punitive side of criminal-justice reform and points toward alternative paths forward.
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Military leadership lessons for public service / Charles Szypszak.

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by Szypszak, Charles, author.
Call Number 352.236 23
Publication Date 2016
Summary "Military veterans have had some of the most intensive leadership training. Effective management of civil emergencies calls for the same official demeanor, decisiveness and trustworthiness as does combat. Good leadership is fundamentally the same in ordinary day-to-day challenges, as well. This book describes how the principles and methods of military leadership are effective for public service"--
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Head Start Social Services : How African American Mothers Use and Perceive Them.

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by Lacy, Gary.
Call Number 362.8392808996073 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Wilderness in national parks : playground or preserve / John C. Miles.

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by Miles, John C., 1944-
Call Number 333.782160973 22
Publication Date 2009
Summary "Wilderness in National Parks casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By examining the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the Park Service and the National Wilderness Preservation System, John C. Miles finds the National Park Service still struggling to deal with an idea that lies at the core of its mission and yet complicates that mission, nearly one hundred years into its existence. The National Park Service's ambivalence about wilderness is traced from its beginning to turn of the twenty-first century. The service is charged with managing more wilderness acreage than any government agency in the world and, in its early years, frequently favored development over preservation. The public has perceived national parks as permanently protected wilderness resources, but in reality this public confidence rests on shaky ground. Miles shows how changing conceptions of wilderness affected park management over the years, with a focus on the tension between the goals of providing recreational spaces for the American people and leaving lands pristine and undeveloped for future generations."--Pub. desc.
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Scientific Americans : the making of popular science and evolution in early-twentieth U.S. literature and culture / John Bruni.

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by Bruni, John, author.
Call Number 501.4 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary The book challenges narrow readings of evolution as 'social Darwinism' by looking at evolutionary theory through the interrelated perspectives of science, North American naturalist literature, and popular journalism.
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Migranthood : youth in a new era of deportation / Lauren Heidbrink.

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by Heidbrink, Lauren, 1975- author.
Call Number 362.77912560973 23
Publication Date 2020
Summary This book chronicles deportation from the perspectives of Indigenous youth who migrate unaccompanied from Guatemala to Mexico and the United States. In communities of origin in Guatemala, zones of transit in Mexico, detention centers for children in the U.S., government facilities receiving returned children in Guatemala, and communities of return, young people share how they negotiate everyday violence and discrimination, how they and their families prioritize limited resources and make difficult decisions, and how they develop and sustain relationships over time and space. The author, an anthropologist, shows that Indigenous youth cast as objects of policy, not participants, are not passive recipients of securitization policies and development interventions. Instead, Indigenous youth draw from a rich social, cultural, and political repertoire of assets and tactics to navigate precarity and marginality in Guatemala, including transnational kin, social networks, and financial institutions. By attending to young people's perspectives, we learn the critical roles they play as contributors to household economies, local social practices, and global processes. The insights and experiences of young people uncover the transnational effects of securitized responses to migration management and development on individuals and families, across space, citizenship status, and generation. They likewise provide evidence to inform child protection and human rights locally and internationally. --
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DDT wars : rescuing our national bird, preventing cancer, and creating EDF / Charles F. Wurster.

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by Wurster, Charles F., author.
Call Number 632.9517 23
Publication Date 2015
Summary AlDDT Wars is the untold inside story of the decade-long scientific, legal, and strategic campaign that culminated in the nation ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972.
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Triumphs and tragedies of the modern presidency : case studies in presidential leadership / edited by Maxmillian Angerholzer III, James Kitfield, Norman Ornstein, Stephen Skowronek, editors.

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by Angerholzer, Maxmillian, editor.
Call Number 973.099 23
Publication Date 2016
Summary "Applying the lessons of presidential history, this anthology of case studies--written by leading political scientists, historians, and subject matter experts--delves into the many facets of the presidency and promotes a greater understanding of the presidency for policymakers, academics, students, and general readers alike. Provides a breadth of perspectives on the many facets of the president's role and powers from leading political scientists, historians, and subject-matter experts. Offers case studies that provide readers with an unparalleled scope of presidential history and topics. Includes a section devoted to an analysis of the first 100 days of each of these presidents. Promotes transformational leadership in the presidency."--
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What government does : how political executives manage / Mark A. Abramson, Paul Lawrence.

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by Abramson, Mark A., 1947- author.
Call Number 324.2736 23
Publication Date 2014
Summary In this book, Paul Lawrence and Mark Abramson build on their extensive interviews with 42 Obama Administration political executives over the past four years. Political executives from numerous federal agencies were interviewed about the challenge of managing in government and the activities undertaken by their agencies.
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