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The historian James Allen Smith traces the evolution of
Washington's oldest and prototypical think tank on the occasion of
its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1991. Dedicated to bringing
expertise to bear on public policy issues, Brookings has been a
pioneer in bridging the disparate worlds of social science research
and American policymaking. But while its efforts have been made
steady, there have been frustrations and controversy over the
years. Inspired by the scientific management and government
efficiency movements in the Progressive Era, Brookings has evolved
from an organization that consulted with government agencies on
accounting and personnel practices into an institution with a
wide-ranging research and publishing program as well as active
public policy education and media outreach efforts. Smith vividly
tells of the key individuals, beginning with Robert Brookings, who
have shaped the institution. He recounts its relationships with
financial supporters and presidential administrations, and he
candidly discusses the problems surrounding efforts at funding.
Smith places the Brookings research program in an intellectual
context and within the changing policymaking environment of
Washington. He reveals how Brookings has withstood seventy-five
years of shifts in national politics, external perceptions on the
institution, and internal leadership to emerge as one of the most
prominent sources of policy expertise in the world.
The proliferation of private think tanks and the expansion of
governmental research agencies in the past quarter century have
changed the policy environment. The Brookings Institution, on its
seventy-fifth anniversary, offers a singular vantage point from
which to observe the ever-changing relationship between expert
knowledge and political decisionmaking in our democracy.
Excerpt: ...co-operation and support the party boss is indebted for
his continuance in power. 157 To accomplish these ends it is
necessary Pg 217 to give the party an internal organization adapted
to its real, though not avowed, purpose. The people must not be
allowed to use the party as a means of giving clear and definite
expression to public opinion concerning the questions wherein the
interests of the general public are opposed to the various private
interests which support the party machine. For a strong popular
sentiment well organized and unequivocally expressed could not be
lightly disregarded, even though without constitutional authority
to enforce its decrees. To ensure successful minority rule that
minority must control those agencies to which the people in all
free countries are accustomed to look for an authoritative
expression of the public will. The party machine can not serve the
purpose of those interests which give it financial support and at
the same time allow the people to nominate its candidates and
formulate its political creed. Nevertheless, the semblance of
popular control must be preserved. The outward appearance of the
party organization, the external forms which catch the popular eye,
must not reveal too clearly the secret methods and cunningly
devised arrangements by which an effective minority control is
maintained over the nomination of candidates and the framing of
party platforms. The test of fitness for office is not fidelity to
the rank and file of the Pg 218 people who vote the party ticket,
but subserviency to those interests which dominate the party
machine. The choice of candidates is largely made in the secret
councils of the ruling minority and the party conventions under
color of making a popular choice of candidates merely ratify the
minority choice already made. Popular elections under such a system
do not necessarily mean that the people have any real power of
selecting public officials. They merely have the...
Exploring the hospitality of God, and its implications for human
thought and action, this book examines the concepts of hospitality
as cognitive tools for reframing our thinking about God, divine
action, and human response in discipleship. Hospitality is imagined
as an interactive symbol, changing perspectives and encouraging
stable environments of compassionate construction in society. Human
rights are of crucial importance to the wellbeing of the people of
our planet. But there is a sense in which they will always be an
emergency measure, a response to evils as they are happening. The
authors argue that a hospitable comparative theology reaches out to
bring Christian hospitality into the dialogue of world religions
and cultures. It will respect the identity of particular groups and
yet will strive for a cosmopolitan sharing of common values. It
will respect tradition but also openness to reform and
re-imagining. It will encourage convergence and development in a
fluid stream of committed hospitalities.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Presidential campaigns are our national conversations - the
widespread and complex communication of issues, images, social
reality, and personas. Political communication specialists break
down the 2012 presidential campaign and go beyond the quantitative
facts, electoral counts, and poll results of the election, to make
sense of the "political bits" of communication that comprise our
voting choices. The contributors look at the early campaign period,
the nomination process and conventions, the social and political
contexts, the debates, the role of candidate spouses, candidate
strategies, political strategies, and the use of the Internet and
other technologies.
Exploring the hospitality of God, and its implications for human
thought and action, this book examines the concepts of hospitality
as cognitive tools for reframing our thinking about God, divine
action, and human response in discipleship. Hospitality is imagined
as an interactive symbol, changing perspectives and encouraging
stable environments of compassionate construction in society. Human
rights are of crucial importance to the wellbeing of the people of
our planet. But there is a sense in which they will always be an
emergency measure, a response to evils as they are happening. The
authors argue that a hospitable comparative theology reaches out to
bring Christian hospitality into the dialogue of world religions
and cultures. It will respect the identity of particular groups and
yet will strive for a cosmopolitan sharing of common values. It
will respect tradition but also openness to reform and
re-imagining. It will encourage convergence and development in a
fluid stream of committed hospitalities.
'Epic' films, those concerned with monumental events and
larger-than-life characters, cover the period from the Creation to
the A.D. 1200s and have been churned out by Hollywood and overseas
studios since the dawn of filmmaking. Arguably the master of the
genre, Cecil B. DeMille hit upon the perfect mixture of sex,
splendor, and the sacred to lure audiences to his epic
productions.Each of the 355 alphabetically arranged entries in this
book includes casts and credits, plot synopsis, and narratives on
the making of the films. This second edition is accompanied by all
new photographs.
There has been a tremendous amount of renewed interest in the
output of Britain's Hammer Films. But there remain a great number
of worthwhile British horror films, made at the same time by other
companies that have received little attention. The author provides
a comprehensive listing of British horror films - including science
fiction, fantasy, and suspense films containing horror-genre
elements - that were released between 1956 and 1976, the ""Golden
Age"" of British horror. Entries are listed alphabetically by
original British title, from Vincent Price in ""The Abominable Dr.
Phibes"" (1971) to ""Zeta One"" (1969). Entries also include
American title, release information, a critique of the film, and
the film's video availability. The book is filled with photographs
and contains interviews with four key figures: Max J. Rosenberg,
cofounder of Amicus Productions, one of the period's major studios;
Louis M. Heyward, former writer, film executive and producer; Aida
Young, film and television producer; and Gordon Hessler, director
of such films as ""The Oblong Box"" and ""Murders in the Rue
Morgue"".
The Sacrifice - The Only Way To God Rev. Allen Smith, M.R.Ed.,
D.D., Th.D. Have you ever wondered about the way to God? Have you
wondered about what religion is the right religion? Have you
wondered about what god is the right god? In The Beginning.... The
Sacrifice will take you all the way back to the creation of the
earth. You will not only see how sin entered the world, but you
will also see how the One True God reacted to it. You will see how
man separated himself from God, and how God put a plan into action
to bring man back to Him. This book will take step by step through
the plan God set into action. It will tell you how a blood
sacrifice was needed to reconcile us to God, and why not just any
blood sacrifice would do. You will see how it all unfolds before
your eyes, and you will realize what God did just for you. This
book will help bring you closer to God and will reveal many things
that you do not know about Him, by learning the reasons behind the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ. You Can Learn The Only Way To God
For well over a century the Catholic Church has articulated clear
positions on many issues of public concern, particularly economics,
capital punishment, foreign affairs, sexual mortality, and
abortion. Yet the fact that some of the Church's positions do not
mesh well with the platforms of either of the two major political
parties in the United States may make it difficult for Americans to
look to Catholic doctrine for political guidance. Scholars of
religion and politics have long recognized the potential for clergy
to play an important role in shaping the voting decisions and
political attitudes of their congregations, yet these assumptions
of political influence have gone largely untested and
undemonstrated. Politics in the Parish is the first empirical
examination of the role Catholic clergy play in shaping the
political views of their congregations. Gregory Allen Smith draws
from recent scholarship on political communication, and the
comprehensive Notre Dame Study on Parish Life, as well as case
studies he conducted in nine parishes in the mid-Atlantic region,
to investigate the extent to which and the circumstances under
which Catholic priests are influential in shaping the politics of
their parishioners. Smith is able to verify that clergy do exercise
political influence, but he makes clear that such influence is
likely to be nuanced, limited in magnitude, and exercised
indirectly by shaping parishioner religious attitudes that in turn
affect political behavior. He shows that the messages that priests
deliver vary widely, even radically, from parish to parish and
priest to priest. Consequently, he warns that scholars should
exercise caution when making any global assumptionsabout the
political influence that Catholic clergy affect upon their
congregations.
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