For The Many

Author : John G. Matsusaka
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226510875
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Many or the Few written by John G. Matsusaka and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Direct democracy is alive and well in the United States. Citizens are increasingly using initiatives and referendums to take the law into their own hands, overriding their elected officials to set tax, expenditure, and social policies. John G. Matsusaka's For the Many or the Few provides the first even-handed and historically based treatment of the subject. Drawing upon a century of evidence, Matsusaka argues against the popular belief that initiative measures are influenced by wealthy special interest groups that neglect the majority view. Examining demographic, political, and opinion data, he demonstrates how the initiative process brings about systematic changes in tax and expenditure policies of state and local governments that are generally supported by the citizens. He concludes that, by and large, direct democracy in the form of the initiative process works for the benefit of the many rather than the few. An unprecedented, comprehensive look at the historical, empirical, and theoretical components of how initiatives function within our representative democracy to increase political competition while avoiding the tyranny of the majority, For the Many or the Few is a most timely and definitive work.

Author : Dorothy Sue Cobble
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069122059X
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Many written by Dorothy Sue Cobble and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the twentieth-century feminists who fought for the rights of women, workers, and the poor, both in the United States and abroad For the Many presents an inspiring look at how US women and their global allies pushed the nation and the world toward justice and greater equality for all. Reclaiming social democracy as one of the central threads of American feminism, Dorothy Sue Cobble offers a bold rewriting of twentieth-century feminist history and documents how forces, peoples, and ideas worldwide shaped American politics. Cobble follows egalitarian women’s activism from the explosion of democracy movements before World War I to the establishment of the New Deal, through the upheavals in rights and social citizenship at midcentury, to the reassertion of conservatism and the revival of female-led movements today. Cobble brings to life the women who crossed borders of class, race, and nation to build grassroots campaigns, found international institutions, and enact policies dedicated to raising standards of life for everyone. Readers encounter famous figures, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, and Mary McLeod Bethune, together with less well-known leaders, such as Rose Schneiderman, Maida Springer Kemp, and Esther Peterson. Multiple generations partnered to expand social and economic rights, and despite setbacks, the fight for the many persists, as twenty-first-century activists urgently demand a more caring, inclusive world. Putting women at the center of US political history, For the Many reveals the powerful currents of democratic equality that spurred American feminists to seek a better life for all.

Author : Mike Phipps
Publisher : OR Books
ISBN 13 : 1682191338
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book For the Many ... written by Mike Phipps and published by OR Books. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively anthology explores the pivotal role played by Labour’s manifesto during the extraordinary British election of June 2017, one in which the party, under the radical leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, closed a twenty point opinion poll deficit to come within a whisker of winning. It analyses the policies outlined in a widely-acclaimed programme showing how they can be developed further to become an effective blueprint for a future Labour government. Mike Phipps’s introduction, based on discussions with key insiders, looks at the way the manifesto was assembled and at the crucial role it played in transforming Labour’s electoral fortunes. It is followed by chapters that expand on each of the manifesto’s sections, written by specialists who are expert in their respective fields. The contributors discuss the strengths and shortcomings of the policies and look at the ways they have been tested by events since the election, including the government’s floundering negotiations on Brexit, the catastrophic Grenfell tower block fire, and the escalating crisis in the National Health Service. For the Many … provides a vital tool for activists who want to see the policies of Labour’s 2017 election manifesto expanded and radicalised as the party prepares for power.

Author : John McDonnell
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 178873744X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economics for the Many written by John McDonnell and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our economy is rigged in favour of a wealthy elite. We need a new approach: an economics for the many. Big challenges lie ahead for our society: the rise of automation and the threat of catastrophic climate change. But so, too, do the huge possibilities presented by new technology and better ways of organising our economy in the wake of neoliberalism’s failure. With the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, and the extraordinary turnaround in Labour’s fortunes in the 2017 election, we have a real opportunity to build an economy in Britain that is radically fairer, radically more democratic, and radically more sustainable. But we need the right ideas and strategies if we’re going to get there. Economics for the Many, edited and with an introduction by Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell, features contributions from the participants in his New Economics conferences, including Barry Gardiner, Ann Pettifor, Prem Sikka, and Guy Standing. It covers topics from housing, public ownership, and fairer international trading systems to industrial policy for the twenty-first century and how to tackle tax avoidance and regional imbalances. Together, the essays in this volume lay out a vision for a new economics, one that works for the many, not the few.

Author : Doris Lechner
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839437113
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Histories for the Many written by Doris Lechner and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories for the Many examines the contribution of illustrated family magazines to Victorian historical culture. How, by whom, for whom and with which intentions was history used within this popular medium? How were class, gender, age, religion, and space debated? How were academic and popular approaches to the past linked to the materiality of the medium? The focus is set on the evangelical Leisure Hour with comparisons to the London Journal, Good Words and Cornhill. The study's approach to the serialisation of history in text and image combines periodical studies and book history with concepts from cultural studies, sociology as well as narratology.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gourds for the Many: how to grow and cook them. By the author of “Indoor Plants.” written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gardening
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gardening for the many, by contributors to the Cottage gardener written by Gardening and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J H. Payne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bee-keeping for the many, by J.H. Payne and other contributors to 'The Cottage gardener'. written by J H. Payne and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Arthur Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways for the Many and not for the few; or, how to make them profitable to all written by James Arthur Ward and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : CONCILIATOR.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 'Revised Parish System,' with Suggestions for Providing for the Many, Now Out of Employment; and the Regulating All Manufacturing and Mining Establishments. By a Conciliator written by CONCILIATOR. and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: