1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779541703321

Autore

Waldman Tom <1956->

Titolo

Not much left [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of liberalism in America / / Tom Waldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008

ISBN

0-520-93286-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

320.510973

Soggetti

Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century

Liberalism - United States - History - 21st century

Presidents - United States - Election - History - 20th century

Presidents - United States - Election - History - 21st century

Political campaigns - United States - History - 20th century

Political campaigns - United States - History - 21st century

Popular culture - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Popular culture - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

United States Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Quiet Americans -- Chapter 1. In Locke's Step -- Chapter 2. Which Way Did The '60S Go? -- Chapter 3. Unhappy Together -- Chapter 4. 1968 In America -- Chapter 5. Curious About George -- Chapter 6. Modern Times -- Chapter 7. I Am Woman, Say It Loud -- Chapter 8. Sexual Positions -- Chapter 9. Out Of Time -- Chapter 10. Yesterday's Gone -- Chapter 11. Pulling To The Right -- Chapter 12. Blue Culture, Red Politics -- Chapter 13. Coming Home? -- Epilogue: Who Are You? -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tom Waldman's lively and sweeping assessment of the state of American liberalism begins with the political turbulence of 1968 and culminates with the 2006 takeover of Congress by the Democratic



Party. Not Much Left: The Fate of Liberalism in America vividly demonstrates how the progressive and liberal wing of the Democratic Party helped end a war, won the civil rights battle, and paved the way for blacks, women, gays, and other minorities to achieve full citizenship. Through reportage, anecdotes, and analysis-particularly of the disastrous defeat of Democrat George McGovern in 1972-Waldman chronicles how the grand coalition that achieved so much in the 1960's began to self-destruct in the early 1970's. Citing the Republican recovery from Barry Goldwater's 1964 defeat, Waldman demonstrates how the two parties' very different reactions to electoral debacle account for recent Republican dominance and Democratic impotence. Assessing liberalism's fate through the Carter and Reagan presidencies, the defeat of Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election, and the on-again, off-again liberalism of the Clinton years, Waldman then brings the discussion up to date with analysis of the 2008 presidential campaign.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778573203321

Titolo

Adverse impact [[electronic resource] ] : implications for organizational staffing and high stakes selection / / edited by James L. Outtz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-94818-X

1-282-29361-3

9786612293610

1-136-94819-8

0-203-84841-1

1-4416-2382-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (564 p.)

Collana

Organizational frontiers series

Altri autori (Persone)

OuttzJames

Disciplina

658.3

658.3/112

Soggetti

Employee selection

Employment tests

Personnel management

Psychology, Industrial

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Background -- section 2. Theoretical perspectives -- section 3. Adverse impact and traditional selection theory -- section 4. Facts of the adverse impact problem -- section 5. Adverse impact from an international perspective -- section 6. Methods of reducing adverse impact.

Sommario/riassunto

This text is the best single repository for a comprehensive examination of the scientific research and practical issues associated with adverse impact. Adverse impact occurs when there is a significant difference in organizational outcomes to the disadvantage of one or more groups defined on the basis of demographic characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, etc.This book shows, based on scientific research, how to design selection systems that minimize subgroup differences. The primary object of this volume in the SIOP series is to bring together renowned expert