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Germ Wars : The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear / / Melanie Armstrong
| Germ Wars : The Politics of Microbes and America's Landscape of Fear / / Melanie Armstrong |
| Autore | Armstrong Melanie <1977-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Disciplina | 363.325/35610973 |
| Collana | Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics |
| Soggetto topico |
Biopolitics
Bioterrorism - United States - Psychological aspects Bioterrorism - United States - Prevention |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
activist america american government american history american biological science biological weapon biologist biology bioterrorism biowarfare contemporary dangerous disease germ warfare government spending government microbes modern world policymaker politics revolution scientific united states government united states history us government us history warfare |
| ISBN | 0-520-96614-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Political Ecologies of Bioterror -- 1. "Smallpox Is Dead". The Public Health Campaign to (Almost) Eradicate a Species -- 2. Microbes for War and Peace On the Military Origins of Containment -- 3. The Wild Microbiological West Fighting Ticks and Weighing Risks -- 4. Agents of Care. Bioterrorism Preparedness at the CDC -- 5. Simulation Science. Securing the Future -- 6. Bioterror Borderlands. Of Nature and Nation -- Conclusion. "Freaked Out Yet?" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910156235103321 |
Armstrong Melanie <1977->
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing
| The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing |
| Autore | Grimmer Justin |
| Edizione | [Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 328.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Legislators - United States - Public opinion
Government spending policy - United States - Public opinion Communication in politics - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Obama administration
Republican activists Tea Party movement Text as Data accountability antispending rhetoric appropriations process budget criticism bureaucrats congressional credit claiming credit allocation credit claiming messages credit claiming credit-claiming messages credit-claiming rates credit-claiming strategies credit deception democracy democratic competence expenditure federal expenditures federal funds federal spending government spending grant decisions hand-coded documents hand-coded labels influence legislators linguistic deception name recognition nonpartisan reputation particularistic projects partisan reputation personal vote political representation press releases spending statistical modeling systematic deception transparent communication |
| ISBN |
0-691-16262-X
1-4008-5266-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Representation, Spending, and the Personal Vote -- 2. Solving the Representative's Problem and Creating the Representative's Opportunity -- 3. How Legislators Create an Impression of Influence -- 4. Creating an Impression, Not Just Increasing Name Recognition -- 5. Cultivating an Impression of Influence with Actions and Small Expenditures -- 6. Credit, Deception, and Institutional Design -- 7. Criticism and Credit: How Deficit Implications Undermine Credit Allocation -- 8. Representation and the Impression of Influence -- 9. Text as Data: Methods Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788088703321 |
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Grimmer Justin
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| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing
| The impression of influence : legislator communication, representation, and democratic accountability / / Justin Grimmer, Sean J. Westwood, and Solomon Messing |
| Autore | Grimmer Justin |
| Edizione | [Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 328.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Legislators - United States - Public opinion
Government spending policy - United States - Public opinion Communication in politics - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Obama administration
Republican activists Tea Party movement Text as Data accountability antispending rhetoric appropriations process budget criticism bureaucrats congressional credit claiming credit allocation credit claiming messages credit claiming credit-claiming messages credit-claiming rates credit-claiming strategies credit deception democracy democratic competence expenditure federal expenditures federal funds federal spending government spending grant decisions hand-coded documents hand-coded labels influence legislators linguistic deception name recognition nonpartisan reputation particularistic projects partisan reputation personal vote political representation press releases spending statistical modeling systematic deception transparent communication |
| ISBN |
0-691-16262-X
1-4008-5266-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Representation, Spending, and the Personal Vote -- 2. Solving the Representative's Problem and Creating the Representative's Opportunity -- 3. How Legislators Create an Impression of Influence -- 4. Creating an Impression, Not Just Increasing Name Recognition -- 5. Cultivating an Impression of Influence with Actions and Small Expenditures -- 6. Credit, Deception, and Institutional Design -- 7. Criticism and Credit: How Deficit Implications Undermine Credit Allocation -- 8. Representation and the Impression of Influence -- 9. Text as Data: Methods Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816916203321 |
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Grimmer Justin
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| Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Of rule and revenue / / Margaret Levi
| Of rule and revenue / / Margaret Levi |
| Autore | Levi Margaret |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Disciplina | 336.02 |
| Collana | California series on social choice and political economy |
| Soggetto topico |
Revenue - History
Income tax - History State, The - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
collecting taxes
collective bargaining collectivism comparative taxation compliance economic theory economics economy fiscal federalism government control government spending government history labor industrial relations neo marxism nonfiction political economy political science political theory politics privatization public choice public finance rational choice theory resources mobilization revenue rulers social science socialism sociology state rulers taxation development taxation unions |
| ISBN |
1-282-35556-2
9786612355561 0-520-90954-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Theory of Predatory Rule -- 3. Creating Compliance -- 4. Revenue Production in Republican Rome -- 5. France and England in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- 6. Introduction of the Income Tax in Eighteenth- Century Britain -- 7. Compliance with the Commonwealth Income Tax in Australia -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: Bringing People Back into the State. A Bibliographical Essay -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778429403321 |
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Levi Margaret
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1988 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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One Nation under AARP : The Fight over Medicare, Social Security, and America's Future / / Frederick Lynch
| One Nation under AARP : The Fight over Medicare, Social Security, and America's Future / / Frederick Lynch |
| Autore | Lynch Frederick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3/80973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Senior power - Political activity - United States
Older people - United States Baby boom generation - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1950s
aarp aging american association of retired persons baby boomers boomer generation boomers economic policy entitlements gerontology government spending government health care delivery health care lobbying medicare nonfiction ok boomer pensions political equity political lobby politics post boomer resistance retirement seniors social change social equity social security special interest group |
| ISBN |
1-283-27797-2
9786613277978 0-520-94890-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Not Going Quietly -- 1. Boomer Basics: Generation, Culture, Demographics -- 2. Old Age in a New Society -- 3. Boomers' Senior Power Potential: From Social Protest to Self-Preservation -- 4. Crash Landing for a Self-Critical Generation -- 5. Not Your Father's AARP: Bill Novelli Builds a New Boomer Brand -- 6. AARP Turns Fifty: The Battle for Health Care Reform -- 7. You Can't Always Get What You Want: Me, We, or AARP? -- Appendix: Methodological Odyssey -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781383203321 |
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Lynch Frederick
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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