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Crime Control James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia (Editor) Crime combines the facts and perspectives of the nation's top experts on crime and criminal justice. It tells the readers in clear prose what we know - and just as important, what we don't know. Because there is little knowledge about crime, and the moral basis of crime control is contested, these authors do not always agree, but their lucid and research-driven arguments will improve public discussion of the issues and approaches. What causes crime and can it be prevented? What is the impact of guns, drugs, police, prison, schools, families, genetics? Read this book for in-depth answers. Paperback, 715pp, Indexed, ISBN: 1-55815-509-0, $39.95 |
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Quest for
Community, The Paperback, 310pp, ISBN: 1-55815-058-7, $23.95 |
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| Myth of the Common School Charles Leslie Glenn, Jr. In this thoughtful, well-wrought study, Charles L. Glenn examines the historical development of the idea that the State should sponsor popular education in order to mold common loyalties and values among its citizens in the interest of national unity. This idea had led inevitably to conflict with parents and groups who do not accept the values and beliefs inculcated by the state and its educators. Over the years, the issues around which such conflict has arisen have varied, but the underlying positions remain the same. On the one hand there are those who assert the absolute right of parents to control the education of their children. On the other there are those who assert the absolute right of the State to control the education of children and to do so in a way that minimizes the differences among them. Glenn examines this tension primarily as it evolved in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, with reference to parallel developments elsewhere in the United States and in France and the Netherlands. He ends by reminding us that this continuing conflict over popular education raises troubling questions in a democracy. How, for example, can the pluralism we claim to value, the liberty we cherish, be reconciled with a State pedagogy designed to serve State purposes? Can government assure that each child is educated in the essentials required by the social, political, and economic order without seeking to impose uniformity? He concludes by offering workable and tested solutions to this perennial dilemma. Paperback, 382pp, Indexed, ISBN: 1-55815-522-8, $27.95 |
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| Land, Property, and the Environment John F. Richards Nearly all our present and future environmental concerns return to questions of land use. "Land, Property, and the Environment" grapples with the complex interaction between market, state, and community, asking how can we manage the world's lands for food, industrial production, and settlement while minimizing the effects of an ever-heavier human footprint? How do we develop sustainable, environmentally sound goals and robust institutions that will withstand the short-term pressures of market incentives, state policy, and local biases? Many have argued that balancing incentives and disincentives within well-crafted property rights regimes will bring optimal environmental outcomes. Through case studies drawn from around the world and within many historical periods, this book tests that proposition. Collectively, these scholars question whether any particualr mode of land ownership - private or public- will ensure wise management and promote environmental health. Instead, they suggest, we must summon the political and social will necessary to withstand land markets with their drive for efficient, profitable land use. Paperback, 446pp, Indexed, ISBN: 1-55815-516-3, $36.95 |
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| Crisis in the Commons - The Alaska Solution Walter J. Hickel The Crisis in the Commons: Nearly 90 per cent of the earth's surface is commonly owned. These lands and waters are incredibly rich and easily exploited. How do we use and care for the commons for the benefit of all? The Alaska Solution: Walter J. Hickel, Secretary of the Interior and twice Governor of Alaska, describes in fascinating detail how Alaska faced the crisis in the commons and created a solution that could transform how we live on the planet. Paperback, 252pp, Indexed, ISBN: 1-55815-521-X, $21.95 |
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