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The answers to questions on a wide variety of social and political issues from more than 25, 000 respondents are contained in the General Social Survey (GSS) data base. The authors, who have directed the GSS since its inception, have set out to enable social scientists to exploit this large data set more effectively. The book outlines such topics as the recurrent, replicated `core' items suitable for trend analyses, the annual topical modules...

This sourcebook provides a comprehensive resource for following and understanding the presidential primary and the three or four-tier caucus-convention system. It is used throughout the 50 American states to send delegates to the quadrennial national nominating conventions.

This is a history and analysis of the relationship between Presidents and political parties, demonstrating why Presidents must understand and be immersed in the political process to be effective. The text also discusses reforms that may strengthen the President as a party leader.

This updated text by a major presidential scholar is a thoroughly revised, in-depth analysis of the American presidency.

This is a history and analysis of the relationship between Presidents and political parties, demonstrating why Presidents must understand and be immersed in the political process to be effective. The text also discusses reforms that may strengthen the President as a party leader.

?Jim Davis' studies of the primary process in President making have been, for over ten years, the guidebook for political reporters and political scientists alike. Now, revised and brought up-to-date, Presidential Primaries: Road to the White House will take its place as a modern classic.?-Theodore H. White

A comparative survey which discusses how national leaders in six Western democracies, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, are nominated for the highest office in their country. The combinations of methods each country utilizes to nominate their leaders are described. The text emphasizes that most national leaders have served a long apprenticeship in various public offices--sometimes having made several att...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, 1878-1881, Vol. 7On a Chemical Method of Distinguishing Black Obsidian from Black Blast Furnace Slag. By W. H. Wood, f.c.s.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digi...

This volume examines the explanatory nesting approach in the analysis of international relations and its continuing relevance in the 21st century. International relations theory urgently needs strategies for coping with the growing complexity of the international system following the collapse of the US-Soviet bipolar stalemate, the multiple challenges to US unipolar hegemony, and the rise of powerful non-Western actors. Over the course of this...

Excerpt from History of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, 1837-1887: With Biographical Notices of Some of Its Members With the close of the first fifty years of the existence of this Society and the celebration of its Jubilee, came a desire that its history, so far as it could be gleaned, together with some notice of its principal members, should be written, the Council of the Society did me the honour to place this important ...

James W. Davis critically examines central claims and assumptions made by proponents of the scientific method in general, as well as the specific problems confronting the social sciences in particular, developing a middle ground between the uncritical application of the scientific method in pursuit of empirical truths and the postmodernist assertion that there is no foundation upon which to build an edifice of social science.

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This book presents articles at the interface of two active areas of research: classical topology and the relatively new field of geometric group theory. It includes two long survey articles, one on proofs of the Farrell–Jones conjectures, and the other on ends of spaces and groups. In 2010–2011, Ohio State University (OSU) hosted a special year in topology and geometric group theory. Over the course of the year, there were seminars, workshops,...

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, Vol. 11: 1888 1890, With Twenty-One PlatesPetrological Notes on some of the Larger Boulders 011 the Beach, South of Flambro' Head. Alfred Harker, m.a., f.g.s.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses ...

Founded in 1903, Ford Motor Company has enormously impacted the history and development of America, and the world, in the 20th century. What began as a small operation in a converted Detroit wagon factory has become the second largest industrial manufacturing corporation in the world, with active operations on six continents. Unlike other automotive corporations, the Ford company has remained under the control and active management of its foun...

Founded in 1903, Ford Motor Company has enormously impacted the history and development of America, and the world, in the 20th century. What began as a small operation in a converted Detroit wagon factory has become the second largest industrial manufacturing corporation in the world, with active operations on six continents. Unlike other automotive corporations, the Ford company has remained under the control and active management of its foun...

The answers to questions on a wide variety of social and political issues from more than 25, 000 respondents are contained in the General Social Survey (GSS) data base. The authors, who have directed the GSS since its inception, have set out to enable social scientists to exploit this large data set more effectively. The book outlines such topics as the recurrent, replicated `core' items suitable for trend analyses, the annual topical modules...

Conventional wisdom dictates that the conditions of international politics require states to pursue "tough" strategies based on threats, ruling out "soft" strategies such as reassurances or appeasement. In Threats and Promises, James W. Davis, Jr., works toward a theory of influence in international politics that recognizes the power of promises and assurances as tools of statecraft. Davis offers an analytic treatment of promises and assurance...