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American Catholics and Civic Engagement
A Distinctive Voice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding...
With Justice for All
A Strategy for Community Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
"I am persuaded that the Church, as the steward of this gospel, holds the key to justice in our society. Either justice will come through us or it will not come at all." John Perkins's optimistic view of justice becoming a reality starts and ends with the Church. With Justice for All is...
Follow Me to Freedom
Leading and Following As an Ordinary Radical
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Re-imagine Leading and Following in a World Longing for True Justice, Compassion and Freedom
Followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet,...
Renewing Parish Culture
Building for a Catholic Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2008
American Catholic parishes throughout the country have been shrinking since the 1960s. John J. Pideret, S.J., and Melanie Morey bring fifty years of experience in Catholic colleges and universities where they had extensive contact with young Catholics and New York City parishes. In this volume they...
by John M. Grimsrud
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
“We are going where the wind blows, when the spirit moves us, and the price is right.” These were the driving forces that would be fulfilled beyond Jane and John’s wildest expectations. Using St. Augustine, Florida, as a home base, winter sailing sojourns south always included the Indian River...
Reconstructing Appalachia
The Civil War's Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...
The Squam Lake Report
Fixing the Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.
The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights...
Restoring Democracy to America
How to Free Markets and Politics from the Corporate Culture of Business and Government
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
If the current economic malaise accomplishes nothing else, it should help awaken us all to the realization that our country has been on a path of self-destructive behavior for several decades—a reversal of the progressive path that had made major gains in economic and political equality for a large...
Business at the Speed of Now
Fire Up Your People, Thrill Your Customers, and Crush Your Competitors
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
A technology-enabled management philosophy to accelerate your organization
Business at the Speed of Now delivers a new real-time management philosophy and system to leaders looking for better results in today's constantly changing market. Companies that inspire and equip employees and expect...
by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J. Callahan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2003
In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of the 1930's when direct government-delivered...
by John M. Whalen
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
ABOUT THE BOOK The End of Poverty is economist Jeffrey Sachs’ exploration of the notion that extreme poverty – defined by the World Bank as living on less than $1 per day (2005) – can be eradicated from the globe by the year 2025. His dynamic outlook on the nature of extreme poverty launched...
The Art of Funding and Implementing Ideas
A Guide to Proposal Development and Project Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
** Takes the reader to a new level in proposal writing **
"The authors have captured the gestalt of grant writing in a lucid fashion. In short, I think students would appreciate the clarity and insights this book offers."
—Robert J. Hard, University of Texas at San Antonio
"As...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...