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Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Understanding Contemporary American Conservatism

Joel D. Aberbach

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Names: Aberbach, Joel D., author. Title: Understanding contemporary American conservatism / Joel D. Aberbach, University of California, Los Angeles. Description: New York, NY: Routledge, ...
Westminster's World: Understanding Political Roles

Westminster's World: Understanding Political Roles

Donald Searing

... Converse and Pierce Huitt; Manley; Fenno; Cain, Ferejohn and Fiorina Matthews; Barber; Woshinsky; King; Aberbach, Putnam, and Rockman; Payne a. Joel D. Aberbach, Robert D. Putnam, and Bert A. Rockman, Bureaucrats and Politicians ...
Keeping a Watchful Eye: The Politics of Congressional Oversight

Keeping a Watchful Eye: The Politics of Congressional Oversight

Joel D. Aberbach

This book examines the reasons behind the surprising growth of congressional oversight.
The Executive Branch

The Executive Branch

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Joel D. Aberbach, Mark A. Peterson. interests and preferences of others. Whether and how they do this will be fundamentally important, not only in shaping the future of the executive branch, but of American democracy itself.
Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies

Joel D. Aberbach

In uneasy partnership at the helm of the modern state stand elected party politicians and professional bureaucrats. This book is the first comprehensive comparison of these two powerful elites.
The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

The Role of the State in Taiwan's Development

Joel D. Aberdach

JoelD. Aberbach,. DavidDollar,. andKenneth. L. Sokoloff. he economic growth of Taiwan over the past four decades has been little short of remarkable. Real GNP growth per year, one of the authors in this volume reports, averaged 7.3 percent ...
Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch

Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch

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The Executive Branch Joel D. Aberbach, Mark A. Peterson. interests and preferences of others.Whether and how they do this will be fundamentally important, not only in shaping the future of the executive branch, but of American democracy ...
Hosea, Joel, and Amos

Hosea, Joel, and Amos

Bruce C. Birch

The book of Joel has not always been held in high esteem among the prophets. In fact, even church people who have done some significant Bible study would be hard-pressed to tell you anything about Joel's message. But even among those ...
The Words and Music of Billy Joel

The Words and Music of Billy Joel

Ken Bielen

· Photographs · A discography of Joel's recordings including albums and singles · A selected discography of cover versions of Joel's songs by other recording artists · A filmography · A bibliography of significant books and articles ...
Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah

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AUTHORSHIP, DATE AND CIRCUMSTANCES The prophet, after whom this short book is named, is called simply "Joel son of Pethuel" (1 : 1). Although the name Joel is quite common in the historical narratives of the Old Testament, nothing ...
The Michigan Bar Journal

The Michigan Bar Journal

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Dorothy Joel Joel Jr. N.O. (Otto) Stockmeyer, Professor of Law at Thomas M. Cooley Law School and former Chairman of ... Stroup cites, too, the notorious Boyden sense of humor and observes that Joel's wit is often the peace-keeping vehicle ...
The Words and Music of Billy Joel

The Words and Music of Billy Joel

Ken Bielen

This detailed exploration looks at the musical works of recording artist Billy Joel and his impact on popular culture. • Photographs • A discography of Joel's recordings including albums and singles • A selected discography of cover ...
Joel's Use of Scripture And the Scripture's Use of Joel: ...

Joel's Use of Scripture And the Scripture's Use of Joel: ...

John Strazicich

This work focuses on the appropriation and resignification of scripture in Joel and its NT "Nachleben," where Israel's literature functions as "an authoritative medium of refraction," The purpose is to recover the canon's unrecorded ...
CD Review Digest: Jazz, popular, etc

CD Review Digest: Jazz, popular, etc

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Joel Flegler, 273 Woodland Street, P.O. Box 720, Tenafly, NJ 07670. Phone: (201 ) 567-3908. Fax: (201) 816-0125. Editor: Joel Flegler. Subscriptions: U.S. $34; all others $49 (bi-monthly). 6x9. Advertising Director: Joel Flegler. Circulation: ...
More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and ...

More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and ...

Avram Joel Spolsky

This is a new selection of essays from the author's web site, http://www.joelonsoftware.com.
Descendants of East Tennessee pioneers

Descendants of East Tennessee pioneers

Olga Jones Edwards

27, 1946, Joel Walton Wheeler, Jr. b Feb. 4, 1921 Warner, Okla. son of Joel W. Wheeler and Katherine Marie McClarrens. Ch.: Joel Walton b Sept. 13, 1947, Boulder, Colo.; Jan Ray b Aug. 16, 1949; Karen Marie b Sept. 23, 1950; Janine Kay ...
Abounding Health Naturally

Abounding Health Naturally

Sharon Jean Wiginton

Eating for Health and Wellness, a CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Health through Nutrition, a CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Juicing for Health, a book and CD set by Dr. Joel Robbins, DC, ND, MD Attitudes and Health , a CD ...
Expanding Graphs: Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May ...

Expanding Graphs: Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May ...

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Proceedings of a DIMACS Workshop, May 11-14, 1992 Joel Friedman. Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science Volume 10 Expanding Graphs Joel Friedman Editor American Mathematical Society 10 Joel Friedman, ...
A Hanukkah with Mazel: Read-Aloud Edition

A Hanukkah with Mazel: Read-Aloud Edition

Joel Stein

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Stein, Joel Edward, author. | Vavouri, Elisa, illustrator. Title: A Hanukkah with Mazel / by Joel Edward Stein ; illustrated by Elisa Vavouri. Description: Minneapolis : Kar-Ben Publishing  ...
The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah

The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah

Leslie C. Allen

Certainly Joel is no consistent eschatologist. It is characteristic of him to cull a variety of motifs from Judah's eschatological repertoire and to use them without constructing a systematic synthesis. 3. OCCASION AND PURPOSE The first part of ...
Joel, Amos, Obadiah: An Exegetical Commentary

Joel, Amos, Obadiah: An Exegetical Commentary

Thomas J. Finley

Patterson represents a different school of thought when he argues that Joel's language "goes beyond a literal locust plague in 2: 1 -1 1 (e.g., vv. 3, 6, 10), especially as amplified in the details contained in the spiritual challenge based on this ...
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding ...

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding ...

Joel Greenblatt

Fund manager Joel Greenblatt has been beating the Dow (with returns of 50 percent a year) for more than a decade. And now, in this highly accessible guide, he’s going to show you how to do it, too.
Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua ...

Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua ...

Joel Robbins

Exploring the Christian culture of the Urapmin, Joel Robbins shows how its preoccupations provide keys to understanding the nature of cultural change more generally.
Double Cross Blind

Double Cross Blind

Joel N. Ross

In his electrifying debut, Joel Ross combines political insights with the high stakes and fast pace of classic espionage fiction, and he delivers what others have not in more than a decade--a Nazi spy novel that you cannot put down.
The Billboard Papers: Photographs by Joel Grey

The Billboard Papers: Photographs by Joel Grey

Joel Grey

"This collection of 28 oversize photographs transforms ordinary advertising posters into richly layered tapestries.

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