A Comparative International Study
ISBN: 9781604975468
Little work has been done to explicate the motivational factors of agency, particularly in cases where an artifact initially deemed ineffective or superfluous becomes an everyday necessity, such as the automobile at the turn of the twentieth century. What makes a social group change its position about a particular artifact? How did the “devil wagon” overcome its notoriety to become a prosaic mainstream device? The author brings a different and refreshing approach to these questions.
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Ideological Conflicts Over World Trade, Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Agriculture
ISBN: 9781604977011
Nadine Lehrer guides us through ideological conflicts over world trade, renewable energy, and sustainable agriculture as embedded in U.S. farm policy debates. Integrating theory and history with a multidisciplinary perspective on changing situational drivers, interest group struggles, and Congressional politics, Lehrer uses the farm bill as an illustrative case for illuminating U.S. political processes and implications.
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The Dispatches of Italian Ambassador Gelasio Caetani
ISBN: 9781934043660
This book is based on first-hand, original and archival documents uncovered in Italian and American national archives. It presents a clear view of the causes of the dissemination of Fascism in the United States from 1922 to 1930.
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Organizational Learning and Policy Development
ISBN: 9781604977226
While other studies have examined the history of cable television regulation, none has fully explained why the FCC struggled to develop regulations during its formative years. In this study, Michael Zarkin helps fill this gap by providing such an explanation through an application of organizational learning theory. This book will be of interest to scholars who study regulatory agencies, the policy process, and communications law and policy.
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