2017, ISBN: 9781594201226

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Hardback. New. This collection explores, from a variety of angles, the beliefs of citizens and noncitizens about the impact that contemporary migration to the USA is having on American c… Mehr…

Hardback. New. This collection explores, from a variety of angles, the beliefs of citizens and noncitizens about the impact that contemporary migration to the USA is having on American culture and on national solidarity. As in other liberal democracies that have experienced mass migration during the past several decades, there is considerable fear and anxiety in the USA about what newcomers are doing to the nation-economically, politically, and (especially) culturally. At the symbolic level, Americans largely embrace the idea that theirs is a nation composed of people from many different origins, but recent arrivals put to the test the extent to which the nation is actually prepared to embrace diversity. The six empirical studies in this volume are divided between those examining how citizens respond to immigrants-including right-wing populists, pragmatic multiculturalists, and immigrant advocates-and how immigrants in turn attempt to integrate into the receiving society. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Studies., 6, New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Callie Shell (Author photograph). [12], 308 pages. Notes. Index, Signed by the author on the title page. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Typed "Signed First Edition" is affixed to the plastic sleeve at the bottom of the spine. A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election. He lost the electoral college vote 266-271 to Republican nominee George W. Bush. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him (jointly with the IPCC) the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Gore is the founder and current chair of The Climate Reality Project, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. and a senior adviser to Google. Gore was also the subject of the Academy Award winning (2007) documentary An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, as well as its 2017 sequel An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. In 2007, he was named a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year. At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste. Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies, to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking. Derived from a New York Times review by Michiko Kakutani: In "The Assault on Reason" Al Gore excoriates George W. Bush. The administration's pursuit of unilateralism abroad, Mr. Gore says, has isolated the United States in an ever more dangerous world, even as its efforts to expand executive power at home and "relegate the Congress and the courts to the sidelines" have undermined the constitutional system of checks and balances. This volume moves beyond its criticisms of the Bush administration to diagnose the ailing condition of America as a participatory democracy low voter turnout, rampant voter cynicism, an often ill-informed electorate, political campaigns dominated by 30-second television ads, and an increasingly conglomerate-controlled media landscape and it does so not with the calculated, sound-bite-conscious tone of many political-platform-type books, but with the sort of wonky ardor that made both the book and movie versions of "An Inconvenient Truth" so bluntly effective. Mr. Gore's central argument is that "reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions" and that the country's public discourse has become "less focused and clear, less reasoned." This "assault on reason," he suggests, is personified by the way the Bush White House operates. Echoing many reporters and former administration insiders, Mr. Gore says that the administration tends to ignore expert advice (be it on troop levels, global warming or the deficit), to circumvent the usual policy-making machinery of analysis and debate, and frequently to suppress or disdain the best evidence available on a given subject so it can promote predetermined, ideologically driven policies. This book shows a fiery, throw-caution-to-the winds Al Gore, who has decided to lay it all on the line with a blistering assessment of the Bush administration and the state of public discourse in America at this "fateful juncture" in history., The Penguin Press, 2007, 3<

2007, ISBN: 1594201226

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[EAN: 9781594201226], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: The Penguin Press, New York], POLITICS & GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL CULTURE, DEMOCRACY, REASON, FEAR, OFFICIAL SECRETS, GEORGE W. BUSH… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781594201226], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: The Penguin Press, New York], POLITICS & GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL CULTURE, DEMOCRACY, REASON, FEAR, OFFICIAL SECRETS, GEORGE W. BUSH, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, CLIMATE CRISIS, CONGRESS, FOUNDING FATHERS, INTERNET, PROPAGANDA, RIGHT-WING IDEOLOGY, TORTURE, SPECIAL INTERESTS, Jacket, [12], 308 pages. Notes. Index, Signed by the author on the title page. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Typed "Signed First Edition" is affixed to the plastic sleeve at the bottom of the spine. A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason. Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in the 2000 presidential election. He lost the electoral college vote 266-271 to Republican nominee George W. Bush. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him (jointly with the IPCC) the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Gore is the founder and current chair of The Climate Reality Project, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc. and a senior adviser to Google. Gore was also the subject of the Academy Award winning (2007) documentary An Inconvenient Truth in 2006, as well as its 2017 sequel An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. In 2007, he was named a runner-up for Time's 2007 Person of the Year. At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste. Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies, to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds, and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking. Derived from a New York Times review by Michiko Kakutani: In "The Assault on Reason" Al Gore excoriates George W. Bush. The administration's pursuit of unilateralism abroad, Mr. Gore says, has isolated the United States in an ever more dangerous world, even as its efforts to expand executive power at home and "relegate the Congress and the courts to the sidelines" have undermined the constitutional system of checks and balances. This volume moves beyond its criticisms of the Bush administration to diagnose the ailing condition of America as a participatory democracy â€" low voter turnout, rampant voter cynicism, an often ill-informed electorate, political campaigns dominated by 30-second television ads, and an increasingly conglomerate-controlled media landscape â€" and it does so not with the calculated, sound-bite-conscious tone of many political-platform-type books, but with the sort of wonky ardor that made both the book and movie versions of "An Inconvenient Truth" so bluntly effective. Mr. Gore's central argument is that "reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions" and that the country's public discourse has become "less focused and clear, lessreasoned." This "assault on reason," he suggests, is personified by the way the Bush White House operates. Echoing many reporters and former administration insiders, Mr. Gore says that the administration tends to ignore expert advice (be it on troop levels, global warming or the deficit), to circumvent the usual policy-making machinery of analysis and debate, and frequently to suppress or disdain the best evidence available on a given subject so it can promote predetermined, ideologically driven policies. This book shows a fiery, throw-caution-to-the winds Al Gore, who has decided to lay it all on the line with a blistering assessment of the Bush administration and the state of public discourse in America at this "fateful juncture" in history., Books<

2004, ISBN: 9781594201226

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Penguin Group (Usa) Inc.], A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public spher… Mehr…

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Penguin Group (Usa) Inc.], A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason AT THE TIME GEORGE W. BUSH ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an-administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disin- terest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning -first among them an embrace of open inquiry, in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? And how much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste. AI Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies; to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds; and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life' work in poliitcs well as on the work of experts across a broad range of discipline, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking. Former vice president AL GORE is chairman of Current TV; an independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Gore is a member of the board of directors of Apple Computer, Inc., and a senior adviser to Google, Inc. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth vice president of the United States on January 20,1993, and served eight years. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth, He and his wife, Tipper, live in Nashville, Tennessee. They have four children and two grandchildren. Gebrauchsspuren ist ein Schnitt quer über den vorderen Schutzumschlag, der auch im eigentlichen Einband zu sehen ist. Ansonsten ist diese ungelesene Exemplar in einem tadellosem Zustand., AT, [SC: 5.50], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, 304, [GW: 500g], [PU: New York, Ny 10014], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Sachbücher (englisch)]<

2004, ISBN: 9781594201226

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Penguin Group (Usa) Inc.], A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public spher… Mehr…

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Penguin Group (Usa) Inc.], A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degradation of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason AT THE TIME GEORGE W. BUSH ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an-administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disin- terest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning -first among them an embrace of open inquiry, in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? And how much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste. AI Gore's larger goal in this book is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies; to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds; and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life' work in poliitcs well as on the work of experts across a broad range of discipline, Al Gore has written a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking. Former vice president AL GORE is chairman of Current TV; an independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Gore is a member of the board of directors of Apple Computer, Inc., and a senior adviser to Google, Inc. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth vice president of the United States on January 20,1993, and served eight years. He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance and An Inconvenient Truth, He and his wife, Tipper, live in Nashville, Tennessee. They have four children and two grandchildren. Gebrauchsspuren ist ein Schnitt quer über den vorderen Schutzumschlag, der auch im eigentlichen Einband zu sehen ist. Ansonsten ist diese ungelesene Exemplar in einem tadellosem Zustand., AT, [SC: 5.50], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, 304, [GW: 500g], [PU: New York, Ny 10014], Banküberweisung, International shipping, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Sachbücher (englisch)]<