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State capture : how conservative activists, big businesses, and wealthy donors reshaped the American states--and the nation / by Hertel-Fernandez, Alexander,1986-author.(CARDINAL)803365;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index."Most Americans pay little attention to the massive number of elections that occur at the state level every year. Yet cumulatively, a party's success in state-level races across the country can produce major shifts in policymaking and governance. That is precisely what has happened in the US since 2010. In a wave election that year, the Republican Party began their ascendancy in state-level elections, and by 2016 had solidified their dominance. The party now fully controls 26 state legislatures and governorships--one of the largest advantages either party has had since the New Deal. After the GOP wave, a broad swath of states began considering and enacting a near-identical set of conservative priorities--often even using the exact same text. Where did this flood of new legislation come from? How did so many states arrive at the same proposals at precisely the same time? As Alexander Hertel-Fernandez shows in the eye-opening State Capture, the answer can be found in a trio of powerful interest groups: the Koch Brothers-run Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and the State Policy Network (SPN). Drawing from an impressive evidence base, Hertel-Fernandez explains how, since the 1970s, conservative activists, wealthy donors, and big businesses constructed a right-wing "troika" of overlapping and influential lobbying groups. But it is about more than this. It also teases out how conservative-corporate mobilization has fostered epochal shifts in the American political economy: the decline of unions, party polarization, and the skyrocketing concentration of wealth. State Capture will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding contemporary American politics."The evolution of ALEC: a corporate-conservative anchor across the states. "The most dangerously effective organization": a smart ALEC is born ; Policy plagiarism: a window into ALEC's reach across the U.S. states ; An easy "A" with ALEL: ALEC's appeal for state legislators ; "A great investment": ALEC's appeal for big business -- The right-wing troika and its foes. A little help from their friends: introducing the right-wing troika ; Transforming the nation one state at a time: the right-wing troika and state policy ; "Feisty chihuahuas versus a big gorilla": why left-wing efforts to counter the troika have floundered -- Conclusion: state capture and American democracy
Subjects: Americans for Prosperity (Organization); American Legislative Exchange Council.; State Policy Network (Organization); U.S. states; State governments; Conservatism; Business and politics;
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Gangsta twist 3 / by Johnson, Clifford,Author(DLC)no2014147264;
What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions challenged. As secrets are unveiled, blood will be shed and lives will be lost. Will betrayal stand in the way of prosperity?" -- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Urban fiction; African Americans; Organized crime; Revenge;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gangsta twist 3 / by Johnson, Clifford,author.(CARDINAL)617057;
TAZ IS BACK! What happens to an organized criminal enterprise when the weakest link finally breaks? Changes must be made for future growth, but nobody can see the forest for the trees. The Network, known for their calculated power moves, attempts to align themselves with new international business colleagues. With a leader like Taz, the possibilities seem endless, but not everyone adjusts well to change. Over the years, respect has been lost and decisions challenged. As secrets are unveiled, blood will be shed and lives will be lost. Will betrayal stand in the way of prosperity?--Back cover.
Subjects: Gangster fiction.; African Americans; Revenge;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 8
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The new conservatives : restoring America's commitment to family, community, and industry / by Cass, Oren,1983-editor.(CARDINAL)783649;
American Compass is the nerve center of the New American Right, the strategists and policy experts charting a new course for the Republican Party through the economic issues shaping today's political landscape--trade and immigration, technology and finance, industrial policy, education, welfare, labor, family, and more. The New Conservatives is the organization's urtext, a collection of its most influential writing on what has gone wrong in America and the role for government in ensuring that markets serve workers and the nation--not the other way around. The New Conservatives revitalizes the American conservative tradition, breaking from the GOP's free-market fundamentalism to promote the productive markets, supportive communities, and responsive politics that are the foundations of the nation's liberty and prosperity.
Subjects: Conservatism;
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Poverty, prosperity, and the minimum wage / by Hurt, Avery Elizabeth,Editor(DLC)n 2017010706;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Will raising the minimum wage reduce poverty? -- Is raising the minimum wage unfair to workers? -- Would raising the minimum wage harm businesses? -- Is raising the minimum wage a moral imperative? -- For further discussion -- Organizations to contact.The US federal hourly minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 for more than a decade, even though both inflation and productivity have risen steadily. Experts say an hourly wage of $24 is in keeping with inflation, although even a raise to $15 per hour would succeed in lifting nearly one million Americans out of poverty. Some states and cities have done just that, but a gridlocked Congress has prevented it from happening on the federal level. This resource asks the question: In one of the world's richest countries, why are so many workers unable to cover basic living expenses?
Subjects: Minimum wage; Poverty; Economic history;
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Sins of survivors / by McClean, Joe,author.; Hurst, Tiaka,creator.; Underwood, Blair,presenter.(CARDINAL)527982;
"In 1908 Alabama, precocious young Benjamin Carter brings deadly consequences down upon his father's head when he dares to use a white drinking fountain instead of the 'colored' one. With his fierce and protective older brother Jasper, Ben escapes Alabama, joining the Great Migration to Black Bottom, Detroit's flourishing Black neighborhood. There, the brothers rise from the ashes to become kingpins of this new community, owning businesses, playing politics, and diving into Detroit's violent criminal underbelly. Through their wit and grit, Ben and Jasper establish the Carter dynasty, securing a prosperous future for their families. But heavy are the heads that wear the crowns. Seeing their children come of age--young men and women fueled by ambitions of their own--the brothers clash over which direction to steer the Carter empire"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Domestic fiction.; African American families; African Americans; African American business enterprises; Organized crime;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 17
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A religious history of America. by Gaustad, Edwin S.(Edwin Scott)(CARDINAL)141536;
Includes bibliographical referencesPart I: Age of exploration : The admiral and the church ; From the halls of Montezuma ; Fish, fur and faith ; Hakluyt and Purchas -- Part II: Age of colonization : "Almighty God hath opened the gate": Virginia ; "One small candle may light a thousand": Puritan New England ; Conversion ; Legislation ; Education ; Endurance ; "A full liberty in religious concernments" : Rhode Island ; "The gospel into a fruitful bosom": Maryland ; "We put the power in the people": Middle Colonies ; New York and Delaware ; New Jersey ; Pennsylvania ; "An excellent school to learn Christ in": Carolina and Georgia -- Part III: Age of expansion : Liberty and law ; Liberty won ; Liberty proclaimed ; Liberty secured ; Freedom and the frontier ; Utopianism ; Transcendentalism ; Methodism ; Pietism ; Individualism ; Reductionism ; Perfectionism ; Revivalism ; Manifest destiny ; One land, one flag ; One Lord, one faith ; From shore to shore -- and more ; A house of faith divided ; The moral mission of religion ; Consensus on slavery ; Conflict over slavery ; Lincoln and God's purposes ; "To finish the work: ; The making of America: immigration and assimilation ; "The homeless, tempest-tost" ; "America for Americans" ; "And crown thy good" ; A changing order: factory and town ; Redemption of persons ; Mass evangelism ; Reform ; Philanthropy ; New organizations ; Redemption of society ; Industrial problems ; Urban problems.Part IV: This nation under God: at worship : The Word ; The Bible in American life ; History ; Morality ; Culture ; The Bible in American literature ; The belief ; Abraham Heschel ; Reinhold Niebuhr ; Gustave Weigel ; The liturgy ; Daily devotion ; Weekly worship ; The liturgical year ; Liturgy and life ; The house -- Part V: This nation under God: at work : The mission at home ; Peace and war ; "With liberty and justice for all" ; Prosperity and conformity ; The mission abroad ; World evangelism ; Rescue and relief ; Unity and understanding ; Education ; Parochial schools ; Supplemental classes ; Shared, released and dismissed time ; Worship or study ; Higher education ; Democracy -- Chronology: Important dates in America's religious history.
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Tobacco and Slaves : the Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. by Kulikoff, Allan.(CARDINAL)181528; Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.),Content Provider.(CARDINAL)138425;
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Making of a Slave Society; Sources and Methods; Part I: The Political Economy of Tobacco; 1. From Outpost to Slave Society, 1620-1700; From England to the Chesapeake; The Age of the Small Planter; The Great Transformation: From Servants to Slaves; The Legacy of the Seventeenth Century; 2. Land and Labor in the Household Economy, 1680-1800; Tobacco, Land, and Household Formation; Demographic Determinants of Household Formation; Land and Labor; Expansion and Its Disruption; 3. The Troubles with Tobacco, 1700-1750.5. The Origins of Domestic Patriarchy among White FamiliesThe Demographic Basis of Domestic Patriarchy; Husbands and Wives in the Domestic Economy; The Family Life Cycle in the Domestic Economy, 1720-1800; Morality, Virtue, and the Family Economy; Domestic Patriarchy within Chesapeake Society; 6. From Neighborhood to Kin Group: The Development of a Clan System; Neighborhood Communities on the Tobacco Coast; Manly Competition, Female Cooperation; The Parish Community; Circles within Circles: Kinship in the Colonial Chesapeake; Kinship and Class in the Chesapeake.7. The Rise of the Chesapeake GentryThe Making of the Gentry Class; The Rule of Gentlemen; The Crisis of the Gentry Class; The Legacy of the Revolution; Part III: Black Society; 8. From Africa to the Chesapeake: Origins of Black Society; The Africans Arrive; Toward Afro-American Slave Communities; The Origins of Afro-American Culture; 9. Beginnings of the Afro-American Family; African Slaves and Their Families; Afro-American Slave Households and Families; The Life Cycle of Afro-American Slaves; 10. Slavery and Segregation: Race Relations in the Chesapeake; Africans and English men.Slaves as Class and CasteStructure and Organization of Labor; Work Relations on the Tobacco Coast; Masters, Slaves, and Revolution; Afterword: The Birth of the Old South; The Crisis of Legitimacy; The Social Crisis: Land Scarcity and the Social Relations of Production; From Slavery to Freedom; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.The Tobacco Economy, 1700-1748Opportunity in a Tidewater County; The Chesapeake Frontier, 1700-1740; Plantation Management in Tidewater, 1700-1750; The Political Economy of Tobacco Regulation; The Legacy of Depression; 4. The Perils of Prosperity, 1740-1800; Prosperity and Development on the Tobacco Coast; Credit and Economic Development; The Political Economy of Debt; The Decline of Opportunity in Tidewater; The Peopling of Piedmont Virginia; The Virginia Southside: The Best Poor Man's Country?; The Chesapeake Frontier Disappears, 1780-1800; Part II: White Society.Print version record.
Subjects: Agriculture; Tobacco industry; Plantation life; Slavery;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Love your enemies : how decent people can save America from the culture of contempt / by Brooks, Arthur C.,1964-author.(CARDINAL)469584;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Are you sick of fighting yet? -- The culture of contempt -- Can you afford to be nice? -- Love lessons for leaders -- How can I love my enemies if they are immoral? -- The power and peril of identity -- Tell me a story -- Is competition our problem? -- Please disagree with me -- Conclusion: five rules to subvert the culture of contempt.Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an ٢outrage industrial complex٣ that prospers by setting American against American. Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewpoints differing from their own. Ideological polarization is at higher levels than at any time since the Civil War. America has developed a ٢culture of contempt٣-a habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. Maybe you dislike it-more than nine out of ten Americans say they are tired of how divided we have become as a country. But hey, either you play along, or you'll be left behind, right? Wrong. In "Love Your Enemies," New York Times bestselling author and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks shows that treating others with contempt and out-outraging the other side is not a formula for lasting success. Blending cutting-edge behavioral research, ancient wisdom, and a decade of experience leading one of America's top policy think tanks, Love Your Enemies offers a new way to lead based not on attacking others, but on bridging national divides and mending personal relationships. Brooks' prescriptions are unconventional. To bring America together, he argues, we shouldn't try to agree more. There is no need for mushy moderation, because disagreement is the secret to excellence. Civility and tolerance shouldn't be our goals, because they are hopelessly low standards. And our feelings toward our foes are irrelevant; what matters is how we choose to act. "Love Your Enemies" is not just a guide to being a better person. It offers a clear strategy for victory for a new generation of leaders. It is a rallying cry for people hoping for a new era of American progress. And most of all, it is a roadmap to arrive at the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.
Subjects: Political culture; Polarization (Social sciences); Political participation;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 12
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Love your enemies [large print] : how decent people can save America from our culture of contempt / by Brooks, Arthur C.,1964-author.(CARDINAL)469584;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The culture of contempt -- Can you afford to be nice? -- Love lessons for leaders -- How can I love my enemies if they are immoral? -- The power (and peril) of identity -- Tell me a story -- Is competition a problem -- Please disagree with me.To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right? Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an "outrage industrial complex" that prospers by setting American against American. Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewpoints differing from their own. Ideological polarization is at higher levels than at any time since the Civil War. America has developed a "culture of contempt"--a habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. Maybe you dislike it--more than nine out of ten Americans say they are tired of how divided we have become as a country. But hey, either you play along, or you'll be left behind, right? Wrong. In Love Your Enemies, New York Times bestselling author and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks shows that treating others with contempt and out-outraging the other side is not a formula for lasting success. Blending cutting-edge behavioral research, ancient wisdom, and a decade of experience leading one of America's top policy think tanks, Love Your Enemies offers a new way to lead based not on attacking others, but on bridging national divides and mending personal relationships. Brooks' prescriptions are unconventional. To bring America together, he argues, we shouldn't try to agree more. There is no need for mushy moderation, because disagreement is the secret to excellence. Civility and tolerance shouldn't be our goals, because they are hopelessly low standards. And our feelings toward our foes are irrelevant; what matters is how we choose to act. Love Your Enemies is not just a guide to being a better person. It offers a clear strategy for victory for a new generation of leaders. It is a rallying cry for people hoping for a new era of American progress. And most of all, it is a roadmap to arrive at the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.
Subjects: Large print books.; Political culture; Polarization (Social sciences); Political participation;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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