[PDF] List Of Publications By Members Of The Faculty Of The University Of Rochester eBook

Author : James Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 32,18 MB
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1509538178

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The secrecy of the ballot, a crucial basic element of representative democracy, is under threat. Attempts to make voting more convenient in the face of declining turnout – and the rise of the “ballot selfie” – are making it harder to guarantee secrecy. Leading scholars James Johnson and Susan Orr go back to basics to analyze the fundamental issues surrounding the secret ballot, showing how secrecy works to protect voters from coercion and bribery. They argue, however, that this protection was always incomplete: faced with effective ballot secrecy, powerful actors turned to manipulating turnout – buying presence or absence at the polls – to obtain their electoral goals. The authors proceed to show how making both voting and voting in secret mandatory would foreclose both undue influence and turnout manipulation. This would enhance freedom for voters by liberating them from coercion or bribery in their choice of both whether and how to vote. This thought-provoking and insightful text will be invaluable for students and scholars of democratic theory, elections and voting, and political behavior.

Author : University of Rochester. Department of English
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
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Category : College teachers
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Correspondence to and from persons inquiring about, and under consideration for, faculty appointment in the Department of English, 1960-1967/68. Not all years appear to be represented.

Author : University Of Rochester
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 13,81 MB
Release : 2017-12-12
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ISBN : 9780331287370

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Excerpt from A Directory of the Officers and Alumni of the University of Rochester, 1850-1895 Previous to the year 1873, the Triennial Catalogue which had been issued by the University of Rochester, contained hardly any thing more than a list of each class printed in Latin. The edition of 1873 was printed in English, and gave certain information of general interest with reference to each of the graduates. This was followed by the General Catalogue of 1879, carefully prepared under the able supervision of Prof. W. C. Morey, '68. No General Catalogue has since been published; but in 1887 an Alumni Directory was issued, carefully compiled by Assistant Librarian H. K. Phinney, '77. Since its issue many changes have taken place and a new and revised list of the Alumni has been greatly needed. To meet the general desire for a new edition, this Directory of the Officers and Alumni is issued under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. It is not intended, however, to supersede, but only to anticipate a new General Catalogue. The impossibility of making a perfectly correct list of the graduates contain ing all the requisite information is readily apparent in View of the absence of complete records, and the difficulty of reaching all the Alumni. Proof sheets of class lists have been sent to at least two members of each class for revision. The response has been quite general; and although there has been considerable correspondence, and great care has been taken to render the present list accurate and complete, it cannot be expected that it is entirely free from errors. The attention of the Alumni is especially urged to a care ful perusal, to the end that proper corrections may be made, and mistakes be eliminated in subsequent editions. We repeat the suggestion made in the Directory of 1887 that it is greatly to be desired that some member of each class should act as a permanent class secretary with whom all the other members should keep in communication, and he himself be in correspondence with the Uni versity. This Directory contains the names of those persons only who have received degrees from this University, or have been officially connected with its Board of Trustees or Faculty. If those also were recorded who have at different times been students in the various classes, the number would be more than double. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Medicine
ISBN :

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A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.

Author : Jack Knight
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 2011-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400840333

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Why democracy is the best way of deciding how decisions should be made Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the relationship between pragmatism and politics. In The Priority of Democracy, Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore the subject and make a strong case for adopting a pragmatist approach to democratic politics—and for giving priority to democracy in the process of selecting and reforming political institutions. What is the primary value of democracy? When should we make decisions democratically and when should we rely on markets? And when should we accept the decisions of unelected officials, such as judges or bureaucrats? Knight and Johnson explore how a commitment to pragmatism should affect our answers to such important questions. They conclude that democracy is a good way of determining how these kinds of decisions should be made—even if what the democratic process determines is that not all decisions should be made democratically. So, for example, the democratically elected U.S. Congress may legitimately remove monetary policy from democratic decision-making by putting it under the control of the Federal Reserve. Knight and Johnson argue that pragmatism offers an original and compelling justification of democracy in terms of the unique contributions democratic institutions can make to processes of institutional choice. This focus highlights the important role that democracy plays, not in achieving consensus or commonality, but rather in addressing conflicts. Indeed, Knight and Johnson suggest that democratic politics is perhaps best seen less as a way of reaching consensus or agreement than as a way of structuring the terms of persistent disagreement.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 10,34 MB
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368146475

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.