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Glen Taylor's colorful political career, which ran its course from 1944 to 1956, saw him rise from a barnstorming musician to candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States on the 1948 Progressive party ticket. In this illuminating study, Mr. Peterson delineates the life and public career of this man who, though relatively unknown, articulated and fought for many of the policies that later became widely accepted by the American people-policies such as equal civil rights on the domestic front and the application of cooperation rather than containment on the foreign front. Taylor, a dedi

Imperium in imperio : sovereignty and the American territorial system -- Intimate contact : gender, plural marriage, and the U.S. Army in Utah Territory, 1854-1856 -- Missionaries to the Indians : Mormon and federal Indian policies -- Confronting the "twin relics of barbarism" : the Mormon question, the Buchanan administration, and the limits of popular sovereignty -- The Utah War and the westward march of federal sovereignty, 1857-1858 -- The U.S. Army and the symbolic conquering of Mormon sovereignty -- To 1862 : the codification of federal authority and the end of popular sovereignty in the western territories

Catherine May discusses the options facing the United States troops in Vietnam including continued conflict, withdrawal, or negotiations. In a discussion that eerily mimics contemporary debates, May criticizes the administration for cloaked policy abroad, extravagant spending, and corruption.

This book explores China's hukou system, by which individuals are registered in a specific geographic region, and the prospects for reform. The history of the hukou system and its instrumental role in Chinese urbanization and labor markets is explained, and readers get a sense of what issues are prioritized by Chinese policymakers as they contemplate reform or change to this system, from hukou- based labor market discrimination, inequality of opportunity, multi-dimensional poverty of rural migrants, the public health consequences of non-hukou migration, and old age insurance for migrants without hukous. The author concludes with a stirring and practical call for hukou reform, articulating a cost-benefit model and providing an array of policy suggestions. This book will interest scholars of Chinese society, demographics and future urbanization. Yang Song is currently a Professor and Assistant Dean of School of Economics at Renmin University of China; he obtained a Ph.D degree in Economics from the Department of Economics at Cornell University in 2013. His research interest mainly lies in labor and development economics with a focus on income distribution and labor market issues in China

"In December of 1921, three years after the Armistice that ended the First World War, a former army radio transmitter on the Eiffel Tower broadcast France's first public radio program, composed of weather and stock bulletins and a short musical concert performed in a rudimentary studio nearby. A decade later, twenty-five state-run and commercial stations were transmitting radio broadcasts across France. Radio had evolved from the pastime of a few tech-savvy wireless amateurs into a mass media capable of reaching millions of listeners. Urban crowds gathered on city streets and in stadia to listen to fiery propaganda speeches broadcast via loudspeaker, schoolchildren clustered around radio receivers in their classrooms, and families tuned in to music and news from the comforts of their living rooms. By 1936, the composer and music critic Emile Vuillermoz could write in the illustrated weekly Le Miroir du monde that French audiences were 'gorging themselves tirelessly in uninterrupted listening to radio, sound films, and the phonograph'"--

ECONOMISTS HAVE INCREASING INFLUENCE UPON GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, AND ADMINISTRATORS INCREASINGLY LEARN SOME ECONOMICS. THE ARTICLE TRACES THE DIRECTIONS OF ECONOMIC INFLUENCE UPON GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, SUGGESTING THAT THE TENDENCY IS OFTEN TO SEE GOVERNMENT AS LIKE ONE LARGE FIRM, WHOSE OUTPUT SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED. THE BASIS OF THIS BELIEF IS CRITICALLY SCRUTINISHED.

American federalism : the devolution of power and responsibility to the states -- Tribal government : the struggle for recognition and sovereignty -- The role of the governor : dominator, primus inter pares, or implementer? -- Legislatures : professionals versus amateurs -- Judicial politics : the art of selecting judges -- Campaign spending : a regulatory nightmare? -- Urban sprawl : sprawlzilla versus home on the range -- Education at the crossroads : is it funding or is it choice? -- Social welfare reform : the ongoing debate -- Health care reform : a disease in search of a remedy -- Water : a public trust or a private resource? -- A fair tax, a good tax? -- The living wage movement : should government be setting wages? -- State lotteries and the legalized gambling revolution : a boon or a scam?