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CURRENT EVENTS AND ISSUES

In Common The Human
No More Cost of Welfare

The Politics of the How the System Hurts
Common Core the People It’s
State Standards Supposed to Help

ARNOLD F. SHOBER PHIL HARVEY AND LISA CONYERS
“ This book is a must-read FOREWORD BY JONATHAN RAUCH
for anyone looking to truly
A refreshingly non-
understand the politics “ partisan dissection of
June 2016, 256pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 surrounding the Common February 2016 the social safety net’s
”
Print: 978-1-4408-3770-8 Core! 206pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 unintended consequences.
$48.00, £37.00, €44.00 Print: 978-1-4408-4534-5 It may be hard to believe
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of Political Science, University of eBook: 978-1-4408-4535-2 that a book discussing
Oklahoma, January 7, 2016 welfare policy can be
described as a page-turner, but here it is.
When did the Common Core evolve from pet project to pariah ”
among educators and parents? This book examines the rise and —Washington Independent Review of Books, April 20, 2016
fall of our national education standards from their inception to the Why is the welfare system failing to work for so many people? This
present day.
book examines the problems with the current welfare system and
proposes reforms to create a smarter, smaller system that helps
people improve their lives through rewarding work.
ARNOLD F. SHOBER, PhD, is associate professor of
government at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.
PHIL HARVEY is the chief sponsor of the DKT Liberty Project.
LISA CONYERS is director of policy studies for the DKT Liberty Project.
Sex Segregation

in Sports Guns and
Why Separate Contemporary
Is Not Equal Society
ADRIENNE N. MILNER The Past, Present, and
AND JOMILLS HENRY BRADDOCK II Future of Firearms and
“ [A] thought-provoking Firearm Policy
collaboration. . . .
Recommended. Upper- 3 VOLUMES
GLENN H. UTTER, EDITOR
February 2016 division undergraduates Without exception,
”
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segregation is? This book examines the controversial issue, based information about guns in contemporary
arguing that “separate but equal” is neither achievable nor society.
constitutional. ”
—PsycCRITIQUES , October 27, 2016
This three-volume set examines various approaches to
ADRIENNE N. MILNER, PhD, is assistant professor of sociology firearms, including constitutional and legal issues, public health
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
and criminal justice concerns, and perspectives on personal
JOMILLS HENRY BRADDOCK II, PhD, is professor of sociology
at the University of Miami. safety and self-defense.
GLENN H. UTTER, PhD, is distinguished professor emeritus at
Lamar University in Texas.
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