Books published by Georgetown University Press

Delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while maintaining their private character.

After World War II, the US and Canada struck out on divergent paths to public health insurance. This work probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the social and political aspects of each country, and the politics of race in the US and territorial politics in Canada.

After World War II, NGOs emerged on the global scene, committed to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people. Some focused on protecting human rights, some were dedicated to development, aimed at satisfying basic economic needs. This book tracks the intersection and even overlap of human rights and development NGOs.

Presents the study of lobbying strategies and outcomes in the United States and the European Union. This book challenges the stereotypes that attribute any differences between the two systems to cultural ones - the American, a partisan and combative approach, and the European, a consensus-based one.

Features discussions of such issues as terrorism, torture, and homeland security. This book suggests ways for people in government to think more deeply, judge more wisely, and act more meaningfully. It offers practical steps for public servants to create spaces for citizen dialogue and engagement in public life.

Drawing on research from state and federal levels, this book illustrates how governments have emphasized some aspects of performance management - such as building measurement systems to acquire more performance data - but have neglected organizational change that would facilitate the use of such information.

Looks at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action. This title examines the expansion and containment of political conflict around forest policies in the United States and Canada.

Looks at the influence of performance measurement on the effectiveness of the federal government. This title examines the influence of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (with consideration of the later Program Assessment Rating Tool of 2002) on federal performance measurement, agency performance, and program outcomes.

Presents both general and theoretical insights and language-specific considerations in college classrooms spanning a range of languages, from the commonly taught languages of English, French, and German to the less commonly taught Farsi, Korean, Norwegian, and Russian. This title highlights a cognitive-semantic approach.

Presenting case studies from sixteen countries on five continents, this title paints a portrait of a complex and paradoxical institution whose political role has varied historically and geographically.

The Christian Right never ceases to surprise professional observers of American politics. With the Christian coalition in disarray, many expected that the movement would play less of a role in the 2004 elections. This title provides an assessment of the role of the religious right in 2004.

Opens up a discussion among discourse analysts and others in linguistics and related fields about the two-fold impact of communication technologies: the impact on how discourse data is collected, transcribed, and analyzed - and the impact that these technologies are having on social interaction and discourse.

Begins with educational reforms from the Progressive era in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the civil rights movement and ending with Pennsylvania's 2004 tax relief measure. This title explores what factors determine education spending levels in school districts.

Each year thousands of people die waiting for organ transplants. This book shows that health care could be improved and lives could be saved by introducing a regulated transplant organs market rather than by well-meant, but misguided, prohibitions.

A study of two successful divestment agencies - the US Resolution Trust Corporation and the German Treuhandanstalt - that presents a complex understanding of the two agencies' performance in privatizing hundreds of billions of dollars of assets following two very different crises, the savings and loan debacle in the US and unification in Germany.

The story of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has sent shock waves around the nation and will not fade from consciousness or the news. We ask, "How could this happen?" And then we ask, "How could the Catholic Church let this continue for so long-in seeming silence and duplicity?" Paul R.

This work delves into the research, theory, and practice of teaching Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. It examines theoretical considerations in the field of Heritage Language Development (HLD), as well as community and classroom-based research studies at all academic levels.

Women have been actively involved the United States military for more than years, but the ban on their participation in combat remains a debated issue. This book calls for opening various aspects of military service to women.

Proposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, this title argues that theory-based empirical research, when well conceived and executed, can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance and policy management.

Comparing the European Union's strict regulation of state aid to business with the virtually unregulated investment competition in the United States and Canada, this title documents Europe's relative success in controlling - and decreasing - subsidies to business, even while they rise in the United States.

American and Canadian governments deal with rising auto insurance rates in different ways, a difference attribute to variances in political pressure. This title argues two additional factors such as: the importance of politicians' beliefs about the potential success of various solutions and the role of governmental institutions.

The rapid rise of managed care in the United States has introduced complexities into ethical dilemmas in health care by changing the traditional relationships among health plans, payers, providers, and patients. This book explores the goals, methods, and practices of managed care.

Offers a biblically-based concept of Christian justice that can be applied to moral questions in everyday life. The author examines four forms of Christian moral discourse - narrative, prophetic, ethical, and policy - and shows how each contributes to a fuller understanding of Christian morality.

An anthology that explores the problem of diversity and American political identity throughout American history. From the classic texts of the American political tradition to diverse minority writings, it offers ideas about identity, gender, immigration, race, and religion, and addresses how these issues relate to the concept of national unity.

Provides an introduction to Karl Rahner's theology as a whole. This book features chapters that present commentaries on the corresponding chapters of Foundations, beginning with Rahner's method and anthropology and concluding with his theology of the church and eschatology.

A collection that presents a representative sample of the writings of three of the six Jesuits who were slain in El Salvador on November 16, 1989.

Provides an analysis that concerns Roman Catholics, public officials, social ethicists, theologians, and students need. This title includes a review of Catholic social teaching in its historical development.

By exploring a practical, rather than propositional, understanding of religious belief, this book provides a fresh construct through which to view philosophy of religion. It focuses on the exercise of wisdom in making or maintaining a commitment to religious practices. It states that through practices, religious belief is formed.

Suitable for the general student of the Indonesian language and the professional linguist.

Features essays that explore communication across cultures using an interdisciplinary approach to language teaching and learning, mediated by the growing field of educational linguistics. This title includes topics such as the use of English as a medium of wider communication and the growth of national varieties of English throughout the world.