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The issues and arguments surrounding school choice are sometimes hijacked to make political points about government control, democratic ideals, the public good, and privatization. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, David Garcia avoids partisan arguments to offer an accessible, objective, and comprehensive guide to school choice.

The Age of Choice tells the long history of the invention of choice as the defining feature of modern freedom. Taking listeners from the seventeenth century to today, Sophia Rosenfeld describes how the early modern world witnessed the simultaneous rise of shopping as an activity and religious freedom as a matter of being able to pick one's convictions. Similarly, she traces the history of choice in romantic life, politics, and the ideals of human rights. Throughout, she pays particular attention to the lives of women, who have frequently been the drivers of this change.

A comprehensive history of school choice in the US, from its birth in the 1950s as the most effective weapon to oppose integration to its lasting impact in reshaping the public education system today. Most Americans today see school choice as their inalienable right. In The Choice We Face...

Not only do individuals have core beliefs about what the government should or should not do, but individuals have become more likely to support the party that best matches their policy attitudes by both identifying as a member of that party and voting for that party in elections. However, as Zingher demonstrates, voters' ability to match their attitudes to a party or candidate varies according to signals sent by elites and increases as parties become more polarized.

"Starting with her years at the University of Texas Law School at Austin, Weddington, the attorney who won Roe v. Wade , traces the history of her involvement with this momentous Supreme Court case and its aftermath. She laments the ground that sometimes complacent pro-choice activists have lost...

Covering all topics to do with sexual and reproductive health and rights for young people, Young and Powerful brings youth voices to your ears. We talk to youth experts on reproductive rights, the power of young people, social justice and more!

Hosted by Drew Hendry MP. Become involved in the discussion about Scotland's future, get informed about our choices and be inspired about the opportunities for a better, more progressive Scotland.

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Hosted by Yael Ossowski and David Clement, Consumer Choice Radio is a weekly conversation on lifestyle freedom, innovative tech, and smart policy. Featuring the latest news, interviews, and expert analysis that covers consumer topics around the world. Tune in every week to learn why consumer choice matters. Produced by the Consumer Choice Center. Listen on your favorite Podcasting 2.0-compliant app!

Please check out our new Podcast - Millennial's Choice Show!

Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Social Institutions in Politics and DevelopmentAbstractScholars and practitioners seek development solutions through the engineering and strengthening of state institutions. Yet, the state is not the only or often even the primary arena shaping how citizens, service providers, and state officials engage in actions that constitute politics and development. These individuals are members of religious orders, ethnic communities, and other groups that make claims about them, creating incentives that shape their actions. Recognizing how ...

Told in three acts, Nixon’s China Choice uses actual voices from Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, supplemented by voice actors, to tell the behind-the-scenes story of their secret diplomacy with China in 1971. Please support this podcast with a PayPal donation at https://nixonschinachoice.podbean.com/

Have you ever interviewed and sat next to someone who's murdered 19 people?How about a KGB spy from the Soviet Union? Or a CIA Agent? What about an Italian Mafia Boss? We have. Sit-back, relax and enjoy the Millennial's Choice Show.Hosted by Matthew Ablakan.A division of the Millennial's Choice Group of Companies.

Welcome to "Taking Power: Community Choice Energy and the Grassroots." On each episode I bring you important conversations with community environmental advocates along the California’s Central Coast to talk about our region’s involvement with Community Choice Energy. At heart, community choice energy is about seizing those crucial energy questions — where your energy comes from, what it’s made from, who builds the infrastructure, and much more — and bringing those decisions closer to home. Shout-out to the Sanderlings, a Santa Barbara local surf punk band that has generously allowed ...

How to be an independent country: Scotland's choices is a new podcast from The Scotsman which will tackle the big questions facing Scotland at a second independence referendum from a different perspective. Instead of hearing from the same old voices, join Conor Matchett as he explores how other countries across the world experienced independence, the challenges they faced, and the lessons to be learned for Scotland.

SPOLITICS is where we don’t just stick to sports, but examine the world and all of its complexities through the lens of sports. Each week, this podcast will enthusiastically explore the intersection between sports, race, gender, sexuality and culture. In this narrative-style podcast, expect sharp commentary, novel conversations, and compelling guests that will drive nuanced sports conversations that drive culture.

EZE is the easy-going podcast from Consumer Choice Center. Our three hosts (Zoltan Kesz, Egle Markeviciute, and Emil Panzaru) share their hopes, fears, and dreams while providing snap analysis on the latest and greatest in European politics from the perspective of experienced policymakers and as ordinary people living in Central and Eastern Europe.

Conversations hosted by Nika Kovač, the director of Institute 8th of March (Slovenia) and the coordinator of My Voice, Choice movement for safe and accessible abortion in Europe. You are invited to listen to conversations among activists from all over Europe to discuss their struggle for justice and their never-ending fight for human rights. They talk about death threats, victories and glitter.

In the spirit of the last stanza of the Black National Anthem, we rise from the past, rooted deeply in the soil of ancestral struggles, to build a home, to claim our space. On Native Land Pod, Angela Rye, Bakari Sellers, and Andrew Gillum guide us through the political landscape, wielding insights and unapologetic analysis, unraveling the threads that connect Black Americans and marginalized communities to a place they courageously call home. In each episode, Angela, Bakari, and Andrew embark on a journey of reflection, taking stock of the news of the week and the country's road to the polls. ...

What Europeans need to know and understand about China, in one monthly podcast Hosted by Emma Belmonte