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The Homevoter Hypothesis
Just as investors want the companies they hold equity in to do well, homeowners have a financial interest in the success of their communities. If neighborhood schools are good, if property taxes and crime rates are low, then the value of the homeowner’s principal asset—his home—will rise. Thus, as William Fischel shows, homeowners become watchful citizens of local government, not merely to improve their quality of life, but also to counteract the risk to their largest asset, a risk that cannot be diversified. Meanwhile, their vigilance promotes a municipal governance that provides services more efficiently than do the state or national government. Fischel has coined the portmanteau word “homevoter” to crystallize the connection between homeownership and political involvement. The link neatly explains several vexing puzzles, such as why displacement of local taxation by state funds reduces school quality and why local governments are more likely to be efficient providers of environmental amenities. The Homevoter Hypothesis thereby makes a strong case for decentralization of the fiscal and regulatory functions of government.
In God's Garden: Stories of the Saints for Little Children
There is a garden which God has planted for Himself, more beautiful than any earthly garden. The flowers that bloom there are the white souls of His saints, who have kept themselves pure and unspotted from the world. In God's garden there is every kind of flower, each differing from the other in beauty. Some are tall and stately like the lilies, growing where all may see them in their dress of white and gold; some are half concealed like the violets, and known only by the fragrance of kind deeds and gentle words which have helped to sweeten the lives of others; while some, again, are hidden from all earthly eyes, and only God knows their loveliness and beholds the secret places where they gr...
Have Women Made a Difference?
Tracing the evolution of women's role in university education from the 19th century to the present day, this book captures the complexity of women's position within the academy and poses the critical question: Have women made a difference?
Our Family, Facts and Fancies
Fernando Moreno (1771-1830) was the son of Don Francisco Moreno (1732- 1778) and Dame Ana Lorenza Mancebo (1733-1801) of Málaga, Spain. His mother was the daughter of Francisco Mancebo and Maria Josefa del Castillo. He married Florentina Sénac in 1788 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Their son Francisco Moreno (1792-1883) married Margarita Eleutaria López in 1821. Descendants later located in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama. Eight generations of descendants are given. Family members are descendants from the Roman gentleman Lucio Murena. The oldest of their ancestors settled in Santander, La Rioja, Aragón, Galicia and Castilla la Nueva, from whence they went on to Andalucia and Extremadura.
Women in Higher Education, 1850-1970
This edited collection illustrates the way in which women’s experiences of academe could be both contextually diverse but historically and culturally similar. It looks at both the micro (individual women and universities) and macro-level (comparative analyses among regions and countries) within regional, national, trans-national, and international contexts. The contributors integrally advance knowledge about the university in history by exploring the intersections of the lived experiences of women students and professors, practices of co-education, and intellectual and academic cultures. They also raise important questions about the complementary and multidirectional flow and exchange of a...
De prinses
Derde deel in Windsor-outsidersserie, waarin prinses Diana centraal staat. Voor de fans van The Crown. 'Fascinerende roman over het koninklijke leven achter de schermen.' - Womens Weekly De prinses van Wendy Holden is een ontroerende roman over het bewogen leven van Prinses Diana. Diana gelooft in de liefde. Opgegroeid in een gezin met ruziënde ouders en een bittere scheiding tot gevolg, neemt ze haar toevlucht tot kasteelromans. Ze hoopt vurig gered te worden door een knappe prins. Prins Charles houdt van zijn vrijheid. Hij heeft geen haast om te trouwen, maar de familie denkt daar anders over. Charles moet trouwen om de toekomst van het Verenigd Koninkrijk veilig te stellen. Het juiste meisje moet gevonden worden, en snel. Ze moet jong zijn, van adel en geen eerdere relaties gehad hebben. Tiener Diana Spencer is bijna de enige kandidaat, en haar wanhopige verlangen naar liefde sluit naadloos aan bij de wanhopige zoektocht van de familie naar een bruid. Maar de weg naar het altaar zit vol onzichtbare hobbels en mensen met verborgen agenda’s. Is Diana’s romantische droom uitgekomen wanneer ze op haar trouwdag uit de gouden koets stapt? Of is de droom dan al voorbij?
