In 2018, the divide around Donald Trump’s presidency sparks a U.S. Congressional election war. The 60 battlegrounds – mostly in suburbs around cities like Houston and Minneapolis – see political ad spending spike. Maine’s Second District is in this fray too – among places capable of voting for either a Democrat or a Republican. But the Second is different, slower than those go-go burbs and an oddball in its New England neighborhood. Rural and 95 percent white, the Second does things like elect Barack Obama president with a 12 percent margin and then offers the job to Trump with a 10 percent cushion. The place is quirky. You can fit three New Jerseys and a Rhode Island into this district and still have 320 square miles of spectacular water and forest to spare. It has seen lots of experimentation – with stuff as varied as hydro-power, mice, and B-52 bombers. People here are older, far more likely than other Americans to be disabled, and never in a mood to be told that they are failures. Plenty of rural places have richer stories than political narrative-making allow. The gulf between campaign reality and voter reality is bigger and more telling in the Second. Major party donors from outside produce an ad war five times larger than the Maine norm. The Congressional battlers talk about guns, tattoos, and Medicare. Wedges work. Local contests and an election experiment tell a more hopeful story. One town considers voting itself out of existence, a reality check on what it means to be rural. In another small town, Trump’s election motivates a young man to return home from Asia to run for local office. The election votes here get counted in a new way too. Ranked choice voting, an attempt to loosen the grip of party politics, gets a first-time try in a U.S. federal election. Where else? Maine’s zone of experimentation. Maine's Second District is a frontier that powered global commerce with ships, mariners and timber before getting bypassed and settling down to its next job, exporting ambitious youth. In 2018, its voters endure a cross firing of ads from the major party Congressional candidates. Then, the bout for the seat ends in stalemate, with dispute about ranked choice votes festering in the middle. A rookie federal judge appointed by Trump, and raised in the shadow of that tiny town readying to disappear itself from the map, settles the election two weeks before the new Congress is seated. The Second never asked for the $31 million ad scrum, or the campaign lawyers, or ranked choice voting. Still, the place keeps its cool and its priorities. If the American experiment dies, it dies last in the stubborn Second.

Chasing Maine's Second: A Fight for Congress in Paradise

Politics & Social Sciences

Norton, Michael

Politics & Government

Blue Pickerel LLC

From unplugging your mobile phone charger at night, to eating seasonal food, and pledging to take fewer flights, there are countless small things you can do every day that won't take much time or effort. The beauty of  "everyday activism" is that, taken together, lots of people doing lots of small things can change the world. Whether you have two minutes or two years to spare, The Everyday Activist is a treasury of motivation and ideas. Be inspired. Kick apathy by reading true stories of people whose simple efforts have made a huge difference. Identify the problems that you care about, at a local, national, or global level—and find out how you can go about tackling them. And if you are motivated to really let your imagination fly, feel empowered by the 60-page Action Guide that's jam-packed with advice on how to get organized, and how to take your ideas to a waiting world that really does need your energy and creativity.

The Everyday Activist

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Pan/Macmillan

This book is aimed primarily at small and medium-sized voluntary organizations, it starts by showing the reader the importance of fundraising, and then goes on to cover all the elements of a successful fundraising strategy. There are numerous case studies and real life examples which illustrate the practical advice that the authors give. There are also exercises and checklists to help the reader relate the advice in the book to the specific situation of their own organization. The book concludes with an appendix which provides information on useful organizations and networks in India and a list of publications for further reading.

Getting Started in Fundraising

Culshaw, Murray

Economics

SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

This volume, a companion to the earlier Getting Started in Fundraising (Sage, 2000), underscores the importance of communications and public relations in:  } building a successful non-profit organization; } mobilizing support for the organization } helping an organization achieve its aim and objectives through a communications strategy and a plan of action.  The primary purpose of the book is to provide simple practical information on the techniques that can help an organization to get started. The underlying assumption being that many organizations do not pay sufficient attention in developing basic skills in communication and public relations.

Getting Started in Communication: A Practical Guide for Activists and Organisations

Dutta, Purba

Accounting and Financial Management for Charities

Blume, Hilary

Directory of Social Change

Compiled using information from leading campaign organisations, this essential handbook suggests how the smallest actions can impact on your local community and the wider world.

365 Ways to Change the World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Myriad Editions

This book examines the recovery principle of co-production within mental health services, defining it as the creation of a space where all stakeholders - including service users, family members, carers and supporters - come together in a partnership to improve all aspects of mental health services.Exploring both the practicalities and complexities of co-production, the book provides detailed analyses of all aspects of the concept in relation to mental health and discusses the growing evidence-base for adopting co-production as a recovery approach within a mental health setting. The book's chapters outline: the foundational principles in implementing the concept in services; the theories of co-production in and outside of mental health settings; how to translate theory into practice; and examples of implementation. The book also explores the sustainability of co-production and the tensions that are present between the idea of recovery and mental health policy.The volume represents an ideal introduction to the concept of co-production in mental health and will be valuable reading for those researching and working in the area of mental health services and recovery, including nurses, occupational therapists and social workers.

Co-Production in Mental Health (Explorations in Mental Health)

Mental Health

Routledge

Co-Production in Mental Health

Over 7 billion people demand water from resources that the changing climate is making more and more difficult to harness. Water scarcity and shortage are increasingly common and conditions are becoming more extreme. Inadequate and inappropriate management of water is already taking its toll on the environment and on the quality of life of millions of people. Modern water professionals have a duty to develop sound water science and robust evidence to lobby and influence national and regional development policy and investment priorities. We need to be bold and brave to challenge the status quo, argue the case for change, and create a New Water Architecture. Water Resources: A New Water Architecture takes a unique approach to the challenges of water management. The stress caused by our desire to live, eat, and consume is examined in the context of Governance, the role of policy, and the commercial world. The authors share their nine-step vision for a New Water Architecture. Written by three industry practitioners, this book provides students, young professionals, policymakers, and those interested in the sustainability of our natural resources with a pragmatic and compelling perspective on how to manage the ultimate resource of our time.

Water Resources: A New Water Architecture (Challenges in Water Management Series)

Lane, Alexander

Ryan, Sandra

Wiley/Blackwell

Two professors combine their fascinating and cutting-edge research in behavioral science to explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smart spending. Most people recognize that they need professional advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money. When it comes to spendingthat money, most people just follow their intuitions. But scientific research shows that those intuitions are often wrong. Happy Money offers a tour of research on the science of spending, explaining how you can get more happiness for your money. Authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton have outlined five principles—from choosing experiences over stuff to spending money on others—to guide not only individuals looking for financial security, but also companies seeking to create happier employees and provide “happier products” to their customers. Dunn and Norton show how companies from Google to Pepsi to Charmin have put these ideas into action. Along the way, Dunn and Norton explore fascinating research that reveals that luxury cars often provide no more pleasure than economy models, that commercials can actually enhance the enjoyment of watching television, and that residents of many cities frequently miss out on inexpensive pleasures in their hometowns. By the end of this “lively and engaging book” (Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness), you’ll be asking yourself one simple question every time you reach for your wallet: Am I getting the biggest happiness bang for my buck?

Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending

Dunn, Elizabeth

Marketing & Sales

Simon&Schuster

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