Bøger af Alan Rosenthal

Everyday recipes with an emphasis on simplicity and no-fuss.

Simple vegetarian dishes in just one pot

The documentary diaries offers piercing insights into the world of documentary filmmaking, and will be essential reading for students and professionals alike. -- .

In a new edition of this popular guidebook, filmmakers Alan Rosenthal and Ned Eckhardt show readers how to utilize the latest innovations in equipment, technologies, and production techniques for success in the digital, webbased world of documentary film. All twentyfour chapters of the volume have been revised to reflect the latest advances in documentary filmmaking.

Writer, director, and producer Alan Rosenthal presents a manual for screenwriters to develop their bio-pic or docudrama from concept to completion. This comprehensive guide begins with an overview of the genre before providing screenwriters with all the techniques and insights needed to navigate the often intimidating landscape of screenwriting for reality-based scripts.

Governors - both in, and now out of, office - see the job as the best in politics. Why is that? This title shows students how and why governors succeed as policy leaders and makes a case as to why some governors are better at leveraging the institutional advantages of the office.

A title that establishes the important aspects of American state legislatures - what they are and how they do their jobs. It argues that, on the whole, the American legislature must be evaluated on the basis of its processes, not its products.

By showing students what democracy entails in practice - the in's and out's of legislators actually doing their jobs - this title helps them see that uncertainty, competing interests, confusion, bargaining, compromise, and conflict are central to the proper functioning of our democracy.

Suitable as a supplement for courses on state politics or interest groups, this title examines the lobbying scene: the settings in which lobbying takes place, the types and styles of lobbyists, the broad range of approaches and techniques used by lobbyists, and the role and influence of lobbying in our system of representative democracy.

State legislators have often been in the shadow of their national counterparts, but they drive the processes of democracy. This title looks at the way representation works, Americans' critical view of their legislatures, the role of legislative leaders, the dynamics of executive-legislative relationships, as well as norms and ethics.

Based on a scholar's firsthand observations of legislatures as well as interviews with legislators, legislative staff, and lobbyists, this work describes and analyzes the contemporary state of legislatures and the legislative process in the fifty states.