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Pluto Press Refugee Talk
Book SynopsisAn innovative approach to the refugee crisis through a focus on language use, discourse and representationTrade Review'A wide-ranging, erudite and multi-faceted analyses of the fundamental problem of who gets to be counted as human in a planet under stress' -- Kate Evans, award-winning cartoonist and activist, and author of 'Red Rosa''Absorbing [...] aimed at those looking to better understand the plight of refugees in terms of what the authors call 'a new humanism for the twenty-first century'. It is this humanism, urging us all to take seriously not only refugee justice, but our shared and fragile humanity, that is at the core of this remarkable book' -- Anna Gotlib is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brooklyn College, City University of New York'This book is built around that which is absent from most books of this kind: the voices of the refugee. It challenges us to rethink the existing refugee lexicon and to open up fresh debates about the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of representation. What is particularly heartening about the book is the way in which, at a time of such negativity, the authors attempt to frame their overall approach in a context of hope' -- Roger Bromley, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Nottingham'Deftly weaving theoretical analysis with conversations from journalists, activists, and exiles themselves, 'Refugee Talk' stunningly accomplishes what responsible critique demands of us all: nuanced, ethical and material engagement with those to whom our thought is indebted' -- Sabeen Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Swarthmore College'In the midst of political conflicts concerning refugees, 'Refugee Talk' steps back from the immediate fray to reflect on the ethical character of 'refugee talk' in academic, media, activist artistic and literary contexts. The result is a genuinely thoughtful - and engagingly conversational - work that re-orients us to the recognition of hope as a common human dynamic and to a critical humanism expressed in acknowledging the dignity of refugees. Highly recommended' -- David Owen, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton'A lively and accessible intervention and an elegant collocation of multiple voices, many of whom are refugees. Rahbek and Knudsen make a compelling argument for a new politics of hope' -- Sam Durrant, Associate Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of LeedsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Framing Crisis 1. Humanity – Ontology, Location and Migration 2. Responsibility – News Media and the (Re)framing of Refugees 3. Solidarity – Storytelling as Activism 4. Recognition – Refugee Literature and Defamiliarisation Framing Hope Bibliography Index
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University of Oklahoma Press The Chol Maya of Chiapas
Book SynopsisThe Ch’ol Maya who live in the western Mexican state of Chiapas are direct descendants of the Maya of the Classic period. Exploring their history and culture, contributors to this volume uncover clear continuity between contemporary Maya rituals and beliefs and their ancient counterparts.Trade ReviewThis pioneering, in-depth study of the Ch’ol Maya reveals the dynamism of a great indigenous people who have refused to abandon their cultural identity through centuries of repression and exploitation and have persisted until our own time. A must-read for every student of the Maya!" - Michael D. Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code"This pioneering, in-depth study of the Ch’ol Maya reveals the dynamism of a great indigenous people who have refused to abandon their cultural identity through centuries of repression and exploitation and have persisted until our own time. A must-read for every student of the Maya!" - Michael D. Coe, author of Breaking the Maya Code
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University of Arizona Press Tunnel Kids
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University of Arizona Press Betrayal U
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BUP - Policy Press Adultism A Critical Introduction to Discriminati on Against Children
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University Press of Mississippi Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and
Book SynopsisThese essays by Brian Meeks, a noted public intellectual in the Caribbean, reflect on Caribbean politics, particularly radical politics and ideologies in the postcolonial era. But his essays also explain the peculiarities of the contemporary neo-liberal period while searching for pathways beyond the current plight.In the first chapters, titled 'Theoretical Forays,' Meeks makes a conscious attempt to engage with contemporary Caribbean political thought at a moment of flux and search for a relevant theoretical language and style to both explicate the Caribbean's recent past and confront the difficult conditions of the early twenty-first century. The next part, 'Caribbean Questions,' both retrospective and biographical, retraces the author's own engagement with the University of the West Indies (UWI), the short-lived but influential Caribbean Black Power movement, the work of seminal Trinidadian thinker and activist Lloyd Best, Cuba's relationship with Jamaica, and tTrade ReviewThe book represents a major contribution to Caribbean political thought and will be useful for those interested in understanding critical aspects of the recent state of play in the philosophical currents of the region.
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Oxford University Press Inc Rules to Win By Power and Participation in Union
Book SynopsisRules to Win By: Participation and Power in Union Negotiations is a book for anyone who wants to understand how to build the power required to effectively challenge and reverse income inequality and attacks on democracy. Drawing insights from recent hard-won unionization and contract negotiation fights, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor use lessons from some of the toughest fights today--preparing a durable, all-out strike in a union-hostile environment--to provide a masterclass in participatory social change, indispensable both within and beyond the workplaces where we spend half of our waking lives.In an era of polarization, big lies, and massive legislative setbacks, changemakers in every arena need to learn the skills and lessons honed in pitched battles against experienced and ruthless union busters. Rules to Win By is a book for workers, unionists, racial justice and climate campaigners, academics, policymakers and everyone who wants a more fair and democratic society.Trade ReviewNegotiation should be a process of creative aggression, not technocratic dealmaking that fractures class consciousness. McAlevey and Lawlor persuasively showhow democratized and disciplined mass participation creates the power in confrontation required to win—for unionists and for all movements for justice. Here we can see abolition as life in rehearsal. * Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author, Abolition Geography *At a time when union demand is higher than it's been in almost a century, Rules to Win By is required reading. This book is armor for the generation of workers poised to gain power world-wide for the working class. * Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO *McAlevey and Lawlor eloquently detail the approach to negotiations rooted in the practice of the pace-setting national union known as District 1199 over eighty years ago. We adhere to the same approach today as we did in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Read this book to understand why and how building fighting worker organizations will serve as the foundation for 21st century movements for racial, economic, and gender justice. * Rob Baril, President, 1199NE (SEIU) *As McAlevey and Lawlor convincingly and movingly show, the way for unions to win big is by engaging in open and democratic negotiations. But the wisdom in these pages is universal and applies well beyond organized labor. Whatever cause you are fighting for, let this brilliant book be your guide. * Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective and author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone *Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * Choice *Table of ContentsCharts, Figures and Tables Introduction: Negotiations as Democracy Building Chapter One: Twenty Key Elements of High Participation Negotiations Chapter Two: Legal Rope-a-Dope (PASNAP) Chapter Three: A Punch in the Face (NJEA) Chapter Four: A Flood of First Contracts (NewsGuild-CWA) Chapter Five: Radical Roots (MNA) Chapter Six: The New Boss in Town (UNITE HERE Local 26) Chapter Seven: Hollow Applause Conclusion: Participation in Negotiations Helps Build Governing Power Appendices References & Interviews Acknowledgements
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Oxford University Press Ageing
Book SynopsisAgeing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overcome, thwart, resist, and, on the rare occasion, embrace, one''s ageing. Have all human beings from the various historical epochs and cultures viewed aging with this same ambivalence? In this Very Short Introduction Nancy A. Pachana discusses the lifelong dynamic changes in biological, psychological, and social functioning involved in ageing. Increased lifespans in the developed and the developing world have created an urgent need to find ways to enhance our functioning and well-being in the later decades of life, and this need is reflected in policies and action plans addressing our ageing populations from the World Health Organization and the United Nations. Looking to the future, Pachana considers advancements in the provision for our ageing populations, including revolutionary models of nursing home care such as Green House nursing homes in the USA and Small Group Living homes in the Netherlands. She shows that understanding the process of ageing is not only important for individuals, but also for societies and nations, if the full potential of those entering later life is to be realised.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Taking Moral Action
Book SynopsisProvides a systematic framework for understanding and shaping moral action Taking Moral Action offers a timely and comprehensive overview of the emerging field of moral psychology, introducing readers to one of the most vibrant areas of research in contemporary psychology. With an inclusive and interdisciplinary approach, authors Chuck Huff and Almut Furchert incorporate a wide range of scholarly traditions, philosophical theories, empirical findings, and practical moral writings to explore the complex network of influences, contexts, and processes involved in producing and structuring moral action. Integrating key empirical and theoretical literature, this unique volume helps readers grasp the different aspects of both habitual and intentional acts of moral action. Thematically organized chapters examine moral action in contexts such as evolution, moral ecology, personality, moral identity and the self, moral reason, moral emotion, and more. Each chapter features a discussion of how nTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Part I Contexts 1 1 Evolution 3 2 Neuroscience of Moral Action 29 3 Moral Ecology 57 Part II Influences 87 4 Personality 89 5 Moral Identity and the Self 115 6 Skills and Knowledge 145 Part III Processes 177 7 Moral Reason 179 8 Moral Emotion 215 9 Moral Formation: Shaping Moral Action 246 Coda: Taking Moral Action 291 Index 299
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Penguin Random House India One Hundred Years of Solitude
Book SynopsisFondly called 'Gaboâ in Latin American, he is one of the most respected writers of South America. Marquez has written many novels, was a journalist and a successful screenwriter too.
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Short Books Ltd The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens
Book SynopsisDavid Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, but which lead to happiness and fulfilment.Trade ReviewThe book everyone's talking about. * The Guardian *A fascinating study of the unconscious mind and its impact on our lives * The Economist *At Westminster they should be listening hard * The Times ***NEW YORK TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER** 'Mr. Brooks is at his best as a social observer... his talent for capturing the way we live now is truly impressive. Brooks surveys a stunning amount of research and cleverly connects it to everyday experience - several passages made me think that Brooks had been glancing through my own windows.' * Wall Street Journal *
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Cambridge University Press Social Identity and Intergroup Relations
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1982, this book examines the relations between social groups and their conflicts, the role played in these conflicts by the individuals' affiliation with their groups and the psychological processes responsible for the formation of groups. This book will interest students, teachers and researchers in social psychology.Table of ContentsContributors; Preface Henri Tajfel; Introduction Henri Tajfel; Part I. The Cognitive Construction of Groups: 1. Towards a cognitive redefinition of the social group John C. Turner; 2. The determination of collective behaviour Stephen Reicher; 3. Social identity and relations of power between groups Jean-Claude Deschamps; 4. Intergroup relations and attribution process Miles Hewstone and J. M. F. Jaspars; Part II. The Dynamics of Interaction Between Groups: Experimental Studies: 5. Perceived illegitimacy and intergroup relations Brian Caddick; 6. The battle for acceptance: an investigation into the dynamics of intergroup behaviour Rupert J. Brown and Gordon F. Ross; 7. Power and intergroup discrimination Sik Hung Ng; 8. Cross-cultural studies of minimal groups: implications for the social identity theory of intergroup relations Margaret Wetherell; 9. Individuality and membership in the intergroup system Murray Horwitz and Jacob M. Rabbie; Part III. Contexts of Social Identity: Ethnicity and Social Differentials: 10. Intergroup conflict in Northern Ireland Ed Cairns; 11. Problems of identity and social conflict: research on ethnic groups in Italy Dora Capozza, Emiliana Bonaldo and Alba Di Maggio; 12. Intergroup relations, ethnic identity and self-evaluation in Indonesia J. M. F. Jaspars and Suwarsih Warnaen; 13. The Swedish-speaking Finns: a case study of ethnolinguistic identity Karmela Liebkind; 14. Intergroup perceptions in British higher education: a field study Richard Y. Bourhis and Peter Hill; 15. Open conflict and the dynamics of intergroup negotiations Claude Louche; Part IV. Conclusion: 16. Instrumentality, identity and social comparisons Henri Tajfel; Subject index; Author index.
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HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd The Good Partner
Book SynopsisA modern approach to relationshipsThis book is a transformative, do-it-yourself guide for anyone who wants to do better in love. It is not about working together with your partner on your issues (so if you're in a relationship, don't let your partner read it over your shoulder!). It's not about bringing out the toolkit and trying to 'fix' yourself (nor is it about pointing the finger at your partner!). It's about figuring out who you are - or become - when you're in a relationship. It's about knowing your strengths, triggers, reactions and vulnerabilities. It's about having tools you can use to cope with challenges, iron out your difficulties and work towards being content and at ease in your relationships, your own unique version of a Good Partner.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide
Book SynopsisShould I be upfront with someone I''m interested in that I''m ace or aro?How do I get people to respect my boundaries around intimacy? What if I don''t want intimacy at all? It is selfish to pursue a relationship if I don''t want romance?These questions are not only a source of deep anxiety and frustration for ace and aro people - but limit the heights that ace and aro folks believe they can reach for in their lives. These questions make us believe that we should settle for less, when in fact we all deserve more.Whether we''re talking about friendships, romantic relationships, casual dates or casual intimate partners, this guide will help you not only live authentically in your ace and aro identity, but joyfully share it with others.
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Oxford University Press Rethinking Music Education and Social Change
Book SynopsisRethinking Music Education and Social Change asseses music education's relation to societal transformation and offers an imaginative, yet critical, vision for music education as utopian theory and practice.Trade ReviewUnlike any other author, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel has a unique, distinctive way of advocating for music education as an agent of social change that, within limits, holds the potential for developing more just and imaginative societies. Embracing philosophical, sociological, and political perspectives, the insights she presents redefine music education's goals in ways that will stimulate and challenge music educators internationally. * Gary McPherson, University of Melbourne *With this compelling, if sometimes startling, work, Alexandra Kertz-Welzel has staked her place among leading scholars internationally in calling for a reconceptualization of music education in ways that are nested in utopian thinking that is both imaginative yet honest, visionary yet realistic. It is a brilliant assessment of music's complement of social and artistic-aesthetic dimensions, and it lands squarely on an imperative for professional musician-educators to harness their utopian energies to rethink, refine and reinvent music education's societal mission. * Patricia Shehan Campbell, University of Washington *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 The arts and social change 2.1 What is social change? 2.2 The social impact of the arts 2.3 Music education and social change 3 The power of utopian thinking 3.1 What is utopia? 3.2 Political thinking and utopia 3.3 The arts and utopia 4 Transforming society 4.1 The sociology of social change 4.2 The politics of change 4.3 The utopian power of education 5 Music education and utopia 5.1 Utopia as method in music education 5.2 Music education as utopian theory and practice 5.2.1 Politically and socially responsive music education 5.2.2 Esthetic music education 5.3 Challenges of music education, social change and utopia 6 Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Critique of Commodification
Book SynopsisIn recent years activists around the globe have challenged the commodification of water, education, health care, and other essential goods, while academics have warned from unintended effects when everything can be bought and sold. But what is commodification? And what is the problem with commodification? In The Critique of Commodification, Christoph Hermann argues that commodification entails production for profit rather than social needs, and that production for profit has a number of harmful effects, including the exclusion of those who cannot pay, the marginalization of those whose collective purchasing power is not large enough, and the focus on highly profitable forms of production over more socially beneficial and ecologically sustainable alternatives. Drawing upon and extending the work of Marx, Polyani, and Luxemburg, Hermann goes beyond the standard moral critiques of markets and adopts a materialist approach to emphasize the dispossession of public resources and to highlightTrade Review... an important and thought-provoking contribution, one that deserves to be widely read, and it certainly provides the basis for further work in an area that is of the utmost importance. * John McCay, Honorary Professor in Development Studies at Deakin University, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Critique of Commodification Chapter 2: A Theory of Commodification Chapter 3: Politics of Commodification Chapter 4: Consequences of Commodification Chapter 5: Limits of Commodification Chapter 6: Rediscovering Use Value Chapter 7: Alternatives to Commodification: Use Value Society Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Confronting the Caliphate Civil Resistance in
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is a must-read. * A. B. Al-Deen, CHOICE *Confronting the Caliphate is a rich, creative and thoughtful exploration of the conditions under which some civilians pushed back against jihadist rule. A combination of methods and examination of multiple cases allows the authors to make a significant contribution to an understudied dimension of jihadist insurgencies. * Marc Lynch, The George Washington University *Civil resistance is possible even in the most rigid and cruel regimes, as this eye-opening study reveals. In both direct and subtle ways, rebellious subjects have engaged in protests, non-cooperation, and other means of defying the Islamic State. Utilizing sophisticated data sets, this able team of scholars has mapped the kind of participants and conditions in which civil resistance is possible, and gauged the possibilities for its success. This book is a landmark in peace and conflict studies and deserves a wide reading by scholars, policy-makers, and anyone concerned about how citizens can respond to oppressive regimes. * Mark Juergensmeyer, author of When God Stops Fighting: How Religious Violence Ends *Svensson and coauthors have made an important and deeply researched contribution to our understanding of civilian agency under conditions of rebel governance with "Confronting the Caliphate," filling an important gap in a literature that has focused more on the determinants of support and collaboration with non-state armed groups and less on the equally important outcome of resistance. * Mara Redlich Revkin, Associate Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law *This critically important book examines the importance of civilian agency and non-violent resistance when militant groups control territory. As violent Islamist groups have sought to control territory and establish proto states or Caliphates, Svensson and his coauthors examine what role civilians play? Contrary to expectations, non-violent resistance has succeeded against all odds and in the most coercive environments. Using original empirically grounded analyses and original interviews, the book probes the 'political jiu-jitsu' of civil society and resistance confronting Jihadis in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali, Syria, Yemen. It is a must read for students and scholars of conflict resolution and counter terrorism. * Mia Bloom, New America and Georgia State University *
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Oxford University Press Inc Developing Scholars Race Politics and the Pursuit
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDeveloping Scholars makes an important intervention in scholarship on college access policies by centering the social movements which produced college access for Black and Brown students, while also shining a light on the many ways these programs have been restrained and stripped of their power through the implementation of secondary admissions criteria and defunding. Importantly, this book illustrates that for many Black and Brown students, higher education is not an individual pursuit, but rather a collective undertaking made possible by social movements and continually sustained by community members. This book should be read by scholars of higher education and social movements. * Amaka Okechukwu, author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions *Higher education has long been considered a trusted pathway to equal opportunity and upward socioeconomic mobility; yet in this extraordinary book, Domingo Morel offers a bold and rigorous intervention demonstrating that this pathway is neither simple nor certain. Morel's rich analysis of Rhode Island's Talent Development program and its innovative approach to affirmative action expands our understanding of the complex set of institutional, programmatic, and political forces that can determine the effectiveness and fate of policy interventions. A must-read for anyone interested in the role that race and politics have played in the history of educational opportunity, and those looking to develop clear-eyed strategies for expanding equal opportunity through social policy. * Deondra Rose, author of Citizens By Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship *Recommended. Faculty and professionals. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Tables Introduction: Graduation Day Part I Social Movements for College Access Chapter 1: Rebellion and College for All: Community-Centered Affirmative Action and the Role of Violent Protest in Policy Formation and Policy Maintenance Chapter 2: Creating TD Nation: Community Action, Protest, and a Program for "Disadvantaged" Youth Chapter 3: Resisting Retrenchment Chapter 4: The Work of Developing Scholars Part II Reproducing Restriction to College Access Chapter 5: Emergence of Hidden Forms of Restriction: The Myth of "Major of Choice" Chapter 6: Shifting the Politics of College Access from the Public to Private Sphere Chapter 7: A Developing Scholars Approach Epilogue: Protest as Policy Feedback Acknowledgments Appendix A (Special College Access Programs 1966-1972) Appendix B (Data Sources for GPA Statistical Analysis) References Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Voices for Transgender Equality
Book SynopsisTransgender rights have emerged as an important topic of everyday conversation across the country in recent years and become, in many ways, the flashpoint du jour of the American culture wars. During the Trump presidency in particular, transgender people were thrust onto the center stage of US politics. Faced with unrelenting hostility and an increasingly complicated media system, transgender activists crafted new communication strategies to fight for their equality, stall attempts to undermine their rights, and win the support of large swathes of the public.In Voices for Transgender Equality, Thomas J Billard offers an insider''s view into transgender activism during the first two years of the Trump administration. Drawing on extensive on-the-ground observation at the National Center for Transgender Equality, Billard shows how these activists developed an unlikely blend of online and offline strategies to saturate a diverse ecology of national news outlets, local and community media oTrade ReviewVoices for Transgender Equality is a riveting, on-the-ground account of an activist organization fighting to shape the narrative around trans people's rights. Even a group at the top of its media game must rely on a combination of careful strategizing and crisis response to deal with the challenges of a media system in which national news can be made by an erratic president, a few media influencers, or a local story planted by a countermovement. In the rare book that speaks both to scholars and activists, TJ Billard deftly shows what the interpenetration of mass media, social media, and everyday conversation means for contemporary social movements. Voices for Transgender Equality should change the way we think about the public sphere. * Francesca Polletta, author of It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics *When you read this book, so much of the prior research on media and social movements will feel one-dimensional and stale. TJ Billard deftly illustrates how a new conceptual framework-'the politics of flows'-can make sense of how today's social movements fuse media logics to integrate elite-centric promotion, digital coordination, local media action, and everyday interpersonal narratives of change. Written in a way that puts you inside the key moments when activists make decisions about which media to prioritize for their campaigns, this is an exciting and compelling account of just how much has changed in the world of political mobilization over the last decade. * Andrew Chadwick, author of The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power *Embedded within one of the most prominent transgender institutions in the US, TJ Billard offers a meticulous account of the multi-front communication efforts necessary to shift politics in the contemporary public sphere. Integrating analysis of local and community media, social networks, and organizational media relations, this book provides a new model for understanding media systems and the flows of activist messaging. * Sarah Jackson, author of Hashtag Activism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice *TJ Billard's Voices for Transgender Equality issues an urgent call for social movements (and the scholars who study them) to adapt their political communications to the hybridized and complex contemporary media environment. Examining flows in networked communications, ranging from mass media to community media to social media to social networks and beyond, Billard expertly traces the implications of networked media for social movements generally and the transgender rights movement specifically in this must-read book. * Jennifer Earl, author of Digitally Enabled Social Change *In Voices for Transgender Equality, TJ Billard has produced the kind of social analysis we urgently need: empirical, pragmatic, and, most importantly, centered on the material lives of transgender people. Among the leading lights in a new generation of scholars, Billard's contribution augurs well for the future of transgender studies. * Paisley Currah, author of Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity and founding editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere 2. Welcome to the National Center for Transgender Equality 3. How Mass Media Still Matter 4. From Right Here to Everywhere 5. Making Politics (Inter)Personal 6. A Politics of Flows Appendix: Ethnographic Research in the Face of Social Injustice Notes References Index
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Oxford University Press European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis Employment and Inequality in the Era of Monetary Integration
Book SynopsisEuropeans use ''social models'' to refer to the combination of welfare state, industrial relations, and educational institutions jointly structuring what we can think of as the supply-side of the labor market. The dominant view in controversy over the social models has been that in the name of equity they have impaired the labor market''s efficiency, thereby causing unemployment. But doubt is cast on this supply-side-only diagnosis by powerful macroeconomic developments, from the Europe-wide recession following Germany''s post-unification boom to the deepest economic crisis since the interwar Great Depression, which the Eurozone''s truncated economic governance structure transformed into a sovereign debt crisis, threatening the Euro''s and even EU''s very survival. This book explores the interaction of Europe''s diverse social models with the major developments that shaped their macroeconomic environment over the quarter century since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It concludes that thisTrade Reviewthe editors and their team of experts have provided a detailed and critical compendium of European welfare state evolution over the last two decades. The reader can use it either to gain a comprehensive understanding of trends and issues, or as a point of reference for individual nations. * Tony Gore, JMCS *This book can be recommended to scholars and students of different disciplines, from political sciences and law to all strands of economic and social research. It is an indispensable and timely tool for all EU and domestic policy makers interested in shaping the future direction of the evolution of the European social models. The book could be also very useful for all those who are eager to understand the social dimension of the euro crisis. * Effrosyni Bakirtzi, European Journal of Social Security *`[T]his is an impressive volume that intelligently raises and answers a multitude of questions, and which has yet to find robust competition. The book is a must for the library of every political economist, comparative social policy scholar, and historically attuned economist.' Robert Hancke, Council for European Studies Reviews`This is a fascinating book providing a wealth of information and incisive analysis on how monetary integration affects the evolution of social models in Europe. It is required reading for all those who are eager to understand the social dimension of the euro crisis.' Paul De Grauwe, John Paulson Professor in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science`European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis is an amazing volume with sobering conclusions for European welfare state and integration prospects. It is the first collection in welfare regime studies and comparative political economy to show how the European sovereign debt crisis, with its aftershocks of mass unemployment and rising inequality resulted from how monetary integration unfolded since the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. By doing so in a highly structured fashion, the volume rightly breaks with the convention of 'methodological nationalism.' It's a first rate, timely and utterly indispensable read for EU and domestic policy makers, welfare state students, political economists and EU integration pundits and academics.' Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Institutional Policy Analysis, VU University Amsterdam, and Centennial Professor of Social Policy, LSE`This volume delivers a pioneering study of the connection between the development of Europe's monetary system and the evolution of European welfare and labour regimes. Analysing the causes and consequences of the recent crisis, Dølvik and Martin conclude that the divergence within the Eurozone is likely to deepen. Clearly, ignoring the crisis' severe social consequences implies risking disintegration of EMU and destabilisation of the EU. To better reconcile Europe's economic and social objectives, EMU needs further reform. Reading this book will help all who want to work on this in either theory or practice."' László Andor, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission 2010-2014impressive volume * Caroline de la Porte, Transfer *Table of Contents1: Jon Erik Dølvik and Andrew Martin: Introduction 2: Andrew Martin: Eurozone Economic Governance: "A Currency Without a Country" 3: Wendy Carlin, Anke Hassel, Andrew Martin and David Soskice: The Transformation of the German Model 4: Jacques le Cacheux and George Ross: France in the Middle 5: Ken Mayhew and Mark Wickham-Jones: The United Kingdom's Social Model: From Labour's New Deal to the Economic Crisis and the Coalition 6: Sofia Pérez and Martin Rhodes: The Evolution and Crises of the Social Models in Italy and Spain 7: Alexandre Afonso and Jelle Visser: The Liberal Road to High Employment and Low Inequality? The Dutch and Swiss Social Models in the Crisis 8: Jon Erik Dølvik, Jørgen Goul Andersen, and Juhana Vartiainen: The Nordic Social Models in Turbulent times: Consolidation and Flexible Adaptation 9: Torben Iversen and David Soskice: Redistribution and the Power of the Advanced Nation State: Government Responses to Rising Inequality 10: Erling Barth and Karl Ove Moene: When Institutions Reciprocate: Turning European Social Models Around 11: Jon Erik Dølvik and Andrew Martin: From Crisis to Crisis: European Social Models and Labor Market Outcomes in the Era of Monetary Integration 12: Andrew Martin and Jon Erik Dølvik: Conclusion
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Oxford University Press They Eat Our Sweat Transport Labor Corruption and
Book SynopsisThey Eat Our Sweat examines the corruption complex in Africa in the context of transportion. Focusing on Lagos, Nigeria, Agbiboa shows that corruption is driven by the imperatives of urban economic competition.Trade ReviewIn this riveting account, Agbiboa dispels the myth that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigeria...Agbiboa shows that binary understandings of formality/informality, public/private, and legal/illegal derived from Western thought do not adequately capture the way that petty corruption is embedded in the state and is driven by elite corruption. * Ali Mari Tripp, Shepherd *The book is very well written and easy to read. Agbiboa frequently lets transport workers speak for themselves by including interview quotations, even in local languages or in pidgin...the book kept my attention throughout. * Els Keunen, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute *By emphasizing the importance of considering people's voices in policy making, Professor Agbiboa is advocating for a more inclusive and effective approach to the regulation of the informal transport sector in Africa. * Muhammad Jameel Yusha'u, Africa Policy Journal *A governor or minister might see informal transport sector as a nuisance to a modern city. He might bring consultants to hurriedly analyze the problem and come up with a solution. Every person would like to see his city looking like San Francisco, Paris or Dubai. What we tend to forget is that there are thousands of lives that could suffer in our attempt to look modern. Where do we put those people who work as drivers and 'conductors' if we don't have an alternative industry that will absorb them? To understand this, Professor Daniel went to the field. He became a bus 'conductor' for two months working with a driver, starting early in the morning and absorbing the difficulty that comes with such endeavor. He used his research to understand the difficulty of survival within the informal transportation sector. * Nigerian Tracker *In focusing on the politics of road transport, on the everyday corruption and the hard living world of transport drivers, Agbiboa's book constitutes the most detailed and accurate account existing on the road transport system in Nigeria so far. * Laurent Fourchard, Global Policy *Agbiboa demonstrates that corruption is not rooted in Nigerian culture but, rather, a set of everyday practices aimed to obtain economic survival and counter precarious livelihoods. * Federico Bellentani, Social Semiotics *Agbiboa's research explores key underlying mechanisms of corruption in the transportation sector in Lagos, Nigeria. Agbiboa is to be commended for his highly creative analysis and comprehensive methodological approach, drawing on participant observations, interviews, and written records for a rich, multi-dimensional exploration of Nigerian history, culture, and everyday social interactions...The intricate weaving of perspectives is compelling and thought provoking. * Jacqueline Joslyn, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies *An ethnographically very rich account of corruption practices in everyday road transportation in Lagos. * Sebastian Kohl, Economic Sociology: Perspectives and Conversations *They Eat Our Sweat, as it stands now, has already provided us with a fresh and insightful view of everyday encounters with corruption and its grounded institutions. Agbiboa's in depth study of informal transport politics elevates the innovative ethnographic approach to Lagos in African urban studies. Looking ahead, this study is equally valuable to understanding the ever changing urban dynamics of life in Lagos, with ongoing development of other modes of mobility infrastructure and urbanism. In sum, They Eat Our Sweat paves an intellectual path to understandings of an urban future of African megacities. * Allen Xiao, Society & Space *They Eat Our Sweat provides a rich case study in the everyday moral economy of corruption, showing how corruption structures the everyday production of space and urban mobilities and, in so doing, demonstrates the ubiquity and heterogeneity (close to the point of semantic incoherence) of corruption as a system of governance and mode of appropriation. * Jacob Doherty, Journal of Urban Affairs *Daniel Agbiboa's book They Eat Our Sweat (2022) is a pathbreaking look at corruption in Nigerian society. Told with a view that combines well-argued theory and an uncompromising sight into the stark realities of urban transport, the book restores corruption from a flippant, inaccurate caricature to a standpoint where all hold some accountability. This is a rare academic book that grabs readers and holds on for the duration -- a real page-turner -- its scathing, fiery prose burns with knowing intensity throughout. * Public Organization Review *A key belief that is challenged in Agbiboa's book is that bribery is culturally accepted or forms part of a 'moral economy.' In contrast, the continuous extortion from state and affiliated actors is continuously decried by ordinary citizens as 'eating too much,' yet citizens have no choice to participate in order to survive. * Journal of Cultural Economy *They Eat Our Sweat convincingly challenges the argument that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigerian society related to gift-giving, in contrast showing how Nigerians reject corruption but also face the reality of having to play the game. * Journal of Cultural Economy *They Eat Our Sweat ably demonstrates the generative capacity of corruption to reproduce its own conditions of survival. * Allegra Lab: Anthropology for Radical Optimism *They Eat Our Sweat convincingly challenges the argument that corruption is a culturally accepted norm in Nigerian society related to gift-giving, in contrast showing how Nigerians reject corruption but also face the reality of having to play the game. * Journal of Cultural Economy *A key belief that is challenged in Agbiboa's book is that bribery is culturally accepted or forms part of a 'moral economy.' In contrast, the continuous extortion from state and affiliated actors is continuously decried by ordinary citizens as 'eating too much,' yet citizens have no choice to participate in order to survive. * Allegra Lab: Anthropology for Radical Optimism *Daniel Agbiboa's book They Eat Our Sweat (2022) is a pathbreaking look at corruption in Nigerian society. Told with a view that combines well-argued theory and an uncompromising sight into the stark realities of urban transport, the book restores corruption from a flippant, inaccurate caricature to a standpoint where all hold some accountability. This is a rare academic book that grabs readers and holds on for the duration - a real page-turner - its scathing, fiery prose burns with knowing intensity throughout. * Christopher L. Atkinson, Public Organization Review *The description of the flows and fixities present throughout the transport system show how the state, institutional actors, unions, and people interact, composing displacement practices, as well as executing discursive and non-discursive practices to accept and reject corruption * Hernán Camilo Pulido-Martinez, Subjectivity *[Agbiboa's] lived experience and his comparative research extend our understanding of societies around the world where negotiating corruption is part of everyday life. * Michelle Nicholasen, Epicenter *The book offers an intimate look at this shadowy network. * Michelle Nicholasen, Epicenter Blog: Harvard University *This is brave, bold, and brilliant research, which provides insights that more conventional strategies would simply not generate * Nic Cheeseman, African Studies Review *They Eat Our Sweat is a gripping analysis of how corruption is sculpted by and perpetuates multifaceted social networks upon which scores of Lagosians are dependent for their livelihoods and how these networks are embedded within the Nigerian state. * Daniela Schofield, LSE Review of Books *... open[s] fresh perspectives on the corruption and insurgency debate in Africa. * Gabriel O. Apata, Theory, Culture & Society *Agbiboa offers a brilliantly insightful look into the mixing and meshing of transport, labor union and government workers—sometimes collusive, sometimes violent—in a Nigerian megacity known for deep problems and inventive solutions. They Eat Our Sweat shakes up usual understandings of order and chaos, government and public, centrality and marginality, survival and profiteering. Challenging simplistic notions of corruption as a matter of one-way exploitation, moral depravity, or African cultural inevitability, Agbiboa roundly explores the topic from within the fluid and dynamic transport system. The book perceptively and vividly describes the complexity of strategy and mutual adaptation practiced day to day, showing how those who denounce and who depend on practices like bribery, extortion, and nepotism are often the same people. The result is moving in every sense. * Parker Shipton, , Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, Boston University *A superb book, full of fresh insights and grounded in enthralling ethnography, They Eat Our Sweat provides a nuanced analysis of Nigeria's notorious corruption. Immersed in the everyday world of road transport workers in Lagos, Agbiboa's stunningly evocative narrative advances a compelling theoretical framework that accounts for the agency—and plight—of ordinary citizens. * Daniel Jordan Smith, Professor of Anthropology, Brown University, and author of Every Household Its Own Government: Improvised Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Citizens, and the State in Nigeria *They Eat Our Sweat is a skillful and compelling navigation of the contours of everyday urban life as it manifests in the informal transport sector where the actuality of urban mobility challenges the possibilities of good life in Africa's foremost megalopolis. The book captures the underbelly of Lagos in its enthralling, perplexing and vexing intricacies. * Wale Adebanwi, Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania *Taking over from where Daniel Jordan Smith left off, They Eat our Sweat is an unflinching, richly grounded micro analysis of quotidian corruption in Nigeria. Primarily situated in the riveting economy between the transport union toughs and political heavies in Lagos, Nigeria's ever dynamic megacity, the book vividly portrays the 'work' and 'workings' of corruption against the backdrop of worsening social precarity. Those interested in the strictures of urban living, particularly how unequal negotiations between the state and a host of nonstate actors incentivize violent subalternity, will find Daniel Agbiboa's vivid interlacing of the personal with varied strands of conceptualization utterly compelling. * Ebenezer Obadare, Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas, and author of Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria *A significant contribution to the understanding of the connection between layers of power, elite politics, and their interrelatedness to everyday survival strategies in an urban space. * Omolade Adunbi, Political and Legal Anthropology Review *This book provides an in-depth understanding of key parts of the informal transit system in Lagos, as well as new insight into the everyday corruption that exists in many parts of the world. * Dolores Koenig, Urbanites: Journal of Urban Ethnography *Agbiboa gives us a rich and nuanced understanding of the complex dynamics of corruption and the ways it is experienced, precarious labour and informality, and the everyday struggles for survival in Lagos. * Vanessa van den Boogaard, Sociology *This work's importance lies in the way it demonstrates how people learn to navigate this system to survive. * Choice *Through its disruption of Western definitions of corruption as applied to Africa, and its attention to everyday stories of paratransit workers entangled in the dance for survival in a precarious social and economic environment, They Eat Our Sweat provides an important contribution to the appreciation of mobility, labor, and life in the African city. * Bradley Rink, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, The AAG Review of Books *Agbiboa's work in They Eat Our Sweat unpacks a carefully considered understanding of corruption that demonstrates the degree to which it has been entrenched in social and economic life in Nigeria. His analysis allows the reader to get beyond an oversimplified interpretation of corruption as illegality through an understanding of the interrelationships between the state, society, and economy in Nigeria. * Bradley Rink, Department of Geography, Environmental Studies & Tourism, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, The AAG Review of Books *In attempting to provide a grounded, place-based understanding of corruption, Agbiboa helpfully moves us past old and unnecessarily limiting assumptions about corruption as a function of failed states to instead understand the complex dynamics of daily life. This is a welcome revisiting of old debates with a fresh new perspective informed by a broad literature that is heavily anchored in anthropology, but which also includes history, political science, economics, and other allied fields. * Jennifer Hart, History Department, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg (VA), United States *The book's solid empirical base makes it an important study of transport working conditions in the country. Agbiboa usefully questions the distinction - recently established by critical scholars - between "capitalist owners" (of minibuses) and "proletarian workers" (who have only their labour to sell) in Africa's cities. In Lagos, he suggests, the workers have the potential to earn more money than the owners. * Laurent Fourchard, Research Professor at the National Foundation for Political Science (CERI), The Conversations *The book's categorization of the politicization of the union is enlightening, as it depicts youth as both agents and victims of manipulation. * Tope Shola Akinyetun, The Young *The work is very sensitive to the forms of domination exercised in the transport sector, as opposed to literature that values informality. It exposes the daily interactions between drivers, police officers and members of the dominant union in Lagos, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Corruption is the central object around which much of the book revolves, which [Agbiboa] is careful not to essentialize. * Politique Africaine *The book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of urban anthropology, transportation planning, and development studies. * Ding Fei, The Journal of Development Studies *Readable and accessible, They Eat Our Sweat would be a welcome addition to undergraduate classes in African studies, anthropology, geography, international studies, political science, and urban studies, among others. * Sarah Muir, Transforming Anthropology Vol. 31 *The book offers valuable evidence in thinking about corruption complexes in cities of the Global South more broadly, but also in terms of specific empirical contexts. The book lays out a promising line of inquiry for studies engaging with the topic of corruption making it an essential read for anyone broadly engaged in the subject across the social sciences. * Priyanjali Mitra, Doing Sociology *This is a book with significant theoretical underpinnings and is rooted in a unique research base. Agbiboa spent months working in the informal bus sector. This highly participatory form of ethnography—he was certainly no mere observer-allows him to generate a visceral sense of how, where, and, ultimately, why informality and "corruption" characterize the operations of this sector. These experiences enable him to generate a clear and, at the same time, nuanced sense of how corrupt acts are the contingent consequences of individuals responding to multiple layers of precarious existence in the city. * Journal of Law and Political Economy 728 *Overall, Agbiboa does a splendid job in rebuking the misguided, essentialist and frankly racist idea of an 'African' culture of corruption without romanticizing the complex patronage politics that profoundly shape the everyday urban experience of Lagosians. Well-researched, rich in content and accessibly written, They Eat Our Sweat is a timely intervention for anyone interested in new ways of understanding the critical intersections between everyday urban practice, transport infrastructures and the African state. * Laura Nkula-Wenz, International Journal Of Urban And Regional Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking Corruption 1. Corruption and the Crisis of Values 2. The Language of Corruption 3. The Politics of Informal Transport 4. The Art of Urban Survival 5. Nigeria's Transport Mafia 6. The Paradox of Urban Reform Conclusion: Learning from Corruption
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University of Chicago Press Individual Social Responsibility Child Care
Book SynopsisThis work explores the political, social and economic forces that shape US policies affecting human services. Seeking to shed light on the tension between individual and social responsibility, it should appeal to economists, social scientists and policy-makers concerned with social policy issues.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Victor R. Fuchs 1: Overview Timothy Taylor 2: Child Care: Private Cost or Public Responsibility? Arleen Leibowitz Comment: Francine D. Blau 3: Rationalizing School Spending: Efficiency, Externalities, and Equity, and Their Connection to Rising Costs Eric A. Hanushek Comment: Christopher Jencks 4: Health Care Reform: The Clash of Goals, Facts, and Ideology Henry J. Aaron Comment: Martin Feldstein 5: To Comfort Always: The Prospects of Expanded Social Responsibility for Long-Term Care Alan M. Garber Comment: John B. Shoven 6: Consumption Externalities and the Financing of Social Services Robert H. Frank Comment: Amartya Sen 7: Preferences, Promises, and the Politics of Entitlement Paul M. Romer Comment: Roger G. Noll 8: Information, Responsibility, and Human Services Kenneth J. Arrow Comment: Glenn C. Loury 9: The Changing Roles of Public, Private, and Nonprofit Enterprise in Education, Health Care, and Other Human Services Henry Hansmann Comment: Joseph A. Grundfest 10: Government Intervention in the Markets for Education and Health Care: How and Why? James M. Poterba Comment: Richard J. Zeckhauser 11: The Politics of American Social Policy, Past and Future Theda Skocpol Comment: Seymour Martin Lipset Contributors Author Index Subject Index
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The University of Chicago Press Oppositional Consciousness The Subjective Roots of Social Protest
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The University of Chicago Press Race and Schooling in the South 18801950
Book SynopsisRobert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records to explore the experience of blacks in the American economy. Identifying the links between educational expenditures, racial discrimination, and occupational mobility, he clarifies the costs of segregation.
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The University of Chicago Press The Closing Door
Book SynopsisThe Closing Door is the first major critique of the effect of conservative policies on urban race and poverty in the 1980s. Atlanta, with its booming economy, strong elected black leadership, and many highly educated blacks, seemed to be the perfect site for those policies and market solutions to prove themselves. Unfortunately, not only did expected economic opportunity fail to materialize but many of the hard-won gains of the civil rights movement were lost. Orfield and Ashkinaze painstakingly analyze the evidence from Atlanta to show why black opportunity deteriorated over the 1980s and outline possible remedies for the damage inflicted by the Reagan and Bush administrations. The Closing Door is a crucial breath of fresh air . . . an important and timely text which will help to alter the 'underclass' debate in favor of reconsidering race-specific policies. Orfield and Ashkinaze construct a convincing argument with which those who favor 'race-neutrality' will have to contend. In re
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The University of Chicago Press Fortune Is a Woman Gender and Politics in the
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The University of Chicago Press Beyond Conformity or Rebellion Youth and
Book SynopsisBy the late 1970s, drugs, blue jeans, rock and roll, and sexual precocity appeared to be all that remained of the cultural ferment of the 1960s. In this classic new study of high school-aged youth in the eartly 70s, Gary Schwartz reveals subtle yet significant changes in the style of deviance in adolescent culture. He argues that a new sort of peer-group pluralism emerged from the counter-culture movement of the 60s, a deviance defined less by persistent violations of the law than by disengagement from traditional images of success and civic responsibility.
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The University of Chicago Press The Rise of the Masses
Book SynopsisAn insightful examination of how intersecting individual motivations and social structures mobilize spontaneous mass protests. Between 15 and 26 million Americans participated in protests surrounding the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others as part of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, which is only one of the most recent examples of an immense mobilization of citizens around a cause. In The Rise of the Masses, sociologist Benjamin Abrams addresses why and how people spontaneously protest, riot, and revolt en masse. While most uprisings of such a scale require tremendous resources and organizing, this book focuses on cases where people with no connection to organized movements take to the streets, largely of their own accord. Looking to the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and the Black Lives Uprising, as well as the historical case of the French Revolution, Abrams lays out a theory of how and why massive mobilizations arise without the large-scalTrade Review“Skillfully drawing on and synthesizing an impressive range of theoretical perspectives, Benjamin Abrams has fashioned a highly original theory of spontaneous mass mobilization. As if that weren’t enough, he goes on to make a compelling, empirically informed case for the application of his affinity-convergence theory to four iconic mass movements, ranging from the French Revolution to the George Floyd Protests of 2020. Anyone interested in the dynamics of spontaneous mass action will want to read this book.” -- Doug McAdam, Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology, Stanford University“Drawing on four diverse cycles of contention. . . . Abrams shows how much of the process of mobilization can be explained as the product of affinities and convergence on the part of unorganized groups—the 'masses' in his title—while their failures can be explained as their inability to create viable and robust structures around their affinities. His book should be read by social movement specialists and by general readers concerned with the current waves of mass mobilization alike. While the book is based on immense reading and research, it is Abrams's deep thinking that I admire most. A very readable and engaging book." -- Sidney Tarrow, author of Power in Movement“Social movements and revolutions are enormously consequential. Yet, their confounding and elusive mysteries are not fully understood. How do they burst forth, who brings them into being, and why do they fail or succeed? Do they spring from spontaneity or organization? The Rise of the Masses squarely confronts these fundamental questions through careful analysis, copious evidence, and enthralling narratives of historic movements. In so doing, Abrams illuminates how these engines of social change operate. This book is a rich fount of knowledge that should be widely read.” -- Aldon Morris, author of The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement"This book will be important reading for those interested in explaining mobilization generally and delving into how we can better understand more spontaneous mobilizations. In addition, it would be of interest to any scholars or publics interested in the four core cases of analysis. I found the book compelling, beautifully written, and convincing." -- Catherine Corrigall-Brown * Social Forces *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Theorizing Mobilization 1. What We Know about Mobilization, and What We Need To 2. Affinity-Convergence Theory Part II: The Egyptian Revolution, 2011 3. Egypt on the Eve of Revolution 4. The Anatomy of a Revolutionary Moment 5. The Fall and Fall of Revolutionary Egypt Part III: Occupy Wall Street 6. Globalizing the Revolution 7. Enter the Occupiers 8. The End of the Extraordinary Part IV: The Black Lives Uprising, 2020 9. From Tragedy to Uprising 10. Mass Mobilization for Black Lives Part V: The French Revolution, 1789 11. Mass Mobilization against the Ancien Régime 12. The Development of Revolutionary Mobilization Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Class in Contemporary Britain
Book SynopsisBritain is one of the most unequal countries in the western world: the richest one per cent own a vast proportion of the wealth, while both the pay gap and spending habits remain incredibly divisive. How do such divisions reflect contemporary ideas of class? In what way does economic life affect individuals and social relationships? What are the implications for society as a whole?This thoroughly revised second edition of Class in Contemporary Britain uses class theory to interrogate and explain patterns and trends in economic inequalities, and to explore their consequences from a sociological view. Addressing and debating timely questions, this new edition:- Assesses different ways of mapping class structures through class schemes- Highlights the continued importance of class in sociological study and analyses contemporary social class divisions- Explores key topics, including social mobility, voting habits and education- Reflects on recent changes and developments in the fieldTable of ContentsIntroduction Class Schemes and scales Economic Change The Working Class Intermediate Classes The Middle Class The Upper Class Social Mobility Politics.
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Columbia University Press Support for the American Welfare State The Views of Congress and the Public Of Kashmir
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Indiana University Press Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Anniversary
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Welfare and the State Who Benefits Who Benefits
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women And Revolution In Iran
Book SynopsisIranian women acquired greater legal, social, and economic opportunities during the past three decades than in any other period of history, yet they participated in large numbers in the 1979 revolution to overthrow Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Ironically, they may have lost. more than any other group from the changes introduced and stand to lose even more from changes contemplated by leaders of the current regime. The role of women in the revolution, the reasons for their participation, and their subsequent fate are documented in this volume. The authors examine the status of women in pre-revolutionary society, the ways in which their lives were affected by Islamic principles, and the changes that occurred throughout the twentieth century as increasing numbers of women entered the labor force and public life. They then turn to recent political events, describing the participation of working-class, rural, and educated women and activists from both the right and left. Finally, they considTable of ContentsIntroduction, Part I Historical Perspective, Part II Women and Revolution, Part III Women in Post-Revolutionary Iran
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CRC Press Work Health and Wellbeing in the Construction
Book SynopsisThis book covers a wide range of topics relating to the health and wellbeing of the construction workforce. Based on more than two decades of work examining various aspects of workersâ health and wellbeing, the book addresses a key topic in construction management: how the design of work environments, construction processes and organisation of work impact upon construction workersâ physical and psychological health.Occupational health is a significant problem for the construction industry. However, the subject of health does not receive as much attention in occupational health and safety research or practice as the subject of safety. Traditional management approaches (focused on the prevention of accidents and injuries) are arguably ill-suited to addressing issues of workersâ health and wellbeing. This book seeks to explain how workers' health and wellbeing are impacted by working in the construction sector, and suggest ways in which organisations (and decision makers within Trade Review“This book is extremely topical for all industries… as it considers gender, well-being, psychosocial hazards, working hours, resilience and more, but most importantly health…One of the central features of this book is that the authors acknowledge when an initiative or concept has failed or failed to succeed as well as intended. They also remind us repeatedly how so many OHS concepts and initiatives remain in their infancy or are underdeveloped. This caution and the reality statements provide a significantly different tone to many other OHS or mental health management books.” Kevin Jones, https://safetyatworkblog.com/“The authors here bring together the insights they have gained over twenty years of their joint and individual research into the health and wellbeing of workers in the construction sector, backed with evidence from dozens of other researchers worldwide. They set out their argument early on: that the immediacy of safety concerns has led to the neglect of construction workers’ health, that this oversight has led to a great deal of harm to individuals, and that many wellbeing programmes put the onus on individual workers to improve their own health rather than addressing the systemic factors which make construction so challenging for its participants… construction workers love their work, and why not? You get to build stuff! But the toll on their physical and mental health is far too high. This book is timely.” Peter Bateman, Safeguard MagazineTable of Contents1. Introduction: The health imperative 2. Attending to the "H" in OH&S 3. Work-related factors impacting construction workers' psychological health 4. Working time, health and wellbeing 5. Women's health in construction 6. Employee resilience 7. Health issues in the construction industry in developing countries: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa 8. Young construction workers' health and wellbeing 9. Healthy ageing at work 10. Building a sense of place 11. Thinking about the future
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tracking People
Book SynopsisTracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people's everyday lives. Large sections of the population voluntarily use devices and apps to track fitness, medical conditions, sleep, vital signs or their own or others' whereabouts. Governments, health services, immigration and criminal justice agencies increasingly rely upon tracking technologies to monitor individuals' whereabouts, behaviour, medical conditions and interventions. Despite the human rights concerns of some organisations and individuals, most wearers and their significant others tend to welcome the technologies. This paradox is only one of the many fascinating challenges raised by the widespread use of tracking technologies which are explored in this book.This book critically explores the ethical, legal, social, and technical issues arising from the current and future use of tracking technologies. It provides a unique and wide-ranging discussion, via a cross-disciplinary collection of essays, on Table of Contents1.Tracking people: an introduction Anthea Hucklesby and Raymond Holt 2.GPS tracking in care settings: attending to the socio-material context of use Joe Wherton, Trisha Greenhalgh, Sara Shaw, Rob Procter and Jay Shaw 3.Using tracking technologies well: the contribution of the concepts of ‘tightness’ or ‘grip’ Anthea Hucklesby 4.Proportionality and monitoring: penal vs care contexts Tom Sorell 5.‘He’s doing a hokey cokey’: everyday calculations and controversies of digitally mediated punishment in Scotland Ryan Casey 6.Tracking in the interests of counter-terrorism Jessie Blackbourn and Clive Walker 7.Smartphone electronic monitoring (EM), Artificial Intelligence and the mass supervision question in the USA Mike Nellis 8.Reducing opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of overdose: a co-production study Anne Campbell, Sharon Millen, Amanda Taylor-Beswick and Li Guo 9.Using geolocation-based technologies for monitoring people with severe mental illness Niels Peek, Paolo Fraccaro and Sabine van der Veer 10.Tracking people and sociotechnical systems design Raymond Holt 11.Apple AirTags as people trackers Neil McBride
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Taylor & Francis The Rise of Comparative Policing
Book SynopsisThis book argues that policing should be studied in a truly comparative manner as a way of identifying more accurately the diverse features of police organisations and the trends which affect contemporary policing. Studying policing comparatively is also a way to develop more sophisticated theories on the relations between police, state, and society aiming at higher degree of generalization. In particular, broadening the empirical basis, often limited to Western countries, favours the formulation of more encompassing theories. The comparative analysis, then, is used to refine meso or macro theories on various aspects of policing.The book covers the challenges of comparative research in diverse areas of policing studies with innovative tools and approaches to allow for the development of that subfield of policing. It is a significant new contribution to policing studies, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Public Policy, Sociology,Table of ContentsIntroductionChallenges and promises of comparative policing research Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian RochéPolicing and the state: national paradigms, private security and citizens’ role 1. Plural policing, the public good, and the constitutional state: an international comparison of Austria and Canada – OntarioBas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra 2. Comparing private security regulation in the European UnionMark Button and Peter Stiernstedt 3. Citizen participation in community safety: a comparative study of community policing in South Korea and the UKKwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee Comparing police–citizen relations: policies and practices4. Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and WalesGenevieve Lennon and Kath Murray5. Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and GermanyJacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roché and Dietrich Oberwittler Police legitimacy, democracy and integrity: the need for comparative instruments across contexts 6. Police legitimacy in Africa: a multilevel multinational analysisFrancis D. Boateng7. Assessing the validity of police integrity scale in a comparative contextJon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Harm and Disorder in the Urban Space
Book SynopsisBringing together an international group of authors, this book addresses the important issues lying at the intersection between urban space, on the one hand, and incivilities and urban harm, on the other. Progressive urbanisation not only influences people's living conditions, their well-being and health but may also generate social conflict and consequently fuel disorder and crime.Rooted in interdisciplinary scholarship, this book considers a range of urban issues, focussing specifically on their sensory, emotive, power and structural dimensions. The visual, audio and olfactory components that offend or harm are inspected, including how urban social control agencies respond to violations of imposed sensory regimes. Emotive dimensions examined include the consideration of people emotions and sensibilities in the perception of incivilities, in the shaping of social control to deviant phenomena, and their role in activating or suppressing people's resistance towards otheTrade ReviewA bold, provocative and much needed collection that pushes past the boundaries of conventional understandings of urban incivilities. It is a landmark achievement, making a compelling case for a criminology of the senses and is fully attuned to how the landscapes of disorder, crime, justice and social control are experienced in the city.Eamonn Carrabine, Professor of Criminology, Sociology Department, University of Essex, UKThis fascinating and timely book—with its focus on power and structural inequalities as well as the emotional and sensory dimensions of harm and disorder—makes an original and invaluable contribution to the burgeoning ‘field’ of urban criminology.Gareth Millington, Senior Lecturer, University of York, UKThis is a very impressive collection and contribution to critical criminology! It undertakes analysis at the intersection of the senses, affective registers, power/control in examining crime, social harm and disorder in urban spaces; contributes to advances in urban and sensory criminology; and crucially to criminology as a European and global project. A must read and core text for criminological theory modules and indeed, for all researchers interested in urban studies.Maggie O’Neill, Professor of Sociology & Criminology at University College Cork, IrelandThinking about cities through the senses and emotion can be a revealing experience to criminologists and urban scholars interested in issues such as harm, disorder and incivility, which this edited book shows very clearly. It is a very welcome and even necessary contribution to urban criminology.Lucas Melgaço, Professor of Urban Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Table of Contents1. Incivilities, harm and social control in urban space Part One 2. Exploring sound and noise in the urban environment: Tensions between cultural expression and municipal control, health and inequality, police power and resistance 3.Sounds dangerous: Black music subcultures as victims of state regulation and social control 4.Offending sights and urban governance: Expectations of city aesthetics and spatial responses to the unsightly 5.Green criminology perspective on light pollution 6.When the city smells: Perceptions of decay and physical disorder in Rome Part Two 7.Emotion and the city: Emotive dimensions of incivilities and of their urban social control 8.Power at play: The policing of sex work across two European cities 9.Structural violence, deviance and social control in the urban life and space 10.The sensory, emotive and power dimensions of incivilities and their social control in the city
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cybersecurity for Everyone
Book SynopsisCyberspace is a critical part of our lives. Although we all use cyberspace for work, entertainment, and social life, much of its infrastructure and operation is invisible to us. We spend a big part of our lives in an environment that is almost an essential service but is full of potential dangers: a place where criminals can commit new kinds of crimes, where governments can exert political pressure, and where we can be hurt by the unthinking actions of the bored and careless.Making cyberspace more secure is one of the challenges of our times. This is not only (or perhaps even primarily) a technical challenge. It requires actions by governments and businesses to encourage security whenever possible, and to make sure that their own actions do not undermine it. Unfortunately, many of those in a position to do something about cybersecurity do not have the background to understand the issues fully. Cybersecurity for Everyone will help by describing the issues in a way that is accessible to anyone, but especially those from non-technical backgrounds.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionHow cyberspace works Encounters with cyberspace What is cyberspace? NodesPeople Pipes Configuration Types of trafficThe Deep Web The Dark Web The World Wide Web Social aspects Governance Security issues Non-benign use of cyberspaceEncryption and hashing Private key encryption Public key encryption Digital signing and digital hashing Encryption in use Node security Getting access to nodes Malware What does malware do? Direct attacksPipe security IP TCP UDP Attacks leveraging protocols Countermeasures Configuration security Internet Control Message Protocol Domain Name Service Switch vulnerabilities Mounting an attack Defending against attacks Recovery Application security Email Web trafficBlockchainsSummary Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Oral History and Qualitative Methodologies
Book SynopsisOral History and Qualitative Methodologies: Educational Research for Social Justice examines oral history methodological processes involved in the doing of oral history as well as the theoretical, historical, and knowledge implications of using oral history for social justice projects. Oral history in qualitative research is an umbrella term that integrates history, life history, and testimony accounts. Oral history draws from various social science disciplines, including educational studies, history, indigenous studies, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, women's studies, and youth studies. The book argues for the further development of a pedagogical culture related to oral history for educational research as part of the effort to diversify the range of human experiences educators, community members, and policy makers incorporate into knowledge-making and knowledge-using processes. Early career researchers, novice researchers, as well as exTable of ContentsSection 1: Introduction to the Theories and Methods of Oral History for Qualitative Researchers 1. Introduction to the Art and Science of Interdisciplinary Oral History 2. Theoretical, Methodological, and Ethical Issues in Oral History Projects Section 2: Educational Biography and Life History 3. Recording History as Lived and Experienced in the CSRA: Oral History, Methodological Considerations and Educational Opportunities 4. "Bone by Bone": Re(collecting) Stories of Black Female Student Activists at Fayetteville State Using Oral History Interviews with a Life History Approach 5. The Need for Action: Oral Histories of The 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout 6. La Familia Ortiz: Parental Influence on the Pursuit of Higher Education 7. COVID-19 Oral Histories of Academic Leaders, Faculty, and Students in Higher Education Section 3: Archival and Secondary Data Analysis 8. The Layers of Oral Histories at Memorial Museums: Chronicles About Who We Are and Who We Are Likely to Become 9. Irene Bishop Goggans: Community Historian of African American Life using Scrapbooks for Social Justice Section 4: Arts-Based Educational Research 10. Teachers and North American Migrants’ Oral Histories Concerning the 'School for All' Arts-based Project 11. Oral History of a Civil Rights Leader using Music and Dance Section 5: Digital storytelling, Podcasts, Vlogs, and Social Media 12. My Story, My Voice: student podcasts examining oral histories on diversity in East Central Indiana 13. Engaging Participatory Visual Methodologies in Oral History Research Section 6: Concluding Chapter/Epilogue 14. Methodological and Pedagogical Opportunities for Oral History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Emotional Experience of Adoption
Book SynopsisAdoption is an extremely complex and emotionally demanding process for all those involved. This book explores the emotional experience of adoption from a psychoanalytic perspective, and demonstrates how psychoanalytic understanding and treatment can contribute to thinking about and working with adopted children and their families.Drawing on psychoanalytic, attachment and child development theory, and detailed in-depth clinical case discussion, The Emotional Experience of Adoption explores issues such as: the emotional experience of children placed for adoption, and how this both shapes and is shaped by unconscious processes in the child's inner world how psychoanalytic child psychotherapy can help as a distinctive source of understanding and as a treatment for children who are either in the process of being adopted or already adopted how such understanding can inform planning and decision making amongst professionals and carers. <Trade Review'An interesting, informative and enjoyable read, the volume conveys core psychoanalytic ideas relevant to adoption and insights into therapeutic processes in a very vivid and accessible fashion.' - Malcolm Hill, Glasgow School of Social Work, UK'Focusing on the trauma experienced by most adopted children prior to being taken into care, this book conveys the damage these children have sustained and the impact of this on their new family and the professionals involved. Psychoanalytic ideas both help understanding and provide a means of amelioration by offering treatment possibilities and a consultation framework. An accessible but painful book to read.' - Judith Trowell, West Midlands Care Service Improvement Partnership and University of Worcester, UKTable of ContentsPart I: Setting the Scene 1. Developing a curiosity about adoption: a psychoanalytic perspective 2. Why is early development important? 3. Understanding an adopted child: a child psychotherapist’s perspective Part II: Unconscious Dynamics in Systems and Networks 4. Multiple families in mind 5. Enabling effective support: secondary traumatic stress and adoptive families 6. The network around adoption: the forever family and the ghosts of the dispossessed Part III: Primitive States of Mind and their Impact on Relationships 7. The mermaid: moving towards reality after trauma 8. On being dropped and picked up: the plight of some late-adopted children Part IV: Belonging and Becoming: Transitions 9. Playing out, not acting out: the development of the capacity to play in the therapy of children who are ‘in transition’ from fostering to adoption 10. Just pretend: the importance of symbolic play and its interpretation in intensive psychotherapy with a four year-old adopted boy 11. The longing to become a family: support for the parental couple 12. Shared reflections on parallel collaborative work with adoptive families. Part V: Being Part of a Family: Oedipal Issues 13. Loss, recovery and adoption: a child’s perspective 14. Oedipal difficulties in the triangular relationship between the parents, the child and the child psychotherapist Part VI: Adoption and Adolescence: The Question of Identity 15. Deprivation and development: the predicament of an adopted adolescent in the search for identity 16. Idealisation and overvalued ideas Further Reflections 17. A cautionary tale of adoption: fictional lives and living fictions Final Thoughts
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Overstretch Differences Between Old and
Book SynopsisWithin a few years the European Union will be enlarged from fifteen to twenty-eight member states including Turkey. Do the new countries fit into the European Union or does the enlargement lead to a cultural overstretch? Using survey data Cultural Overstretch describes the cultural differences between twenty-eight European countries. Table of Contents1. Theoretical Framework, Methods and Research Questions 2. Religion in Europe 3. Family Values and Gender Roles 4. Sexuality Norms 5. Economic Values 6. Political Values: Democracy and Civil Society 7. The European Idea of a Welfare State 8. Conclusions: Does the EU Enlargement Lead to a Cultural Overstretch
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reading Rodney KingReading Urban Uprising
Book SynopsisReading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising keeps the public debate alive by exploring the connections between the Rodney King incidents and the ordinary workings of cultural, political, and economic power in contemporary America. Its recurrent theme is the continuing, complicated significance of race in American society. Contributors: Houston A. Baker, Jr.; Judith Butler; Sumi K. Cho; Kimberle Crenshaw; Mike Davis; Thomas L. Dumm; Walter C. Farrell, Jr.; Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Ruth Wilson Gilmore; Robert Gooding-Williams; James H. Johnson, Jr.; Elaine H. Kim; Melvin L. Oliver; Michael Omi; Gary Peller; Cedric J. Robinson; Jerry Watts; Cornel West; Patricia Williams; Rhonda M. Williams; Howard Winant.Trade Review". . . very impressive . . . These works are not about race and urban uprising. They are about all of us, not the American Dream but the American Real." -- The SanDiego Review"The book Reading Rodney King/Reading Urban Uprising offers a timely reminder that the beating of Rodney King, the outcome of the Simi Valley trial of the police officers involved in it, and the subsequent uprisings in response to the verdict are best understood in social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. The authors demonstrate that a critical analysis of popular representations of these events can illuminate the larger subject of race relations in American society. The book suggests that a multidisciplanary approach is needed to appreciate fully the vast and interlocking dimensions of the problem." -- Gail Lee Dubrow, Journal of the AmericanPlanning Association
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University of California Press Big Business and Industrial Conflict in NineteenthCentury France A Social History of the Parisian Gas Company
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University of California Press Taking Privacy Seriously
Book SynopsisOther books remind us of what we already knowthat privacy is under great pressure. James Rule provides a step-by-step planto create a significantly more private and authentically democratic world. Taking Privacy Seriouslyoffers both a concise, hard-hitting assessment of the origins of today's privacy-eroding practices and a roadmap for creating robust new individual rights over our personal data. Ruleproposes elevenkeyreformsin the control and use of personal information, all aimed at redressing the balance of power between ordinary citizens and data-hungry corporate and government institutions. What a privacy-deprived America needsmost is not less technology, Rule argues, butprofound political realignment.His elevenproposed reforms range from launching a major public-works investment consisting of a series of websites publicly documenting the personal data uses of nearly all government and private institutions; to instating a right for any citizen to withdraw from any personal
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Cambridge University Press The English Poor Law 1531 1782
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Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S. Preaching as Weeping Confession and Resistance
Book SynopsisHow can a person preach a word of hope and faith in a world filled with violence and suffering? Christine Smith says one must encounter and name the evil that oppresses persons in the world--evils such as handicapism, ageism, sexism, heterosexism, white racism, and classism. She argues preaching is an interpretation of our present world and an...
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Harvard University Press Chronic Condition Why Health Reform Fails
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Pluto Press What We Are Fighting For A Radical Collective
Book SynopsisThe first radical, collective manifesto of the new decadeTrade Review'Here are the first flowers of spring: the beginning of an epochal dialogue about the human future. Inspired by the Occupy movements across the world, What We Are Fighting For should inspire all of us to join the conversation' -- Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums and City of Quartz.'A rallying point for all those who resist the dogmas of contemporary politics and seek a fresh set of alternatives' -- Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School, New York, and author of The Faith of the Faithless (2012).Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1 - New Economics 1. Michael Albert - Participatory Economics From Capitalism 2. Ann Pettifor - Let Ideas and Art Be International, Goods Be Homespun and Finance Primarily National 3. Milford Bateman - A New Local Financial System For Sustainable Communities 4. Shaun Chamberlin - The Struggle For Meaning Part 2 - New Governance 5. Richard Seymour - Towards a New Model Commune 6. Peter Hallward - The Dictatorship of the People 7. Mark J Smith - Practical Utopianism and Ecological Citizenship 8. Marina Sitrin - Occupy: Making Democracy a Question Part 3 - New Public 9. Owen Jones - New Class Politics 10. Hilary Wainwright - “An Excess of Democracy” 11. Dan Hind - A Program of Media Reform 12. Zillah Eisenstein - Renewing Intersectionality Part 4 - New Social Imagination 13. Mark Fisher - Post-Capitalist Desire 14. Franco Berardi Bifo - The Transversal Function of Disentaglement 15. Saul Newman - Why Do We Obey 16. Federico Campagna - Squandering Part 5 - Tactics of Struggle 17. David Graeber - Revolution of Common Sense 18. Nina Power - Winning the Media War 19. Alberto Toscano - Reforming the Unreformable 20. Solidarity Federation - Direct Action and Unmediated Struggle Afterword 21. John Holloway - Rage Against the Rule of Money Acknowledgments Index
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