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Open University Press Advocacy and Social Work Practice
Book Synopsis"This is a welcome contribution that introduces the important aspects of advocacy and social work practice. It will be particularly useful to readers who are committed to developing their knowledge and understanding of advocacy and social work ... There is a strong focus on practical skills that will help practitioners take forward their advocacy role."Jane Boylan, Director of Social Work Studies, Keele University, UK and Jane Dalrymple, Senior Lecturer, University of the West of England, UKSkills in advocacy are essential for every social work student and practitioner. This accessible book provides an introduction to advocacy, examining the theoretical knowledge and practical skills needed to undertake advocacy roles and work constructively with the growing number of independent advocates. Beginning with the historical background to advocacy and its place within social work, the book explores different definitions and understandings of advocacy and explores a rTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Advocacy's Place within Social Work PracticeChapter 2: Dimensions of AdvocacyChapter 3: Current Practice IssuesChapter 4: The Value Base of AdvocacyChapter 5: Advocacy Practice ModelsChapter 6: Advocacy Skills - Presenting a CaseChapter 7: Advocacy Skills - Assertiveness and NegotiationChapter 8: Advocacy FuturesConclusion
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Open University Press Contemporary Social Work Practice A Handbook for
Book SynopsisThis exciting new book provides an overview of fifteen different contemporary social work practice settings, spanning across the statutory, voluntary, private and third sectors. It serves as the perfect introduction to the various roles social workers can have and the numerous places they can work, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and values required to work in areas ranging from mental health to fostering and adoption, and from alcohol and drug treatment services to youth offending. Each chapter provides: An overview of the setting, including the role of the social worker, how service users gain access to the service and key issues, definitions or terms specific to the setting Legislation and policy guidance related to the specific setting The key theories and methods related to the setting Best practice approaches and the benefits and challenges of working within the setting Case examples illustrating the application of the information to practiceTable of Contents List of IllustrationsList of Contributors1 Introduction by Barbra Teater 2 Children and families by Alinka Gearon 3 Fostering and adoption by Justin Rogers 4 Youth work by Tony Jeffs5 Youth offending by Issy Harvey 6 Service user and carer involvement by Caroline Hickman7 Learning difficulties by Mark Baldwin 8 Physical disabilities by Clare Evans9 Older adults by Barbra Teater and Jill Chonody10 Mental health by Debbie Martin 11 Domestic violence and abuse by Michele Winter 12 Social work in health care settings by Malcolm Payne and Sue Taplin 13 Alcohol and other drug treatment by John Watson 14 Housing and homelessness by Barbra Teater 15 Asylum seekers and refugees by Benedict Fell 16 Rehabilitation and corrections by Jenny Clifford17 Self-harming by Jo Bell ReferencesIndex
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The University of Michigan Press Putting Federalism in Its Place
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The University of Michigan Press Putting Federalism in Its Place The Territorial
Book SynopsisWhat does federalism do to welfare states? This book argues for an approach methodologically focused on configurations of variables within cases rather than a fruitless attempt to isolate the effect of federalism; and one that is engaged with identifying key elements in configurations as well as with when and how their interactions matter.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Why should we care about federalism? Chapter 2: Federalism, Territorial Politics, and Identities Chapter 3: Interests, nationalism, regionalism, and jurisdictionalism Chapter 4: How policies and legacies matter Chapter 5: Federalism, institutions, and parties Chapter Six: How to analyze federalism Bibliography
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The University of Michigan Press Human Capital versus Basic Income
Book SynopsisCombining cross-national quantitative research covering the entire region and in-depth case studies based on field research, Human Capital versus Basic Income challenges the conventional wisdom that these two transformations were unrelated.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Bringing Ben Home
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Prentice Hall Press We Are Still Here
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University of Georgia Press Islamophobia in France
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed argue that Islamophobia in France is not the result of individual prejudice or supposed Muslim cultural or racial deficiencies but rather arose out of structures of power and control already in place in France.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity
Book SynopsisLEGAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL CAPACITY A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals SECOND EDITION Praise for the first edition: Invaluable in negotiating the legal minefield that surrounds the complicated issue of mental capacity. Mental Health Practice In Dimond's Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity, we find a well-crafted reference book that goes beyond mere presentation of the law and relevant regulations. Metapsychology The Mental Capacity Act (2005) regulates decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent due to a loss in mental capacity (be that from birth or due to an illness or injury at some point in their lives). Since the act's implementation, the new Court of Protection has been firmly established, and there have been significant Supreme Court cases, as well as further guidance on the 2005 Act and major developments in the use and assessment Table of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgements vii Table of cases viii Table of statutes xiv Glossary xvii List of abbreviations xxii 1 Introduction: Anatomy of the Mental Capacity Act and its terms 1 2 Background to the legal system and the Mental Capacity Act 8 3 Human rights and statutory principles for governing decision making 19 4 Definition of mental capacity 31 5 Making decisions in the best interests of others 49 6 Lasting powers of attorney 77 7 Court of Protection, court-appointed deputies, the Office of the Public Guardian, and visitors 105 8 Independent mental capacity advocates 135 9 Advance decisions 163 10 Research 182 11 Protection of vulnerable adults and accountability 199 12 Children and young persons 229 13 Mental capacity and mental disorder 239 14 Deprivation of liberty safeguards 253 15 Organ and tissue removal, storage, and use 279 16 The informal carer 289 17 Implementation, resources, and Code of Practice 305 18 Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland 318 19 The future 330 Websites 332 Answers to quick fire quizzes 335 Recommended further reading 344 Index 346
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McGraw-Hill Education Embalming History Theory and Practice Sixth
Book SynopsisThe most complete and up-to-date text on the art and science of embalmingThis new edition of the trusted classic delivers the most current information on the art and science of embalming, restorative art, and mortuary cosmetology. The authors give special attention to creating a safe working environment, from the standpoint of ergonomics, personal hygiene, and the use of embalming chemicals. Expanded technical areas of the book help you prepare the body for viewing without using standard embalming chemicals.Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice features thorough coverage of: Legal, social, and technical considerations of embalming Health and regulatory standards Chemicals and methods Specific conditions and causes of death that influence the type of embalming Preparation of anatomical donors Preparation of organ and tissue donors Embalming for shipping New to this edition:Table of ContentsEditorial ConsultantsContributorsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I. The Theory and Practice of Embalming1. Origins of Embalming and Reverent Care of the Dead2. Fundamentals of Embalming3. Personal Health and Regulatory Standards4. The Preparation Room5. Death: Agonal and Postmortem Changes6. Embalming Chemicals7. Use of Embalming Chemicals8. Anatomical Considerations9. Embalming Vessel Sites and Selections10. Embalming Analysis11. Preparation of the Body Prior to Arterial Injection12. Injection and Drainage Techniques13. Distribution and Diffusion of Arterial Solution14. Cavity Embalming15. Treatments after Arterial Injection16. General Age Considerations17. Preparation of Autopsied Bodies18. Preparation of Organ and Tissue Donors19. Delayed Embalming20. Discolorations21. Moisture Considerations22. Vascular Considerations23. Effect of Drugs on the Embalming Process24. Selected Conditions25. Viewing without Embalming, Delayed Viewing, Re-embalming, and Human Remains ShippingPART II. The Origin and History of EmbalmingEdward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa JohnsonPART III. History of Modern Restorative ArtEdward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa J. WilliamsPART IV. Selected Readings1. Summary of Guidelines Submitted to OSHA from the National Funeral Directors Association Committee on Infectious Disease, Summer, 19892. Mortuary Care of Armed Forces Service Members. From: Standards for Department of Defense (DOD) Mortuary Facilities and for Drafting a Performance Work Statement (PWS) for DOD Contracted Mortuary Services, March 20193. Identification: An Essential Part of What We DoMichael Kubasak4. The Mathematics of Embalming Chemistry: Part I. A Critical Evaluation of “One-Bottle” Embalming Chemical ClaimsJerome F. Frederick, PhD5. The Measurement of Formaldehyde Retention in the Tissues of Embalmed BodiesJohn Kroshus, Joseph McConnell, and Jay Bardole6. The Two-Year Fix: Long-Term Preservation for Delayed ViewingKerry Don Peterson7. Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde in MortuariesL. Lamont Moore, CIH, CSP and Eugene C. Ogrodnik, MS8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Formaldehyde (Is It Good or Is It Evil?)Maureen Robinson9. The Preparation Room: VentilationJack Adams, CFSP10. Risk of Infection and Tracking of Work-related Infectious Diseases in the Funeral IndustrySusan Salter Davidson, MS, MT (ASCP) and William H. Benjamin, Jr., PhD11. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Personnel, Section 3: Information for EmbalmersCurtis D. Rostad, CFSP12. Hepatitis from A to GKim Collison13. The Increase in MRSA and VREMike Cloud, Jr.14. The Antimicrobial Activity of Embalming Chemicals and Topical Disinfectants on the Microbial Flora of Human RemainsPeter A. Burke and A. L. Sheffner15. The Microbiologic Evaluation and Enumeration of Postmortem Specimens from Human RemainsGordon W. Rose, PhD and Robert N. Hockett, MS16. Professional Hair Care for Human RemainsDarla A. Tripoli, CO, LFD, CFSP17. Restricted Cervical Injection as a Primary Injection MethodBen Whitworth18. Enhance Emaciated Features Arterially Using Split Injection and Restricted DrainageSharon L. Gee19. Embalming—United Kingdom and EuropeanPeter J. Ball, FBIE20. The Art of Embalming and its PurposeRon Hast21. Embalming COVID-19: Infection Control and StorageJzyk S. Ennis, PhD22. Cosmetic Airbrushing of Un-embalmed DecedentsDaryl M. HammondGlossaryIndex
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McGraw-Hill Education ISE Comprehensive Stress Management
Book SynopsisComprehensive Stress Management integrates research and theories found useful when dealing with the inevitable occurrence of stress, with an emphasis on the interrelation of stress and illness. It empowers students to learn what stress is, evaluate their level of stress, and apply to their own lives the tools and skills to manage that stress. The book examines a variety of topics relevant to college students such as intrapersonal and interpersonal stressors, physiological reactions to stress, spirituality and stress, occupational stress, and family stress. Lab Assessments at the conclusion of each chapter help students relate what they have learned to their personal lives by encouraging them to identify specific attitudes, behaviors, and coping skills as well as target areas for improvement. The revised edition provides up-to-date information on cyberbullying, along with expanded discussions of home-based work and telecommuting, relabeling as an anxiety management tool, and the Table of ContentsChapter 1: What is Stress?Chapter 2: Stress Psychophysiology Chapter 3: Stress and Illness/DiseaseChapter 4: Stress and the College StudentChapter 5: InterventionChapter 6: Life-Situation Interventions: IntrapersonalChapter 7: Life-Situation Interventions: InterpersonalChapter 8: Perception InterventionsChapter 9: Spirituality and StressChapter 10: MeditationChapter 11: Autogenic Training, Imagery, and Progressive RelaxationChapter 12: Other Relaxation TechniquesChapter 13: Physiological Arousal InterventionsChapter 14: Strategies for Decreasing Stressful BehaviorsChapter 15: Diversity and StressChapter 16: Occupational StressChapter 17: Family StressEpilogue Glossary Photo Credits Index
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Bristol University Press The Conservative Governments and Social Policy
Book SynopsisThis book examines the policy approaches of Conservative governments since 2015 in key social policy areas including education, health, housing, employment, children and young people and more.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Conservative Governments From Cameron to Sunak (2015–23) – Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell 2. The Conservatives and Public Spending Since 2015 – Nick Ellison 3. Turning Up the Thermostat: The Conservatives, Social Policy and Public Opinion – Andrew Defty 4. Brexit and the Conservative Party’s Social Policies – Steven Corbett 5. The Johnson Conservative Government, Its Conservatism and the Pandemic Response – Ian Greener 6. The Governance of Social Policy Under the Conservatives – Catherine Bochel and Hugh Bochel 7. Conservative Health Policy, 2015–23 – Martin Powell 8. The Less Things Change: Conservatism, COVID-19 and Incoherence in Education Policy – Stephen J. Ball 9. Conservative Housing Policy in England – Peter Somerville 10. Social Security Policies Under the Conservatives 2015–22: Austerity, COVID-19, and the Living Cost Crisis – Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson 11. Labour Market Strategies and Welfare Policies: The Conservative Record – Anne Daguerre and David Etherington 12. The Conservatives and Adult Social Care – Jon Glasby 13. The Conservatives, Family Policy and the Data Revolution – Val Gillies and Rosalind Edwards 14. Troubling Social Policy During Turbulent Times: Children and UK Conservative Governments Since 2015 – Harriet Churchill 15. Conservative Criminal Justice: A Strange Rediscovery of ‘Law and Order’ Politics – Peter Squires 16. Equalities and The Conservatives: The Widening of Social Divisions – Kirstein Rummery 17. The Conservative Governments, Devolution and Social Policy – Ann Marie Gray 18. Conclusions – Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell
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University Press of Mississippi Dream and Legacy
Book SynopsisExamines how Martin Luther King's life and work had a profound, if unpredictable, impact on the course of the United States since the civil rights era. With unique, multidisciplinary works by scholars from around the US, these pieces explore wide-ranging issues and contemporary social developments through the lens of Dr. King's perceptions, analysis, and prescriptions.
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David R. Godine Publisher Inc Midnights: A Year with the Wellfleet Police
Book Synopsis“Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line....A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic.”—Time Funny, touching, revealing, here is the view from a rookie cop’s patrol car, during midnight shifts, in a (mostly) peaceful town. With a rich cast of characters, this is a classic memoir of the fear, surprises, excitement, embarrassment that comes with a protecting and serving a small community. “When I was twenty-three years old, five months out of college, with a degree in music, and without any idea of what to do with myself, I took a job as a policeman in Wellfleet, Massachusetts,” so writes Alec Wilkinson. “Music, huh?” the police chief said during the job interview. “That'll be a big help.” Wilkinson’s main qualification was familiarity with the town of 2,000 people from summers there growing up. Committing himself to a year wearing a uniform and carrying a gun, and with no training, Wilkinson was sent out to keep the peace, hoping nothing would happen. There are high-speed chases and stopping drunk drivers, one of whom tries to set Wilkinson's hair on fire. There are domestic squabbles. “The first six months were murder for me,” Wilkinson’s partner confides on his first night. “After that, when I found out the people I thought were my friends weren't really my friends, I felt better off.” There is an attempted bank robbery. The teller convinces the robber that his haul ($300) is too much to carry around in cash. The robber is still listening to investment options when the police arrive. Throughout there are conversations with his eight fellow officers who Wilkinson comes to respect and admire. “Nobody ever calls you when they're behaving themselves,” one admits. “As a rule, you always get called when people are at their worst. It's sad. It depresses me.” The job is often thankless. “Right now I work on the police force,” another officer says, “my wife stamps cans in the supermarket, and she makes more money than I do.” This is experiential journalism at its most poignant and entertaining—and it launched the career of Alec Wilkinson: writer, interviewer, essayist, and author. This is for any reader looking for insight into the real lives of police officers, outside of large cities, across America. It is also for anyone looking for a marvelously engaging read.Midnights is part of Godine’s Nonpareil series: celebrating the joy of discovery with books bound to be classics.Trade Review“Midnights is a generous slice of small-town Americana written in clear and gorgeous prose by a narrator we can all identify with. Wilkinson is the perfect guide for the murky and often hilarious world of a rural police department. As a young writer, I used this book as an example of what to emulate and what to aspire to.”—Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom“There is almost no writer I admire as much as I do Alec Wilkinson. He’s an extraordinary reporter and a writer of such grace that his stories seem illuminated from within. His work has enduring brilliance and humanity.”—Susan Orlean, author of On Animals “Midnights is both a comedy of errors and an affectionate portrait of small-town police, those beleaguered souls charged with the task of keeping their neighbors in line…..A reminder that those assigned to protect are often vulnerable and quietly heroic.”—Time “His reporter's eye for detail is omnivorous...his ear for voices is fine and precise and his perceptions of and compassion for his fellow officers are profound. Never patronizing, never amused at their expense; he portrays them as they are: underpaid, under-appreciated rural Americans struggling to make it from day to day.”—New York Times “Midnights portrays the voices and routines of believable men...Wilkinson conveys his experiences with wisdom and sophistication.”—Chicago Tribune
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Steerforth Press Ageism Unmasked: Exploring Age Bias and How to
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Steerforth Press If I Betray These Words
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Haymarket Books Disobedience And Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law
Book SynopsisIn Disobedience and Democracy, the inimitable leftist thinker Howard Zinn lays out a clear and dynamic case for civil disobedience and protest as legitimate vehicles for social change. Zinn challenges the dominant arguments against forms of protest that challenge the status quo. He solidifies his argument, exploring the politics of direct action, nonviolent civil disobedience and strikes, while also offering lessons for protestors of the present and future generations. This book is a passionate, humanist argument for group-led change.Table of Contents1 First Fallacy 2 Second Fallacy 3 Third Fallacy 4 Fourth Fallacy 5 Fifth Fallacy 6 Sixth Fallacy 7 Seventh Fallacy 8 Eighth Fallacy 9 Ninth Fallacy
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The New Press Usual Cruelty
Book SynopsisA “searing, searching, and eloquent” (Martha Minow, Harvard Law School) investigation into the role of the legal profession in perpetuating mass incarceration—now in an accessible paperback format from the award-winning civil rights lawyer “Usual Cruelty cuts to the core of what is critical to understand about our legal system, and about ourselves.” —Anthony D. Romero, executive director, ACLUAlec Karakatsanis doesn’t think people who have gone to law school, passed the bar, and sworn to uphold the Constitution should be complicit in the mass caging of human beings—an everyday brutality inflicted disproportionately on the bodies and minds of poor people and people of color, for which the legal system has never offered sufficient justification. Usual Cruelty offers a radical reconsideration of
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PM Press Crisis And Care: Queer Activist Responses to a
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Simon And Schuster Group USA No Woman Left Behind
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ECW Press,Canada Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches To
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CoramBAAF Parenting A Child Affected by Domestic Violence
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Text Publishing The Believer: Encounters with love, death & faith
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Daraja Press A Zone of Nonbeing
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University of California Press In the Clutches of the Law Clarence Darrows Letters
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University of California Press Resisting Change in Suburbia Asian Immigrants
Book Synopsis2023 Lawrence W. Levine Award Winner, Organization of American Historians Between the 1980s and the first decade of the twenty-first century, Asian Americans in Los Angeles moved toward becoming a racial majority in the communities of the East San Gabriel Valley. By the late 1990s, their model minority status resulted in greater influence in local culture, neighborhood politics, and policies regarding the use of suburban space. In the country living subdivisions, which featured symbols of Western agrarianism including horse trails, ranch fencing, and Spanish colonial architecture, white homeowners encouraged assimilation and enacted policies suppressing unwanted changesthat is, increased density and influence of Asian culture. While some Asian suburbanites challenged whites' concerns, many others did not. Rather, white critics found support from affluent Asian homeowners who also wished to protect their class privilege and suburbia's conservative Anglocentric milieu. In Resisting Change in Suburbia, award-winning historian James Zarsadiaz explains how myths of suburbia, the American West, and the American Dream informed regional planning, suburban design, and ideas about race and belonging.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1 • Constructing “Country Living” 2 • The People of “Country Living” 3 • Asian Families Making a Home in the Suburbs 4 • Asian Suburbanites in the “In-Between” 5 • Growth and the Imminent Death of “Country Living” 6 • To Remain Country, Become a City Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press The Violence of Austerity
Book SynopsisExplores the different facets of how austerity in Britain is a form of institutional violenceTrade Review'An analytical masterpiece, describing what has happened to our communities as a result of austerity' -- John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer'A dazzling collection of short essays which detail how state violence is unfolding in Britain on multiple scales and in myriad forms' -- Imogen Tyler, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain (Zed, 2013)'In this brilliant book, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the arguments that break down the sick Tory Party political violence against the people of Britain. This book shows that there is only one response to the imposition of austerity as a crude and violent political strategy, and that is to turn our anger back against the Tories' -- Chunky Mark, Artist Taxi Driver'This book leaves the reader in no doubt that government actions have the power to make or break lives and communities' -- Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian, and Author of Estates'A well-written and shocking exposé of the institutional violence of the state' -- Morning Star'Eye opening ... enlightening and an education' -- The Canary'An important book' -- CounterfireTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: The Violence of Austerity - Vickie Cooper and David Whyte Part I: Deadly Welfare 1. Mental Health and Suicide - Mary O’Hara 2. Austerity and Mortality - Danny Dorling 3. Welfare Reforms and the Attack on Disabled People - John Pring 4. The Violence of Workfare - Jon Burnett and David Whyte 5. The Multiple Forms of Violence in the Asylum System - Victoria Canning 6. The Degradation and Humiliation of Young People - Emma Bond and Simon Hallsworth Part II: Poverty Amplification 7. Child Maltreatment and Child Mortality - Joanna Mack 8. Hunger and Food Poverty - Rebecca O’Connell and Laura Hamilton 9. The Deadly Impact of Fuel Poverty - Ruth London 10. The Violence of the Debtfare State - David Ellis 11. Women of Colour’s Anti-Austerity Activism - Akwugo Emejulu and Leah Bassel 12. Dismantling the Irish Peace Process - Daniel Holder Part III: State Regulation 13. Undoing Social Protection - Steve Tombs 14. Health and Safety at the Frontline of Austerity - Hilda Palmer and David Whyte 15. Environmental Degradation - Charlotte Burns and Paul Tobin 16. Fracking and State Violence - Will Jackson, Helen Monk and Joanna Gilmore 17. Domicide, Eviction and Repossession - Kirsteen Paton and Vickie Cooper 18. Austerity’s Impact on Rough Sleeping and Violence - Daniel McCulloch Part IV: State Control 19. Legalising the Violence of Austerity - Robert Knox 20. The Failure to Protect Women in the Criminal Justice System - Maureen Mansfield and Vickie Cooper 21. Austerity, Violence and Prisons - Joe Sim 22. Evicting Manchester’s Street Homeless - Steven Speed 23. Policing Anti-Austerity through the ‘War on Terror’ - Rizwaan Sabir 24. Austerity and the Production of Hate - Jon Burnett Notes on Contributors Index
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Open University Press Sexual Health A Public Health Perspective
Book Synopsis"Sexual Health: A Public Health Perspective provides a comprehensive, yet a practical resource on sexual health for public health professionals. The book elaborates sexual health from a variety of angles including biomedical, behavioural, social and contextual as well as giving a clear articulation of public health interventions for improving sexual health. Illustrative examples relevant to a variety of settings facilitate understanding and applicability of knowledge to both low- and high-resource settings. The book is highly recommended for public health programmers and practitioners, and those working in the area of sexual health."Dr Lale Say, Co-ordinator, Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization, UK"A great and novel approach which demonstrates theoretically and through many examples, the need to consider issues of sexual health by understanding sexuality not as a fact of nature but as a social construction. A valuaTable of ContentsOverview of the bookSection 1: Conceptual and Theoretical Aspects of Sexual HealthSexual health: theoretical perspectives Section 2: Sexual Health OutcomesSexually Transmitted Infections Unplanned pregnancySexual violenceSexual function, pleasure and satisfaction Section 3: Risk and VulnerabilityYoung PeopleSex between men Sex workers Mobile populations Structural influences on sexual healthSection 4: Interventions to Improve Sexual HealthCommunication and language Sexual health promotionSex education: theory and practiceSexual health servicesSection 5: Measuring and Assessing Sexual Health StatusResearching sexual behaviour Evaluating sexual health interventions
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AK Press Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine
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University of California Press On Hunger Violence and Craving in America from
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Paradise Built in Hell
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McGraw-Hill Education Law Ethics for the Health Professions ISE
Book SynopsisLaw and Ethics: For Health Professions explains how to navigate the numerous legal and ethical issues that health care professionals face every day. Topics are based upon real-world scenarios and dilemmas from a variety of health care practitioners. Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction to Law and EthicsCHAPTER 2 Making Ethical DecisionsCHAPTER 3 Working in Health CareCHAPTER 4 Law, the Courts, and ContractsCHAPTER 5 Professional LiabilityCHAPTER 6 Defenses to Liability SuitsCHAPTER 7 Medical Records and Health Information TechnologyCHAPTER 8 Privacy, Security, and FraudCHAPTER 9 Public Health Responsibilities of Health Care PractitionersCHAPTER 10 Workplace LegalitiesCHAPTER 11 The Beginning of Life and ChildhoodCHAPTER 12 Death and DyingCHAPTER 13 Stakeholders, Costs, and Patients’ RightsGlossaryIndex
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Brookings Institution Of Boys and Men
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McGraw-Hill Education General Organic Biological Chemistry ISE
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Melville House Publishing Until The World Shatters: Truth, Lies, and the
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University of California Press Sidewalking Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
Book SynopsisOffers an inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. This book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms.Trade Review"In this brief but engaging book, the author chronicles his wanderings through the streets and his conversations with friends, entrepreneurs, and officials, and he makes it clear that he has read every book and seen every movie on his subject. Those who know the city will have the advantage, but Ulin casts his net widely, so most readers will enjoy his observations of Los Angeles in literary and popular art as well as his thoughtful personal views." Kirkus "In Sidewalking, Los Angeles Times book critic David L. Ulin wanders L.A.-along Wilshire, around Bunker Hill, through the Grove-and as he does, he ponders the city's fading past and emerging future. A self-described 'reluctant Angeleno,' Ulin, who moved here from New York in 1991, brings a sharp eye, a good pair of legs, and a sensitive thoughtfulness to the subject of urban sprawl. Ulin's musings are immediately relevant, covering everything from the Metro Purple Line extension to Rick Caruso's proposed downtown trolley to Councilman Jose Huizar's Bringing Back Broadway campaign." Los Angeles Magazine "The moments of true beauty in this shortest of books are precisely when Ulin reminds us that the everyday texture of Los Angeles ... already functions like a quantum field out of which distant influences, disorienting urban rebirths and half-remembered cinematic cameos are constantly emerging. It is a city of 'seismic existentialism,' he wonderfully suggests, whose ground is shaken not just by earthquakes but by the seemingly endless eruption of alternative urban forms, often successfully breaking through." -- Geoff Manaugh Los Angeles Times "Walking in Los Angeles is not an oxymoron. In this revealing meditation on what it means to pound the pavement in the City of Automobiles, book critic David L. Ulin observes a Los Angeles that many of us didn't even knew existed... Thoughtful and poetic, Ulin's small volume proves there is more to the City of Angels than just beaches, movie stars and abundant sunshine." -- June Sawyers Chicago Tribune "In a series of fascinating, at times impressionistic, disquisitions [Ulin] unlocks some of Los Angeles's "hieroglyphic" secrets. Step right up then for Ulin's tour of Los Angeles, a diffuse city full of 'nonlandmark landmarks.' ... The pleasure of Sidewalking is watching Ulin contextualize each place by considering the way its history is preserved, effaced, or buried under the surface." -- Matt Seidel Los Angeles Review of Books "David Ulin's Sidewalking opens LA up for all of us-locals or not. A quietly stirring book, this should be on your must-read list... I loved it and can't wait to read it again and again." -- Anna March The Rumpus "In Sidewalking, David Ulin brilliantly reflects on the city as experienced by someone with a need to walk, a need to savor streetscapes, registering signage, vistas, vegetation, fellow citizens. And while Ulin walks, he thinks: processing traces of history, architectural styles, street plans, demographics, changes. A longtime L.A. Times book critic, Ulin, intimately familiar with the best that's ever been written about this sprawling, layered city, also artfully folds in the perceptions of others. Memories, observations, bygone L.A., 21st-century L.A.-Ulin's superlative tapestry makes this the latest of great literary takes on the City of Angels." BookishTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Street, Haunting Los Angeles Plays Itself Falling Down Sidewalking Mapping History Miracle Mile A Walker, in the City
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McGraw-Hill Education Living with Dementia Reconsidered
Book SynopsisThe book is a first of its kind drawing on over a decade of research evidence conducted by the IDEAL programme alongside the perspective and voice of people with living dementia and their carers. This new book outlines the findings and learnings of the largest study of dementia in the community in Great Britain and tells us about the things that will make a difference to the quality of life for both people with dementia and their carers. The voice of those with the lived experience is presented alongside the research team, exploring the different aspects of how lives interconnect to make people feel content and included or distressed and excluded. Each chapter builds towards an evidence-based statement so that the volume ends by providing a manifesto for the changes necessary for living with dementia to be truly reconsidered. This books foundations are deep within the largest study of living with mild-to-moderate dementia in the community in Great Britai
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Ig Publishing The Queer Allies Bible
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McGraw-Hill Education Hadzics Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute
Book SynopsisQuestions and answers for thorough understanding of the latest advances in regional anesthesia and pain managementRegional anesthesia and acute pain management protocols are rapidly changing. The introduction of ultrasound in international pain management and regional anesthesia has resulted in significant changes in the practice, management, protocols, techniques applications, and their effects on patient safety and efficacy. This evolution of the practice and expansion of new knowledge demands a reliable, up-to-date resource designed to assess understanding of this ever-changing subspecialty. Hadzicâs Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management Self-Assessment and Review is designed to do just that.Filling a gap in the medical literatureThis innovative review is the first question-and-answer book that focuses on the subspecialty of regional anesthesia and acute pain management and point-of-care ultrasTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part 1 History 1 The History of Local Anesthesia Part 2 Foundations of Local and Regional Anesthesia Section 1 Anatomy and Histology of Peripheral Nervous System and Neuraxis 2 Functional Regional Anesthesia Anatomy 3 Histology of the Peripheral Nerves and Light Microscopy 4 Connective Tissues of Peripheral Nerves 5 Ultrastructural Anatomy of the Spinal Meninges and Related Structures Section 2 Pharmacology 6 Clinical Pharmacology of Local Anesthetics 7 Controlled-Release Local Anesthetics 8 Analgesic Adjuvants in the Peripheral Nervous System 9 Local Anesthetic Mixtures for Peripheral Nerve Blocks 10 Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks: Local Anesthetic Solutions and Infusion Strategies Section 3 Equipment for Peripheral Nerve Blocks 11 Equipment for Regional Anesthesia 12 Equipment for Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks 13 Electrical Nerve Stimulators and Localization of Peripheral Nerves Section 4 Patient Management Considerations 14 Developing Regional Anesthesia Pathways 15 Infection Control in Regional Anesthesia 16 Local Anesthetics, Regional Anesthesia, and Cancer Recurrence 17 Perioperative Regional Anesthesia and Analgesia: Effects on Cancer Recurrence and Survival After Oncological Surgery Part 3 Clinical Practice of Regional Anesthesia Part 3A Local and Infiltrational Anesthesia 18 Intra-articular and Periarticular Infiltration of Local Anesthetics 19 Regional and Topical Anesthesia for Awake Endotracheal Intubation Part 3B Intravenous Regional Block for Upper and Lower Extremity 20 Intravenous Regional Block for Upper and Lower Extremity Surgery Part 3C Neuraxial Anesthesia Section 1 Spinal Anesthesia 21 Neuraxial Anatomy (Anatomy Relevant to Neuraxial Anesthesia) 22 Spinal Anesthesia 22A Mechanisms and Management of Failed Spinal Anesthesia Section 2 Epidural Anesthesia 23 Epidural Anesthesia and Analgesia Section 3 Caudal Anesthesia 24 Caudal Anesthesia Section 4 Combined Spinal and Epidural Anesthesia 25 Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia Section 5 Postdural Puncture Headache 26 Postdural Puncture Headache Part 3D Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks Section 1 Fundamentals of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia 27 Physics of Ultrasound 28 Optimizing an Ultrasound Image 29 Introduction to Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Section 2 Ultrasound-Guided Head and Neck Nerve Blocks 30 Nerve Blocks of the Face Section 3 Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks for the Upper Extremity 31A Ultrasound-Guided Cervical Plexus Block 31B Ultrasound-Guided Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block 31C Ultrasound-Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block 31D Ultrasound-Guided Infraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block 31E Ultrasound-Guided Axillary Brachial Plexus Block 31F Ultrasound-Guided Blocks at the Elbow 31G Ultrasound-Guided Wrist Block Section 4 Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks for the Lower Extremity 32A Ultrasound-Guided Femoral Nerve Block 32B Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Block 32C Ultrasound-Guided Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Block 32D Ultrasound-Guided Obturator Nerve Block 32E Ultrasound-Guided Saphenous (Subsartorius/Adductor Canal) Nerve Block 32F Ultrasound-Guided Sciatic Nerve Block 32G Ultrasound-Guided Popliteal Sciatic Block 32H Ultrasound-Guided Ankle Block Section 5 Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks for Abdominal and Thoracic Wall 33 Ultrasound-Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane and Quadratus Lumborum Blocks 34 Pectoralis and Serratus Plane Blocks Part 3E Local and Regional Anesthesia for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 35 Oral and Maxillofacial Regional Anesthesia Part 3F Local and Regional Anesthesia for the Eye 36 Local and Regional Anesthesia for Ophthalmic Surgery Part 4 Ultrasound Imaging of Neuraxial and Perivertebral Space 37 Sonography of the Lumbar Paravertebral Space and Considerations for Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Plexus Block 38 Lumbar Paravertebral Sonography and Considerations for Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Plexus Block 39 Spinal Sonography and Applications of Ultrasound for Central Neuraxial Blocks Part 5 Obstetric Anesthesia 40 Obstetric Regional Anesthesia Part 6 Pediatric Anesthesia 41 Regional Anesthesia in Pediatric Patients: General Considerations 42 Pediatric Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia and Analgesia 43 Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Children 44 Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Children Part 7 Anesthesia in Patients with Specific Considerations 45 Perioperative Regional Anesthesia in the Elderly 46 Regional Anesthesia and Cardiovascular Disease 47 Regional Anesthesia and Systemic Disease 48 Regional Anesthesia in the Patient with Preexisting Neurologic Disease 49 Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Limb: Implications for Regional Anesthesia 50 Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Outpatient Surgery 51 Neuraxial Anesthesia and Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Patients on Anticoagulants 52 Regional Analgesia in the Critically Ill 53 Acute Pain Management in the Opioid-Dependent Patient 54 Regional Anesthesia in Patients with Trauma 55 Regional Anesthesia for Cardiac and Thoracic Anesthesia 56 Regional Anesthesia in Austere Environment Medicine 57 Anesthesia for Humanitarian Relief Operations Part 8 Regional Anesthesia in the Emergency Department 58 Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department Part 9 Complications of Local and Regional Anesthesia 59 Complications and Prevention of Neurologic Injury with Peripheral Nerve Blocks 60 Assessment of Neurologic Complications of Regional Anesthesia 61 Perioperative Nerve Injury Unrelated to Nerve Blockade 62 Monitoring, Documentation, and Consent for Regional Anesthesia Procedures 63 Diagnosis and Management of Spinal and Peripheral Nerve Hematoma Part 10 LAST: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity 64 Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity Part 11 Perioperative Outcome and Economics of Regional Anesthesia 65 Regional Anesthesia, Cost, Operating Room, and Personnel Management 66 Regional Anesthesia and Perioperative Outcome 67 The Effects of Regional Anesthesia on Functional Outcome After Surgery Part 12 Acute Pain Management 68 Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia 69 Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks 70 Organization of an Acute Pain Management Service Incorporating Regional Anesthesia Techniques 71 Multimodal Analgesia: Pharmacologic Interventions and Prevention of Persistent Postoperative Pain 72 The Role of Nonopioid Analgesic Infusions in the Management of Postoperative Pain Part 13 Education in Regional Anesthesia 73 Teaching Regional Anesthesia Part 14 Statistics and Principles of Research Design in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine 74 Principles of Statistical Methods for Research in Regional Anesthesia Index
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Autonomedia The Occupation Cookbook
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Open University Press Health Promotion Theory
Book SynopsisPart of the Understanding Public Health series, this book offers students and practitioners an accessible exploration of the origins and development of health promotion. It highlights the philosophical, ethical and political debates that influence health promotion today while also explaining the theories, frameworks and methodologies that help us understand public health problems and develop effective health promotion responses. The book focuses on the practical application of theory and implementation of health promotion activities in a variety of contexts, making it suitable for readers from a range of backgrounds. Case studies and activities are drawn from a variety of international settings to offer a global perspective and insights as to what effective practice looks like.The new edition has been comprehensively updated as follows: Additional, new and more challenging activities for readers to try out as they read Offers more in-depth coverage of key Table of ContentsList of figures, tables and boxesList of authorsAcknowledgementsOverview of the bookSection 1: History and concepts of health promotionChapter 1: The history of health promotionChapter 2: Social construction of health and health promotionChapter 3: What drives health promotion?Chapter 4: Political and ethical considerations Section 2: Using theory to inform health promotion practice Chapter 5: Using theory to guide change at the individual level Chapter 6: Using theory to guide change at the community levelChapter 7: The determinants of health Chapter 8: Theorizing inequalities in healthChapter 9: The Rose hypothesis: advantages of whole population over targeted approachesChapter 10: Health communication Glossary
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Open University Press Social Work Skills and Knowledge A Practice
Book Synopsis"What a sensible book, a book born of much wisdom and practical experience. Pamela Trevithick takes the reader on a wonderfully clear but thorough journey of social work's knowledge, skills and values in which theories are elegantly put into practice. The whole enterprise is reassuringly held together by a strong commitment to organised thinking and the value of the social work relationship. For those who want to sharpen their ideas while keeping their practical feet firmly on the ground, this is the book for you."Professor David Howe, University of East Anglia, UK"This new edition is an excellent resource for practitioners, students and indeed managers in social work and social care who are committed to effective practice and service delivery ... Trevithick provides a comprehensive knowledge and skills framework and excellent practice examples to enable the reader to apply the knowledge to undertaking skilled and effective practice. This is a clear, readily understTable of ContentsPart 1: Theories and TheoristsIntroductionTheoretical knowledge Factual knowledge Practice knowledge Understanding human beings Part 2: Skills and InterventionsCommunication, observation, listening and assessment skills Interviewing skills Providing help, direction and guidance Empowerment, negotiation and partnership skills Professional competence and accountability AppendicesAppendix 1: Behavioural approachesAppendix 2: Cognitive approachesAppendix 3: Crisis interventionAppendix 4: Ecological approach in social workAppendix 5: Feminist perspectives in social workAppendix 6: Motivational interviewingAppendix 7: Person-centred approachesAppendix 8: Psychological approachesAppendix 9: Radical and activist perspectives insocial workAppendix 10: Strengths perspectiveAppendix 11: Task-centred approachesAppendix 12: Stages of change (or cycle of change)References
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Open University Press Understanding Health Services
Book SynopsisNo single discipline can provide a full account of why health care is the way it is. Introducing an accessible overview of health services and drawing on medicine, sociology, economics, history and epidemiology, this book provides a series of conceptual frameworks which help to clarify some of the complexity that confronts the inexperienced observer. Helping to determine what influences and shapes health services, it also examines some of the key processes involved in providing healthcare, considering three levels: individual patients, health care organizations such as hospitals, and regional or national institutions such as governments.This second edition has been updated to include recent developments and further examples and activities from low, middle and high income countries. The book examines: â how medical knowledge, staff, patients and finance shape health services â what factors influence utilization of health services â Table of ContentsSection 1: Introduction1 A systems approach to health services2 Formal and lay careSection 2: Inputs to health care3 Diseases and medical knowledge4 Medical paradigms5 Health care professionals6 Funding health careSection 3: Processes of health care7 Need, demand and use8 Users of health care9 Paying providersSection 4: Outcomes and quality of health care10 Quality of health services11 Defining quality12 Quality assessment13 Quality improvement
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Open University Press The Midwifery Testbook
Book Synopsis"This will be a great revision tool ... Each type of question is used to enhance the development of the student by self assessment of their knowledge and understanding of the relevant anatomy and physiology and the application to practice ... I will strongly recommend this excellent text to all student midwives."Nan Morse, Professional Head of Midwifery Education, University of Glamorgan, UK"The Midwifery Textbook is a valuable and unique resource to midwifery ... It tests existing knowledge in complex situations whilst building upon earlier foundations ... The variety of question types available make learning and revision fun, whilst providing ideas for creative learning opportunities."Patricia Walker, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Child Health, Canterbury Christ Church University, UKLooking for a quick and effective way to revise and test your knowledge?This handy reference book is the essential self test resource to help studentTable of ContentsForewordContributorsPrefaceGuide to Useful ResourcesList of AbbreviationsPart 1: Anatomy and PhysiologyChapter 1: Pre-conceptionChapter 2: PregnancyChapter 3: LabourChapter 4: PuerperiumPart 2: PathophysiologyChapter 5: PregnancyChapter 6: IntrapartumChapter 7: PuerperiumChapter 8: PharmacologyChapter 9: NumeracyGlossary of Terms
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Bristol University Press Defund the Police
Book SynopsisThis book examines the defund the police' movement from historical and contemporary perspectives. Against the backdrop of abolition and the failure of police reform, it uses international case studies to reimagine community safety beyond policing and imprisonment.Table of Contents1. Time for change 2. A brief history of policing 3. Don’t police solve crime? 4. The protest movement never stopped: from Black Power to zero tolerance 5. Police violence is the pandemic 6. The protection racket 7. Disabling policing, protecting community health 8. The failure of reform 9. What is to be done?
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Haymarket Books Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson,
Book SynopsisIn these essays, interviews and speeches, Angela Y. Davis illuminates connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles. She highlights connections and analyses today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of injustice, Davis challenges us to build the movement for human liberation.Trade Review"Angela Davis new book made me think of what Dear Nelson Mandela kept reminding us, that we must be willing to embrace that long walk to freedom. Understanding what it takes to really be free, to have no fear, is the first and most important step one has to make before undertaking this journey. Angela is the living proof that this arduous challenge can also be an exhilarating and beautiful one."Archbishop Desmond Tutu "Whether you've grown up with the courage and conscience of Angela Davis, or are discovering her for the first time, Freedom Is a Constant Struggle is a small book that will be a huge help in daily life and action, from exposing the "prison industrial complex" that she named long ago to understanding that leaders are only leaders if they empower others. She herself exposes facts and makes connections, but also leads in the most important wayby example."Gloria Steinem "This is vintage Angela: insightful, curious, observant, and brilliant, asking and answering questions about events in this new century that look surprisingly similar to the last century."Mumia Abu-Jamal "Here is someone worthy of the Ancestors who delivered her. Angela Davis has stood her ground on every issue important to the health of our people and the planet. It is impossible to read her words or hear her voice and not be moved to comprehension and gratitude for our incredible luck in having her with us."Alice Walker "Angela Davis once again offers us an incisive, urgent, and comprehensive understanding of systematic racism, the grounds for intersectional analysis and solidarity, and the importance of working together as equals to unmask and depose systems of injustice. This wide-ranging and brilliant set of essays includes a trenchant analysis of police violence against people of color, of the systematic incarceration of black people in America, the grounds of Palestinian solidarity for the Left, the affirmation of transgender inclusion, and the necessity of opposing the G4S corporation and its high-profit empire dedicated to the institutionalization of racism in the name of security. These essays take us back in history to the founders of revolutionary and anti-racist struggle, but they also take us toward the possibility of ongoing intersectional solidarity and struggle. Angela Davis gathers in her lucid words our luminous history and the most promising future of freedom."Judith Butler "She has eyes in the back of our head. With her we can survive and resist."John Berger "In this latest text of her magisterial corpus, Angela Davis puts forward her brilliant analyses and resilient witness here and abroad. In a clear and concise manner, she embodies and enacts intersectionality” a structural intellectual and political response to the dynamics of violence, White Supremacy, patriarchy, state power, capitalist markets, and imperial policies."Dr. Cornel West, from the ForewordTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction by Frank Barat [Forthcoming] Foreword by Alice Walker [Forthcoming] Chapter 1: [Need title] An interview with Frank Barat Chapter 2: [Need Title] September 2014 interview with Angela in Brussels Chapter 3: [Need Title] December 2014 interview with Angela in Paris Chapter 4: On Palestine, G4S and the Prison-Industrial Complex Angela Davis speech at SOAS in December 2013 Chapter 5: Closures and Continuities Angela Davis speech at Birkbeck University in December 2013 Chapter 6: Policing the Crisis Today Angela Davis speech at Goldsmith College Chapter 7: From Michael Brown to Assata Shakur, America’s Racist State Persists Angela Davis article in The Guardian Chapter 8: Feminism and Abolition Angela Davis speech at University of Chicago Chapter 9: Political Activism and Protest from the 1960s to the Age of Obama Angela Davis Speech [Still needs to be transcribed] Acknowledgements Notes
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Autonomedia Organization After Social Media
Book SynopsisStrategies of commitment to help claw ourselves out of the toxic morass of platform suffocation.
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Counterpoint The Unsettling Of America: Culture & Agriculture
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