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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of law and policy in circular economy transitions and their impacts on justice, including on distributional equity and recognition and procedural rights, especially for people already marginalised under the current dominant economic system.Amid increasing demand for virgin raw materials, and unsustainable consumption and waste disposal that are driving the global ecological and climate crisis, there are growing calls to urgently transition to circular economies. Despite an increasing number of circular approaches being adopted, implemented, and integrated in national and local laws and policies, the number of commercially successful business stories remains isolated. Moreover, questions about whether circular economy laws and policies are delivering fair and just global outcomes need to be addressed. This book examines this significant knowledge gap to understand legal experiences, including justice and equity issues in the global context, so that Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Locating circular economies within the law 3. Equity, justice, and law in circular economies 4. Circular plastics economy 5. Circular bioeconomy and forests 6. Case study analysis 7. Conclusions and future research landscape

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Book SynopsisPhotography, Photographic Arts and the Visual Research Process in Qualitative Inquiry is a book that introduces doctoral students and early career researchers to photography as a significant dimension of visual qualitative methods.It examines the potential of photographic arts in qualitative research by highlighting theory and practice. Theories of photographic research and the types of photography within the genre are presented along with tips and exercises on how to conduct visual research through the use of photography. The central features of this book include learning to incorporate photography and photographic thinking through the arc of the research process. Question posing, data gathering, data analysis, and presentation and dissemination of photographic research ae discussed. Ethics for photographic qualitative research is discussed. Learning to consider all senses for visual analysis and to consider issues of power and equity in photographic research is expla

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Book SynopsisThis collection identifies and discusses problems and opportunities for the theory and practice of international criminal justice. The International Criminal Court and project of prosecuting international atrocity crimes have faced multiple challenges and critiques. In recent times, these have included changes in technology, the conduct of armed conflict, the environment, and geopolitics. The mostly emerging contributors to this collection draw on diverse socio-legal research frameworks to discuss proposals for the futures of international criminal justice. These include addressing accountability gaps and under-examined or emerging areas of criminality at, but also beyond, the International Criminal Court, especially related to technology and the environment. The book discusses the tensions between universalism and localisation, as well as the regionalisation of international criminal justice and how these approaches might adapt to dynamic organisational, political and socialTable of Contents Introduction: The Futures of International Criminal Justice Futures for Institutions Rethinking the International Criminal Court as the Court of Its State Parties The Politics of ‘the Decider’ and the Implications of the ICC’s Response to the Afghanistan and Palestine Situations The Local, Resilience, and the Future of Hybrid Courts in International Criminal Law Futures for Persistent Problems Development versus Justice: International Criminal Law and Investment in Myanmar Imagining Future Reparations for Environmental Destruction Unlawful Human Experimentation in the Wake of the Trials under Control Council Law No 10 at Nuremberg, in the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court and at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Futures of Responsibility Testing Knowledge: Weapons Reviews of Autonomous Weapons Systems and the International Criminal Trial Creating Legal Frameworks to Afford Human Accountability for AI Decisions in War Future-Proofing International Criminal Law: Complexity Theory Perspectives on Collective Entity Accountability Postscript: International Criminal Justice Futures

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Book SynopsisUsing examples from Indigenous community oral history projects throughout Canada and the United States, this new edition is informed by best practices to show how oral history can be done in different contexts.The Indigenous Oral History Manual: Canada and the United States, the expanded second edition of The American Indian Oral History Manual (2008), contains information about selected Indigenous oral histories, legal and ethical issues, project planning considerations, choosing recording equipment and budgeting, planning and carrying out interviews in various settings, stewardship of project materials, and ways Indigenous communities use oral histories. A centerpiece of the book is a collection of oral history project profiles from Canada and the United States that illustrate the range of possibilities that people interested in Indigenous oral history might pursue. It emphasizes the importance of community engagement and adhering to appropriate local protocols and ethical standards, inviting readers to understand that oral history work can take various forms with people whose cultural heritage has always relied on oral transmission of knowledge.The book is ideal for students, scholars, and Indigenous communities who seek to engage ethically with tribal and First Nations, MÃtis, and Inuit communities in oral history work that meets community needs.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface – Second Edition Acknowledgements – Second EditionIntroduction – Second EditionMemorial Statement – Charles E. TrimbleIntroduction – First EditionChapter One: Indigenous Oral HistoryChapter Two: Legal and Ethical IssuesChapter Three: Planning an Indigenous Oral History ProjectChapter Four: Equipment and Funding Project ProfilesChapter Five: Interview PreparationChapter Six: The Interview(s)Chapter Seven: StewardshipChapter Eight: Using Indigenous Oral InformationAppendix A – Indigenous Oral History Consent and Release FormsAppendix B – Indigenous Oral History Project Management FormsSelected SourcesIndexAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisThis book provides valuable information and recommendations for current and future officers and correctional system employees, introducing them to civil liability and federal law, as well as recommending strategies that can be taken to minimize risks. The increasing litigation against criminal justice practitioners in the United States poses a significant problem for law enforcement and other personnel. Law enforcement and corrections professionals need to have a working knowledge of both criminal law and the civil law process to ensure that they are performing their duties within the limits of the law.Civil Liability in Criminal Justice is unique in its combination of applicable case law and related liability research, providing an overview of high-liability areas. This new edition has been revised to include up-to-date United States Supreme Court cases and illuminates the latest developments in the use of force, arrest-related deaths, custodial suicides in detentioTrade Review"Dr. Ross’s book teaches law enforcement agencies how to see operations through the lens of risk. Now for every training event or planned operation we identify the risks and the control measures to counter them. The end result: we have seen a remarkable reduction in consequences of legal liability, and better officer performance and perceived professionalism from the community."Jim A. Blocker, Chief of Police, Battle Creek, Michigan "Dr. Ross provides the ‘A to Z’ reference book for civil liability in a criminal justice setting, whether it be day to day policing or overseeing offenders in correctional institutions. A practical, subject-by-subject guide, this book gives clear data and reasoning behind civil liability, what drives it and how to mitigate it. The final chapter clearly sets out trends based on law and recent Court decisions. A must read, this book should be in the hands of every American criminal justice executive."Jim Ferraris, Chief of Police, Woodburn, Oregon, Police Department"This text discusses complex concepts and principles in easily understood language. It is thoroughly researched and well organized. Readers will learn duties and responsibilities that are owed to all and strategies to prevent harms and avoid or limit exposure to civil liability."Andrew Fulkerson, J.D., Ph.D., Professor, Southeast Missouri State University; former judge and prosecuting attorney, State of Arkansas Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments 1. Overview of Civil Liability2. Foundations for Liability3. Civil Liability under State and Federal Tort Law4. Civil Liability and Federal Law: Section 1983 Litigation5. Defenses to Civil Litigation and Risk Management6. Administration and Supervisory Liability7. Liability for Failure to Train8. Operating Criminal Justice Agencies under Consent Decree 9. Personnel Issues and Liability10. Use of Force in Law Enforcement and Corrections11. Section 1983 and Correctional Liability Issues12. Section 1983 Actions in Law Enforcement13. Liability and Arrest-related Deaths14. Liability and Suicides in DetentionTable of CasesIndex

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Book SynopsisTeam Human is a manifesto—a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff’s most urgent thoughts on civilisation and human nature.Trade Review"In Team Human, [Rushkoff] enumerates the ways connectedness matters, and argues that the technology we think connects us today is in fact tearing us apart... his cause is worthy: ‘The first step toward reversing our predicament is to recognize that being human is a team sport’..." -- New Scientist"Can the revolution start already? This book will help us. Thank God for Douglas Rushkoff." -- Parker Posey"[Rushkoff] paints our current predicament with infectious élan and energy." -- The Wall Street Journal"Mr Rushkoff... a vibrant thinker of the online age." -- The Economist"Rushkoff deals with heavyweight topics with a light touch, and Team Human is a joy to read – witty, accessible, and highly quotable." -- Make Wealth History"An astonishing, paradigm-shifting must-read for all inhabitants of the twenty-first century. Precisely and cogently written. Rushkoff’s best work so far." -- Grant Morrison"‘Team Human’ presents a convincing central argument and sometimes delights, particularly in Rushkoff’s roasting of the techno-solutionists who refuse to challenge antihuman values." -- Engineering and Technology"A vivid thinker, Rushkoff is an insightful and acerbic antidote to Facebook, cultural hegemony, and the corporatization of everything. " -- Seth Godin, bestselling author of The Dip, Linchpin, and What to Do When It’s Your Turn (and It’s Always Your Turn)"Team Human serves as a reminder that we do not have to surrender ourselves to technology... Joining Team Human means prioritizing the social, transcending a digital inclination and connecting as humans." -- Chris Yogerst - The Washington Post

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Book SynopsisThis international bestseller shows why the Danes are happy and how we can be too.Trade Review"In this inspiring and well-researched book, by exploring ten pillars of Danish life—from the importance of trust to the value of downtime—Malene Rydahl documents the values, habits, and attitudes that have allowed Danes to live happy and fulfilling lives." -- Arianna Huffington"A praise of happiness in our daily lives." -- Vanity Fair

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Book SynopsisA wide-ranging collection of both classic writings and more recent articles in the sociology of health and illness, this reader is organized into the following sections: * health beliefs and knowledge* inequalities and patterning of health and illness* professional and patient interaction* chronic illness and disability* evaluation and politics in health care. With a thorough introduction which sets the scene for the field as a whole, and section introductions which contextualize each chapter, the reader includes a number of different perspectives on health and illness, is international in scope, and will provide an invaluable resource to students across a wide range of courses in sociology and the social sciences.Table of Contents1. Health Beliefs and Knowledge 2. Inequalities and Patterning of Health and Illness 3. Professional and Patient Interactions 4. Chronic Illness and Disability 5. The Sociology of Evaluation and Politics of Health Care

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Book SynopsisAn essential A-Z guide to the full range of sociological thought, Sociology: The Key Concepts is an important addition to the established and successful Key Concepts series.Fully cross-referenced with an extensive glossary, this accessible text also includes: alphabetical listings of key concepts for ease of use suggestions for further reading to enhance understanding of areas covered entries on âtraditionalismâ ârace and racializationâ and âmodernityâ. Bringing together an international range of highly regarded contributors from the full spectrum of disciplines, this useful reference guide is the ideal resource for those studying or interested in this popular area.Table of ContentsContributors. Guide to the Book. The Key Concepts. Glossary of Theoretical Approaches.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative work builds on Huff and Killiasâ earlier publication (2008), but is broader and more thoroughly comparative in a number of important ways: (1) while focusing heavily on wrongful convictions, it places the subject of wrongful convictions in the broader contextual framework of miscarriages of justice and provides discussions of different types of miscarriages of justice that have not previously received much scholarly attention by criminologists; (2) it addresses, in much greater detail, the questions of how, and how often, wrongful convictions occur; (3) it provides more in-depth consideration of the role of forensic science in helping produce wrongful convictions and in helping free those who have been wrongfully convicted; (4) it offers new insights into the origins and current progress of the innocence movement, as well as the challenges that await the exonerated when they return to free society; (5) it assesses the impact of the use of alternatives to trials (espeTrade Review" . . . Professors Huff and Killias have brought together the very best scholars in a way that far surpasses any collection heretofore available. . . There is not a chapter in this book that can be skipped." – Michael Radelet, University of Colorado"I highly recommend this book to anyone who has the potential to come into contact with anyone facing a potential incarceration."— Mark Handler, Polygraph Table of ContentsChapter 1 WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION, C. RonaldHuff, MartinKillias; Part I PART I WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE; Chapter 2 WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IN A WORLD OF MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE, BrianForst; Chapter 3 HOW MANY FALSE CONVICTIONS AND EXONERATIONS?, SamuelGross; Chapter 4 ERRORS OCCUR EVERYWHERE—BUT NOT AT THE SAME FREQUENCY, MartinKillias; Chapter 5 TRIAL AND ERROR, Brandon L.Garrett; Chapter 6 THE PROSECUTOR AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS, JimPetro, NancyPetro; Chapter 7 FORENSIC SCIENCE AND WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS, Simon A.Cole, William C.Thompson; Chapter 8 The Importance of Having a Logical Framework for Expert Conclusions in Forensic DNA Profiling, JoëlleVuille, AlexBiedermann, FrancoTaroni; Chapter 9 TUNNEL VISION, BELIEF PERSEVERANCE AND BIAS CONFIRMATION, ChrisjeBrants; Chapter 10 “VOLUNTARY” FALSECONFESSIONS AS ASOURCE OFWRONGFUL CONVICTION, Marcelo F.Aebi, ClaudiaCampistol; Chapter 11 THE CHANGING FACE OF MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE, Kathryn M.Campbell; Chapter 12 THE RISKS OF SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS, PLEA BARGAINS, AND PENAL ORDERS IN PRODUCING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE, GwladysGilliéron; Part II PART II WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE; Chapter 13 LIFE AFTER EXONERATION, Saundra D.Westervelt, Kimberly J.Cook; Chapter 14 MORE PROCEDURE AND CONCERN ABOUT INNOCENCE BUT LESS JUSTICE?, KentRoach; Chapter 15 THE ROCKY ROAD TO REFORM STATE INNOCENCE STUDIES AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STORY, Spero T.Lappas, Elizabeth F.Loftus; Chapter 16 EDWIN BORCHARD AND THE LIMITS OF INNOCENCE REFORM, MarvinZalman; Chapter 17 WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS, MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE, AND POLITICAL REPRESSION, C. RonaldHuff; Part III PART III WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE; Chapter 18 WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE — WHAT DID WE LEARN?, MartinKillias, C. RonaldHuff; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS INDEX;

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Book SynopsisHumans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political speech, advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such as: What is discourse? Why are there different approaches to understanding discourse? How are individual interactions connected with the larger discourses that frame our ways of thinking and behaving? How can discourse be analysed and researched? Discourse: The Basics includes subject summaries, a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading. It will be of particulTrade Review"Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and authoritative exploration of what 'discourse' is and how 'discourse' works that draws on a range of illustrative case studies to enrich understanding for students and teachers. A must read for undergraduates and of relevance to researchers and a wider readership."Mark Vicars, Victoria University, Australia"A concise and engaging introduction to discourse analysis, providing a fascinating overview of approaches to conceptualising and investigating language. The account assumes no prior knowledge and is easy to navigate, making this a valuable resource for students across disciplines at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Key concepts are fully explained and richly illustrated drawing on examples from everyday experience that give a deceptively light touch to complex material. Crystal clear writing makes this a very satisfying and enjoyable read."Georgina Glenny, Oxford Brookes University, UKTable of ContentsForeword Defining Discourse Discourse and Context: a practical exercise Language, Thought and Discourse Language, Society and Discourse Discourse and Metaphor Discourse and Rhetoric Discourse and Interactivity Discourse and Narrative Discourse and Identity Collecting and Representing Discourse ReferencesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisHow did we become a world where facts—shared truths—have lost their power to hold us together as a community, as a country, globally? How have we allowed the proliferation of alternative facts, hoaxes, even conspiracy theories, to destroy our trust in institutions, leaders, and legitimate experts? Best-selling journalist Steven Brill documents the forces and people, from Silicon Valley to Madison Avenue to Moscow to Washington, that have created and exploited this world of chaos and division—and offers practical solutions for what we can do about it.“A seminal, ground-breaking, documented and honest examination of two of the central dilemmas of our time—what is truth and where to find it.” —Bob Woodward, associate editor at The Washington PostAs the cofounder of NewsGuard, a company that tracks online misinformation, Steven Brill has observed the

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Book Synopsis'The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.' Robert McCrum, ObserverIn the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality.

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Book SynopsisVirginia Woolf?s classic plea for a world in which women are free to use their gifts is as powerful and resonant as ever.In this influential extended essay, Virginia Woolf outlined what women need in order to fully make use of their abilities. Using powerful images and memorable thought experiments--such as a fictional sister of William Shakespeare, who is as talented as her brother but limited in ways he was not--Woolf analyzes the many ways in which women have been held back throughout history and still are in her own time. First published in 1929, A Room of One''s Own has been a towering and inspirational statement of feminist principles for nearly a century--and remains relevant now, at a time of growing awareness of the kind of social injustices that she decried.

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Book SynopsisIt brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body.

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Book SynopsisOur notion of the self depends on it; cultural identities have frequent recourse to its boundary-policing powers; and love depends on overcoming it. Miller traverses literature, philosophy, history, political theory, and psychology to show how disgust animates our world.Trade ReviewWilliam Ian Miller...meticulously dissects the notion of disgust with the rigor of a legal brief, trying to determine its boundaries and powers. -- Edward Rothstein * New York Times *Having ably dissected humiliation in his 1993 book of that title, Miller now sets his keen insights on something even more fundamental to the human condition: disgust. It is easy to dismiss disgust as a mere gut-level twinge; after all, the word (and thus, to some extent, the concept) did not even enter the English language until the 17th century. But Miller convincingly argues for disgust's wide-ranging cultural influence...With an Aristotelian zeal and thoroughness, he proceeds to explore the ramifications of disgust's various manifestations, from its role as the strict guardian of social hierarchies to its place as the gentle handmaiden of civilization...Miller has done a tasteful and intelligent job of shedding light on the muck of our most visceral and primordial emotion. * Kirkus Reviews *This is unique: an investigation into disgust and how we manage to sublimate aversion into sociological, psychological, and cultural channels...Readers willing to overcome their own disgust may find [Miller's idea] a brilliant one and also an unusual way to address how we love...and how we hate...More than mapping out revulsion, however, Miller maintains that moral outlooks emanate from disgust--a radical proposition that is argued provocatively. * Booklist *[A] learned book...Miller rightly perceives that disgust helps to define our identities, create hierarchies, and order our world. -- Anthony Storr * The Observer *Miller is a professor of law, but he brings to his task a mind well-stocked in literature, psychology, anthropology and history. He aims to bridge the academic and lay worlds, and to restore moral psychology to the wholeness it had for Montaigne and La Rochefoucauld...He wants us to treat disgust with the seriousness it deserves, as a determinant of love, sexuality, politics, and even our sense of self. And against all the odds he's succeeded: this is a fascinating book. Disgust is more than a feeling: it is an emotion with an inescapably moral tinge, and it has to be learned (the Wolf Boy of Aveyron did not know it). It is not simple misanthropy or plain nausea, but it is Sartre's existential nausee; it is Hamlet's view of the world and everyone in it. It is a response to defilement; it denotes a recoil from horror (cruelty and gore, or even Beauty and the Beast); it arises suddenly, but is slow to dissipate. And disgust is not a disembodied emotion like contempt. It is too visceral to be ironic, it always involves the senses, and it expresses itself in physical terms...Dealing in ideas which are frowstily familiar, [Miller] makes of them something startlingly fresh. This exploration of the psyche's murky byways would make a major book in itself, but Miller's purpose is deeper: he wants to prove that disgust is actually useful--in love, and possibly in the social arena. -- Michael Church * Financial Times *Although Miller is not the first scholar to bring disgust out from the spell of silence under which it has traditionally been kept hidden, he is the first to do so with a depth and empirical amplitude that corresponds to the complexity of the topic...Miller has written a compact study of a roiling subject, studded with local brilliances, that makes a large, but clearly arguable, point. Human society needs the "moral emotions," disgust perhaps most of all, to enforce its taboos, its armory of boundary-rules, and to keep pollution at bay. -- W. R. Robertson * Canadian Review of Comparative Literature *Miller is certainly an expert on the unsavory. He brilliantly marshals sources that span a millennium of Western history, drawing critically on the works of such diverse thinkers as Hume, Hazlitt, and Freud. * Library Journal *[A]n enjoyable, methodologically eclectic academic romp. -- Jenny Turner * Independent on Sunday *Miller's book has secured one of those rare gifts: a perfectly realized cover. In a dark room, a large group of diners looks disapprovingly at the viewer. The one empty seat indicates that he or she once had a place at the table but is now excluded...Miller mines history (particularly the Middle Ages), literature (particularly skaldic), Freud, Orwell and his own experiences as a parent of four young children to show the holes in Mary Douglas's theory that the disgusting is anomalous, something that doesn't fit (say, hair growing out of ears), and in Paul Rozin's argument that disgust resides in "food rejection or in anxieties about our animal origins." There's plenty of talk about unconscious desire and surfeit of the generative...but above all, Miller argues that disgust establishes rank...Especially after the 18th century, disgust became more clearly bound up with class, bourgeois good taste and moral values. Miller's a fine, entertaining, self-deprecating writer who has created a book that, if not always appetizing, is still a tasteful examination of a strong emotion that is generally held at arm's length. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *[A] marvelously fertile new book...a wonderfully unclassifiable work that mixes history and philosophy with autobiographical reflections, [and] ranges from frank (though never crude) discussions of the comic potential of flatulence to the deeper implications of disgust for a democratic society. -- David Futrelle * Salon Magazine (Web) *While much of Miller's The Anatomy is devoted to a discussion of psychological responses to the disgusting, his most important contribution may be his detailing of the social and political ramifications of those responses. -- Michael Kenney * Boston Globe *Miller has written a wide-ranging and rich account of the emotion of disgust, drawing on psychology, literature, and history--all filtered through his own vivid narrative of the phenomena of bodily existence… Many writers about disgust have treated it as a bare feeling, with little or no cognitive content. Miller argues powerfully that this approach is inadequate. Disgust actually has a very complex and sophisticated cognitive content. -- Martha C. Nussbaum * New Republic *Mr. Miller's novel line of inquiry, as well as frequent displays of wit and insight, makes The Anatomy of Disgust an engaging book. -- Robert Grudin * New York Times Book Review *Gripping, solid, and utterly comprehensive. * Spy Magazine *William Miller...[is] an original and imaginative law professor...who studies what used to be called the "moral passions". He has followed his 1993 book Humiliation with a fascinating study of disgust--a universal human feeling that underpins many moral responses...His literary evidence is rich: Swift's fascination with the stinking privy stool behind the dressing table; Shakespeare's bubbling cauldron of witch-brew; the maggot-blown world of Jacobean tragedy; Freud gaping at the engulfing vagina...But Mr Miller does more than catalogue revoltingness. His interest is in the moral meaning of disgust...[T]his is a thought-provoking, humane study. * The Economist *While The Anatomy of Disgust does disgust, it also enthralls, enlightens, dazzles and entertains. It "anatomizes" disgust--which Miller defines as a "strong sense of aversion to something perceived as dangerous because of its powers to contaminate, infect or pollute"--by exploring it as both a physical sensation and a moral sentiment. In both cases, it turns out, disgust has enormous political and social implications. But perhaps the most striking thing about The Anatomy of Disgust, as Miller himself says, is its willingness to be "methodologically promiscuous", to draw on history, literature, moral philosophy and psychology as well as on events from Miller's own life...What this beautifully written book reminds us so brilliantly is how much the humanities--and in some ways only the humanities--can tell us about the empirical world, the world of physical sensation, social behaviour, and political conflict. -- Andrew Stark * Times Literary Supplement *[A] most useful book...one that takes its readers, however reluctantly, down alleys of life worth traversing. One wouldn't have thought that the subject of disgust could exfoliate so elaborately, or throw off so many provocative insights, as it does in these pages, not only into the way we live but into the way we have always lived. The capacity for disgust, it turns out, may be as significant as any quality we possess...[Miller] is excellent when, enlarging his argument beyond the level of the heartily repulsive, he takes up the social subtleties of disgust. -- Joseph Epstein * The New Yorker *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Darwin's Disgust 2. Disgust and Its Neighbors 3. Thick, Greasy Life 4. The Senses 5. Orifices and Bodily Wastes 6. Fair Is Foul, and Foul Is Fair 7. Warriors, Saints, and Delicacy 8. The Moral Life of Disgust 9. Mutual Contempt and Democracy 10. Orwell's Sense of Smell Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisDavis retrieves three women’s lives from historical obscurity to give us a window onto the early modern world. Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de l’Incarnation, and Maria Sibylla Merian were living “on the margins” in 17th-century Europe, North America, and South America. They left behind writings that make for a spellbinding and informative tale.Trade ReviewDavis’s work has always reached beyond fashionable trends to communicate with a wider audience. Where feminist historians have often inveighed against writing women’s history in order to supply us with heroines, Davis gives us three rounded portraits of strong early modern women with whom we are certainly encouraged to identify, and whose dilemmas are not unlike our own. Where early modern historians insist on the ubiquity of patriarchy, Davis presents us with hard-working, bread-winning women, never submerged in motherhood and never obliterated as wives… All that Davis writes springs from careful, critical consideration of the mass of theoretical writing that has recently appeared on women’s writing and historical anthropology: none of it clutters her text… For Davis, the historian is a teller of stories. Her book can be read as a way of writing history which does not collar the reader with direct argument or interpretation, but which seeks instead to provoke the imagination. Davis begins with a fictitious dialogue between herself and the three women whose lives she has chronicled, an imaginative risk few scholars would care to take. This is the sort of book that lingers in the mind. In time, one realizes that what Natalie Zemon Davis has accomplished is a new way of thinking about the relations between the Old World and the New, between women and men, mothers and children; and a vast opening up of the territory of the historian. -- Lyndal Roper * Times Literary Supplement *One of the most inspired historians of early modern France has pushed out the usual borders of female blazons by choosing three women who weren’t muses, mistresses or martyrs… Davis has chosen three personalities of singular gifts and appetite for self-transformation, and the strength of character to achieve it. -- Marina Warner * The Independent on Sunday *A treasure. Davis has written a scholarly…and multilayered history… Her three subjects come alive. -- Ruth Johnstone Wales * Christian Science Monitor *Davis’s finely wrought book works as a triptych; each life is closely observed, but thrown into relief by its relation to the others. -- Ben Rogers * The Guardian *A marvelous book. -- Lorna Sage * Los Angeles Times Book Review *[This] stylishly sketched seventeenth- and eighteenth-century biographical triptych is yet another exploration of how the modest in early modern Europe strove to fashion identities for themselves, but it is also more. -- Arthur Quinn * New York Times Book Review *A splendid reconstruction of the particular worlds of three 17th-century women… [Natalie Zemon Davis] makes these lives shimmer… She also puts together a formidable history with the kind of scholarly apparatus that would gratify the Harvard academy but should not daunt any reader. -- Morag Fraser * Sydney Morning Herald *In an extraordinary work of scholarship, Natalie Zemon Davis…has brought together within the pages of one book three 17th-century European women who lived lives of daring and accomplishment on ‘the margins.’ Davis sets out to demonstrate that, in their work far from the centres of power, Glikl bas Judah Leib, Marie de l’Incarnation, and Sibylla Merian were not only breaking new ground for women, but that in doing so they were in some ways morally superior to the men of their day. -- Katherine Govier * Toronto Star *This erudite and audacious book, like its subjects, occupies margins. Not only is it about women, a subject that a quarter century after Davis and Jill Conway created their justly renowned undergraduate course at the University of Toronto is still at the margins of most university instruction, it also appeals simultaneously to popular and academic audiences; it explores a little used genre of ‘comparative biography’, it crosses disciplinary boundaries; and perhaps most controversially, it challenges traditional categories of historical proof. * Canadian Journal of History *Ms. Davis accomplishes a kind of intellectual midwifery, expanding our understanding of European and American, women’s and Jewish history. Her research findings are artfully woven into the fabric of three narratives, enhancing their ability to successfully transport the reader into a confrontation with the mind-sets of earlier times. She also gives today’s readers heroic role models; these are women who rose above constricting circumstances. Detailed evidence of intelligence, resilience and determination make these stories radiant and inspiring, despite the grim events which often saddened and frustrated the women who lived them… A thoughtful, compelling narrative, distinguished by rich details and a passionately empathetic historical imagination. -- Sylvia Barack Fishman * Forward *Natalie Davis tells a good story, as those who have read her classic, The Return of Martin Guerre, will know… Here she tells three good stories. -- William Lamont * History Today *Through intimate studies of three seventeenth-century women, [Davis] reconstructs histories that both fill out the conceptual frameworks of early modern women’s history, and challenge them… One of the great values of Davis’s work is the precision with which it tracks its subjects through the multiple domains of their lives: from convent to new frontier, from home to marketplace, from the field to the drawing board… Their lives, as reconstructed through Davis’s meticulous and compelling narrative, also shed light on a whole range of social, spiritual and cultural worlds for women, marginalized from much historical narrative… It ends by unsettling the most obvious frameworks for early modern women’s history—the household, the workshop, the church—and by demanding historical space for the explorations, the reflections, and the ordinary physical experiences of its subjects. -- Laura Gowing * History Workshop Journal *A deeply committed but also pleasantly discursive history of women living on the fringes of Europe’s early modern culture. -- Robin Blake * The Independent on Sunday *Davis has a rare talent: she is both an accomplished historian and a capable writer. While she remains true to her discipline as a historian, she retells Glickl’s entertaining didactic stories and recounts the adventures of Marie and Maria in vivid and appealing language. -- Leslie Cohen * Jerusalem Post Literary Supplement *Davis, with customary virtuosity, explores the lives of Glikl bas Judah Leib, a Jewish merchant woman; Marie Guyart, known as Marie de l’Incarnation, mystic and co-founder of the first Ursuline school for girls in North America; and Maria Sibylla Merian, an artist-naturalist and author… Davis was aided in her efforts to bring these women to life through an abundant variety of source material… [She] adds to these sources, as she did in The Return of Martin Guerre, by plumbing the archives—but also by bringing her own extensive historical knowledge and imagination to this work. The result is a richly textured treatment of the lives and times of each of these women… All three women are fascinating, and Davis offers a creative and compelling look at her subjects… [A] rich and original book… Clearly, these women had an impact in their worlds, and their stories are well worth reading today. -- Christine Adams * Journal of Social History *Within a relatively short book—the text itself is only 216 pages—Natalie Davis brings together nearly every trend in recent historical scholarship, including some that are usually viewed as mutually exclusive, but does in a way that never seems trendy. * Sixteenth Century Journal *With her characteristically deft skills as a storyteller, Ms. Davis brings her subjects alive in vivid stories that will surely be much discussed by historians. * Virginia Quarterly Review *Table of ContentsPrologue Arguing with God Glikl bas Judah Leib New Worlds Marie de l'Incarnation Metamorphoses Marie Sibylla Merian Conclusion Notes Illustration Credits Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisDealing with economic sociology, this title introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. It shows that because of the uncertainty and the subjective valuation of singularities, the markets related to movies, music, and fine wine are equipped with the 'judgment devices' such as brands, critics and rankings.Trade Review"[T]his is an admirable book. It is theoretically rich, illustrated with many, many fascinating examples of real markets, and a wonderful read for all interested in how markets really work."--John L. Campbell, Administrative Science Quarterly "Given the relative scarcity of theoretical models in economic anthropology in the last decade, anthropologists should not simply discard this very ambitious, empirically grounded model of markets of singular products. Taking into account the abundant anthropological literature on the production, circulation and consumption of singularities, it is puzzling and a bit troubling for economic anthropologists that the first theoretical synthesis on the topic comes from a sociologist. But working toward such synthesis is in itself already a great achievement of the book, one anthropologists would do well to emulate."--Marian Viorel Anastasoaie, Social Anthropology "The reader will read this book for its precise and descriptive analysis of markets for which quality is multidimensional, incommensurable, and uncertain."--John Baffes, European Review of Agricultural Economics "In demonstrating the role devices play in cases where markets are constructed against the odds--the book is an important contribution to economic sociology. In the best traditions of defamiliarisation, the book is also a beautiful book."--Monika Krause, European Economic Sociology NewsletterTable of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables ix Preface xi Part One: An Overlooked Reality Chapter One: The Problem 3 Chapter Two: Singularities 10 What Are Singularities? 10 A Preliminary Journey 13 The Market of Psychoanalysis 15 Two Models of Singularity 16 Chapter Three: Do We Need Another Market Theory? 21 What Mainstream Economics Could Only Ignore 21 What the "New Economics" Chose to Ignore 23 Part Two: Tools for Analysis Chapter Four: Judgment 35 Can Economic Analysis Ignore Information? 35 Decision and Judgment 36 What Is Judgment? 39 Chapter Five: Judgment Devices 44 Devices Are Representatives 46 Devices Are Cognitive Supports 49 Devices Are Active Forces 51 Chapter Six: Trust Devices 55 Formal Analysis 57 Substantive Analysis 58 Chapter Seven: Homo singularis 67 Value and Instrumentality 68 Shopping 73 The Red Michelin Guide: A Paper Engine 77 How Many Ninth Symphonies Did Beethoven Compose? 80 Chapter Eight: The Metamorphosis of Singularities 87 The Weight of Words 88 Can Sameness Engender Incommensurability? 89 Chapter Nine: The Regimes of Economic Coordination 96 A Classification of the Economic Coordination Regimes 97 Consumer Commitments and Coordination Regimes 103 Interlude 106 Part Three: Economic Coordination RegimesImpersonal Devices Regimes 131 Chapter Ten: The Authenticity Regime 133 The Market of Fine Wines 135 The Hachette and the Parker Guides to Wine 138 The Intelligentsia, Connoisseurs, and the Layman 141 Vulnerability of the French Fine- Wines Market? 144 Chapter Eleven: The Mega Regime 148 Megafilms 148 The Luxury Megafirm 157 The Megabrand 163 Chapter Twelve: The Expert- Opinion Regime 167 Literary Prizes 167 Trendsetters and Gatekeepers 170 Public Quality- Rating Devices 171 Chapter Thirteen: The Common- Opinion Regime 174 Songs 175 Adjustment by the Charts 177 Personal Devices Regimes 181 Chapter Fourteen: The Network- Market 183 The Personal Network 183 The Trade Network 185 The Practitioner Network 186 Chapter Fifteen: The Reticular Coordination Regime 188 Coordination by Shared Convictions 188 Coordination by Belief in Miracle Workers 191 Chapter Sixteen: The Professional Coordination Regime 195 Professional Regime Variants 196 Legal- Services Coordination Regime Variants 203 Chapter Seventeen: Prices 209 Concordance 211 Disproportion 219 Part Four: Finale Chapter Eighteen: The Historicity of Singularities 229 The Rule of Product Renewal 232 Desingularization of Personalized Services 236 Desingularization of Pop Music 242 Chapter Nineteen: Conclusion: Economics of Singularities and Individualism 255 On Individualism 256 Singularities and Individualism 261 Index 265

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Book SynopsisTranslations of the Yi jing into western languages have been biased towards the yili (''meaning and pattern'') tradition, whereas studies of the xiangshu (''image and number'') tradition - which takes as its point of departure the imagery and numerology associated with divination and its hexagrams, trigrams, lines, and related charts and diagrams - has remained relatively unexplored. This major new reference work is organised as a Chinese-English encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically according to the pinyin romanisation, with Chinese characters appended. A character index as well as an English index is included. The entries are of two kinds: technical terms and various other concepts related to the ''image and number'' tradition, and bio-bibliographical information on Chinese Yi jing scholars. Each entry in the former category has a brief explanation that includes references to the origins of the term, cross-references, and a reference to anTrade Review'A great deal of conscientous work has gone into the creation of the volume.' - Bulletin of the SOAS'A great deal of conscientous work has gone into the creation of the volume.' - Bulletin of the SOAS'This book is highly readable on its own, or as a companion to others. Nielsen’s work is to be commended, and the publisher is to be thanked for issuing these new, affordable paper and ebook editions.' - Barbara Davis, Taijiquan Journal, MinneapolisTable of ContentsList of plates Common Abbreviations Conventions Introduction A Companion to Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology Plates (between pages 348 and 349) Selected Bibliography Index of Common English Translations of the Hexagram names Index of Chinese Works

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Book SynopsisDrawing inspiration from the works of those such as Jacques Derrida, Michael Foucault and Jacques Lacan, the contributors address particular questions using a common theoretical language. The book concludes with an assessment of the future directions of discourse theory in the social sciences.Table of Contents1. Introducing discourse theory and political analysis - David Howarth & Yannis Stavrakakis 2. The political frontiers of the social Argentine politics after Peronism (1955-1973) - Sebastian Barros & Gustavo Castagnola3. Inter-war French Fascism and the Neo-Socialism of Marcel Deat: The emergence of a ‘Third Way’ - Steve Bastow4. New environmental movements and direct action protest: The campaign against Manchester Airport's second runway - Steven Griggs & David Howarth5. Provisionalism and the (im)possibility of justice in Northern Ireland - Anthony Clohesy6. The Mexican revolutionary mystique - Rosa Nidia Buenfil Burgos7. On the emergence of Green ideology: The dislocation factor in Green politics - Yannis Stavrakakis8. The construction of Romanian social democracy, 1989–1996 - Kevin Adamson9. Beyond being gay: The proliferation of political identities in Hong Kong - P. Sik-Ying Ho & A. Kat Tat Tsang10. The secret and the promise: Women’s struggles in Chiapas - Neil Harvey & Chris Halverson11. The difficult emergence of a democratic imaginary: Black consciousness and non-racial democracy in South Africa - David Howarth12. Democracy as the limit of Kemalist hegemony - Nur Betul Celik13. Sex and the limits of discourse - Jason Glynos14. Future trajectories of research in discourse theory: Political frontiers, myths and imaginaries, hegemony - Aletta Norval

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Book SynopsisCovers the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and quoting extensively from the women interviewed, the book develops feminist thought in several key areas.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Guide to transcription of interviews vii Introduction ix 1 ‘Sharing a particular pain’: researching sexual violence 1 2 A central issue: sexual violence and feminist theory 20 3 The knowledge explosion: an overview of previous research 43 4 ‘It’s happened to so many women’: sexual violence as a continuum (1) 74 5 ‘It’s everywhere’: sexual violence as a continuum (2) 97 6 ‘I’m not sure what to call it but . . .’: defining sexual violence 138 7 Victims or survivors?: resistance, coping and survival 159 8 ‘It leaves a mark’: coping with the consequences of sexual violence 186 9 ‘I’ll challenge it now wherever I see it’: from individual survival to collective resistance 217 Notes 239 Select bibliography 266 Index 268

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Book SynopsisThis widely acclaimed book is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the history and ideas of the Frankfurt School -- the most important and influential group of leftist intellectuals, philosophers and social theorists in Germany this century.Trade Review"This is the definitive work on the Frankfurt School, unequalled in its scope and its reliability both on historical details and on broader questions of interpretation." William Outhwaite, University of Sussex "This is not just the most comprehensive and illuminating book on the Frankfurt School, it is by far the most sensitive and sympathetic." Frankfurter Rundschau "Widely and justly acclaimed as the most thorough history of the movement ... the volume will unquestionably be essential for anyone concerned with the intellectual history of the period." Times Literary Supplement "Wiggershaus's monumental, extensively researched study ... will surely become a classic in this area." David Frisby, Professor of Sociology, University of Glasgow "This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in contemporary social theory and politics." Professor Douglas Kellner, The University of Texas at AustinTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Dawn. 2. Flight. 3. In the New World I: An Independent Institute of Critical Social Research. 4. In the New World II: Productive Decay. 5. Gradual Return. 6. Critical Ornament of a Restoration Society. 7. Critical Theory in Contention. 8. Critical Theory in a Period of Upheaval. Afterword. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book Synopsis* Major new work in feminist theory, cultural theory and gender studies * Author is well known in the fields of feminism and post--structuralism and for her work on problems of identity and difference.Trade Review"Wonderfully thought provoking, highly stylized, and imaginatively written." Kevin Pelletier, Cultural Critique "Replete with situated, embedded figurations, Metamorphoses is a book to grow with. Emergences, transformations, and materialist becomings of all kinds are the subject of this rich philosophical work. Insects, women, philosophers, cyborgs – promising monsters all, and all are enlisted in drawing up a cartography of becoming. Braidotti writes with enormous energy and style. Never forgetting the subject structured in sexual difference, she searches for figurations that can guide us to emergences more attuned to justice, pleasure, and historical specificity. This book warms my biophilic heart, as it informs my feminist soul and gives pleasure to my embodied mind." Donna J. Haraway, University of California at Santa CruzTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Prologue. 1. Becoming Woman or Sexual Difference Revisited. 2. Zig-Zagging Through Deleuze And Feminism. 3. Metamorphoses: Becoming Woman/Animal/Insect. 4. Cyber-Teratologies. 5. Metamorphoses: The Becoming-Machine. Epilogue. Bibliography. Notes. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years there has been a renewed interest in the work of Rene Girard, thought by many to be one of the most important, if controversial, cultural theorists of the twentieth century.Trade Review"Fleming's book is an incisive and sure guide, which demonstrates a thorough knowledge of both Girard's thought and its place in twentieth-century thought...........In his succinct summary and commentary Fleming seeks neither to critique Geriard's writing nor to provide an alternative to reading it. He offers instead an invitation to the reader to explore further. In my view he covers the ground well. I would have trouble recommending it highly enough to students and teachers of theology." International Journal of Systematic Theology, Vol. 7Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Mimesis and Interdividual Psychology. 3. Generative Violence: The Scapegoat Mechanism. 4. Nonsacrificial Violence: Girard’s view of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures. 5. Girard’s influence on other disciplines. 6. Responses to the theory: Critiques of Girard. 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSiblings and all the lateral relationships that follow from them are clearly important and their interaction is widely observed, particularly in creative literature. Yet in the social, psychological and political sciences, there is no theoretical paradigm through which we might understand them.Trade Review"Juliet Mitchell, brimming as usual with ideas, insights and reflections, has turned her attention to sibling relationships as the neglected and much underestimated influence on an individual’s identity formation. Love, hate, sexual experience, the shaping of gender roles, suffering and survival strategies are pursued as the sibling exchange. A work to provoke thought and discussion packed with real life and literary evidence." Olwen Hufton University of Oxford "In 1974, Mitchell’s Psychoanalysis and Feminism offered a major challenge to a resistant Anglo-Saxon feminism with her compelling case that psychoanalysis, most often seen by feminists to be part of the problem, was rather a powerful resource for feminist explanation and understanding of male domination, female oppression. Almost thirty years on, with Siblings, she has made a second, perhaps even more radical intervention. Her analysis of the lateral relations of siblings and peers promises to transform many of the recurrent issues and debates of contemporary feminism. ... This new book offers richly stimulating resources that should fuel feminist scholarship and debate for many years." Terry Lovell, Warwick UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1 Siblings and Psychoanalysis: an Overview. 2 Did Oedipus have a Sister?. 3 Sister–Brother/Brother–Sister Incest. 4 Looking Sideways: ‘A Child is being Beaten’. 5 The Difference between Gender and Sexual Difference. 6 Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair?. 7 Attachment and Maternal Deprivation: How did John Bowlby Miss the Siblings?. 8 In our Own Times: Sexuality, Psychoanalysis and Social Change. 9 Conclusion: Siblings and the Engendering of Gender. Notes. References and Select Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisWhere are the women? In traditional historical and scholarly accounts of the making and fighting of wars, women are often nowhere to be seen. With few exceptions, war stories are told as if men were the only ones who plan, fight, are injured by, and negotiate ends to wars.Trade ReviewBook of the month on Intercross "Women and Wars fills the vacuum left by the 'women as victims' approach that characterized the early 2000's, with a diverse array of options for understanding the roles and perspectives that women have during conflict, including: soldiers, civilians, caregivers, sex workers, refugees and internally displaced persons, anti-war activists, and community peace-builders"PRISM "If I were to deliver a course or module focused on the topic of 'women and wars', this is without a doubt the textbook I would choose." Gender and Development "To my mind, the very best academic work makes its reader sit up and take notice, either because the ideas are unfamiliar or because familiar ideas have been articulated in a new and engaging way. The individual chapters in this volume do both." Gender and Development "A valuable collection for everyone interested in learning some of the ways feminist (IR) analysis is currently formulating, studying, and presenting its war questions." LSE Review of Books "A comprehensive and highly readable collection, which is thematically and conceptually coherent." Resilience "Too often, women remain invisible in times of war. With contributions from scholars, activists, and policymakers, Women and Wars uncovers stories about women�s multiple roles as warriors, war victims, and peacebuilders. An important text for anyone concerned with the tragic consequences of today�s wars. And a reminder that wars are always gendered." J. Ann Tickner, School of International Relations, University of Southern California "With its diverse, thoughtful, and theoretically rich perspectives on gender, conflict and violence this book stands out from the crowd as an exceptional and interdisciplinary contribution to the field. This will be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners and should be treated as a 'go to' resource giving an exciting perspective on the state of the field in gender and war." Megan Mackenzie, University of Sydney "The book provides a comprehensive picture of the current scholarship on women and war as well as detailed and disturbing accounts of the lives of women during and after many recent wars. It would be an ideal text for a variety of courses on international and human security." Craig Murphy, Wellesley College "The chapters are rich both in their content and their diversity. Women and Wars stands out as an important volume in an increasingly busy field of scholarship. I will return to the text many times for future teaching and will undoubtedly be assigning chapters to my students." Dr Catherine O�Rourke, University of UlsterTable of ContentsBoxes and Tables vi Abbreviations viii Contributors xiii Foreword by Cynthia Enloe xv Acknowledgments xvii 1 Women and Wars: Toward a Conceptual Framework 1 Carol Cohn 2 Women and the Political Economy of War 36 Angela Raven-Roberts 3 Sexual Violence and Women’s Health in War 54 Pamela DeLargy 4 Women Forced to Flee: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 80 Wenona Giles 5 Women and Political Activism in the Face of War and Militarization 102 Carol Cohn and Ruth Jacobson 6 Women and State Military Forces 124 Jennifer G. Mathers 7 Women, Girls, and Non-State Armed Opposition Groups 146 Dyan Mazurana 8 Women and Peace Processes 169 Malathi de Alwis, Julie Mertus, and Tazreena Sajjad 9 Women, Girls, and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) 194 Dyan Mazurana and Linda Eckerbom Cole 10 Women "After" Wars 215 Ruth Jacobson Notes 242 References 250 Index 279

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Book SynopsisMost of us who live in the North and the West consume far too much - too much meat, too much fat, too much sugar, too much salt. We are more likely to put on too much weight than to go hungry. We live in a society that is heading for a crash. We are aware of what is happening and yet we refuse to take it fully into account.Trade Review"I would like to use the opportunity of this review to urge readers to take up Latouche's remarkable book." Sustainability, Science, Practice, and Policy "This little book is a pleasure to read. It is critical, contrarian, informative and provocative. Latouche advances a coherent set of proposals for reversing the treadmill of an ever-more insistent growth dynamic in favour of a more serene existence based on quality of life, solidarity and respect for the environment." Bob Jessop, University of LancasterTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1 The Territory of De-Growth A UFO in the Microcosm of Politicking What is De-Growth? A Battle over Ideas and Words The Two Sources of De-Growth The Green Algae and the Snail An Unsustainable Ecological Footprint A False Solution: Reducing the Population 2 A Concrete Utopia The De-Growth Revolution The Virtuous Circle of Quiet Contraction De-Growth as a Local Project Is Reducing Growth a Retrograde Step? De-Growth: A Challenge for the South Is De-Growth Reformist or Revolutionary? 3 A Political Programme An Electoral Programme Jobs for All in a De-Growth Society De-Growth: Behind the Work-Based Society Is De-Growth Soluble in Capitalism? Is De-Growth a Right-Wing Policy or a Left-Wing Policy? Do We Need a De-Growth Party? Conclusion References

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Mildred Blaxter's successful and highly respected book offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the key debates surrounding the concept of health today.Trade Review"A great text: revised and updated for students of health, whatever their discipline or background. Changes in science, technology and our understanding of the body are among the many important topics covered. Mildred Blaxter writes in a lucid style and has a command of her material that is second to none. Highly recommended." Mike Bury, Royal Holloway, University of London "Updated and with new material, this book provides a fascinating insight into the phenomenon of health and how it is defined, constructed, expressed and experienced. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is an indispensable resource for students and researchers in the health and social sciences." Ellen Annandale, University of Leicester "This fine book takes sociological perspectives of health as a point of departure, while at the same time increasing our understanding of illness. Students and professionals alike will benefit from Blaxter's clear and succinct presentation." Peter Conrad, Brandeis UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. How is health defined? Health as the absence of illness. Disease as deviance. Health as balance or homeostasis. Health as function. Health as state or status. The biomedical model. Contemporary biomedicine. The social model. Health, disease, illness and sickness. How is health measured? Health capital. 2. How is health constructed? Health as social construction. Constructions of history. Constructions of culture. Constructivism and feminism. Illness, labelling and stigma. Constructions of mental illness. Constructions of disability. The critique of relativism. Medicalisation and the constructions of medical practice. 3. How is health embodied and experienced? Embodiment. Lay definitions of health. Social representations of health. Self-rated health. Concepts of the causes of health and illness. Health histories and subjective health capital. Illness narratives. Limitations of narrative. The search for meaning. Health as moral discourse and metaphor. Responsibility for health. 4. How is health enacted? The rise and fall of 'illness behaviour'. Person to patient: help-seeking behaviour. The patient role. Control and concordance. Enacted behaviour. Behaving 'healthily'. Structure/agency: health as cultural consumption. Structure/agency: health as self-governance. 5. How is health related to social systems? A functional relationship. Responses to functionalism. Medicine and society. Health, economic development and social organization. The downside of economic development. The concept of inequality in health. The nature and extent of inequalities. The causes of inequality. The socio-biologic translation. Neo-materialistic explanations. Social capital. 6. Contemporary change in the meaning of health. Technology and postmodernity. Changing boundaries between ill and not-ill. Changing boundaries of life and death. Changing boundaries between self and not-self. Changing boundaries between therapy and enhancement. Information technologies and medical practice. Changing attitudes to health and medicine. New technologies and the risk society. Evolutionary medicine. Conclusion. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this important new book, the leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in our contemporary hyperindustrial age. Stiegler argues that our epoch is characterized by the seizure of the symbolic by industrial technology, where aesthetics has become both theatre and weapon in an economic war. This has resulted in a symbolic misery' where conditioning substitutes for experience. In today's control societies, aesthetic weapons play an essential role: audiovisual and digital technologies have become a means of controlling the conscious and unconscious rhythms of bodies and souls, of modulating the rhythms of consciousness and life. The notion of an aesthetic engagement, capable of founding a new communal sensibility and a genuine aesthetic community, has largely collapsed today. This is because the overwhelming majority of the population is now totally subjected to the aesthetic conditioning of marketTrade Review"In this decisive contribution to a critical understanding of contemporary life, Stiegler demonstrates how mass exclusion from cultural production constitutes a form of generalized impoverishment, threatening to reduce our existence to mere subsistence. Typically though, he also suggests how we might build alternatives to this 'symbolic misery'. This work forms a vital part of Stiegler's essential project." Martin Crowley, Queen�s College, University of Cambridge "Expanding on Deleuze�s idea of 'control societies', Bernard Stiegler provocatively diagnoses the 'misery' of contemporary society as a collective exclusion from the creation of symbols. A war is being waged, he argues: capitalistic marketing is the instrument of choice, the battleground is aesthetics and the fight is for the control of affect. Recommended for anyone interested in the contemporary cultural condition." N. Katherine Hayles, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsForeword Of Symbolic Misery, the Control of Affects, and the Shame that Follows As Though We Were Lacking or How to Find Weapons in Alain Resnais’s Same Old Song Allegory of the Anthill The Loss of Individuation in the Hyper-industrial Age Tiresias and the War of Time On a Film by Bertrand Bonello Afterword

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Book SynopsisInequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world.Trade Review"Covering the world, Göran Therborn shows how devastating are his three types of inequality (vital, existential and resource) and their mechanisms of reproduction (distanciation, exclusion and exploitation). Lucid, persuasive and learned The Killing Fields of Inequality is a must-read for those concerned about the most pressing topic of our time." Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley "A great book. With a light touch, it provides a brief but comprehensive survey of all the main dimensions of inequality. Written with insight, commitment to social justice, and ability to see what matters, it becomes a book about social progress itself. It ends with a perceptive discussion of the next steps towards a more egalitarian future." Richard Wilkinson, University of Nottingham"[A]lways favouring a comparative and global perspective, Therborn's book presents us with a wide and insightful examination of the various dimensions of inequality in a rare combination of theoretical developments, historical substantiation, and empirical evidence […and…] compelling answers to a few of the most inescapable questions about inequalities."Análise SocialTable of ContentsFigures page vi Tables vii Introduction 1 I. The Fields 5 1. Human, Nasty and Short: Life under Inequality 7 2. Behind the Doors of Exclusion 20 II. Theory 35 3. Theoretical Cross-Draught 37 4. Three Kinds of (In)Equality and Their Production 48 III. History 69 5. Inequality and the Rise of Modernity 71 6. A Historical Six-Pack: Three Inequalities in Global and National History 79 IV. Today’s Unequal World 101 7. Current World Patterns and Dynamics of Inequalities 103 8. Three Puzzles of Contemporary Inequalities 132 V. Possible Futures 151 9. Overcoming Inequality – Yesterday and Tomorrow 153 10. The Decisive Battlefields of Future (In)Equality 166 References 185 Index 202

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explains the central role that research paradigms play in the design and conduct of social research. The authors argue that social research should not just describe or confirm a social problem but should seek to find an explanation for it ? and to do so requires research with ?eyes philosophically wide open?. Important philosophical and practice elements of three widely recognized paradigms ? Neo-Positive, Interpretive and Critical Realist ? are carefully elaborated and their use in action illustrated with detailed examples. The authors show that the philosophical assumptions of a chosen paradigm must match those embedded in a characterization of a research problem and its context. This paradigm orientation is shown to be fundamental to appropriately framing a problem, formulating research questions, deciding on a logic of inquiry and selecting and using methods to investigate it. Ultimately, an appropriate paradigm orientation to social reTrade Review"Norman Blaikie and Jan Priest have written a first-rate book on methodology and, as with Blaikie�s previous work, it is comprehensive, clear and erudite. It will appeal both to students who want to make sense of social research paradigms and the seasoned methodologist who will find much to inspire and consider." Malcolm Williams, Cardiff University "Thoughtful, creative and groundbreaking, Blaikie and Priest have written a text that fills a core gap in many discussions of research. This is the importance of building in, from the outset, the role of explanation as much as description of social processes. A hugely informative read for those new to social research as well as seasoned professionals like myself!" Christina Hughes, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction1 Fundamental Choices in Social Research2 Road Maps for Research3 Principles of Neo-positive Research4 Two Illustrations of the Neo-positive Research Paradigm in Action5 Principles of Interpretive Research6 Two Illustrations of the Interpretive Research Paradigm in Action7 Principles of Critical Realist Research8 Two Illustrations of the Critical Realist Research Paradigm in Action9 Multiple Paradigm Research10 And Another Thing ÉAppendix: Review Questions

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Book SynopsisIn turn creative thinker and streetflâneur, careful planner and adventurer, empathic listener and distant voyeur, recluse writer and active participant: the ethnographer is a multifaceted researcher of social worlds and social life.In this book, sociologists Sarah Daynes and Terry Williams team up to explore the art of ethnographic research and the many complex decisions it requires. Using their extensive fieldwork experience in the United States and Europe, and hours spent in the classroom training new ethnographers, they illustrate, discuss, and reflect on the key skills and tools required for successful research, including research design, entry and exit, participant observation, fieldnotes, ethics, and writing up.Covering both the theoretical foundations and practical realities of ethnography, this highly readable and entertaining book will be invaluable to students in sociology and other disciplines in which ethnography has become a core qualitative research method.Trade Review“On Ethnography is an exquisite essay on the ethnographic study of everyday life. Page by page we step into the field and linger with Daynes and Williams, deliberate the knotty paradox of social responsibility, experience the self-exposure of documenting, and find ourselves debating the nature of explanation, description, and interpretation. An impassioned and persuasive treatise on the process of doing and writing ethnography.”Carol Stack, University of California, Berkeley“On Ethnography effectively describes the process of conducting fieldwork, while providing a rationale for the narrative style that documents ethnographically what subjects say and do together. Students of local culture will find this well-written and illuminating work highly informative and compelling.” Elijah Anderson, Yale UniversityTable of Contents The Mission Chapter 1 Foundations of ethnographic fieldwork Chapter 2 Thinking about it Chapter 3 Getting involved Chapter 4 Being there Chapter 5 Seeing, Writing, Narrating Ñ Field Notes Chapter 6 Writing about it References

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Book SynopsisFrom selfies and memes to hashtags and parodies, social media are used for mundane and personal expressions of political commentary, engagement, and participation. The coverage of politics reflects the social mediation of everyday life, where individual experiences and thoughts are documented and shared online.Trade Review"Politics is personal and the personal is political. As new media platforms enhance our ability to express ourselves and connect with others, everyday politics are performed in public spheres interconnected by social media. Tim Highfield makes this abundantly clear in Social Media and Everyday Politics, a must read volume for those interested in how the language, the practice, and the meaning of political expression evolve in contemporary societies. His approach offers rich theoretical terms, methodological insight, and analytical rigor to our understanding of how social media reorganize political realities."—Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago "This is an excellent book. It is comprehensive and up-to-date. It is a great introduction to social media in general but especially delivers handsomely on its topic of everyday politics and social media. The range of examples and cases are terrific and well-analysed. I especially like the authorial voice grounded, funny, lively, sharp.—Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney "Of special interest to sociology, journalism, and political science scholars, the internet studies encompassed in this book bridge the gap between these disciplines by showing the interaction among them."—Choice "This book is a great introduction to the everday politics of socia media, and the vibrant discussion of important issues makes it worth a read for students and scolars at any level."—Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures Introduction: Everyday Politics and Social Media Chapter One: Personal/Political Chapter Two: Political Rituals of Social Media Chapter Three: Media Politics Chapter Four: Breaking News, Scandals, and Crises Chapter Five: Collective and Connective Action Chapter Six: Partisan Politics and Politicians on Social Media Chapter Seven: The Everyday of Elections Conclusion: The Changing Face of Everyday Social Media and Everyday Politics Notes References

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Book SynopsisAll systems break down. Some bounce back, others do not. This is a book about why.RESILIENCE is a book about how the world works. It covers business, economic, geographic and social systems in a thrillingly readable narrative. A wealth of absorbing examples are covered, from the link between US oil prices and the recent ''tortilla riots'' in Mexico to what was really happening when the US government decided not to bail out Lehman Bros. RESILIENCE introduces completely new ideas, such as ''flipping'' which is when a systems has been pulled out of shape so often it changes forever. The thinking in RESILIENCE has crucial implications for how to understand the world in which we live.Trade Review'[an] intriguing, wide-ranging probe [that] should engage anyone contemplating our shared future' * Publishers Weekly *'Brilliant and compelling' * Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail *'Smart and sophisticated, this is a landmark work in a new field. If you are part of a system that wants to avoid collapse, read this book' * David Eagleman, author of Incognito and Why the Net Matters *'Resilience is mandatory reading for people of all disciplines that will transform how you approach daily global events. Part complexity theory, part psychology, it is a pivotal book for today and a necessity to strategically plan for tomorrow' * David Agus, author of The End of Illness *'Resilience is the most compelling book I've read in years about how to navigate the accelerating pace of change that characterises our lives today' * Bill Shore, CEO of Share Our Strength *'A whirlwind tour through an idea whose time has come. I suspect that the concepts in this book will define the next decade' * Jad Abumrad, host and creator of Radiolab *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"North Korea Confidential gives us a deeply informed close-up…" -- New York Times"…[North Korea Confidential] uses extensive interviews with recent defectors and people still in the country to build a rich picture of daily life there." -- Financial Times"…[Tudor and Pearson] make judicious use of parallels between the divided Koreas. The book endows North Koreans with individuality and complexity, without shying from the brutal or bizarre elements of North Korea." -- Global Asia

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Book SynopsisA fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminismThe folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds—who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough—aren’t just outside the norm. They’re unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we’ve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths.Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and

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Book SynopsisBrief in the way a razor’s slice is brief, remarkable essays by a peerless stylistTrade Review"Jaeggy’s book is poetical-biographical, fictional-critical, essayistic-historical—a book unlimited." -- Commonweal Magazine"Jaeggy is a master of the short form; her essays are charged with a nearly combustible vitality, her stories without fail are compact and devastating. Long after the pleasure of reading is over, their little hooks tug at — what is it, the heart or the mind? These Possible Lives presents brief portraits of three real-life metaphysicians: English opium-eater Thomas De Quincey, Romantic poet John Keats and French symbolist Marcel Schwob. The biographies are constructed from unconnected details culled from accounts by her subjects and contemporaries, rather than from narrative and analysis. The results vibrant and unforced, shimmering with the complexity of reality." -- Financial Times"Enjoy these short, meditative pieces slowly; Jaeggy is addictive." -- Kirkus Reviews"Three spare and telegraphic essays about Thomas De Quincey, John Keats, and Marcel Schwob, in which each account is self-contained and exquisitely precise, capture the arc of a whole life with filigreed economy." -- Los Angeles Review of Books"Terse beauties falling on the reader like a chaste gray rain." -- Robert Byers - The New Republic"In These Possible Lives (2017, translated by Minna Zallman Proctor) Jaeggy offers three very short biographical sketches of Keats, De Quincey, and the fin-de-siecle symbolist orientalist Jewish Parisian Schwob. Their hallucinatory intensity and heightened language recall the prose poems of Baudelaire’s Le Spleen de Paris, with their invocations of wine and hashish, their pose of le poete maudit." -- Margaret Drabble - The New Statesman"Brilliant, associative and short, Jaeggy’s essays have the beauty and economy of poems but the souls of portraits, discovering 'human characteristics amidst the chaos' — which fairly describes her project overall." -- Martin Riker - The New York Times Book Review"Small-scale, intense, and impeccably focused." -- The New Yorker"She has the enviable first glance for people and things, she harbors a mixture of distracted levity and authoritative wisdom." -- Ingeborg Bachmann"Delicious—such monstrous control and insight that at moments while reading you experience a distinct feeling of levitation." -- Carole Maso

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