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Book SynopsisForensic psychology plays an increasingly important role in criminal investigations and legal decision-making. Homicide: A Forensic Psychology Casebook guides readers through the practical aspects of homicide cases across the entire criminal justice system, from the investigative process to the criminal trial process, and beyond. Each chapter contains a description and analysis of selected cases and offenders, and provides a crime narrative and offender narrative to illustrate the underlying theory and practical considerations of homicide investigations. Criminal justice students and practitioners alike will benefit from the comprehensive scope of this text. In order to ensure fair and efficient criminal justice practices in the field of forensic investigation, there is still a need for conformity and standardization of sound protocols and approaches based on improved knowledge and education. This book is part of that effort to understand homicidal behavior and offendeTable of ContentsPreface. Typical Homicides. Disgruntled and Revenge Killers. Domestic Homicides.Chapter 4 Reactive Aggressive Offenders. Sexual and Paraphilic Homicides. Rape Slayers.Chapter 6 Sexual Sadistic Offenders. Necrophilic Offenders. Belief-Oriented Homicides. Cult Killers. Ideological and Mission-Oriented Offenders. Occult Killers. Special Offender Populations. Psychopathic and Antisocial Offenders. Psychotic Killers. Battered Women Murderers. Adolescent Offenders. Mentally Impaired Offenders. Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisInspired by Carlos Beyer's 50 years of pioneering research and influence on his students and colleagues, Behavioral Neuroendocrinology builds upon Beyer's fundamental discoveries and concepts as well as their widespread implications. It presents original research and reviews on mechanisms genomic and non-genomic of steroid and protein hormone action; the role of steroid metabolism, especially aromatization, protein phosphorylation, and neurotransmitter action in mediating reproductive behavior and sexual differentiation; and brain and spinal cord mechanisms in sexual behavior and analgesia. This book presents a rich diversity of topics lactation, maternal behavior, pheromone action, chronobiology, allodynia, angiogenesis, prostate physiology, sexual motivation, and specific brain systems, including vomeronasal system, cerebellum, preoptic area, hypothalamus, and spinal cord. This book brings together, in one source, an international family of researchers Table of ContentsNEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. Pioneering Studies on the Effects of Steroid Hormone Metabolism on the Brain and Behavior. Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Role of the Medial Preoptic Area in Rabbits: Recollections of Collaboration with Carlos Beyer. Hormonal Regulation of the Copulatory Motor Pattern in Mammals. Neuronal and Neurochemical Correlates of Copulatory Motor Patterns in Male Rats. Male Sexual Satiety and the Coolidge Effect in Rats: Relation between Behavioral and Seminal Parameters. The Sexual Cerebellum. Intracellular Signaling Involved in Progestin Regulation of Female Sexual Behavior in Rodents. The Delicate Line between "Wanting" (Desire) and "Liking" (Reward) Sexual Behavior. NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOR…AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. The Rabbit Doe as a Model of Neuroendocrine Synchronization. The Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus Cuniculus) as a Model Animal: From Reproductive Neurobiology to Developmental Psychobiology. A View of Rabbit Maternal Behavior from the Perspectives of Complex Systems and Chronostasis. Multisignaling Approach to the Study of Sexual Differentiation of Brain and Behavior in Mammals. Ubiquitous Modulators of Brain Activity: GABA and Carlos Beyer-Flores, PhD. NEUROENDOCRINE INSIGHTS TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS. From Reproductive Neuroendocrinology and Lactation to Vasoinhibins and Angiogenesis. Neuroendocrine and Molecular Aspects of the Physiology and Pathology of the Prostate. From Sexual Behavior to Analgesia to an Antinociceptive Agent: Glycinamide. EPILOGUE. How Carlos Beyer Influenced our Lives. Photo Gallery.

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Book SynopsisThe ability to work with, and retrieve images, is vital to forensic and criminal case work. During a five-decade-long career, author John C. Russ has taught methods for image processing and measurement to thousands of students. Forensic Uses of Digital Imaging, Second Edition distills his classroom and workshop material to present the information most relevant to forensic science.Since the publication of the first edition, there have been many significant changes in technology that have revolutionized the ways digital images are used in forensic investigations. Fully updated, the second edition: Covers the widespread advancements of digital imaging photography and processing Discusses the increased power, storage capacity, and use of digital cameras, laptop computers, tablets, and cell phones in forensic science Gives real-world examples to illustrate comparisons between different processing options Includes hundreds of full-color imaTrade Review"This is the second edition of this book and it comprises five chapters covering equipment, processing, comparison and measurement, and the presentation of evidence. It covers the basics of all of these subject before progressing to more advanced techniques. The descriptions … and the examples given are clear and aid the reader in understanding the lesson. This book is a good overview of the technical side of forensic photography for those of us who have little experience … useful for those with more experience." – CSEye, November 2017, a publication of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, UK "Forensic Uses of Digital Imaging, Second Edition … is highly technical and the text does a good job of breaking this down to a more readily understandable level. It covers a number of topics … important for a forensic photographer to understand to be truly competent in today’s world of complex technology … not addressed in detail in other reference books."—Brian Kohlhepp, Detective Division, Ross Township Police Department, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; published in Forensic Science Review, January 2018 Table of ContentsDigital Still and Video Cameras. Basic Image Processing and Enhancement. Advanced Processing Techniques. Comparison and Measurement. Interpreting and Presenting Evidence.

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Book SynopsisTraditional fermented foods are not only the staple food for most of developing countries but also the key healthy food for developed countries. As the healthy functions of these foods are gradually discovered, more high throughput biotechnologies are being used to promote the fermented food industries. As a result, the microorganisms, process biochemistry, manufacturing, and down-streaming processing, as well as the bioactive metabolites released by the fermenting organisms and, above all, the healthy functions of these foods were extensively researched. The application and progress of biotechnology and biochemistry of traditional fermented food systems are different from each other, as the microorganisms and the food matrices vary widely. Part I (Biochemistry and Biotechnology) of this book (Fermented Foods) discusses the general aspects of biochemistry and biotechnological application of fermented foods involving acetic acid bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, etTable of ContentsFermented Foods: Artisan Household Technology To Biotechnology Era. Fermented Foods: Microbiology, Biochemistry & Biotechnology. Functional Fermented Foods. Yeasts In Fermented Foods And Beverages. Baker’s Yeast; Genomics, Proteomic And Technological Interventions. Fungal Biology And Biotechnology In Fermented Foods. Biotechnology Of Wine Yeasts. Acetic Acid Bacteria: Prospective Application In Food Biotechnology. Lactic Acid Bacteria: Classification, Taxonomy And Application In Fermented Foods. Amylolytic Lactic Acid Bacteria And Technological Applications In Starch-Based Food Processing. Lactic Acid Bacteria As Functional Starter In Food Fermentations. Microencapsulation Of Probiotic Cells And Application In Fermented Food Industry. Antimicrobial Resistance Of Fermented Food Bacteria. Aerobic Fermentation Of Lactic Acid Bacteria In Cocoa Fermentation. Bioactive Compounds Released In Food Fermentation. Nutritional And Therapeutic Significance Of Protein-Based Bioactive Compounds Liberated By Fermentation. Biotechnological Applications Of Fructooligosaccharides In Food Processing Industries. Applications Of Metagenomics To Fermented Foods. Acetic Acid Bacteria In Fermented Food And Beverages.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides broad exposure to a variety of policing reforms that have not received adequate attention. It includes information and examples from different countries regarding efforts to change aspects of policing that are problematic or involve changes in the way crimes are committed. Some of the efforts to improve the police are relatively recent (i.e., using social media) and some areas of policing that seem to require frequent attention (i.e., working with the public).Table of ContentsSection I: Police Officer Education1. Benefits and Challenges of Academic Police EducationKATJA M. HALLENBERG2. Indian Police Training Institutions, Universities, and Other Stakeholder Partnerships: Toward a Matrix Model for Better PolicingSONY KUNJAPPAN3. Downsizing to a College-Educated Police ForceGREGORY E. WALSHSection II: Policing and the Public4. Correlates of Citizen Trust in the Ghanaian Police: A Regional StudyFRANCIS D. BOATENG5. Staging "White Maleness" with Cops: A Diversity Training Case AnalysisDEBORAH S. DEMEESTER & DONALD R. LAMAGDELEINE6. Reengineering the Delivery of Police Services: The Decision to Change Utilizing a Problem-Solving ModelRICHARD C. LUMB & JOHN B. ROGERS7. Factors That Predict Citizen Support for Aggressive PolicingTIMOTHY A. LAVERY, AMIE M. SCHUCK, MEGAN A. ALDERDEN, RACHEL M. JOHNSTON, DENNIS P. ROSENBAUM, & CODY D. STEPHENS8. Opposing Perspectives of Policing in Pakistan and Implications for ReformMARK SHAWSection III: Past and Contemporary Changes in Policing9. Assessing the Current Status of Women in Policing: The Presence of the PastVENESSA GARCIA10. Police Downsizing and Change Processes in Northern Ireland: Retired Police Officers' Views on the Implementation of the Patten Report on PolicingPAUL KENNETH GILBERT, CHRISTOPHER ALAN LEWIS, & CONOR MC GUCKIN11. Reflections on Police Corruption: Faltering Developments in Regulating Police Conduct in AustraliaBERNADINE TUCKER & ANN-CLAIRE LARSEN12. Policing Terrorism: The Significance of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force ProgramCHRISTOPHER W. ORTIZ13. Police Web Presence: Engaging with the Digital FrontierMICHAEL F. AIELLO & VIKAS K. GUMBHIR14. The Role of Facebook in Policing: Linking Law Enforcement and the CommunityMICHELLE KILBURN, LAURA KRIEGER, CRYSTAL CECIL, & LUKE MORAVEC15. A Dynamical Spider Web of Change: The Process of Changing Policy in Law EnforcementMICHELE MUNI16. ConclusionSCOTT W. PHILLIPS

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the various strategies that are available to police management, such as consolidation, regionalization, and amalgamation of police agencies; new public management (NPM); enhanced performance management; civilianization; and organizational restructuring. It fills the gap in the research as to how police agencies have reacted to the environmental and fiscal changes since the 1980s. The book examines the strategies employed and the effect on police and their delivery of service.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part One. Defining Methods for Improving Public Services. Defining Methods for Improving Police Services. The Theory of Government Reform and Theory of Modern Police Reform. Historical Approaches used to Improve Police Service Delivery. Late 20th Century Strategies used to Improve Service Delivery. Part Two. Strategies Employed to Improve Service Delivery in the United States. Strategies Employed to Improve Service Delivery in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Part Three. Case Studies. Police Scotland: The Merging of Eight Police Forces. New Zealand Police: The Strategies Employed to Improve Service Delivery. UK or USA Case Study. Conclusions. References.

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Book SynopsisForensic document examination is the study of physical evidence and physical evidence cannot lie. Only its interpretation can err. Only the failure to find it, or to hear its true testimony can deprive it of its value.âRoy Huber This is a comprehensive update of Huber and Headrick's seminal work on handwriting examination. New coverage includes a review of forensic handwriting examination research, handwriting analysis training and proficiency, revised methods and procedures, an updated listing and clarification of terminology and electronic signatures, the analysis of digitized handwriting, and other related technological advances. The book includes updated photographs, several added illustrations, and advances in techniques based on the scientific research conducted in the area over the last 20 years.Features of the new edition include: The latest on electronic signatures, digital handwriting, automated handwriting verification, and the many advances in tTable of ContentsIntroduction. The World of Documents. 1. History of Forensic Document Examination 2. The Development of Handwriting 3. The Discrimination of Handwriting 4. Premises for the Identification of Handwriting 5. Fundamentals of the Identification Process 6. Discrimination and Identification of Handwriting 7. Special Problems in the Discrimination and Identification of Writing 8. Extrinsic Factors Influencing Handwriting 9. Intrinsic Factors Influencing Handwriting 10. Requirements and Results 11. The Diagnosis of Handwriting Identification 12. Handwriting, Document Analysis, and Electronic Media 13. Evaluating Document Examiner Competency 14. Science and Handwriting Identification 15. Terminology References Appendix A

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the different types of police misconduct including the use of excessive force. It also explores what types of officers become involved in illegal misconduct, steps jurisdictions may take to prevent such problems, and discusses who should police the police. Also included is a historical analysis of police misconduct, discussions on the legal restrictions designed to prevent police misconduct, and steps that the jurisdiction may take to limit their liability. Ancillary material is available with course adoption.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction to the study of police misconduct. Historical analysis of police misconduct. Excessive use of force. Permissible use of force. Other types of misconduct. Police corruption in multi-nations forces. Legal restrictions to prevent misconduct. Psychological reviews of bad cops. Civil liability for police misconduct. Reacting with the media in possible misconduct situations. Citizen review boards and external oversight. Who polices the police? Recruiting and training as preventive measures. Glossary.

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Book SynopsisThroughout history, there has been an intrinsic need for humans to detect deception in other humans. Developed in 1923, the polygraph machine was a tool designed to do just this. To date, there have been many improvements made to the basic polygraph instrument. This book outlines the instrumentation as well as the latest in questioning techniques and methods available to the professional interviewer to determine truth from deception. The book covers psychology and physiology, a history of polygraph with the advances of leading figures, question formulation, data analysis, legal implications and legal cases, and the author's developed technique Integrated Zone Comparison Technique (IZCT).Table of ContentsPolygraph History. Question Formulation. Technique Development. Integrated Zone Comparison Technique (IZCT). The Pre-Test Interview. Data Analysis. Pre-Employment Testing. Report Writing. Legal Cases. Ethics and Standards. Research.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the latest scholarly research on the practice of public corruption. The authors explore the causes and methods of fraud-related crime, as well as how it can be detected. The book also investigates the best strategies to prevent corruption, as well as convention punishments for those convicted. Intended for criminal justice students and practitioners, Public Corruption: Regional and National Perspectives on Procurement Fraud is a valuable resource for all stages of fraud investigation.  Table of ContentsPublic CorruptionRegional and National Perspectives on Procurement FraudIntroduction. Petter Gottschalk and Perry StanislasPART I Theoretical PerspectivesChapter 1. Convenience Theory of White-Collar Crime. Petter GottschalkChapter 2. Neutralization Theory of Public Corruption. Petter GottschalkChapter 3. Public Service Motivation Theory. Michael Benson and Petter GottschalkPART II EuropeChapter 4. Public and Police Corruption in Eastern Europe. James F. AlbrechtChapter 5. Whistleblowers in Corruption Detection in Norway. Petter GottschalkChapter 6. Corruption the Noble Way. Norway. Harald RøstvikPART III Other NationsChapter 7. Governance and Public Corruption in Nigeria. Oyesoji AremuChapter 8. Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Pakistan. Fasihuddin, Imran Ahmad Sajid, Farhat UllahChapter 9. Government Corruption and Authoritarian Rule in Turkey. Hasan Arslan, Aydogan Vatandas

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Book SynopsisWhile much has been written about instinct shooting with long guns, very little had been published on doing so with a handgun until this publication. Written by a pioneering author of the concept, Instinct Combat Shooting: Defensive Handgunning for Police, now in its fourth edition, is not about winning target shooting competitions, but purports surviving real-life firefights by examining testimonies of shootout survivors and carefully analyzing firefights that prove shooting instinctively is not only crucially fast, but also equally accurate.The book defines instinctive combat shooting as: The act of operating a handgun by focusing on the target, as opposed to the sights, and instinctively coordinating the hand and mind to cause the handgun to discharge at a time and point that ensures interception of the projectile with the target.The concepts behind instinct combat shooting discussed in this book are now being integrated into some Table of ContentsHistorical Background. Hardware. Safety Measures/Lead Poisoning. Refresher on Firearm Handling and Basics. Mental Acuity. Instinct Combat Shooting. In Other Words. Tactical. Moving Targets. Personal Experience. Course of Fire. Dispelling Myths. Summary. Postscript.

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Book SynopsisThe backlash against globalization and the rise of cultural anxiety has led to considerable re-thinking among social scientists. This book provides multiple theoretical, historical, and methodological orientations to examine these issues. While addressing the rise of populism worldwide, the volume provides explanations that cover periods of both cultural turbulence and stability. Issues addressed include populism and cultural anxiety, class, religion, arts and cultural diversity, global environment norms, international trade, and soft power. The interdisciplinary scholarship from well-known scholars questions the oft-made assumption in political economy that holds culture "constant," which in practice means marginalizing it in the explanation. The volume conceptualizes culture as a repertoire of values and alternatives. Locating human interests in underlying cultural values does not make political economy's strategic or instrumental calculations of interests redundant: the instrumental logic follows a social context and a distribution of cultural values, while locating forms of decision-making that may not be rational.Trade Review"This book offers a multifaceted approach to problems of social order, inclusion, difference, value, and values. During a time when there is a tendency to simplify complex problems with reductive recipes, slogans, and tweets, Cultural Values in Political Economy is a timely contribution to reviving and rethinking our collective approach to political economy." -- Paolo Quattrone * Alliance Manchester Business School *"Understanding the ever-changing relationship between culture, economy, and politics is among the herculean tasks of the social sciences. With Cultural Values in Political Economy, J.P. Singh has collected excellent essays by leading scholars that revisit this relationship in the context of 21st-century shifts." -- Helmut K. Anheier, Hertie School * Berlin *"This masterful collection illuminates many of the all-important interfaces between culture and economy. Distinguished authors from diverse fields show how economies order cultural values, and how cultural change can reshape economic policies. These insights have never been more important than in these times when cultures and economies are being challenged." -- W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington * Seattle *"Topics include social class dynamics, religious values, cultural anxiety, the humanities and cultural diversity, the global environment and the green revolution, worldwide trade patterns, and the soft power of persuasion as employed by some countries to influence the policies of other nations.The latter is particularly salient in the conduct of relationships by major powers among developing nations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America, where international education agendas and the development of natural resources are frequently contested... Recommended." -- S. Prisco III * CHOICE *"Understanding the relationship between culture, economy, and politics is an essential future task in the development of the social sciences, and the book edited by J. P. Singh is an important and timely contribution to this challenging research agenda." -- Trine Bille * International Journal of Cultural Policy *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsForeword: Cultural Mediations and Political Economy chapter abstractCulture is often treated as a marginal or residual factor in explanations of economic and political behavior. The foreword argues that to understand the interconnected role of values, interests, and agency in the study of global transactions in political economy, culture needs to be seen as independent, generative, and future oriented. By taking this richer approach to culture, many phenomena that escape the net of rational choice theory become more understandable, especially in a world of new connections, mobilizations, and innovations in the political sphere. 1Introduction: Cultural Values in Political Economy chapter abstractAn intrinsic part of culture is its history. However, at any given time, different cultural values are sifted through this history and mobilized for collective action. This chapter provides a context for understanding the role of cultural values in political economy examined in this book. Conceptually, the book attempts to provide an interdisciplinary and comprehensive understanding of cultural values imbricated in political economy and the way to move from collective to individual interests, and vice versa. These theoretical moorings allow the authors to operationalize culture through a variety of methods including historical, ethnographic, case-study, and quantitative evidence. Part I provides the conceptual foundations that engender the cultural assumptions held implicit or constant in a few analyses and explains the contexts under which cultures transform interests. Part II presents chapters that examine the processes of cultural interactions that flow from underlying values. 2Culture and Preference Formation chapter abstractEconomists take preferences to be comparative evaluations of alternatives that incorporate every factor the agent takes to influence her choices other than beliefs and constraints. Rational choice is determined by rational preferences among the alternatives that agents believe to be feasible and, to a reasonable degree of approximation, the theory of rational choice does double duty as a theory of actual choice. It may seem impossible to employ the economist's model to make sense of the influence of culture or of the mechanisms of cultural change because the economist's model treats norms and ideals as merely different influences on preferences. Yet, as this chapter argues, nothing in the economist's model rules out incorporating additional mechanisms of preference formation and change. Moreover, it argues that doing so is helpful both in understanding the interactions between culture and action and in articulating a more detailed and promising theory of rational choice. 3Value and Values in Economics and Culture chapter abstractIssues of value and valuation are fundamental to any consideration of the relationships between economics and culture. This chapter discusses these relationships at both macro and micro levels. First, we consider the possible connections between the cultural values of different societies and their national economic performance. Then, turning to a functional sense of culture, the chapter argues that in addressing questions of the value of art and culture, it is essential to distinguish between economic value and cultural value, in which the latter refers to aspects of value that are not expressible in monetary terms. Illustrations are drawn from studies of the value of the visual arts, literature, and music. Next, we consider culture in international economic relations, discussing value and valuation in the areas of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity, and sustainable development. The chapter concludes with a plea for more dialogue at an interdisciplinary level. 4Creating a Culture of Environmental Responsibility chapter abstractThis chapter explores possibilities for creating a new culture of environmental responsibility, drawing mainly on recent work in environmental political theory and philosophy. It begins from the assumption that culture—conceived as a repertoire of shared values—is crucial to understanding the interests that people feel themselves to have and that cultural values can powerfully influence long-term changes in society. If we want to improve environmental outcomes, we will need a new culture of environmental responsibility. Key to establishing this culture is novel ways of thinking about what responsibility means and creating new political and economic practices to support it. 5Cosmopolitans and Parochials: Economy, Culture, and Political Conflict chapter abstractBoth political economy and culture have been marshalled as explanations for parochialism and cosmopolitanism, opposing orientations that influence contemporary politics and foreign policy. Simple models based on international economic position do not adequately explain parochial attitudes on such issues as Brexit or immigration. Cosmopolitan attitudes are linked to a particular, often local, cultural infrastructure (information environment, educational institutions, and transnational experience). In explaining both parochial and cosmopolitan attitudes and action, the effects of globalization on local culture and politics are of central importance. The link from economy to political behavior and outcomes is created by divergent locational effects of globalization and the local cultures they produce: globalized urban environments versus disadvantaged hinterlands that perceive themselves as left behind. International political economy must illuminate this link between economy and culture, which has important public policy implications. 6Crossing Borders: Culture, Identity, and Access to Higher Education chapter abstractThrough the adoption of a semiotic approach to culture, this chapter aims to assist in the development of a cultural explanation of global political culture. A semiotic approach asserts that meaning is assigned by participants to social patterns and behaviors found in society. The experience of boundary spaces offers a laboratory of sorts for revealing the contours of culture and cultural differences, including class differences. It is the experience of stepping out of a comfort zone and into alien space, a place where one does not necessarily know what goes with what, that is most revealing. Habituated roles create the contours of borders and boundaries that come with attendant expectations and customs associated with nation, class, race, gender, and age, among other identities. 7Ideology, Economic Interests, and American Exceptionalism: The Case of Export Credit chapter abstractThis chapter analyzes the sources and implications of American exceptionalism in the area of export credit. For virtually all major economies, export credit is an important industrial policy tool to promote economic growth. Remarkably, however, while its rivals are dramatically increasing their use of export credit, the United States has become a major outlier. An ideologically driven campaign led by the Tea Party sharply constrained the operations of the US Export-Import Bank: the bank was shut down entirely for five months in 2015 and subsequently limited to financing only minor transactions for nearly four years. This chapter argues that American exceptionalism on export credit cannot be understood without reference to culture, specifically the market fundamentalist ideology of the Tea Party, which has led to a conception of national economic interests and preferences that departs radically from other states. 8Strangest of Bedfellows: Why the Religious Right Embraced Trump and What That Means for the Movement chapter abstractThis chapter outlines the connection and disconnection between cultural and material factors in the rise of the religious right in the United States. This social movement comprises socially conservative and politically active born-again and evangelical Christians, as well as some ultraconservative Catholics. This movement comes out of a unique subculture that is suspicious of mainstream political and social institutions and that rejects many of the conventional norms of a democratic society. At once, this subculture claims moral superiority in what it considers a corrupted society while pursuing access to levers of power in order to conform the mainstream culture more to its own idealized image of the United States. Religious conservatives were the key to electing Donald J. Trump as president, and this chapter explores linkages of social and cultural issues to the broader economic factors that played a substantial role in religious conservative support for his election. 9Applying the Soft Power Rubric: How Study Abroad Data Reveals International Cultural Relations chapter abstractA country's ability to attract foreign students to its universities is one common way to understand its soft power in the international community. Applying the Soft Power Rubric to empirical data, this chapter reveals the preferences of students who go abroad and uncovers South Africa's and Malaysia's roles as rising regional hubs and France's slowing growth as a global hub, which complicate our understanding of North-South or core-periphery postcolonial relations. The rubric reconceives soft power as when foreigners transform their thinking from "us" and "them" to a collective "we," emphasizing the perspective of the countries at the periphery rather than at the core, unveiling important networks of cultural relations, offering a path forward to bring cultural data into empirical modeling, and pointing to fruitful areas for future work. The chapter also offers a contrast with others in this book that emphasize a reaction against globalization.

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Book SynopsisFrom maps, monuments, and architectural features to stamps and currency, images of Native Americans have been used again and again on visual expressions of American national identity since before the country’s founding. In the first in-depth study of this extraordinary archive, Cécile R. Ganteaume argues that these representations are not empty symbols but reflect how official and semi-official government institutions—from the U.S. Army and the Department of the Treasury to the patriotic fraternal society Sons of Liberty—have attempted to define what the country stands for. Seen collectively and studied in detail, American Indian imagery on a wide range of emblems—almost invariably distorted and bearing little relation to the reality of Native American–U.S. government relations—sheds light on the United States’ evolving sense of itself as a democratic nation. Generation after generation, Americans have needed to define anew their relationship with American Indians, whose lands they usurped and whom they long regarded as fundamentally different from themselves. Such images as a Plains Indian buffalo hunter on the 1898 four-cent stamp and Sequoyah’s likeness etched into glass doors at the Library of Congress in 2013 reveal how deeply rooted American Indians are in U.S. national identity. While the meanings embedded in these artifacts can be paradoxical, counterintuitive, and contradictory to their eras’ prevailing attitudes toward actual American Indians, Ganteaume shows how the imagery has been crucial to the ongoing national debate over what it means to be an American. Officially Indian is published in concert with the Americans exhibition, which opens October 26, 2017, at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, songs, town names, advertising, and that holiday in November. Americans invites visitors to take a closer look, and to ask why. Featuring nearly 350 objects and images, from a Tomahawk missile to baking powder cans, Americans examines the staying power of four stories (Thanksgiving, Pocahontas, the Trail of Tears, and the Battle of Little Bighorn) that are woven into the fabric of both American history and contemporary life. By highlighting what has been remembered, contested, cherished, and denied about these stories, and why they continue to resonate, this exhibition shows that Americans have always been fascinated, conflicted, and profoundly shaped by their relationship to American Indians.Trade Review"Officially Indian provides unique and seminal images from tribal folk and regional and national societies. Writing is engaging and informative herein. Stories and historical context behind images found on circulated coins, postal stamps, war airplanes, and so much more make this volume captivating for the layman, and provides sources for further inquiry for the aspiring and continuing scholar."—Art Library Society of North America"Ganteaume’s book is a needed and helpful text that can begin to push these dialogues into our classrooms in a more complete, historical, and entangled fashion."—Panorama"Officially Indian moves well beyond the overly simplistic narrative that has dominated Western-oriented academics’ telling of American Indian history."—Tribal College Journal "Officially Indian helps us understand how the abstraction of a culture through the white gaze becomes a tool of intellectual genocide across the centuries." —Global Histories"Beautifully illustrated and produced . . . each image or symbol is accompanied by about two pages of explanatory and analytic text. Officially Indian is a fascinating delight."—Steven Conn, The Public Historian

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Book SynopsisFOR STUDENTS GOING ABROAD, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT IS THE FIRST THING TO PACK!Study abroad has never been so popular. Students embarking on life-changing adventures need tried-and-true advice. Since 1993, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT has been the essential guide for young people traveling abroad, helping them better understand the unique experience of international exchange programs. More importantly, it shows students how to avoid many common misunderstandings and problems that can occur in the course of their adjustment to a new culture, a new family, a new school and a new community. Based on her years of research and professional involvement with AFS Intercultural Programs, Dr. Hansel has filled the book with examples taken from the experiences of dozens of exchange students from a broad spectrum of cultures. This much-awaited new edition includes* New communications technology as it affects the experience: e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, online games and blogs and information searches.* Important advice on personal safety and pressing concerns for parents and students in light of war, terrorism and crime.* Changes in society and family life that affect travelers: fast food replacing family meals, a new emphasis on religious beliefs, consumerism and globalism.Now fully updated for the 21st Century THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT supports young people who plan to become exchange students or who are already on such a program, showing how to manage the unexpected "culture shock" and deal with the specific issues that emerge when immersing yourself in an unfamiliar culture.Trade ReviewStudying abroad is an opportunity for discovering yourself, and for finding your place in the world community as never before. In my work with students, I have heard thousands of dreams and fears about what the overseas experience might bring. But inevitably, it was the unimagined dream, the adventure that money could not buy, that proved to be the most fascinating aspect of the sojourn. The Exchange Student Survival Kit has been written with you, and that adventure, in mind. Sometimes people feel that too much reading will spoil the novelty of the experience, as if the new culture we will live in has such limited things to offer that we can master all of it by reading a few books. We might rather think of the old saying "Luck prefers the prepared mind." As you ready yourself to make the most of your time abroad, remember that part of the investment in your own adventure is to be ready to fully experience it. And the collection of ideas in this fully updated and revised book is designed to facilitate that luck! -- Janet M. Bennett The Intercultural Communication Institute Portland, Oregon December 2020I first read a borrowed copy of The Exchange Student Survival Kit in May 1994, just a few months before going on a high school exchange with AFS. As the year abroad progressed, I kept rereading the book, exploring the stories and lessons learned while connecting with my own experiences. I could not ask for a better guide to help me make sense of what I was going through and better understand the international experience's challenges and opportunities. The third edition has just caught up with technology and new developments, but Betsy's practical and valuable insights remain timeless. -- Lucas Welter, former AFS student and Chief Organizational Development and Strategy Officer for AFS Intercultural ProgramsDr. Betsy Hansel's extraordinary book, The Exchange Student Survival Kit (second edition), is a must-read for anyone going overseas through a high school exchange program. Her advice and down-to-earth examples give the prospective exchangee an excellent foundation for developing deeper intercultural insights and skills. From pre-departure to return, this book will greatly help a young person to navigate the often ambiguous waters of cultural differences. -- Mitchell R. Hammer, PhD, President, Hammer Consulting, LLCThe Exchange Student Survival Kit is a wise and exceptionally practical guide that belongs in the hands of every study abroad student contemplating a home stay. When it comes to understanding both the pitfalls and pleasures of an international home stay, there is no better source of advice for both the students and their hosts. -- Bruce La Brack, professor of Anthropology and International Studies, University of the PacificI will never forget my first hot August day in Kansas City! My American family greeted me, their just arrived Italian AFS exchange student, at the bus stop with a loaf of 'Italian garlic bread': I had never seen one before! In this book, Dr. Betsy Hansel goes straight to the essence of culture shock-different views, different values, different perceptions, differentworlds to compare as a student abroad. She shows us the wonderful and painful process to become an open-mindedcitizen of the world. The Exchange Student Survival Kit will be of tremendous help for everyone involved in the exchange student field and, by extension, everybody who deals with cross-cultural differences. -- Dr. Mietta Rodeschini Denti, President, Rotary Club Bergamo, Ovest, Italy

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Book Synopsis'An important book' Martin Wolf, Financial Times (BOOK OF THE YEAR)The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behind The New York Times's "The Morning" newsletter.Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? And what happened to the "American dream"-the promise of a happier, healthier, more prosperous future-which was once such an inextricable part of our national identity?Drawing on decades of writing about the economy for The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Leonhardt examines the past century of American history, from the Great Depression to today's Great Stagnation, in search of an answer.To make sense of the rise and subsequent fall of the American dream, Leonhardt tells the story of the modern American economy as an ongoing battle between two competing forms of capitalism: one that envisions prosperity for most, and one that serves the individual and favors the wealthy. In vivid prose, Ours Was the Shining Future traces how democratic capitalism flourished to make the American dream possible, until the latter decades of the twentieth century when, bit by bit, the dream was corrupted to serve only the privileged few.Ours Was the Shining Future is a sweeping narrative full of innovation and grit, human drama and hope. Featuring the trailblazing figures who helped shape the American dream-Frances Perkins, Paul Hoffman, Cesar Chavez, Robert Kennedy, A. Philip Randolph, Grace Hopper, and more-this engaging history reveals the power of grassroots democratic movements from across the political spectrum. And though the American dream feels lost to us now, Leonhardt shows how Americans-if they commit themselves to transforming the economy, as they did in the past-have the power to revive the dream once moreTrade ReviewDavid Leonhardt is the rare journalist who brilliantly combines a rich "on the ground" understanding of American politics and culture with a command of the latest evidence from economics and social science. Blending these perspectives, his new book gives a sweeping view of how the American Dream of upward mobility faded over the past half century and what we can do to restore it - from changing political power structures to cultural transformation to high-payoff government investments. If you want to build a better future for our children, you will find inspiration in Ours Was the Shining Future. * Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University *An important book -- Martin Wolf * Financial Times, Book of the Year *

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Book SynopsisContradiction forms the basis of all social phenomena. Anyone who has read Georg Simmel will perceive his fascination with the essential complexity that characterizes human interaction. Look for contradiction, he seems to say, and you will find something of vital importance. Ann-Mari Sellerberg applies central themes from Simmel - trust, subordination under principle, adventure, and the position of the poor - and applies them to contemporary phenomena. In so doing, she both illuminates Simmel and reveals how empirical analysis can be extended with insights from his work.Sellerberg describes how Simmel breaks down social phenomena into isolated categories, and within these discerns pairs, or opposites, that work to both hinder and inhibit as well as reinforce and strengthen each other. She describes Simmers method as "methodological interactionism," or a kind of dialectical order, and illustrates how his opposed forces, or pairs, affect each other in three ways. First, she examines how conflicts characterize social phenomena, dealing with such matters as modem motherhood, women in typical women's occupations, trust, and how geriatric patients express their individualism in patient groups. Second, she shows how opposing tendencies become an impetus to continuous change. And third, she shows how it is that interactions of forces in contradiction tend to the ironic and paradoxical.Simmel has been criticized for over-attention to small-scale social phenomena. As Sellerberg shows, these phenomena may seem insignificant, but they have to do with interactions common to virtually all human beings - among them trust, intimacy, and marginality - that have enormous consequence in human life and society. Simmel reminds us that analysis can and should always be taken one step further. Written in nontechnical language, this book will be of interest to scholars and professionals in a broad range of behavioral sciences. The examples that illustrate it will make the book of particular interest to those concerned with health care, marketing, and consumer behavior, as well as those working in the caring professions.

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Book SynopsisAn enlightening, entertaining look at what the term lesbian really meansand what it means to be a lesbianTwenty-First Century Lesbian Studies focuses on the field’s institutionalization into the humanities and social sciences, examining how the term lesbian is used in activist, community, and cultural contexts, and how its use impacts the lives of women who have chosen it as an identity. The book’s contributors include many of the world’s foremost experts in lesbian studies, as well as scholars whose primary research is in bisexuality, transsexuality and transgender, intersex, and queer theory. The innovative essays touch on five individual themesGenealogies, Readings, Theories, Identities, and Locationsas they explore the past, present, and future of lesbian studies.Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies places the term lesbian at the center of analysis, whether as a concept, a category, an identity, a political position, or an object choice. The book’s cutting-edge essays examine the various meanings of lesbian; the risks taken by women who live and/or act, write, and speak as lesbians; current genealogical myths; and the lives, studies, and activism of lesbians who represent a range of geographical and historical contexts. The book presents research produced outside the United States/United Kingdom, two places which tend to dominate the field, and essays that focus on areas, such as medieval studies, that are often ignored in theoretical discussions. Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies considers these questions: does the term lesbian still have relevance as an identity descriptor or political position? who does lesbian include and/or exclude? how does intersectional thinking impact the way we formulate lesbian identities? are we now post-lesbian? what, if anything, defines the field of lesbian studies? what is the current state of the field? what is the possible future of the field? what current topics should be most important to practitioners? how is work that falls under the lesbian studies umbrella connected to efforts in the areas of feminism, LGBT, intersex, and queer straight studies? and many more Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies is an enlightening, entertaining, and essential read for academics and students working in all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, and for the lesbian/queer population, in general.Table of Contents Introduction (Noreen Giffney and Katherine O’Donnell) SECTION I GENEALOGIES: CONTEXTUALIZING THE FIELD Lesbian Studies After The Lesbian Postmodern: Toward a New Genealogy (Laura Doan) A Lesbian-Feminist Journey Through Queer Nation (Bonnie Zimmerman) A Seat at the Table: Some Unpalatable Thoughts on Shame, Envy and Hate in Institutional Cultures (Sally R. Munt) SECTION II READINGS: DESIRING FICTIONS Queer Paradox/Paradoxical Queer: Anne Garréta’s Pas un jour (2002) (Lucille Cairns) Being Faithful: The Ethics of Homoaffection in Antonia Forest’s Marlow Novels (Caroline Gonda) Fragmented Identities, Frustrated Politics: Transsexuals, Lesbians and ’Queer’ (Katherine Johnson) SECTION III THEORIES: DISCIPLINARY CHALLENGES Of Hyacinths (Michèle Aina Barale) Feminist Theorizing as ’Transposed Autobiography’ (renée c. hoogland) Post-Lesbian? Not Yet (Toni A. H. McNaron) Through the Looking Glass: A ’70s Lesbian Feminist Considers Queer Theory (Margaret Cruikshank) Rescuing Lesbian Camp (Clare Hemmings) Refusing to Make Sense: Mapping the In-Coherences of ’Trans’ (J. Bobby Noble) SECTION IV IDENTITIES: THINKING INTERSECTIONALLY Sister Outsider: An Enduring Vision Embracing Myself, My Sister and the ’Other’ (Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes) Contesting ’Straights’: ’Lesbians’, ’Queer Heterosexuals’ and the Critique of Heteronormativity (Annette Schlichter) The Lesbian Community and FTMs: Détente in the Butch/FTM Borderlands (Jillian T. Weiss) Intersections of Lesbian Studies and Postcolonial Studies: One Possible Future for Class (Donna McCormack) Cal/liope in Love: The ’Prescientific’ Desires of an Apolitical ’Hermaphrodite’ (Morgan Holmes) Carved in Flesh? Inscribing Body, Identity and Desire (Kay Inckle) SECTION V LOCATIONS: TRANSLATING ’LESBIAN’ Lesbian Studies and Activism in India (Ruth Vanita) Lesbian Studies in Thailand (Jillana Enteen) Loud and Lusty Lesbian Queers: Lesbian Theory, Research and Debate in the German-Speaking Context (Antke Engel) Quare Éire (Noreen Giffney) The Un/State of Lesbian Studies: An Introduction to Lesbian Communities and Contemporary Legislation in Japan (Claire Maree) Peripheral Perspectives: Locating Lesbian Studies in Australasia (Sara MacBride-Stewart) ’Russian Love’, or, What of Lesbian Studies in Russia? (Nadya Nartova) Queerying Borders: An Afrikan Activist Perspective (Bernedette Muthien) Where Are the Lesbians in Chaucer? Lack, Opportunity and Female Homoeroticism in Medieval Studies Today (Michelle M. Sauer) Index Reference Notes Included

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Book SynopsisIs racial conflict determined by biology or society?So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected by race riots. It is argued by socio-biologists and some schools of psychoanalysis that our instincts are programmed to hate those different to us by evolutionary and developmental mechanisms. This book argues against this line, proposing an alternative drawing on insights from diverse disciplines including anthropology, social psychology and linguistics, to give power-relations a critical explanatory role in the generation of hatreds. Farhad Dalal argues that people differentiate between races in order to make a distinction between the 'haves' and 'must-not-haves', and that this process is cognitive, emotional and political rather than biological. Examining the subject over the past thousand years, Race, Colour and the Processes of Racialisation covers:* psychoanalytic and other theories of racism* a new theorisation of racism based on group analytic theory* a general theory of difference based on the works of Fanon, Elias, Matte-Blanco and Foulkes* application of this theory to race and racism.Farhad Dalal concludes that the structures of society are reflected in the structures of the psyche, and both of these are colour coded. This book will be invaluable to students, academics and practitioners in the areas of psychoanalysis, group analysis, psychotherapy and counselling.Trade Review'Dalal has written an interesting and engaging book that makes a real contribution to our understanding of a much-neglected topic. It deserves to be read both by clinicians and by those interested in theorising the psychodynamics of racism.' - International Journal of Psychoanalysis'This book is useful, both as a stand alone monologue and a text of reference for the reader who wants to dip into the subject area. It should appeal to those with an interest in sociology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, group relations and counselling, to both academics and practicioners.' - Organisational and Social Dynamics'In ten chapters, we have an almost encyclopedic series of summaries, appropriations, and syntheses of previous work on race that are woven seamlessly together without creating what could easily seem like a mere catalogue of ideas. Accordingly, we are treated to scholarly expatiations of the work of Freud, Klein, Fairbairn, and Winnicott that deepen and reconfigure what we know about racism and psychoanalysis. ...Thanks to Dalal's major contribution, psychoanalytic training institutes and psychoanalysis in general now have an authoritative book with informed conceptual pretexts, varied contexts, and a scholarly text on race, racialization, color, ethnicity, and culture. If we want to teach ourselves and our candidates how to theorize race and metapsychology, we should start with Dalal." - Maurice Apprey, The Psychoanalytic Quarterly'Dalal has written an interesting and engaging book that makes a real contribution to our understanding of a much-neglected topic. It deserves to be read both by clinicians and by those interested in theorising the psychodynamics of racism.' - International Journal of Psychoanalysis'This book is useful, both as a stand alone monologue and a text of reference for the reader who wants to dip into the subject area. It should appeal to those with an interest in sociology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, group relations and counselling, to both academics and practicioners.' - Organisational and Social DynamicsTable of ContentsIntroduction. Rethinking Race. Psychoanalysis and Racism. Peeking into the Consulting Room. Other Psychoanalytic Theories of Racism. Fanon: The Colonial Context. Foulkesian Group Analysis. Power: The Generator of Difference. Black and White. Categorization: The Vicissitudes of Difference. Racism: The Vicissitudes of Racialized Differences.

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Book SynopsisCompares and illuminates the congruent ideas of legendary Afro-Caribbean poet Claude McKay and Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley, showing that if a political ideology is needed to life the African Diaspora and global South, it will not be that of globalisation.

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Book SynopsisThis collection assembles some of the country s foremost social scientists in one volume. It contains diverse investigations of metropolitan transformation, recent education policy, the (in)justice of disaster relief, the politics of aesthetics and design, immigration, the mass media, social movements, and the practice of social science itself, among others. Whatever their subjects, the writers investigate the promise and constraints of democratic practice in a time of disturbing growth in inequality and political disempowerment. Although they at times differ from one another, more often, they challenge popular received wisdom on a number of these topics. Cumulatively, the volume amounts to a critical sociological excavation of the United States from its leading social critics that will prove useful to specialists and general readers alike."Trade Review“This collection of fourteen essays on democracy and modern society examines recent trends in American politics, economics and culture in relation to their effects on the disenfranchisement of citizens and the destruction of cherished, if largely fictional, democratic principles. The papers focus on five key contemporary issues: urban form, public policy, immigration, ethno-racial stratification and mobility, mass media and social movements. Contributors are important academics in a variety of fields, including sociology, history, political science and urban planning, from major US universities.” —Eithne O’Leyne, June 2011 Reference and Research Book News "What an amazing collection of writers and ideas! Leading figures in the study of cities, poverty, education, media, immigration, and politics build on decades' worth of research to speak to the policy challenges of the present. Together, the contributors make a powerful case for an engaged sociology that refuses to be limited to small questions. To the contrary, they remind us that rethinking what a city is, what a community is, what poverty is, and what an American is may be essential to good policy." —Francesca Polletta, Professor of Sociology, University of California-Irvine, Author of It Was Like a Fever: Storytelling in Protest and Politics and Freedom Is an Endless Meeting: Democracy in American Social Movements "This volume is a solid and robust renewal of the sociological vision at its very best. The authors insist on relevance, criticality, conceptual rigor and substantive clarity. American Democracy and the Pursuit of Equality will become a classic, and because authors reveal their hopefulness about social change, it is an excellent text for the classroom." —Judith Blau, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Co-Author of Sociology and Human Rights: A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century and President of Sociologists Without Borders (US). Table of ContentsIntroduction The Social Scientist as a Human Being 1 on Getting People to tell you more than they Want to 2 fact and fiction: sociology and the novel Urbanism and Suburbanism as Ways of Life 3 What is an American city? 4 American community in transition 5 Building the American Way: Public subsidy, Private space 6 towards an “Active socioplastics”. People, Plans, and Policies 7 the right hand and the left hand: contradictory social Policies in the lives of the Working Poor 8 understanding the emergence and Persistence of concentrated urban Poverty 9 ignoring Justice in Disaster Planning: An Agenda for research on 9/11, Katrina, and social Policy, The Future of Ethnic Groups and Cultures in America 10 the Battle over Assimilation 11 Assimilation’s Bumpy road, Democracy and the News 12 the concept of Politics in contemporary united states Journalism 13 convergence: news Production in a Digital Age. More Equality14 movements and reform in twentieth-century America

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Book SynopsisIdeological blinders have led to millions of preventable AIDS deaths in Africa. Dr. Edward C. Green, former director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Project, describes how Western AIDS “experts” stubbornly pursued ineffective remedies and sabotaged the most successful AIDS prevention program on that ravaged continent. Drawing on 30 years of conducting research in Africa, Southeast Asia, and other parts of the world in international health, Green offers a set of evidence-based and experience-rich solutions to the AIDS crisis. He calls for new emphasis on promoting sexual fidelity, the only strategy shown by research to work. Controversial but important findings for health researchers, international development specialists, and policy makers.Trade Review"Broken Promises combines a remarkable Present at the Creation' perspective with historical and scientific data to tell a riveting story of how AIDS prevention in Africa went so terribly wrong. You may agree or disagree with Green, but you will never be bored. The lessons go beyond AIDS and even foreign aid' to the very process of how consensus is formed in our supposedly modern scientific world."--Norman Hearst, Professor, University of California, San Francisco"Dr. Edward Green is a pioneer of the approach currently gaining favor for African HIV epidemics: discouraging multiple and concurrent partners and encouraging male circumcision. Broken Promises argues for an approach to AIDS that is more African as well as more evidence based."--Cedza Diamini, Ubuntu Institute, South Africa"Condoms used consistently and correctly do work effectively for couples in some countries, but condom marketing in Africa encourages earlier, riskier sex with more partners, increasing AIDS. Broken Promises explains that difficult but very important distinction."--Nick Danforth, Resident Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis UniversityTable of ContentsProloguePart I The Road to Fidelity 1. Gangs, Maroons, and the Egg Taboo 2. The Visitation Part II Uganda 3. The Twenty-five-cent Solution 4. The Crossroads and the Cul-de-sac 5. Infidelity Part III Calamity's Cradle 6. Putting the Bedroom before the Sickroom 7. Ins and Outs of the Castle Part IV Shifting the Riverbed 8. Jihad 9. Breakthrough 10. Policy by Applause 11. Cracking the Error Ediface 12. Chasing the Wild Programs 13. A Bridge to Somewhere? Epilogue Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisBeauty is raw, powerful, and often dangerous, but when refined, harnessed, and mastered, it can be incredibly influential. Just as there is a good reason why all humans find sugar to be sweet and a growling beast intimidating, there is an evolutionary logic to why our appearances allow us to communicate and manipulate each other at a subconscious level. Who you choose to mate, befriend, or work with often pivots on a few critical yet subliminal decisions made within a fraction of a second. The human brain has been evolving over 3.5 million years, and our thoughts, behaviors, and actions are rooted in a system that is evolutionary, adaptive, and unencumbered by political, social, or religious constraints. Evolution only cares about one thing: survival of our genes. Subliminally Exposed will reveal the how and why behind your actions and empower you to decode and translate others’ subconscious behaviors. Learn: -What male facial feature correlates with a female achieving orgasms more quickly -Why lips are so sexy to men -Why being too thin turns men off, but being overweight if in the right proportions doesn’t -What male facial feature suggests he is more likely to be successful in business or unfaithful? -Why African men like bigger behinds -What changes in a woman’s face occur when she is sexually interested -What you can tell by a man’s hands -Why a penis is shaped the way it is -What one factor matters most in helping a woman to get a raise at work Whether it is for political, employment, or relationship purposes, the knowledge and tools gained from the words in this book can be used for betterment or deceit. It is your choice. Regardless, be forewarned. The information you are about to read may affect every one of your relationships for better or worse in one way or another.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1 The Woman In WhiteChapter 2 The Sexiest Racist AliveChapter 3 Caution: Curves Ahead!Chapter 4 Arnold, Maria and the HousekeeperChapter 5 Scents And SensibilityChapter 6 One-Nighter Or Soul Mate?Chapter 7 Junk in the Trunk Chapter 8 Is He Or Isn’t She?Chapter 9 Do-It-Yourself AllureChapter 10 Sleep Like A Baby, Eat Like A CavemanChapter 11 Primal MedicineChapter 12 Cashing InChapter 13 What’s It All Mean? ConclusionAcknowledgements:About the Author:References:

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Book SynopsisBoth a memoir and a call to action, this book is a gripping account of the author’s quest to eradicate landmines from the face of the earth.Heidi Kühn's commitment to fostering peace and raising awareness has been a driving force in her life—from her early days as a student at the University of California, Berkeley, to her time as a reporter in Juneau, Alaska, covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill and US-Russia relations. After overcoming a potentially terminal cancer diagnosis that threatened everything she held dear, Heidi became determined to rid the world of another form of cancer that has plagued the world for decades—landmines—in regions as far-flung as Croatia Vietnam, and Afghanistan.  Inspired by her work of the late Princess Diana, Heidi began the humanitarian organization Roots of Peace from the basement off her Northern California home. She gained the support of famed Napa Valley vintners Robert Mondavi and Mike Grgich, and soon her mines-to-vines. mission began to take hold.  In this powerful memoir, Heidi tells the Roots of Peace story, guiding the reader from the early days in which she built her vision to her current presence on the global stage, where she has worked with presidents, prime ministers, landmine survivors, and religious leaders from around the world to spread a message of peace and recovery. In the years since the founding of Roots of Peace, its agricultural projects have made tremendous progress to fight against landmines, revitalizing devastated land and uplifting the lives of countless people in the process.  Through recalling her journey, Heidi reveals the remarkable change an ordinary person can inspire. Her story is one of faith, healing, and the compassion needed to grow a more peaceful world. Breaking Ground will encourage you to do the extraordinary and help plant the seeds of change for a brighter future.

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of letters between a South African political prisoner and a community organizer in Durban, two people who have never met become dear friends during the last decade of apartheid. Ahmed Kathrada is being held in Robben Island when he sends a letter to a former flat mate and receives a reply from the man's sister, Zuleikha Mayat, the "Betty Crocker" of South Africa and the editor of the best-selling cookbook Indian Delights. Virtual strangers, these two have in common their small-town Transvaal childhoods, and they find much to explore in their different approaches to culture, politics, and religion. The letters are written with wit and style as they discuss both the issues of the day and the sustenance found in memory.

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Book SynopsisIn the last decade, the relationship between settler Canadians and Indigenous Peoples has been highlighted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the Idle No More movement, the Wet'suwet'en struggle against pipeline development and other Indigenous-led struggles for Indigenous sovereignty and decolonization. Increasing numbers of Canadians are beginning to recognize how settler colonialism continues to shape relationships on these lands. With this recognition comes the question many settler Canadians are now asking, what can I do?Living in Indigenous Sovereignty lifts up the wisdom of Indigenous scholars, activists and knowledge keepers who speak pointedly to what they are asking of non-Indigenous people. It also shares the experiences of thirteen white settler Canadians who are deeply engaged in solidarity work with Indigenous Peoples. Together, these stories offer inspiration and guidance for settler Canadians who wish to live honourably in relationship with Indigenous Peoples, laws and lands. If Canadians truly want to achieve this goal, Carlson and Rowe argue, they will pursue a reorientation of their lives toward "living in Indigenous sovereignty" - living in an awareness that these are Indigenous lands, containing relationships, laws, protocols, stories, obligations and opportunities that have been understood and practised by Indigenous peoples since time immemorial.Collectively, these stories will help settler Canadians understand what transformations we must undertake if we are to fundamentally shift our current relations and find a new way forward, together.

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Book SynopsisThe history of abortion decriminalization and critical advocacy efforts to improve access in Canada deserve to be better known. Ordinary people persevered to make Canada the most progressive country in the world with respect to abortion care. But while abortion access is poorly understood, so too are the persistent threats to reproductive justice in this country: sexual violence, gun violence, homophobia and transphobia, criminalization of sex work, reproductive oppression of Indigenous women and girls, privatization of fertility health services, and the racism and colonialism of policing and the prison system. This beautifully illustrated book tells the empowering true stories behind the struggles for reproductive justice in Canada, celebrating past wins and revealing how prison abolitionism is key to the path forward.

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Book SynopsisIn Africa Dances Gorer takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of Feral Benga, one of the great black ballet stars of 1930s Paris. It is a devastating critique of colonial rule, which is shown to be destroying African society just as effectively as Christian missionaries undermine indigenous morality. Africa Dances captures the rich physical and psychological detail of African village life from food and architecture to dance and magic. Gorer witnesses men diving for three-quarters of an hour without coming up for breath, witch-doctors conjuring thunderstorms out of clear blue skies, and chameleon fetishists whose skin changes from a dirty white to almost black. This is a place where if you believe, you can.Trade ReviewHe has made one of the most singular journeys of modern times, and he has given us a book which opens a window on a world that most of us hardly realise exists ...There are no reservations in this astonishing book. Sex, religion, politics the place of fetish and magic, wrestling, dancing and marriage ... A book I could not put down from the first page to the last. Daily Telegraph

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