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Book SynopsisDoes the way we think about our minds matter? Our judgements about what counts as thought are so intimate that we may not even realize that we make them. But we do and the way we make them has consequences for our sense of the real. The Mind and Spirit project (presented in this volume) finds that the way people think about thinking, shapes the way they experience (what they take to be) gods and spiritsAuthors are a team of anthropologists and psychologists who worked together for two years across sites in the United States, Ghana, Thailand, China, and VanuatuArgues that there are cultural differences in the way social worlds represent the mind' we call these local theories of mind and that these differences affect whether and how people, for instance, hear the voices of the dead or feel the presence ofGodDiscusses how the ways people think about thought and interiority can alter human sensory experience itself Table of ContentsNotes on contributors 1. Mind and Spirit: a comparative theory about representation of mind and the experience of spirit (T.M. Luhrmann) 2. From karma to sin: a kaleidoscopic theory of mind and Christian experience in northern Thailand (Felicity Aulino) 3. Crossing the buffer: ontological anxiety among US evangelicals and an anthropological theory of mind (Joshua Brahinsky) 4. Vulnerable minds, bodily thoughts, and sensory spirits: local theory of mind and spiritual experience in Ghana (John Dulin) 5. Adwenhoasem: an Akan theory of mind (Vivian Afi Dzokoto) 6. The mind and the Devil: porosity and discernment in two Chinese charismatic‐style churches (Emily Ng) 7. Empowered imagination and mental vulnerability: local theory of mind and spiritual experience in Vanuatu (Rachel E. Smith) 8. What anthropologists can learn from psychologists, and the other way around (Kara Weisman and T.M. Luhrmann) 9. Thinking about thinking: the mind's porosity and the presence of the gods (T.M. Luhrmann) Index

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Book SynopsisTRUSTING THE NEWS in a Digital Age How to use critical thinking to discern real news from fake newsTrusting the News in a Digital Age provides an ethical framework and the much-needed tools for assessing information produced in our digital age. With the tsunami of information on social media and other venues, many have come to distrust all forms of communication, including the news. This practical text offers guidance on how to use critical thinking, appropriate skepticism, and journalistic curiosity to handle this flow of undifferentiated information. Designed to encourage critical thinking, each chapter introduces specific content, followed at the end of each section with an ethical dilemma. The ideas presented are based on the author's experiences as a teacher and public editor/ombudsman at NPR News. Trusting the News in a Digital Age prepares readers to deal with changes to news and information in the digital environment. It brings to light the fact that journalism is about treating the public as citizens first, and consumers of information second. This important text:Reveals how to use critical thinking to handle the never-ending flow of informationContains ethical dilemmas to help sharpen critical thinking skillsExplains how to verify sources and spot fraudsLooks at the economic and technological conditions that facilitated changes in communicationWritten for students of journalism and media studies, Trusting the News in the Digital Age offers guidance on how to hone critical thinking skills needed to discern fact from fiction.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction to News Literacy Chapter 2: Changing Definitions of News Chapter 3: Why News Ethics? Why Now? Chapter 4: Verification = Trust Chapter 5: The Effect of Digital on Media Forms Chapter 6: When the Audience is Biased Chapter 7: When the News is Biased Chapter 8: The Economics of Journalism in a Digital Age Chapter 9: Framing and Deconstructing the News Chapter 10 – News Sources: Credible and Less Credible Chapter 11: Trusting Journalism in a Time of “Fake News” Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“If you are a media and journalism student, an academic across most disciplines, including the health sciences, or someone who works in the fact-checking or disinformation space, this book is highly recommended for you.” - Yossabel Chetty, The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change, August 8, 2022 “All in all, the book is a very valuable contribution both to the field of mis- and disinformation studies and to communication research in the Global South.” – Global Media Journal, Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023): Spring/Summer 2023 “One of the merits of this excellent book is that its contributors offer practical solutions on how the infodemic can be confronted, such as coordinated campaigns for media literacy.” - International Journal of Communication 17(2023), Book Review 2448–2451 Table of ContentsBiographical Notes ix Foreword xvGuy Berger, UNESCO Director for Strategies and Policies in the Field of Information and Communication Section 1 – Histories, Theories, and Methods 1 1 Contextualizing Fake News: Can Online Falsehoods Spread Fast When Internet Is Slow? 3Edson C. Tandoc Jr. 2 Disinformation in Arab Media: Cultural Histories and Political Dynamics 15Saba Bebawi 3 Manipulated Facts and Spreadable Fantasies: Battles Over History in the Indian Digital Sphere 26Sangeet Kumar 4 Research Methods in Comparative Disinformation Studies 41Dani Madrid-Morales and Herman Wasserman Section 2 – Cultures of Disinformation 59 5 Noise in Kinshasa: Ethnographic Notes on the Meanings of Mis- and Disinformation in a Post-Colonial African City 61Katrien Pype and Sébastien Maluta Makaya 6 Aliens, Spies, and Staged Vandalism: Disinformation in the 2019 Protests in Chile 74Ingrid Bachmann, Daniela Grassau, and Claudia Labarca 7 Encountering and Correcting Misinformation on WhatsApp: The Roles of User Motivations and Trust in Messaging Group Members 88Ozan Kuru, Scott W. Campbell, Joseph B. Bayer, Lemi Baruh, and Richard Ling 8 “Rumor Debunking” as a Propaganda and Censorship Strategy in China: The Case of the COVID-19 Outbreak 108Kecheng Fang 9 Media System Incentives for Disinformation: Exploring the Relationships Between Institutional Design and Disinformation Vulnerability 123Jose Mari Hall Lanuza and Cleve V. Arguelles 10 Lies, Damned Lies, and Development: Why Statistics and Data Can No Longer Confront Disinformation in the Global South 140Jairo Lugo-Ocando and Alessandro Martinisi Section 3 – Responses: Southern Perspectives 159 11 Online Misinformation: Policy Lessons from the Global South 161Anya Schiffrin and Peter Cunliffe-Jones 12 Responses to Misinformation: Examining the Kenyan Context 179Melissa Tully 13 How Three Mission-Driven News Organizations in the Global South Combat Disinformation Through Investigation, Innovation, Advocacy, and Education 193Nabeelah Shabbir, Julie Posetti, and Felix M. Simon Conclusion 210Herman Wasserman and Dani Madrid-Morales Index 221

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Book SynopsisThe fully revised new edition of the defining reference work in the field of medical anthropology A Companion to Medical Anthropology, Second Edition provides the most complete account of the key issues and debates in this dynamic, rapidly growing field. Bringing together contributions by leading international authorities in medical anthropology, this comprehensive reference work presents critical assessments and interpretations of a wide range of topical themes, including global and environmental health, political violence and war, poverty, malnutrition, substance abuse, reproductive health, and infectious diseases. Throughout the text, readers explore the global, historical, and political factors that continue to influence how health and illness are experienced and understood. The second edition is fully updated to reflect current controversies and significant new developments in the anthropology of health and related fields. More than twenty new and revised articles address research areas including war and health, illicit drug abuse, climate change and health, colonialism and modern biomedicine, activist-led research, syndemics, ethnomedicines, biocommunicability, COVID-19, and many others. Highlighting the impact medical anthropologists have on global health care policy and practice, A Companion to Medical Anthropology, Second Edition: Features specially commissioned articles by medical anthropologists working in communities worldwideDiscusses future trends and emerging research areas in the fieldDescribes biocultural approaches to health and illness and research design and methods in applied medical anthropology Addresses topics including chronic diseases, rising levels of inequality, war and health, migration and health, nutritional health, self-medication, and end of life care Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology series, A Companion to Medical Anthropology, Second Edition, remains an indispensable resource for medical anthropologists, as well as an excellent textbook for courses in medical anthropology, ethnomedicine, global health care, and medical policy.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Part I: Theories, Applications, and Methods 7 1 Re/Inventing Medical Anthropology: Definitional Struggles and Key Debates (Or: Answering the Cri Du Coeur) 9Elisa J. Sobo 2 Critical Biocultural Approaches to Health and Illness 26Thomas L. Leatherman and Alan H. Goodman 3 Applied Medical Anthropology: Praxis, Pragmatics, Politics, and Promises 49Robert T. Trotter, II 4 Research Design and Methods in Medical Anthropology 67Clarence C. Gravlee Part II: Contexts and Conditions 93 5 Culture and the Stress Process 95William W. Dressler 6 Global Health 109Craig R. Janes, Jennifer A. Liu, and Kitty K. Corbett 7 Syndemics in Global Health 126Merrill Singer and Emily Mendenhall 8 The Ecology of Health and Disease 145Patricia K. Townsend 9 The Medical Anthropology of Water and Sanitation 160E. Christian Wells and Linda M. Whiteford 10 Medical Anthropology of Political Violence and War 180Barbara Rylko-Bauer 11 Medical Anthropology at the End of Life 198Ron Barrett Part III: Health and Behavior 213 12 The Anthropology of Reproduction 215Elise Andaya and Mounia El Kotni 13 Anthropological Approaches to Migration and Health 230Heide Castañeda 14 Current Approaches to Nutritional Health in Medical Anthropology 245Deven Gray, David Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero-Daza, and Charlotte Noble 15 Cancers’ Multiplicities: Anthropologies of Interventions and Care 260Lenore Manderson 16 Anthropology and the Study of Illicit Drug Use 275J. Bryan Page 17 Revisiting Generation Rx: Emerging Trends in Pharmaceutical Enhancement, Lifestyle Regulation, Self-Medication, and Recreational Drug Use 295Gilbert Quintero and Mark Nichter Part IV: Healthwork: Care, Treatment, and Communication 315 18 Ethnomedicines: Traditions of Medical Knowledge 317Marsha B. Quinlan 19 Medical Pluralism: An Evolving and Contested Concept in Medical Anthropology 342Hans A. Baer 20 Biotechnologies of Care 358Ruth Fitzgerald and Julie Park 21 Medicine: Colonial, Postcolonial, or Decolonial? 373César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero 22 The Politics of Communicability 388Charles L. Briggs Part V: The Road Ahead 407 23 When Workers’ Health is Public Health: The Structural Complicity of State Public Health Policies on Covid-19 Spread in Meat-Processing Plants and Minority Communities 409Sandy Smith-Nonini 24 Climate Change and Health: Anthropology and Beyond 429Merrill Singer, Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet, and Ashley L. Graham Index 442

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Book SynopsisThe latest edition of an accessible and comprehensive survey of Native America In this newly revised third edition of Native America: A History, Michael Leroy Oberg and Peter Jakob Olsen-Harbich deliver a thoroughly updated, incisive narrative history of North America's Indigenous peoples. The authors aim to provide readers with an overview of the principal themes and developments in Native American history, from the first peopling of the continent to the present, by following twelve Native communities whose histories serve as exemplars for the common experiences of North America's diverse Indigenous nations. This textbook centers the history of Native America and presents it as flowing through channels distinct from those of the United States. This is a history of nations not merely acted upon, but rather of those that have responded to, resisted, ignored, and shaped the efforts of foreign powers to control their story. This new edition has been comprehensively updated in all its chapters and expanded with wider coverage of the most significant recent events and trends in Native America through the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Native America: A History, Third Edition also includes: A survey of pre-Columbian North American traditions and the various ways in which these traditions were deployed to comprehend and respond to the arrival of Europeans. In-depth examinations of how Native nations navigated the challenges of colonialism and fought to survive while marginalized behind the frontiers of European empires and the United States. Nuanced analyses of how Indigenous peoples balanced the economic benefits offered by assimilation with the cultural and political imperatives of maintaining traditions and sovereignty. An accessible presentation of American tribal law and the strategies used by Native nations to establish government-to-government relationships with the United States despite the repeated failures of that state to honor its legal commitments. Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students seeking a broad historical treatment of Indigenous peoples in the United States, Native America: A History, Third Edition will earn a place in the libraries of anyone with an interest in seeking an authoritative and engaging survey of Native American history.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Maps Introduction 1 Myths and Legends The Beginning of the World Rules for Living Bears 2 Worlds New and Worlds Old The Fundamental Violence of Discovery Paths of Destruction Tsenacommacah The Mohegans New Worlds 3 Living in the New World Mourning Wars Colonizing the Mohegans The Word of God Colonizing the Powhatans Forging the Covenant Chain Indigenous Peoples and the French in a World of War The Pueblos’ Revolt Horses The Grand Settlement The Cherokees Indigenous Peoples and the Nature of Empires 4 Indigenous Peoples and the Fall of European Empires Penn’s Woods The Potawatomis in a World of Conflicting Empires Settlement and Unsettledness Life at the Western Door Behind the Frontier The Great Wars for Empire The Proclamation and the Indian Boundary Line Indians and Empires 5 Indigenous Peoples and the Rise of a New American Empire Change in the Far Western World Declarations of Independence The Revolution and the Longhouse Cherokees and Chickamaugas England’s Allies and the Confederation The Six Nations and the Empire State Confederations A New Order for the Ages 1794, A Year of Consequence The White Man’s Republic 6 Relocations and Removes The Mohegans’ Struggle for Independence The Rise of the Prophet Handsome Lake Dispossessing the Senecas Pioneers and Exiles Removing from the Missions The Optimism of the Imperialist 7 The Invasion of the Great West Pledges and Promises Settling In and Settling Down Homesteaders Concentration The Indians’ Civil War Peace and War 8 The Age of Dispossession “Conform To It or Be Crushed By It” Spelatch Ghost Dancers The Assault on Indian Identity Living Under the New Regime The New Life in the Indian Territory The Crows and the Life on the Northern Plains Indigenous Peoples in the Eastern United States A Movement for Reform The Origins of the Indian New Deal 9 New Deals and Old Deals Reforming Indian Policy Indigenous Peoples and World War II Termination and the Coalminer’s Canary Cleaning the Slate New Frontiers Red Power 10 Sovereign Nations and Colonized Nations The Importance of 1978 The State of the Nations Exercising Sovereignty Toward the Future Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat does a feminist urban theory look like for the twenty first century? This book puts knowledges of feminist urban scholars, feminist scholars of social reproduction, and other urban theorists into conversation to propose an approach to the urban that recognises social reproduction both as foundational to urban transformations and as a methodological entry-point for urban studies. Offers an approach feminist urban theory that remains intentionally cautious of universal uses of social reproduction theory, instead focusing analytical attention on historical contingency and social difference Eleven chapters that collectively address distinct elements of the contemporary crisis in social reproduction and the urban through the lenses of infrastructure and subjectivity formation as well as through feminist efforts to decolonize urban knowledge production Deepens understandings of how people shape and reshape the spatial forms of their everyday lives, furtTrade Review‘Our time is fraught—global, intimate, differentiated—lived at different speeds with different horizons, but its insecurities and possibilities place social reproduction at its heart. This collection creatively and incisively reveals how centering social reproduction as theory and method reshapes the social ontology of the urban. Across sites and scales, an international group of authors offer compelling and original analyses of the material social practices and struggles that make social reproduction such a resonant frame to reimagine and remake urban social life so that it sings with possibility.’Cindi Katz, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Environmental Psychology at The City University of New York, Graduate Center, USATable of ContentsList of Contributors xi Series Editors’ Preface xiii Preface xv 1 Rethinking Social Reproduction and the Urban 1Gökbörü Sarp Tanyildiz, Linda Peake, Elsa Koleth, Rajyashree N. Reddy, darren patrick/dp, and Susan Ruddick Introduction 1 Social Reproduction 5 Social Reproduction and the Urban 10 Making the Urban Through Feminist Knowledge Production 13 Infrastructures 13 Subjectivities 17 Decolonizing Feminist Urban Knowledge 21 Methodologies 25 The Limits of Social Reproduction 29 Coda: Social Reproduction and the Urban During a Pandemic 31 References 34 2 Sociability and Social Reproduction in Times of Disaster: Exploring the Role of Expressive Urban Cultural Practices in Haiti and Puerto Rico 42Nathalia Santos Ocasio and Beverley Mullings Introduction 42 The Hidden Transcript of Resilience and Its Social Reproductive Roots 47 Sociability, Expressive Cultural Practice, and Social Reproduction in the Caribbean 51 Social Reproduction and the Unbearable Subversions of Expressive Cultural Practice: Exploring the Power of Rabòday and Plena 53 The Possibilities and Limits of Expressive Cultural Practice to Transformational Change 56 References 61 3 ‘Never/Again’: Reading the Qayqayt Nation and New Westminster in Public Poetry Installations 66Emily Fedoruk Introduction 66 Social Reproduction and the Urban in the Context of Settler Colonialism 69 Ask Again: Authorship and a Short History of the Qayqayt 74 Colonial Legibility and the Postmodern Media of Recognition 80 References 89 4 Gender in Resistance: Emotion, Affective Labour, and Social Reproduction in Athens 92Mantha Katsikana Introduction 92 Protest and Resistance in Athens 93 Feminist Social Reproduction in the Context of Urban Activism 96 Placing Social Reproduction in the Anti-authoritarian/Anarchist Commons 97 The Commons and the De-politicization of the Personal 101 Anarchist Commons: Performances and Cultures of Resistance and the Re-making of Safe Spaces 105 Politicizing Emotion: Dispossession and Empowering Practices of Social Reproduction in the Urban 107 Conclusion 110 References 112 5 ‘Sustaining Lives is What Matters’: Contested Infrastructure, Social Reproduction, and Feminist Urban Praxis in Catalonia 115James Angel Introduction 115 Positionality and Praxis 117 Social Reproduction, Infrastructure, and the Urban 119 Contested Catalonia 121 #AguaParaEsther 123 Feminist Praxis 126 Reproducing the Urban Otherwise 130 Conclusion 132 References 134 6 Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction and Its Invisible Work in Urban Revitalization 138Faranak Miraftab Introduction 138 A Landscape of New Inequalities in the Rustbelt and Its Social and Spatial Transformation 140 Social Reproduction and Its Global Restructuring 143 Relational Framing and Radical Feminist Urban Scholarship 144 Social Reproduction and Feminist Urban Scholarship 147 Outsourced Social Reproduction and Revitalization of Urban Space 150 Conclusion 153 References 157 7 From the Kampung to the Courtroom: A Feminist Intersectional Analysis of the Human Right to Water as a Tool for Poor Women’s Urban Praxis in Jakarta 162Meera Karunananthan Introduction 162 Methodology and Positionality 163 Water, the Urban, and Social Reproduction 164 The Privatization of Water and Anti-privatization Struggles in Indonesia 169 Solidaritas Perempuan Jakarta and Poor Women’s Rights to Water 171 Legal Challenges Against Privatization 172 Community-based Research on the Impacts of Privatization 174 Conclusion 178 References 181 8 Re-imagine Urban Antispaces! for a Decolonial Social Reproduction 186Natasha Aruri Introduction: Linking the ‘Anti-Politics Machine’ and Socio-Spacio-Cide 186 The ‘Anti-Politics Machine’ in Palestine 190 Socio-cide: Spatial Militarization and Antispaces 192 Ramallah’s Tomorrow: Between Individualisms and Commons 200 Refiguring and Reconfiguring for Resilience: Takhayyali [Imagine] Ramallah 203 References 211 9 Forced Displacement, Migration, and (Trans)national Care Networks: Practices of Urban Space Production in Colombia and Spain 215Camila Esguerra Muelle, Diana Ojeda, and Friederike Fleischer Introduction 215 (Trans)national Care Networks, Social Reproduction, and Urban Space 217 War, Migration, and Care: Colombian Care Workers in Spain 221 Communitarian Mothers in Colombia 225 Conclusion 229 References 232 10 Tenga Nehungwaru: Navigating Gendered Food Precarity in Three African Secondary Urban Settlements 236Belinda Dodson and Liam Riley Introduction 236 Food and Social Reproduction in African Cities 239 The Consuming Urban Poverty (CUP) Project: Research Methods and Researcher Positionality 241 Urban Food Systems and Food Insecurity in Kitwe, Kisumu, and Epworth 244 Lived Urban Geographies of Food Access and Food Poverty in Kitwe, Kisumu, and Epworth 247 Marital Status, Household Form, and Gendered Occupations 247 Food Procurement and Access 251 Conclusion 255 References 258 11 Infrastructures of Social Reproduction: Dialogic Collaboration and Feminist Comparative Urbanism 262Tom Gillespie and Kate Hardy Introduction 262 Feminist Urban Scholarship and Comparative Urbanism 263 Thinking Comparatively Between Córdoba and London 265 Dialogic Collaboration 268 Situated Knowledge 269 Solidarity 270 Collaboration 271 Iteration 272 Gendered Urban Struggles in Córdoba and London 273 Subjectivation 273 Demands 275 Strategy 276 Infrastructures of Social Reproduction and the Urban 279 Conclusion 280 References 281 Index 285

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Book SynopsisA timely feminist intervention on gender, communication, and women's human rights The Handbook on Gender, Communication, and Women's Human Rights engages contemporary debates on women's rights, democracy, and neoliberalism through the lens of feminist communication scholarship. The first major collection of its kind published in the COVID-19 era, this unique volume frames a wide range of issues relevant to the gender and communication agenda within a human rights framework. An international panel of feminist academics and activists examines how media, information, and communication systems contribute to enabling, ignoring, questioning, or denying women's human and communication rights. Divided into four parts, the Handbook covers governance and policy, systems and institutions, advocacy and activism, and content, rights, and freedoms. Throughout the text, the contributors demonstrate the need for strong feminist critiques of exclusionary power structures, highlight new opportunities and challenges in promoting change, illustrate both the risks and rewards associated with digital communication, and much more. Offers a state-of-the-art exploration of the intersection between gender, communication, and women's rightsAddresses both core and emerging topics in feminist media scholarship and researchDiscusses the vital role of communication systems and processes in women's struggles to claim and exercise their rightsAnalyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated structures of inequality and intensified the spread of disinformationExplores feminist-based concepts and approaches that could enrich communication policy at all levels Part of the Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research series, TheHandbook of Gender, Communication, and Women's Human Rights is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, journalism, feminist studies, gender studies, global studies, and human rights programs at institutions around the world. It is also an invaluable resource for academics, researchers, policymakers, and civil society and human rights activists.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgements xv 1 Introduction: Gender, Communication, and Women's Human Rights 1Margaret Gallagher and Aimée Vega Montiel Part I Governance and Policy 15 2 Gender Dimensions of Communication Governance: Perspectives, Principles, and Practices 17Claudia Padovani 3 Communicating Gender in Global Development 35Karin Gwinn Wilkins 4 Gendered Disinformation and Platform Accountability 53Margaret Gallagher 5 From Media Reform to Data Justice: Situating Women's Rights as Human Rights 71Leslie Regan Shade Part II Systems and Institutions 89 6 Gender, Race, and Locality: Intersectionality in Media and Communication 91Laura Guimarães Corrêa 7 Gender Dimensions of Communication Industries: A Political Economy Analysis 105Carolyn M. Byerly 8 Power in AI: Inequality Within and Without the Algorithm 123Kate Devlin 9 Challenges for Women Journalists in the Age of Covid, and Union and Media Repression: One Trade Unionist's Perspective 141Mindy Ran 10 Women and the News: Reimagining Journalism 159Maria João Silveirinha 11 Revisiting and Unpacking the #MeToo Moment 175Ammu Joseph Part III Content, Rights, and Freedoms 193 12 Promoting Gender Equality in Media Content: A Limitation or Extension of Freedom of Expression? 195Maria Edström and Eva-Maria Svensson 13 Digital Culture, Online Misogyny, and Gender-based Violence 213Debbie Ging 14 Media Do Not Represent Me: Young Women's Social Media Lives 229Rosalind Gill and Whitney Francois-Cull 15 Gendering Surveillance from a South Asian Perspective 245Shmyla Khan 16 Pornography in Feminist Theory 261Rosa Cobo Bedía 17 Violence Against Women in and Through the Media and Digital Technologies 273Aimée Vega Montiel Part IV Strategies, Advocacy, and Activism 287 18 The Feminist Principles of the Internet: A Framework for Feminist Organizing and Research in a Digital Age 289Janine Moolman and Christy Alves Nascimento 19 Lessons Learned from Communication Strategies Created by Indigenous Women 305Karla Prudencio 20 Gender Equality in and Through the Media in Southern Africa 321Tarisai Nyamweda 21 Digital Media and Feminist Activism in Latin America: Cyberfeminism 3.0 337Graciela Natansohn 22 A Feminist Critique of Gender Mainstreaming in Journalism and Communication Education 347Yanet Martínez Toledo, Lucía Gloria Vázquez Rodríguez, and María Soledad Vargas 23 Building the Evidence for Feminist Advocacy and Awareness-raising: The Global Media Monitoring Project 361Sarah Macharia 24 Transnational Feminist Organizing and Advocacy for Gender Justice and Women's Rights 377Dinah Musindarwezo, Felogene Anumo, and Sanyu Awori Index 395

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, sweeping history of the contemporary women’s movement told through the lives and works of the literary women who shaped itTrade Review"They’ve done it again!... Make space on your bookshelf for this lively and indispensable volume." -- Elaine Showalter, professor emerita of English, Princeton University"Still Mad is clever, playful and full of memorable turns of phrase… and its combination of ideas, clear prose and enthralling stories will make it an important text not only for literary scholars and historians but also for the general reader." -- Martha Rampton - Literary Review

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Book SynopsisAn extensive and inclusive account of the media environments of 45 countries worldwide In Media Compass: A Companion to International Media Landscapes, an international team of prominent scholars examines both long-term media systems and fluctuating trends in media usage around the world. Integrating country-specific summaries and cross-cutting studies of geopolitical regions, this interdisciplinary reference work describes key elements in the political, social, demographic, cultural, and economic conditions of media infrastructures and public communication. Enabling the mapping of media landscapes internationally, Media Compass contains up-to-date empirical surveys of individual countries and regions, as well as cross-country comparisons of particular areas of public communication. 45 entries, each guiding readers from a general summary to a more in-depth discussion of a country's specific media landscape, address formative conditions and circumstances, h

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements and practical applications of machine learning techniques. Machine learning (ML), a branch of artificial intelligence, has gained tremendous momentum in recent years, revolutionizing the way we analyze data, make predictions, and solve complex problems. As researchers and practitioners in the field, the editors of this book recognize the importance of disseminating knowledge and fostering collaboration to further advance this dynamic discipline. How Machine Learning is Innovating Today''s World is a timely book and presents a diverse collection of 25 chapters that delve into the remarkable ways that ML is transforming various fields and industries. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the practical applications of ML techniques. The wide range of topics include: An analysis of various tokenization techniques and the sequence-to-sequence model in natural language process

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Book SynopsisSocial Movements: An Anthropological Reader expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus-thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike. Based on fieldwork carried out on four continents - North America, South America, Africa, and Asia - and in 14 countries Includes articles that address problems ranging from global health and the spread of diseases; loss of control over basic resources such as water and fuel; militarization; to the repression of indigenous peoples and of women Offers solutions formulated by local peoples Trade Review"Expands on standard studies of social movements by offering a collection of writings that is exclusively anthropological in nature and global in its focus - thereby serving as an invaluable tool for instructors and students alike." Anthropologie "I would highly recommend the book for development scholars." Development and Change “Between global processes and local contexts, a great variety of social movements are at work. This careful and theoretically illuminating selection of case studies shows June Nash’s masterful grasp of a quickly growing field in anthropology.” Ulf Hannerz, Stockholm University “An exciting volume! The contributors write from first-hand ethnographic knowledge of struggles in the anti-globalization movement, including the indigenous, peasants, women, industrial and urban workers, and even Islamic movements as they work to achieve a more equitable, democratic society.” Helen Safa, University of Florida “With characteristic excellence and originality, June Nash traces a particular history in the making: how localized struggles worldwide are emerging globally in response to the devastations of economic corporate globalization.” Saskia Sassen, author of Globalization and its DiscontentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments x Notes on Contributors xi Introduction: Social Movements and Global Processes 1 June Nash Part I Fragmentation and the Recomposition of Civil Society 27 1 When Networks Don’t Work: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Civil Society Initiatives in Central America 29 Marc Edelman As contemporary social movements network with one another, form coalitions, and seek to establish claims to constitute part of national and global civil society, new, hybrid organizational forms emerge. Analyzing the rise of transnational Central America-wide civil society initiatives in the 1990s (and their decline and reemergence), Marc Edelman suggests that the new prominence of ‘‘networks,’’ whether as political claims or as linked computers or social movements, exacerbates a problem with profound methodological, political, ethical, and representational dimensions that is acknowledged only occasionally in the social movements literature – the appearance of ‘‘fictitious’’ or ‘‘shell’’ organizations and, more recently, ‘‘dot causes’’ or internet-based advocacy organizations with minuscule or indeterminate constituencies. 2 The State and the Right Wing: The Village Scout Movement in Thailand 46 Katherine A. Bowie The concept of a state-sponsored social movement, particularly a right-wing movement, contradicts assumptions identifying civil society as counter to the state and of social movements as ideologically left-wing. Katherine Bowie’s study of the ‘‘Village Scouts,’’ a state-sponsored social movement created in Thailand in 1971 to counter the simultaneous growth of communist insurgency and the pro-democracy movement in that country, challenges such assumptions. Because of the movement’s dedication to ‘‘King, Nation, and Religion,’’ the state’s deployment of the symbolism of monarchy and family in the Village Scouts forged a temporary cross-class alliance, merging the hopes of the poor with the fears of the rich. 3 Gender, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity 66 Lynn Stephen Organizing requires the projection of ‘‘sameness’’ to outsiders. Strategically, demands must stem from a coherent social location understandable to those who are the audience for them – often, institutions of the state. This article compares the processes internal to social movements with their presentation of ‘‘self’’ to outsiders, through examining the tension between political identity formation as the constant and contingent negotiation of difference within organizations and the need to project unitary identities that usually result in essentialization, using a human rights case and indigenous autonomy movement. 4 Activism and Class Identity: The Saturn Auto Factory Case 78 Sharryn Kasmir At the Saturn automobile plant in Tennessee the union has negotiated a pathbreaking agreement that has transformed management–labor relations. Yet despite the effectiveness of this project in shaping workers’ aspirations, expectations, and senses of self, activists mobilized an oppositional identity that was premised on working-class solidarity. Showing how class identity is shaped in the course of social action, this case study contributes to the ethnographic literature on working-class consciousness which argues that consciousness is made, not given, and that the anthropologist’s job is to document the mutable character of workers’ identifications and to determine the conditions in which different identities are made. Part II Secularization and Fundamentalist Reactions 97 5 Print Islam: Media and Religious Revolution in Afghanistan 99 David B. Edwards This article considers the role of three forms of print media in the development of radical Islamic political ideology and organization in Afghanistan. Through an examination of newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines, David Edwards considers the way in which textual forms have supplemented ideological content in helping to produce Islamic political militancy and authoritarian political parties in the Afghan context. 6 Local Islam Gone Global: The Roots of Religious Militancy in Egypt and its Transnational Transformation 117 James Toth Osama bin Laden and his al-Qa’eda network of Islamic ‘‘militants’’ have been well documented in the media, but understanding the roots of their emergence and growth remains insufficient. The spread of one group of Islamists, those in southern Egypt, highlights the economic, political, social, and ethical issues that nourish both the local and the global manifestations of the Islamic campaign. James Toth offers a number of models or interpretations that, in combination, may help explain how such parochial movements in the Egyptian Sa’id contributed to forming a global Islamic crusade. 7 Nationalism and Millenarianism in West Papua: Institutional Power, Interpretive Practice, and the Pursuit of Christian Truth 146 Danilyn Rutherford Rutherford explores the prehistory of Papuan nationalist appropriations of Christianity by examining the practices of Biak islanders, who long have emphasized the inscrutable character of Christian meaning. In the Dutch colonial period, Biak adventurers presented the words and objects they acquired from the Protestant mission as proof of their mastery of distant worlds. At the same time, Biak prophets periodically initiated millennial uprisings by claiming to know the truth behind the missionaries’ foreign words. This makes the case that Biak visions of divine potency have implications for today’s Papuan nationalists, whose performances make Christianity central to the quest for global recognition and the transformation of local spaces and selves. 8 The Sarvodaya Movement’s Vision of Peace and a Dharmic Civil Society 168 George D. Bond The Sarvodaya Movement, which began as a grassroots development in Sri Lanka in the 1950s, has become, since the mid-1990s, the major advocate for a peaceful solution to that country’s lengthy ethnic conflict. This chapter examines the Gandhian and Buddhist sources of Sarvodaya’s vision of both peace and the construction of a civil society. Employing spiritual resources, Sarvodaya has sought to bring peace by fostering a non-violent grassroots revolution that would change both the economic and the political structures of the country. Part III Deterritorialization and the Politics of Place 175 9 Defying Deterritorialization: Autonomy Movements against Globalization 177 June Nash Evoking the issues that global change has wrought on peripheral populations – deterritorialization caused by land seizure, environmental degradation, forced migration in search of wage work, contamination of the environment, and cultural hybridization – the author asserts that far from losing their commitment to place and culture, identification to place becomes increasingly important as people are drawn into global circuits. People overcome distance by reasserting their claims to place with remittances, by recurrent return visits to their homelands, and by support of rituals in these homelands they have been forced to leave. She concludes that global issues of deterritorialization, hybridization, and fragmentation have to be rethought in ethnographic terms, relating this to her fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico and Guatemalan Ixcan settlements, where Mayan colonizers resisted the encroachment of the army on both sides of the Mexico–Guatemala border. 10 The Resilience of Nationalism in a Global Era: Megaprojects in Mexico’s South 187 Molly Doane This analysis contextualizes the social movement in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, that emerged in 1996 in response to the ‘‘Megaproject’’ development planned by the Mexican government, within contemporaneous protests against neoliberalism in Mexico. Like other post-1968 movements, the social movement against the Megaproject emphasizes identity politics and local autonomy rather than broad-based rights reflecting changes in the decentralized form of the state. Contrary to theoretical expectations, nationalism remains an important organizing ideology for both state and non-state actors in the global age. 11 The Politics of Place: Legislation, Civil Society and the ‘‘Restoration’’ of the Florida Everglades 203 Max Kirsch Current discussions of globalization require a careful analysis of local-level interactions with larger social fields emphasizing the role of politics and community organizations on development. In his study of the current multi-billion dollar plan for the development of the Everglades in South Florida, Max Kirsch poses questions about the disjuncture among various sectors, including industry, development interests, and community concerns in the planning process. 12 ‘‘Land, Water, and Truth’’: San Identity and Global Indigenism 216 Renée Sylvain For some groups of the San peoples of southern Africa, colonial rule and apartheid meant segregation on geographically remote homelands (or in game parks). However, for the majority of San they meant incorporation as a landless underclass of farm laborers, domestic servants, and squatters. This article discusses some of the ways in which international models of indigenism have colluded with essentialist conceptions of culture and ethnicity to obfuscate the various historical experiences and socioeconomic conditions that condition San identity and their claims for land and natural resources by transforming San struggles for social and economic justice into demands for ‘‘cultural preservation.’’ Part IV Privatization, Individualization, and Global Cosmopolitanism 235 13 Changing the Rules of Trade with Global Partnerships: The Fair Trade Movement 237 Kimberly M. Grimes The growing support of fair trade proponents versus those pushing the free trade agenda marks one of the most important social struggles we face at the turn of the century. The heterogeneous grassroots movement calls for ‘‘fair trade’’ – a decentralized, economically just, and environmentally sustainable system of global production and trade incorporating diverse civic, religious, and worker groups – promise to bring about a more equitable society worldwide. 14 ‘‘The Water is Ours, Carajo!’’ Deep Citizenship in Bolivia’s Water War 249 Robert Albro The Bolivian Water War of April 2000 was a grassroots response to the ongoing neoliberal, democratic, and multicultural reforms in Bolivia. This Water War illustrates the new agency of a ‘‘plural popular’’ subject in Bolivia, neither ‘‘Indian’’ nor ‘‘elite,’’ currently questioning the legitimacy of the nation-state as an effective representative of the Bolivian people in the global economy. Since such popular coalitions do not reflect any one national, ethnic, or cultural ‘‘unitary identity,’’ a collaborative politics of recognition draws on an expanded cultural idiom of ‘‘citizenship’’ in blocking the government’s sale of Bolivia’s shrinking public commons to a transnational corporation. 15 From the Cosmopolitan to the Personal: Women’s Mobilization to Combat HIV/AIDS 272 Ida Susser This chapter addresses the issues of HIV/AIDs in southern Africa from the perspective of women who are at risk for HIV infection through their male partners. Focusing on the ongoing patterns of inequality, from the global to the interpersonal, with respect to the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS for women, Susser documents one case in which women’s long-term efforts from the personal, through the local community and the national government, to the global have contributed to increasing the strategies available to women to protect themselves from HIV infection. 16 Political Organization among Indigenous Women of the Brazilian State of Roraima: Constraints and Prospects 285 Ligia T. L. Simonian Indigenous women of Roraima State in the Brazilian Amazon have overcome the opposition of male kinsmen and community leaders in organizing social movements, leading to formal associations, unions, and even political parties. Even though women’s empowerment through organizational strategies is in some cases supported by regional male indigenous leadership, the Catholic Church, the state administrations and, eventually, by NGOs, problems persist. By unifying their political organization at a supralocal level through the Association for the Development of Indigenous Women of Roraima, they have been able to surmount difficulties that attend their many successes. 17 At Home in the World: Women’s Activism in Hyderabad, India 304 Deepa S. Reddy Deepa Reddy traces the processes by which women’s issues come to be reframed in the context of post-independence agrarian, civil liberties, and other people’s movements. This emergent Indian feminism develops a stringent critique of the state, especially through its analysis of custodial rape and dowry-related violence. As religious nationalism became a defining feature of the late twentieth century, however, both in India and elsewhere in the world, feminists also began to distance themselves from their own prior liberalism, fashioning instead a broader, multiculturalist politics. Reddy shows Indian feminist activism to be resolutely focused on the needs of local communities, ever cognizant of the pitfalls of globalization, while also increasingly capable of drawing upon global networks and resources to facilitate grassroots initiatives for social change. Index 326

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Book SynopsisRedundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called ''crisis of masculinity'' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be heard. Looks at how the labour market is changing. Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial identities. Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity. Trade Review"This book will appeal to a wide audience. It so adroitly sums up the state of play in a number of arenas: the contemporary UK economy and the future of work, current debates about gender and identity, the “crisis” of masculinity, and the emerging “problem” of white, working-class boys floundering to hold down jobs and identities that are increasingly ‘redundant’." --Rosemary Pringle, Professor of Sociology, University of Southampton, UK "Much has been written about the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' but rarely have its contours been charted in such as precise way and with such clear empathy for those at its cutting edge." --Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield, UK "I recommend , and sincerely hope, that this book is widely read, inside and outside academia." (Enviroment and Planning D: Society and Space) "Linda McDowell has produced a highly readable and accessible book, packed with rich and original empirical data, and written with a lightness of touch that belies the complexity of the theoretical debates pulled together within it. Redundant Masculinities combines an impressive synthesis of contemporary theoretical debates and perspectives, with a thorough empirical methodology to produce a first-class piece of applied research." (Work, Employment and Society) "McDowell offers a groundbreaking and often intensely sympathetic portrait of the ruptures and fragmentations of white, working class male hegemony under neoliberalism. Through deft use of narrative and analysis, she humanizes masculinity and masculine development in a manner heretofore rarely seen in sociological research." (Area 2005, vol 34/4)Table of ContentsList of Plates. List of Tables. Preface. 1. Introduction: Young, White, Male and Working Class. 2. The Rise of Poor Work: Employment Restructuring and Changing Class and Gender Identities. 3. The Contemporary Crisis Of Masculinity: It's Hard To Be(Come) A Man or The Problem of/for Boys. 4. Living on The Edge: Marginal Lives In Cambridge and Sheffield. 5. Leaving School: Pathways To Employment and Further Education. 6. Actively Seeking Employment: Committed Workers and Reluctant Learners. 7. Uncertain Transitions: Accidental and Incidental Workers, The Excluded and Escape Attempts. 8. Performing Identity: Protest and Domestic Masculinities. 9. Conclusions: What Is To Be Done About Boys? Postscript. Appendix 1: Research Methodology. Appendix 2: The Participants. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisExclusion from social groups is a source of conflict, stress and tension in social life around the globe. How do children and adolescents evaluate exclusion based on group membership? This is the report of an investigation of social exclusion in the contexts of friendship, peer groups and school.

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Book SynopsisPresents a comprehensive review and analysis of the objections leveled against Henry George's American classic, "Progress and Poverty".Table of ContentsVOLUME I. Part I: Prolegomena. Chapter 1 Introduction. (Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 2 The Essential Henry George. (Louis Wasserman). Part II: Nineteenth-Century British and Continental Critics. Chapter 3 Leveleye: A Critic Ripe for Conversion. (Roy Douglas). Chapter 4 Marshall: A Professional Economist Guards the Purity of his Discipline. (Robert F. Herbert). Chapter 5 Longe and Wrightson: Conservative Critics of George’s Wage Theory. (Fred Harrsion). Chapter 6 Mallock and the “Most Elaborate Answer”. (Roy Douglas). Chapter 7 Moffat’s “Unorthodox” Critique. (George Babilot). Chapter 8 Cathrein’s Careless Clerical critique. (Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 9 Huxley’s Critique from Social Darwinisim. (Roy Douglas). Chapter 10 Rae: A Journalist Out of His Depth. (Aaron B. Fuller). Part III: Nineteenth-Century American Critic. Chapter 11 Dixwell: Animadversions of an Admiring Adversary. ( George Babilot). Chapter 12 Walker: The General Leads the Charge. (Steven B. Cord). Chapter 13 Harris and His Anachronistic Attack. (Charles F. Collier). Chapter 14 Gronlund and Other Marxists. (Fred Harrison). Chapter 15 Rutherford: “The Devil Quotes Scripture” (Charles F. Collier). Chapter 16 Ingalls, Hasnon, and Tucker: Nineteenth-Century American Anarchists. (Jack Schwartzman). Chapter 17 Atkinson: An Ill-informed Assailant. (William B. Truehart). Chapter 18 Clark:Apostle of Two-Factor Economics. (Kris Feder). Chapter 19 Pattern: A Study in Intellectual Dishonesty. (Charles F. Collier). Chapter 20 Seligman and His Critique from Social Utility. (Robert V. Anderson and Mason Gaffney). VOLUME II. Part IV: Critics in The Twentieth Century and Beyond. Chapter 21 A Cannan Hits the Mark. (Mason Gaffney). Chapter 22 Davenport: “Single Taxer of the Looser Observance. (Aaron B. Fuller). Chapter 23 Carver: Reluctant Demi-Georgist. (Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 24 Ryan and His Domestication of Natural Law. (Robert V, Andelson). Chapter 25 Alcazar’s “Most Voluminous of All Assaults”. (James L. Busey). Chapter 26 Ely: A Liberal Economist Defends Landlordism. (Steven B. Cord and Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 27 Knight: Nemesis from the Chicago School. (Nicolaus Tideman and Florenz Plassmann). Chapter 28 Heath: Estranged Georgist. (Fred E. Foldvary). Chapter 29 Hayek: “Almost Persuaded”. (Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 30 Hardin’s Putative Critique. (Robert V. Andelson). Chapter 31 Reckoning with Rothbard. (Harold Kyriazi). Chapter 32 LeFevre’s Challenge. (Damon J. Gross). Chapter 33 Oser: Reservations of a Friendly Commentator. (Oscar B. Johannsen. Chapter 34 Blaug: Edging Toward Full Appreciation. (Mary M. Cleveland). Part V: Conculsions. Chapter 35 Neo-Georgism. (Robert V. Andelson). Notes on Contributors. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn An Introduction to Childhood, Heather Montgomery examines the role children have played within anthropology, how they have been studied by anthropologists and how they have been portrayed and analyzed in ethnographic monographs over the last one hundred and fifty years. Offers a comprehensive overview of childhood from an anthropological perspective Draws upon a wide range of examples and evidence from different geographical areas and belief systems Synthesizes existing literature on the anthropology of childhood, while providing a fresh perspective Engages students with illustrative ethnographies to illuminate key topics and themes Trade Review“Although this work will be most useful for an upper-level undergraduate audience, more advanced readers will also enjoy it for its readability, the considerable breadth of literature covered, and its serious attempt to place children at the forefront of anthropology.” (Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 1 April 2011) "Heather Montgomery illustrates the many ways that anthropologists have written about children over the past 150 years with enviable clarity and economy. Her book will be required reading for students, academics, and professionals in understanding childhood in context." (Journal of Folklore Research, 19 January 2011) "An Introduction to Childhood is nicely written and makes the case well for undergraduate audiences that it is important to consider cultural differences in ideas about childhood. This is a timely issue and the book should be a useful addition to introductory undergraduate courses." (International Joumal of Sociology of the Family, February 2010) "A timely, readable, and important work for all academic libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended." (CHOICE, October 2009) "This book deserves a wide audience; it is an important resource not only for students of anthropology but also to people working in child protection in cross-cultural settings. ... Invaluable." (Children & Society, 2009) "Throughout the book, the discussions give an insight into classic and contemporary anthropology related to children, which is important for everyone working with research in similar fields. The book is especially relevant for students. The style is clear and approachable … .Although it is not required of the reader to read the book from cover to cover, I strongly recommend doing so." (Childhood in the Past, 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Childhood within Anthropology 17 Introduction 17 Children: The First Primitives 18 Culture and Personality 22 Cross-Cultural Studies of Child-Rearing 26 Children in British Anthropology 34 The Gendered Child 38 Child-Centered Anthropology 43 Conclusion 49 2 What is a Child? 50 Introduction 50 Childhood as a Modern Idea: The Influence of Philippe Ariès 51 Conceptualizations of Childhood 53 Children as Incompetent or Subordinate 56 Children as Equals 61 Children as a Means of Forming Families and Giving Status 63 Children as an Economic Investment 67 Unwanted and Nonhuman Children 70 Conclusion 77 3 The Beginning of Childhood 79 Introduction 79 Fetuses 80 Spirit Children 87 Reincarnation 95 Anomalies 98 Conclusion 103 4 Family, Friends, and Peers 104 Introduction 104 The Role of Parents 105 Adoption and Fosterage 107 Children outside the Family 118 Siblings 121 Friends and Peer Groups 126 Conclusion 132 5 Talking, Playing, and Working 134 Introduction 134 Learning Language 135 Children and Play 141 Work or Play? 149 Conclusion 155 6 Discipline, Punishment, and Abuse 156 Introduction 156 Discipline and Punishment in the Western Tradition 157 Physical Punishment 159 Alternatives to Physical Punishment 166 Who Can Punish Children? 170 Child Abuse 172 Conclusion 179 7 Children and Sexuality 181 Introduction 181 Anthropology, Sexuality, and Childhood 182 Children and Sex: The Influence of Freud 184 Incest and Abuse 187 Ethnographies of Children and Sexuality 190 Child Prostitution 196 Conclusion 200 8 Adolescence and Initiation 201 Introduction 201 What is Adolescence? 202 Adolescence and Globalization 207 Initiation 212 Initiation: A Psychological Approach 215 Initiation and Education 221 Initiation and Gender 224 Initiation: The End of Childhood? 228 Conclusion 231 Conclusion 233 Bibliography 239 Index 270

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Latina/o Studies is a collection of 40 original essays written by leading scholars in the field, dedicated to exploring the question of what ''Latino/a'' is. Brings together in one volume a diverse range of original essays by established and emerging scholars in the field of Latina/o Studies Offers a timely reference to the issues, topics, and approaches to the study of US Latinos - now the largest minority population in the United States Explores the depth of creative scholarship in this field, including theories of latinisimo, immigration, political and economic perspectives, education, race/class/gender and sexuality, language, and religion Considers areas of broader concern, including history, identity, public representations, cultural expression and racialization (including African and Native American heritage). Trade Review"[The] present volume provides researchers and academics with detailed information on a wide range of issues. It offers material for study both to the growing numbers in the academic community undertaking research on Latin American affairs as well as for sociologists in general.... The information to be gleaned from this volume will more than repay the price of £95." (Reference Reviews, April 2009) "An amazing collection of original essays that displays the maturity, complexity, and diversity of Latina/o Studies today. Creative, bold, and provocative, these writings mark the transformation of the field into the hands of a new generation of interdisciplinary scholars." George J. Sanchez, University of Southern California Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Editors’ Foreword xxi Acknowledgments xxvii Part I Latinidades 1 Marks of the Chicana Corpus: An Intervention in the Universality Debate 3 Helena María Viramontes 2 The New Latin Nation: Immigration and the Hispanic Population of the United States 15 Alejandro Portes 3 “Dime con quién hablas, y te diré quién eres”: Linguistic (In)security and Latina/o Unity 25 Ana Celia Zentella 4 (Re)constructing Latinidad: The Challenge of Latina/o Studies 39 Frances R. Aparicio 5 The Name Game: Locating Latinas/os, Latins, and Latin Americans in the US Popular Music Landscape 49 Deborah Pacini Hernández 6 Cuando Dios y Usted Quiere: Latina/o Studies Between Religious Powers and Social Thought 60 David Carrasco 7 Latina/o Cultural Expressions: A View of US Society Through the Eyes of the Subaltern 77 Edna Acosta-Belén Part II Actos: Critical Practices 8 José Limón, the Devil and the Dance 93 José E. Limón 9 The Everyday Civil War: Migrant Labor, Capital, and Latina/o Studies 105 Nicholas De Genova 10 The Powers of Women’s Words: Oral Tradition and Performance Art 116 Yolanda Broyles-González 11 Language and Other Lethal Weapons: Cultural Politics and the Rites of Children as Translators of Culture 126 Antonia I. Castañeda 12 Looking for Papi: Longing and Desire Among Chicano Gay Men 138 Tomás Almaguer 13 On Becoming 151 Nelly Rosario Part III Vidas: Herstories/Histories 14 Of Heretics and Interlopers 159 Arturo Madrid 15 Coloring Class: Racial Constructions in Twentieth-Century Chicana/o Historiography 169 Vicki L. Ruiz 16 “El Louie” by José Montoya: An Appreciation 180 Raúl Villa 17 Preservation Matters: Research, Community, and the Archive 185 Chon A. Noriega 18 The Star in My Compass 194 Virginia Sánchez Korrol 19 “Y Que Pasara Con Jovenes Como Miguel Fernández?” Education, Immigration, and the Future of Latinas/os in the United States 202 Pedro A. Noguera Part IV En la lucha: Sites of Struggle 20 Latinas/os and the Elusive Quest for Equal Education 217 Sonia Nieto 21 The Moral Monster: Hispanics Recasting Honor and Respectability Behind Bars 229 Patricia Fernández-Kelly 22 A Rebellious Philosophy Born in East LA 240 Gerald P. López 23 Latinas/os at the Threshold of the Information Age: Telecommunications Challenges and Opportunities 251 Jorge Reina Schement 24 Conceptualizing the Latina Experience in Care Work 264 Mary Romero 25 Surviving AIDS in an Uneven World: Latina/o Studies for a Brown Epidemic 276 Carlos Ulises Decena 26 Post-Movimiento: The Contemporary (Re)Generation of Chicana(o) Art 289 Tomás Ybarra-Frausto 27 “God Bless the Law, He Is White”: Legal, Local, and International Politics of Latina/o and Black Desegregation Cases in Post-World War II California and Texas 297 Neil Foley Part V Mestizaje: Revisiting Race 28 Latinas/os and the Mestizo Racial Heritage of Mexican Americans 313 Martha Menchaca 29 Looking at that Middle Ground: Racial Mixing as Panacea? 325 Miriam Jiménez Román 30 Color Matters: Latina/o Racial Identities and Life Chances 337 Ginetta E. B. Candelario 31 Between Blackness and Latinidad in the Hip Hop Zone 351 Raquel Z. Rivera 32 Afro-Latinas/os and the Racial Wall 363 Silvio Torres-Saillant 33 The (W)rite to Remember: Indígena as Scribe 2004–5 (an excerpt) 376 Cherríe Moraga Part VI Identidades: Producing Subjectivities 34 “How I Learned To Love Salseros When My Hair Was A Mess” by Edwin Torres: A Comment 393 Edwin Torres 35 Reflections on Thirty Years of Critical Practice in Chicana/o Cultural Studies 397 Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano 36 Social Aesthetics and the Transnational Imaginary 406 Ramón Saldívar 37 The Taíno Identity Movement Among Caribbean Latinas/os in the United States 417 Gabriel Haslip-Viera 38 Looking Good 427 Frances Negrón-Muntaner 39 “Chico, what does it feel like to be a problem?” The Transmission of Brownness 441 José Esteban Muñoz 40 “Fantasy Heritage”: Tracking Latina Bloodlines 452 Rosa Linda Fregoso Part VII En El Mundo: Transnational Connections 41 Latinas/os and Latin America: Topics, Destinies, Disciplines 461 Román de la Campa 42 Latinas/os and the (Re)racializing of US Society and Politics 469 Suzanne Oboler 43 Refugees or Economic Immigrants? Immigration from Latin America and the Politics of US Refugee Policy 480 María Cristina García 44 Inter-American Ethnography: Tracking Salvadoran Transnationality at the Borders of Latina/o and Latin American Studies 492 Elana Zilberg 45 From the Borderlands to the Transnational? Critiquing Empire in the Twenty-First Century 502 María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo Index 513

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change.Trade Review"Shaw does a fascinating job combining the literature on urban transformation with whiteness studies and creating a unique reading of Sydney as a space of white privilege … .The book is well researched and tells a fascinating story of racialized urban change." (Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, December 2008)Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Boxes. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Encountering Cities of Whiteness. Journeying to Inner Sydney. Cities as Cultural Constructions - Gentrification and Urbanism. The Birth of Whiteness Scholarship. Cities of Neo-colonial Whiteness. 2. (Post)colonial Sydney. From Dangerous to Endangered City. Securing Whiteness in the Paradoxical City. Conclusions. 3. 'The Good Old Days'. Heritage Dreaming. Performing Sydney Heritage. Activating Heritage. Architectures of Escape 1: Into the Past. Conclusions. 4. Cosmopolitan Metropolitanism (Or The Indifferent City). Introduction. Manhattan Dreaming (in Sydney Australia). Architectures of Escape 2: Sydney's SoHo Syndrome. Conclusions. 5. Cities of Whiteness. Geographies of Urban Whiteness. Studying Cities. The End of (Cities of) Whiteness? Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the condition of public authority in Africa, Twilight Institutions investigates how, when confronted with state failure, public institutions attempt to gain authority; operating in the twilight between state and society, between public and private. Approaches public authority from below', exploring a variety of concrete encounters between forms of public authority and the more or less mundane practices of ordinary people Trade Review"This volume offers well-researched and original insights into an important area of politics. Compared to contributions from anthropology on politics in Africa in the 1990s, this volume takes a more fruitful direction." (African History, March 2008) “Offer[s] insightful analytical perspectives on the emergency and behavior of ‘twilight institutions’ … good addition for university libraries and collections specializing in Africana and comparative politics. Recommended.”(Choice Reviews) Table of Contents1. Twilight Institutions – An Introduction: Christian Lund (International Development Studies, Roskilde University). 2. Twilight Institutions. Public Authority And Local Politics In Africa: Christian Lund (International Development Studies, Roskilde University). 3. The Politics Of Vigilance In South-Eastern Nigeria: David Pratten (Oxford University). 4. Reordering Society. Vigilantism And Sovereign Expressions In Port Elizabeth’s Townships: Lars Buur (Danish Institute for International Studies and Research Associate, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, Johannesburg South Africa). 5. Negotiating Authority – Between Unhcr And ‘The People’: Simon Turner (Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen). 6. ”It Was Satan That Took The People”: The Making Of Public Authority In Burkina Faso: Sten Hagberg (Uppsala University). 7. Dealing With The Local State. The Informal Privatization Of Street-Level Bureaucracies In Senegal: Giorgio Blundo (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseille). 8. Decentralization, Local Taxation And Citizenship In Senegal: Kristine Juul (Institute of Geography and International Development Studies, Roskilde University). 9. Contested Sources Of Authority. Re-Claiming State Sovereignty By Formalizing Traditional Authority In Mozambique: Lars Buur (Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen) and Helene Maria Kyed (Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen and International Development Studies, Roskilde University). 10. Statemaking And The Politics Of The Frontier In Central Benin: Pierre-Yves Le Meur (Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques, Paris and IRD, Montpellier). 11. Decentralization, the state and conflicts over local boundaries in North-Western Ghana: Carola Lentz (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz). 12. Strong Bar, Weak State? Lawyers, Liberalism And State Formation In Zambia: Jeremy Gould (University of Helsinki).

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Book SynopsisThe field of natural resource economics is a broad one, and the fourteen essays included in this volume scope out major landmarks that exist in this vast territory. The essays' subjects include an examination of media bias in the environmental/resource management debate; a comparison between lobbying efforts in the United States and in Australia in support of policies that benefit farmers; an exploration of the historical evolution of land and forestry management policies among developed nations; a look at the origins of resource economics in the US; a case analysis of Norway's experiences with oil exploration and recovery and the international marketing of this resource for cash; and a section contemplating Georgist perspectives on resource utilization and financing. This book is a robust and wide-ranging collection in its inclusion of topics and conceptual approaches to natural resource economics.Table of ContentsContents. Frontspiece Portrait of Grover Pease Osborne.....................................v. Editor's Introduction.........................................................................ix. THE IDEOLOGY OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION DEBATES. Newspaper Ideological Bias or "Statist Quo"?: The Acid (Rain). Test-William L. Anderson and Jacquelynne W. McLellan........................1. A Comparative Political Economy Approach to Farming Interest. Groups in Austrailia and the United States-Sean Alley and . John Marangos.................................................................................25. THE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION OF LAND AND . OTHER RESOURCES: OLD AND NEW. Valuing Nature: Economic Analysis and Public Land Management,. 1975-2000-Robert H. Nelson...............................................................53. The Role of Ethnicity and Language in Contingent Valuation. Analysis: A Fire Prevention Policy Application-John Loomis, . Lindsey Ellingson, Armando Gonzalez-Caban, and . Andy Seidl.........................................................................................87. The Resource Economics of Grover Pease Osborne: Author. of American's First Textbook on Resource Economics-. Gerald F. Vaughn...............................................................................115. Escaping the Resource Curse and the Dutch Disease?: When and. Why Norway Caught Up with and Forged Ahead of Its. Neighbors-Erling Roed Larsen..............................................................169. GEORGIST PERSPECTIVES ON RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND . FINANCING. NonRenewable Exhaustible Resources and Property Taxation:. Selected Observations-C. Lowell Harriss................................................221. Lessons for Economic Reform Based on Pennsylvania's. Experiences with the Two-Tiered Property Tax-. Robert Andrew Peters..........................................................................229. viii The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. A Simple General Test for Tax Bias-Mason Gaffney.................................261. Financing Transit Systems Through Value Capture: An. Annotated Bibliography-Jeffrey J. Smith and. Thomas A. Gihring...............................................................................279. RETHINKING THE CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF . NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS. The complex Taxonomy of the Factors: Natural Resources,. Human Action, and Capital Goods-Fred E. Foldvary..................................315. Heterogeneity and Time: From Austrian Captial Theory to. Ecological Economics-Malte Faber and Ralph Winkler.................................331. Reconciling Gray and Hotelling: Lessons from Early Exhaustible. Resource Economics-Richard J. Brazee and L. Martin Cloutier.....................355. Index....................................................................................................385. . .

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses attention upon rural social policy and welfare issues within selected areas in the US, Australia, continental Europe and Britain as well as in countrysides within less industrialised India and Mexico. This edited collection adds to the new genre of geopolitical and socio-economic rural transnational studies.Trade Review?This is an interesting -collection with some chapters providing broad overviews of rural welfare and others detailing the specifics in particular places.? (International Journal of Social Welfare , July 2009)Table of Contents1. Editorial Introduction: George Giacinto Giarchi. 2. Redefining the 'Rural Question': The New 'Politics of the Rural' and Social Policy: Michael Woods. 3. Rural Movements in Europe: Scandinavia and the Accession States: Vanessa Halhead. 4. Market-based Governance and the Challenge for Rural Governments: US Trends: Mildred E. Warner. 5. Between Decentralized Planning and Neo-liberalism: Challenges for the Survival of the Indigenous People of Kerala, India: Darley Jose Kjosavik, Nadarajah Shanmugaratnam. 6. Child Health in Rural Mexico: Has Progresa Reduced Children's Morbidity Risks?: Maria C. Huerta. 7. Rurality and Social Inclusion: A Case of Preschool Education: Mark Shucksmith, Janet Shucksmith, Joyce Watt. 8. Jobs in the Bush: Global Industries and Inclusive Rural Development: Robyn Eversole, John Martin. 9. Older People 'on the Edge' in the Countrysides of Europe: George Giacinto Giarchi. 10. Spinning the Rural Agenda: The Countryside Alliance, Fox Hunting and Social Policy: Alison Anderson. Index.

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Book SynopsisThrough a series of case studies this book brings to the fore the voices, lives, and capacities of people with mental health problems as well as the difficulties they face. It effectively demonstrates the ways people with mental health problems are active in re-scripting versions of social recovery through their use of very different community spaces. Offers a ''hopeful epistemology'' not typically found in mental health-related research Interrogates neo-liberal dogma that defines people with mental health problems as active social citizens wholly responsible for their own recoveries and acceptance Brings to the fore the voices of, lives, capacities and difficulties facing people with mental health problems Imaginatively differentiates rural, urban, interest and technological communities, disrupting familiar and conventional accounts of social inclusion and ''the local'' <Trade Review"Hester Parr's book delivers a welcome and unusually close-up engagement with the practiced geographies of mental health." (Area, December 2010) "This inspiring book offers a highly original account of the social spaces created and inhabited by people with mental health problems. Hester Parr paints a vivid picture, which foregrounds hopeful possibilities for empowerment and integration. It will be invaluable to anyone seeking to understand mental (ill) health in the twenty-first century." Liz Bondi, University of Edinburgh "Parr’s efforts to advance a 'cautious optimism”'about the lived social geographies of people with mental health problems, based on rich empirical material and thoughtful conceptual articulation, make this an essential read for anyone interested in the changing social geographies of mental health. The book also has considerable relevance for broader debates about social inclusion and active citizenship in contemporary Western societies." Robert Wilton, McMaster University “Parr has … redefine[ed] ‘the mental patient’, a crucial undertaking if social citizenship for people with mental illness is to become an enduring reality.” Metapsychology “This book could appeal to psychologists who enjoy relevant work in other disciplines, who find ideas of people like Freud and Foucault interesting, and who value small case studies.” PsycCritiques Table of ContentsList of figures. Series editors' preface. Preface and acknowledgements. 1 Geographies of difference: understanding mental (ill) health and social space. 2 Placing mental health: community, inclusion and citizenship. 3 Cultural landscapes: rural communities and mental health. 4 Therapeutic natures? urban gardening, citizenship and social inclusion. 5 Artistic spaces: the arts and mental health. 6 Virtual communities: the Internet and on-line geographies of self-help. Conclusion: innovative geographies of mental health. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive account of health and medical geography and approaches the major themes and key topics from a variety of angles. Thematically organized sections offer detailed accounts of specific issues and combine general overviews of the current literature with case study material.Trade Review"This companion is an excellent resource. The linkages between chapters and between thematic sections are excellent, providing a comprehensive account of the current state of the subdiscipline." (Environment and Planning B, January 2011) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii List of Contributors xi Acknowledgements xxiii 1 Introduction to Health and Medical Geography 1 Tim Brown, Sara McLafferty, and Graham Moon Part I Debates in Health and Medical Geography 13 2 Health Geography 15 Robin Kearns and Damian Collins 3 Medical Geography 33 Jonathan D. Mayer 4 Doubting Dualisms 55 Michael L. Dorn, Carla C. Keirns, and Vincent J. Del Casino Jr Part II Disease 79 5 Disease, Ecology, and Environment 81 Joseph R. Oppong and Adam Harold 6 Mapping Disease 96 Stéphane Rican and Gérard Salem 7 Infectious Disease Diffusion 111 Clive E. Sabel, Dennis Pringle, and Anders Schærström 8 Modeling Chronic Disease 133 Myles Gould 9 Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases 154 Michael Emch and Elisabeth D. Root 10 Situating Politics in Health and Medical Geography 173 Courtney J. Donovan and R. Ian Duncan 11 Living With and Experiencing Disease 188 Vincent J. Del Casino Jr Part III Health and Wellbeing 205 12 Therapeutic Landscapes as Health Promoting Places 207 Allison M. Williams 13 “. . . a Penis Is Not Needed in Order to Pee”: Sex and Gender in Health Geography 224 Matt Sothern and Isabel Dyck 14 Impairment and Disability 242 Vera Chouinard 15 Mental and Emotional Health 258 Hester Parr and Joyce Davidson 16 Landscapes of Despair 278 Geoffrey DeVerteuil and Josh Evans 17 Representing the Un/healthy Body 301 Susan Craddock and Tim Brown Part IV Public Health and Health Inequalities 323 18 Health Geography and Public Health 325 Sarah Curtis, Mylène Riva, and Mark Rosenberg 19 Migration and Health 346 Paul Boyle and Paul Norman 20 Social Perspectives on Health Inequalities 375 Vani S. Kulkarni and S. V. Subramanian 21 Neighborhoods and Health 399 Anne Ellaway and Sally Macintyre 22 An Environmental Health Geography of Risk 418 Michael Jerrett with Sara Gale and Caitlin Kontgis 23 Environment, Perception, and Resistance 446 Susan J. Elliott 24 Healthy Behavior 460 Liz Twigg and Lynda Cooper 25 Governing Un/healthy Populations 477 Tim Brown and Duika L. Burges Watson Part V Health Care and Caring 495 26 Providing Health Care 497 Ross Barnett and Alison Copeland 27 Accessing Health Care 521 Thomas C. Ricketts 28 Location-allocation Planning 540 Frank Tanser, Peter Gething, and Peter Atkinson 29 The Changing Geography of Care 567 Christine Milligan and Andrew Power 30 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Production, Consumption, Research 587 Gavin J. Andrews, Jon Adams, and Jeremy Segrott Index 604

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Book SynopsisIn the last thirty years, there has been a tremendous growth in the academic inquiry to understand men in their experiences as men. This growth is largely due to growing awareness of the problems that people face in trying to understand what it means to be masculine. This text introduces students to the research, theories, and basic issues in the field of Men and Masculinities, highlighting debates about the definition, origin, and the crisis in masculinity. The author provides a framework for studying the field of masculinities incorporating feminist, social constructionist, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Written in an accessible style, An Introduction to Masculinities provides personal anecdotes and contemporary examples to make the theoretical concepts relevant to students' lives. The text also introduces students to leading contributors and experts whose work have informed the field. The author gives the reader a context and structure by which they can critically understand aTrade Review"As a result, this book is more than an introduction to the field; it is a warm invitation to anyone wishing to explore it." (Zentralblatt Math, 23 January 2010) "In sum, I found this text to be a highly valuable, nuanced, and comprehensive addition to the men's studies literature, taking its place alongside the previous works of Doyle (3994) and Kilmartin (2007), as well as the narrower psychological analysis of masculinity by Levant and Pollack (1995). I highly recommend it for all readers, particularly those seeking a work embedded with feminist and social constructionist perspectives." (Psychology of Women Quarterly, August 2010) "This book has many strengths and it fulfils its aim of being a useful introductory text." (Notre Dame European Journal of Women's Studies, 2010) "The book is definitely a very open discussion and presentation of the field, urging the reader to question all aspects of research. For that reason alone I found it a very useful introduction to research into any discipline - I don't think this book should stop at being recommended to students wishing to explore the theme of masculinities, it would form a good basis into any social sciences research." (Psych-Talk, September 2010) "Our much-needed and long overdue textbook has arrived. ... This book is more than an introduction to the field; it is a warm invitation to anyone wishing to explore it." (Sex Roles, January 2010) "[A] timely and a welcome addition for those undergraduate courses that aim to begin a discussion about masculinities. … An excellent option for introductory courses within women's studies, men's studies, psychology, sociology, humanities, and special topics courses. It is thus a welcome tool to those of us who are dedicated to nurturing this fledgling field." (PsycCRITIQUES, January 2010) "Kahn engagingly introduces biological, psychological and constructionist approaches to different understandings of masculinity, juxtaposing the different perspectives in ways that promote critical thinking." (Psychologist, December 2009)Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xvii 1 Overview 1 2 Social Context and Masculinities 21 3 Difficulties of Definitions and Masculinity as a Social Construct 47 4 Psychological and Interactive Models of Masculinity 73 5 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Social Models 95 6 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Psychological Models 117 7 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Interactive and Social Constructionist Models 141 8 Men in Crisis 165 9 The Crisis in Masculinity: Essentialist Perspective 193 10 The Crisis in Masculinity: Psychosocial Perspective 209 11 The Crisis in Masculinity: Social Constructionist Perspective 231 12 Putting it All Together: Next Steps for Masculinities 261 Masculinities Terms 269 References 297 Author Index 367 Subject Index 385

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Book SynopsisThis expansive Companion to Ayn Rand s writings provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers who grapple with the unique and controversial output of this prolific thinker and writer.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xii A Note on Abbreviations and References xiv Part I Context 1 1 An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand 3Gregory Salmieri 2 The Life of Ayn Rand: Writing, Reading, and Related Life Events 22Shoshana Milgram Part II Ethics and Human Nature 47 3 The Act of Valuing (and the Objectivity of Values) 49Gregory Salmieri 4 The Morality of Life 73Allan Gotthelf (completed by Gregory Salmieri) 5 A Being of Self-Made Soul 105Onkar Ghate 6 Egoism and Altruism: Selfi shness and Sacrifice 130Gregory Salmieri Part III Society 157 7 “A Human Society”: Rand’s Social Philosophy 159Darryl Wright 8 Political Theory: A Radical for Capitalism 187Fred D. Miller, Jr. and Adam Mossoff 9 Objective Law 209Tara Smith 10 “A Free Mind and a Free Market are Corollaries”: Rand’s Philosophical Perspective on Capitalism 222Onkar Ghate Part IV The Foundations of Objectivism 243 11 Objectivist Metaphysics: The Primacy of Existence 245Jason G. Rheins 12 The Objectivist Epistemology 272Gregory Salmieri Part V Philosophers and Their Effects 319 13 “Who Sets the Tone for a Culture?”: Ayn Rand’s Approach to the History of Philosophy 321James G. Lennox 14 Ayn Rand’s Evolving View of Friedrich Nietzsche 343Lester H. Hunt 15 A Philosopher on Her Times: Ayn Rand’s Political and Cultural Commentary 351John David Lewis and Gregory Salmieri Part VI Art 403 16 The Objectivist Esthetics: Art and the Needs of a Conceptual Consciousness 405Harry Binswanger 17 Rand’s Literary Romanticism 426Tore Boeckmann Coda 451 18 Hallmarks of Objectivism: The Benevolent Universe Premise and the Heroic View of Man 453Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Quasi-Primary Sources 463 Index 471

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Book SynopsisThis collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his Rescuing Justice and Equality. A critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls Offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book Rescuing Justice and Equality The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics Challenges Cohen's view of the centrality of equality to justice, of the scope for free choice of occupation and economic incentives, as well as his view that fundamental principles of justice are insensitive to facts Table of Contents1. Introduction: Brian Feltham (University of Reading). 2. Justice is not Equality: Richard J. Arneson (University of California). 3. Inequality, Injustice and Levelling Down: Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona) and Will Braynen (University of Arizona). 4. Inequality, Incentives and the Interpersonal Test: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen). 5. Freedom of Occupational Choice: Michael Otsuka (University College London). 6. Cohen to the Rescue!: Thomas Pogge (Yale University). 7. Justice, Incentives and Constructivism: Andrew Williams (University of Warwick). Index

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Book SynopsisIn Essays on Derek Parfit''s On What Matters, seven leading moral philosophers offer critical evaluations of the central ideas presented in a greatly anticipated new work by world-renowned moral philosopher Derek Parfit. Presents critical assessments of what promises to be one of the key moral philosophy texts of our time Features essays by a team of leading philosophers including Princeton''s Michael Smith, one of the world''s leading meta-ethicists Addresses Parfit''s central thesis - that the main ethical theories can agree on what matters - as well as his defense of moral realism Trade Review“Derek Parfit’s On What Matters is, in many respects, a monumental piece of work.” (Ethical Perspectives, 1 June 2013) Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1. Introduction (Jussi Suikkanen, University of Leeds). 2. Naturalism without Tears (James Lenman, University of Sheffield). 3. Can There Be a Kantian Consequentialism? (Seiriol Morgan, Bristol University). 4. The Kantian Argument for Consequentialism (Michael Otsuka, University College, London). 5. Climb Every Mountain? (Michael Ridge, University of Edinburgh). 6. Might Kantian Contractualism be the Supreme Principle of Morality? (Gideon Rosen, Princeton University). 7. Desires, Values, Reasons, and the Dualism of Practical Reason (Michael Smith, Princeton University). 8. Should Kantians Be Consequentialists? (Jacob Ross, University of Southern California). Index.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1989. In New World Soundings, cultural historian Richard Morse takes a series of sharply focused looks at the Americas. He inquires into the ways in which speech and poetry evoke the common historical experience of North and South America and examines the transatlantic sea changes of European languages. He uses political ideology to contrast the traditions of Anglo and Latin America, while surveying contemporary pressures for ideological change. In the book's final sections, he addresses the North-South transaction from yet three more angles, ruminating on the problems involved in conveying the Latin American experience to U.S. students, considering the impediments to U.S.-Puerto Rican understanding, and recounting the mythic adventures of McLuhanaima, the world's first Brazilianist, as he travels through the exotic land he has chosen for definitive research.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAntecedents and SourcesIntroductionPart I. Speech and ExpressionChapter 1. Language in AmericaChapter 2. Four American Poets: A Cat's CradlePart II. Ideology and Political CultureChapter 3. Claims of Political TraditionChapter 4. Notes Toward Fresh IdeologyPart III. The North-South TransactionChapter 5. On Grooming Latin AmericanistsChapter 6. Puerto Rico: Eternal CrossroadsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom TheConversation.com, an exploration of the devastating gun violence in the United Statesand possible ways to stop it. In The Conversation on Guns, editor James Densley brings together a group of expert scholars to explore the role of guns in US society and the tragic impacts of gun violence. From the many forms of gun violence, to effective and innovative public health and community-led initiatives to curb it, the authors discuss how and why guns are deeply rooted in American history and culture by examining both the politics and policies around gun safety. Grounded in the latest research, these short and accessible articles written by experts in criminal justice, law, sociology, public health, history, and education explain how the United States became so saturated with guns and what the prevalence of guns is doing to our society. The Critical Conversations series collects essays from top scholars on timely topics, including water, biotechnology, gender diversity, and more, oriTable of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPrefacePart I. Why America Is a Gun Country1. Five Types of Gun Laws the Founding Fathers Loved2. Three Enduring Stories Americans Tell about Guns3. How the "Good Guy with a Gun" Became a Deadly American Fantasy4. American Gun Culture Is Based on Frontier Mythology but Ignores How Common Gun Restrictions Were in the Old West5. How the NRA Evolved from Backing a 1934 Ban on Machine Guns to Blocking Nearly All Firearm Restrictions Today6. The Key Role Firearms Makers Play in America's Gun Culture7. Hollywood's Love of Guns Increases the Risk of Shootings—Both on and off Set8. If You Give a Man a Gun: The Evolutionary Psychology of Mass Shootings9. Want to Understand Gun Owners? Watch Their Videos10. Why Were Medieval Weapons Laws at the Center of a US Supreme Court Case?Part II. The Many Forms of Gun Violence11. Norway and Finland Have Similar Levels of Gun Ownership as the US but Far Less Gun Crime12. The Facts on US Children and Teens Killed by Firearms13. How Easy Access to Guns at Home Contributes to America's Youth Suicide Problem14. How Dangerous People Get Their Weapons in America15. Gun Violence in the US Kills More Black People and Urban Dwellers16. Why Do American Cops Kill So Many Compared to European Cops?17. Police Are More Likely to Kill Men and Women of Color18. Don't Shoot: When Dallas Police Draw Their Guns, They Usually Choose Not to Fire19. Are Mass Shootings an American Epidemic?Part III. The Trauma of School Shootings20. Why There's So Much Inconsistency in School Shooting Data21. School Shootings Are at a Record High—but They Can Be Prevented22. Five Ways to Reduce School Shootings23. Most School Shooters Get Their Guns from Home—and during the Pandemic, the Number of Firearms in Households with Teenagers Went Up24. Arming Teachers: An Effective Security Measure or a False Sense of Security?Part IV. The Effects of Gun Violence25. The Lasting Consequences of School Shootings on the Students Who Survive Them26. Mass Shootings Leave Behind Collective Despair, Anguish, and Trauma at Many Societal Levels27. Gun Violence Has Fueled Enduring Trust Issues for Many Americans28. Why Americans Bought More Guns Than Ever during the Pandemic29. Are Looser Gun Laws Changing the Social Fabric of Missouri?Part V. The Politics and Policies of Gun Control30. How US Gun Control Compares to the Rest of the World31. Public Database Reveals Striking Differences in How Guns Are Regulated from State to State32. US Tragedies from Guns Have Often—but Not Always—Spurred Political Responses33. Supreme Court Swept Aside New York's Limits on Carrying a Gun, Raising Second Amendment Rights to New Heights34. Red Flag Laws Saved 7,300 Americans from Gun Deaths in 2020 Alone and Could Have Saved 11,400 More35. Would Closing the "Boyfriend Loophole" in Gun Legislation Save Lives? Here's What the Research Says36. Why the Legal Age for Purchasing Assault Weapons Does Not Make Sense37. Did the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 Bring Down Mass Shootings? Here's What the Data Tells Us38. Why Is There So Little Research on Guns in the US?39. Public Health Research Reduced Smoking Deaths—It Could Do the Same for Gun Violence40. Indianapolis Is Trying Programs Ranging from Job Skills to Therapy to Reduce Gun ViolencePart VI. Technology and the Future of Gun Ownership41. Why Do Gun-Makers Get Special Economic Protection?42. World's Deadliest Inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and His AK-4743. What Are "Ghost Guns"?44. 3D-Printed Guns May Be More Dangerous to Their Users Than to Targets45. What Makes a "Smart Gun" Smart?ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book that is built on decades of work on the front lines of the criminal justice system, expert psychologist Craig Haney provides a blueprint for fundamental reform by changing our understanding of who commits crime and why. Based on a comprehensive review and analysis of psychological research, Haney offers a carefully constructed framework for enhancing legal fairness and reducing crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment. Haney meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person’s social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. He thus effectively debunks the “crime master narrative”—the widespread myth that criminality is a product of free and autonomous “bad” choices—an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weighTrade ReviewInstead of punitive, oppressive, and racist social control, the author vividly delineates a model of compassionate, innovative, and progressive reforms that will transform the current “politically” driven, chaotic system into an effective criminal justice model. Including policing, the judicial system, and the penal system in the realm of criminal justice reform, Criminality in Context is a wonderful read for all people vested in better understanding the intersections among crime, legal and penal policy, and the criminal justice system as a whole. * Choice Reviews *Table of ContentsForeword, by Shadd Maruna Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Individualistic Myths and the Crime Master Narrative Chapter 2: Risks and Contexts: An Alternative Paradigm for Understanding Criminality Chapter 3: Criminogenic Trauma: Social History and the Life Course Chapter 4: Institutional Failure: State Intervention as Criminogenic Risk Chapter 5: Criminogenic Contexts: Immediate Situations, Settings, and Circumstances Chapter 6: Poverty: Structural Risk and Criminal Behavior Chapter 7: The Criminogenics of Race in a Divided Society: Racialized Criminality and Biographical Racism Chapter 8: Individualistic Myths and the Disregard of Context: Deconstructing “Equally Free Autonomous Choice” Chapter 9: Reorienting the Law: Context-Based Legal Reforms Chapter 10: Pursuing Social Justice: An Agenda for Fair, Effective, and Humane Crime PolicyAfterword

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Book SynopsisEmerging researchers are often surprised to learn that instrument selection is a complex and important step in the process of research design. The first of its kind, this concise guideexplains how to identify appropriate instruments, select the best ones for the job, and properly describe the instruments so that others will know how and why they were chosen. Each chapter in the book focuses on a specific aspect of instrument selection, with illuminating examples and helpful worksheets to fill out along the way.Topics include pinpointing what to measure, types of instruments, resources for identifying instruments, organizing information and taking notes, describing instruments for different audiences, ethical issues, considerations around individual differences and diversity, consulting with advisors, and troubleshooting. This book is part of APA''s Concise Guides to Conducting Behavioral, Health, and Social Science Research series. Aimed at undergraduate stuTable of ContentsDedication Series Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Identifying and Defining the Constructs and Variables to Measure Chapter 2. Types of Instruments and Their Properties: Methods to Measure Variables and Constructs Chapter 3. Identifying Available Instruments Chapter 4. Gathering and Organizing Information About Instruments Chapter 5. Permissions and Feasibility Chapter 6. Using the Evidence to Guide Your Instrument Selection Chapter 7. Following Ethical Principles and Guidelines Chapter 8. Describing the Instruments Effectively for Different Audiences Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Conclusion Glossary References Index About the Author About the Series Editor

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Book SynopsisIn the twenty-first century, as in centuries past, stories of the supernatural thrill and terrify us. But despite their popularity, scholars often dismiss such beliefs in the uncanny as inconsequential, or even embarrassing. The editors and contributors to The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History have made a concerted effort to understand encounters with ghosts and the supernatural that have remain present and flourished. Featuring folkloric researchers examining the cultural value of such beliefs and practices, sociologists who acknowledge the social and historical value of the supernatural, and enthusiasts of the mystical and uncanny, this volume includes a variety of experts and interested observers using first-hand ethnographic experiences and historical records. The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History seeks to understand the socio-cultural and socio-historical contexts of the supernatural. This volume takes the supernatural as real because belief in it has fun

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Book SynopsisNearly half the 2.3 million residents of Queens, New York are foreign-born. Immigrants in Queens hail from more than 120 countries and speak more than 135 languages. As an epicenter of immigrant diversity, Queens is an urban gateway that exemplifies opportunities and challenges in shaping a multi-racial democracy.The editors and contributors to Immigrant Crossroads examine the social, spatial, economic, and political dynamics that stem from this fast-growing urbanization. The interdisciplinary chapters examine residential patterns and neighborhood identities, immigrantincorporation and mobilizations, and community building and activism. Essays combine qualitative and quantitative research methods to address globalization and the unprecedented racial and ethnic diversity as a result of international migration. Chapters on incorporation focus on immigrant participation and representation in electoral politics, and advocacy for immigrant inclusion in urban governance and service provisi

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Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisRecovers a history of feminist thought and activism that demands greater voice and respect for young people

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Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i

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Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i

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Book SynopsisThe strategic interactions between protestors and their targets shape the world around us in profound ways. The editors and contributors to Protesters and Their Targetsall leading scholars in the study of social movementslook at why movements do what they do and why their interactions with other societal actors turn out as they do. They recognize that targets are not stationary but react to the movement and require the movement to react back. This edited collection analyzes how social movements select their targets, movement-target interactions, and the outcomes of those interactions. Case studies examine school closures in Sweden, the U.S. labor movement, Bolivian water and Mexican corn, and other global issues to show the strategic thinking, shifting objectives, and various degrees of success in the actions and nature of these protest movements.Protesters and Their Targets seeks to develop a set of tools for the further development of the field's future work on this underexplored s

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Book SynopsisThe strategic interactions between protestors and their targets shape the world around us in profound ways. The editors and contributors to Protesters and Their Targetsall leading scholars in the study of social movementslook at why movements do what they do and why their interactions with other societal actors turn out as they do. They recognize that targets are not stationary but react to the movement and require the movement to react back. This edited collection analyzes how social movements select their targets, movement-target interactions, and the outcomes of those interactions. Case studies examine school closures in Sweden, the U.S. labor movement, Bolivian water and Mexican corn, and other global issues to show the strategic thinking, shifting objectives, and various degrees of success in the actions and nature of these protest movements.Protesters and Their Targets seeks to develop a set of tools for the further development of the field's future work on this underexplored s

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