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Book SynopsisCan society operate without gender and even biological sex classifications? Queer Post-Gender Ethics argues that we could exist, formulate our relationships and be sexual in more androgynous ways. Outlining a political vision for how a post-gender sociality might be achieved, it presents queer social practices for a truly gender neutral world.Trade Review“This text challenges the reader with the analysis of theory and practice and does encourage a critical reading and thinking of selected theorists to prompt a move past normative notions of sex/gender. This book encourages the reader to consider new ways of thinking and it questions normative sex/gender assumptions charting the expansive possibilities of moving beyond the constraints and limitations of either/or binaries.” (Nikki Fairchild, Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 57, July-August, 2016)“In Queer Post-Gender Ethics, Lucy Nicholas offers a utopian model for post-gender selfhood, one that moves beyond the presumed inescapability of binary gender and into an imaginative ‘androgynous ethos’ featuring an ‘ethics of reciprocity.’ … Queer Post-Gender Ethics is especially useful for those exploring the limitations and pleasures of gender in advanced queer and feminist theory classes and discussion groups as a productive response to the question of whether binary gender is, or should be, truly eradicable.” (Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 45 (1), January, 2016)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Resilience of Bigenderism 2. Diagnosing and Transcending Sexual Difference 3. Gender Justice 4. Philosophical Arguments for Post-Gender Ontological Ethics 5. Queer Futures and Queer Ethics: Sketching Inexhaustibly Reciprocal Androgyny 6. The Politics of Implementing Post-Gender Ethics: Beyond Idealism / Realism 7. The Fully Armed Self: Cultivating Post-Gender Subjects 8. Ethical Post-Gender Sexual Relationships and Communities Conclusion: Utopian Realism

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Book SynopsisThe collection proposes inventive research strategies for the study of the affective and fluctuating dimensions of cultural life. It presents studies of nightclubs, YouTube memes, political provocations, heritage sites, blogging, education development, and haunting memories.Trade Review"Affective Methodologies redefines the way we can work with affect in our research assemblages. In a considered and timely application of affect theory to qualitative research practices, Knudsen and Stage have brought together a diverse collection of scholars. From defining figures in the field such as Blackman and Gibbs, to new voices including To and Kølvraa, this book provides a much needed consolidation of the existing trajectories of scholarship on and of affect while opening new ways forward for qualitative research." - Anna Hickey-Moody, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction: Affective methodologies; Britta Timm Knudsen and Carsten StagePart I: Inventive experiments2. Researching Affect and Embodied Hauntologies: Exploring an Analytics of Experimentation; Lisa Blackman3. Experimenting with affects and senses – A performative pop-up-laboratory (self) critically revisited; Dorthe Staunæs and Jette Kofoed 4. Diasporic montage and critical autoethnography: Mediated visions of intergenerational memory and the affective transmission of trauma; Nathan ToPart II: Embodied fieldwork5. Methods in Motion: Affecting Heritage Research; Emma Waterton and Steve Watson6. Exploring a ' 'remembering crisis ' ': ' 'Affective attuning ' ' and ' 'assemblaged archive ' ' as theoretical frameworks and research methodologies; Elena Trivelli7. The scent of a rose: imitating imitators as they learn to love the Prophet; Mikkel Rytter8. The field note assemblage: Researching the bodily-affective dimensions of drinking and dancing ethnographically; Frederik Bøhling Part III: Textualities9. Affect, Provocation and Far Right Rhetoric; Christoffer Kølvraa10. From Artwork to Net-work: Affective Effects of Political Art; Camilla M. Reestorff11. Writing as Method: Attunement, Resonance and Rhythm; Anna Gibbs12. Epilogue; Celia Lury

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Book SynopsisIn the first-ever comprehensive survey of the world’s female buccaneers, Pirate Women tells of the women, both real and legendary, who through the ages sailed alongside—and sometimes in command of—their male counterparts. These women came from all walks of life but had one thing in common: a desire for freedom. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now. Here are their stories, from ancient Norse warriors like Awilda, Stikla, and Rusla; to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs; from Grace O’Malley, who terrorized shipping operations around the British Isles; to Cheng I Sao, who commanded a fleet of 400 ships off China in the early 19th century. Author Laura Sook Duncombe also looks beyond the stories to the storytellers and mythmakers. What biases and agendas motivated them? What did they leave out? Pirate Women explores why and how these stories are told and passed down and how history changes depending on who is recording it. It’s the largest overview of women pirates in one volume and chock-full of swashbuckling adventures. In this book, pirate women are pulled from the shadows into the spotlight that they deserve.

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Book SynopsisNow available in Pocket Sized 4.37x7' edition for those time the full edition is too bulky. Includes all the Lessons from Volume IIThe Way of Transformation, a collection of Jeshua’s teachings, faithfully transcribed from the original audio recordings. It forms the fourth volume of the five essential ‘Way of Mastery’ texts. Jeshua shares: “The Way of Transformation... is that pathway that begins with a commitment to healing and awakening, and is founded on the premise that you are perfectly free at all times. And everything that is experienced has been by your choice. And at no time has there been any other cause.” His invitation to us is to wake up from every illusion that we have ever been separate from God, and to remember the deepest Truth of who we are: Christ. This is the only authorized version, precisely it was first given and including the original question and answer sections. Nothing has been added in the transition from audio to text: no chapter titles appear, nor themes given to sub-sections - for He gave none.

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Book SynopsisIn a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he explores the interconnections between cutting-edge work in bioanthropology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, human language and learning, and beyond, James Paul Gee advances, also, a personal philosophy of language, learning, and culture, informed by his decades of work across linguistics and the social sciences. Gee argues that our schools, institutions, legal systems, and societies are designed for creatures that do not exist, thus resulting in multiple, interacting crises, such as climate change, failing institutions, and the rise of nationalist nationalism. As Gee constructs an understanding of the human that takes into account our social, collective, and historical nature, as established by recent research, he inspires readers to reflect for themselves on the very question of who we are—a key consideration for anyone interested in society, government, schools, health, activism, culture and diversity, or even just survival.Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionPart 1Chapter 2: TermanChapter 3: HumansChapter 4: More than Animals?Chapter 5: Human-Made MonstersChapter 6: Conclusion to Part 1Part 2Chapter 7: FetishesChapter 8: Examples of FetishesChapter 9: Doubling FetishesChapter 10: The ImaginariumChapter 11: The Conscious BrainChapter 12: The Gang of SixChapter 13: LanguageChapter 14: Stress and the StateChapter 15. Another Attempt to Answer Our QuestionChapter 16: Conclusion to Part 2 Part 3Chapter 17: Inter-Human ArtefactsChapter 18: Embodied MeaningChapter 19: Specific UniversalsChapter 20: MoralityChapter 21: The Examined LifeChapter 22: Conclusion to Part 3Part 4Chapter 23: Plug-And-PlayChapter 24: Morality AgainChapter 25: AffinityChapter 26: Conclusions to Part 4Chapter 27: Conclusion to Book

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Book SynopsisNotion and Heritage types.- Methodologies for Sustainable Heritage Management.- Design Strategies and Actions.- Tools.- Annexures.

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Book SynopsisI. Vorstellungen und Konzeptionen.- De Gaulle und seine deutschen Nachbarn bis zur Begegnung mit Adenauer.- De Gaulle und die europäische Einigung.- De Gaulle, Deutschland und der Osten.- Europa vom Atlantik zum Ural. Eine magische Formel Eine Vision Eine Politik.- II. Reaktionen der Deutschen.- Er kam und ging als Fremder. Charles de Gaulle in der westdeutschen Einschätzung zwischen 1958 und 1970.- Zwischen Zauber und Donner. Die CDU/CSU und de Gaulle.- Die SPD und Charles de Gaulle in den sechziger Jahren.- Charles de Gaulle und die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.- Charles de Gaulle und ein deutsch-französisches Mißverständnis über Nation und Europa.- III. Resultate.- De Gaulle und der Wiederaufbau in der französischen Besatzungszone nach 1945.- Präsident de Gaulle, Bundeskanzler Adenauer und die Entstehung des Elysée-Vertrages.- De Gaulle und die deutsche Identität.- General de Gaulle und die deutsche Jugend.- Die praktischen Folgen des Elysée-Vertrags im militärischen Bereich.- Epilog.- De Gaulle 1990: Der Schutzheilige.Table of ContentsI. Vorstellungen und Konzeptionen.- De Gaulle und seine deutschen Nachbarn bis zur Begegnung mit Adenauer.- De Gaulle und die europäische Einigung.- De Gaulle, Deutschland und der Osten.- Europa vom Atlantik zum Ural. Eine magische Formel — Eine Vision — Eine Politik.- II. Reaktionen der Deutschen.- Er kam und ging als Fremder. Charles de Gaulle in der westdeutschen Einschätzung zwischen 1958 und 1970.- Zwischen „Zauber und Donner“. Die CDU/CSU und de Gaulle.- Die SPD und Charles de Gaulle in den sechziger Jahren.- Charles de Gaulle und die Außenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.- Charles de Gaulle und ein deutsch-französisches Mißverständnis über Nation und Europa.- III. Resultate.- De Gaulle und der Wiederaufbau in der französischen Besatzungszone nach 1945.- Präsident de Gaulle, Bundeskanzler Adenauer und die Entstehung des Elysée-Vertrages.- De Gaulle und die deutsche Identität.- General de Gaulle und die deutsche Jugend.- Die praktischen Folgen des Elysée-Vertrags im militärischen Bereich.- Epilog.- De Gaulle 1990: Der Schutzheilige.

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Book SynopsisVorbemerkung.- I. Einleitung Das deutsche Parteiensystem vor 1945.- 1. Entstehung und Entwicklung des deutschen Parteiensystems bis 1933.- 2. Faschisierung der Weimarer Republik und NS-Diktatur.- 3. Von der Weimarer Republik zur Bundesrepublik.- II. Die Wiederentstehung der Parteien in Deutschland (19451949).- 1. Besatzungspolitik und Entwicklung der bürgerlichen Parteien in den Westzonen (19451949).- 2. Zur Entstehung des Parteiensystems der DDR.- 3. Zur Entwicklung der Arbeiterparteien in den Westzonen (19451949).- III. Die Parteien in der Bundesrepublik (19491975).- 1. Zur Entwicklung des Parteiensystems zwischen 1949 und 1961.- 2. Zur Entwicklung des Parteiensystems zwischen 1961 und 1966.- 3. Das Parteiensystem in der Großen Koalition (19661969).- 4. Das Parteiensystem seit 1969 Normalisierung und Polarisierung.- IV. Sozialer Wandel und soziale Basis der Parteien.- Sozialstruktur und Parteiensystem.- Auswahlbibliographie.- Verzeichnis der Abkürzungen.- Register.- Die Autoren.Table of ContentsVorbemerkung.- I. Einleitung Das deutsche Parteiensystem vor 1945.- 1. Entstehung und Entwicklung des deutschen Parteiensystems bis 1933.- 2. Faschisierung der Weimarer Republik und NS-Diktatur.- 3. Von der Weimarer Republik zur Bundesrepublik.- II. Die Wiederentstehung der Parteien in Deutschland (1945–1949).- 1. Besatzungspolitik und Entwicklung der bürgerlichen Parteien in den Westzonen (1945–1949).- 2. Zur Entstehung des Parteiensystems der DDR.- 3. Zur Entwicklung der Arbeiterparteien in den Westzonen (1945–1949).- III. Die Parteien in der Bundesrepublik (1949–1975).- 1. Zur Entwicklung des Parteiensystems zwischen 1949 und 1961.- 2. Zur Entwicklung des Parteiensystems zwischen 1961 und 1966.- 3. Das Parteiensystem in der Großen Koalition (1966–1969).- 4. Das Parteiensystem seit 1969 — Normalisierung und Polarisierung.- IV. Sozialer Wandel und soziale Basis der Parteien.- Sozialstruktur und Parteiensystem.- Auswahlbibliographie.- Verzeichnis der Abkürzungen.- Register.- Die Autoren.

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Book SynopsisKommerzielle sexuelle Ausbeutung von Kindern, sei es durch sexuellen Missbrauch von Mädchen und Jungen im Rahmen von Pornografie, Prostitution(stourismus} oder auch Kinderhandel, gehört sicherlich zu den schlimmsten Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit in heutigen Ge­ sellschaften. Sie verletzt auf das Empfindlichste die Menschenwürde und das Recht eines jeden Kindes auf körperliche und seelische U nversehrt­ heit und Integrität. Schwerste Traumatisierungen der Mädchen und Jungen sowie psychische und physische Langzeitfolgen sind zumeist die Folge. Die Täter und Täterinnen bleiben - trotz verstärkter Anstrengun­ gen in der Strafverfolgung und Intervention - noch immer weitgehend unbehelligt, da die Taten nur schwer aufzudecken und nachzuweisen sind. Es war ein wichtiges Verdienst der NGOs und Hilfsorganisationen in den 90er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts, die Gesellschaft auf die Pro­ blematik und das beträchtliche Ausmaß der kommerziellen sexuellen Ausbeutung von Kindern weltweit aufmerksam gemacht zu haben und auch in Zusammenarbeit mit politischen EntscheidungsträgerInnen auf deren Bekämpfung und Verhinderung hinzuwirken. Der erste Weltkon­ gress in Stockholm 1996 brachte die relevanten gesellschaftlichen und politischen Akteure und Akteurinnen erstmals auf breiter internationaler Ebene zusammen und es wurde ein weltweiter Aktionsrahmen für die Bekämpfung von kommerzieller sexueller Ausbeutung abgesteckt, der in den Folgejahren auch auf nationaler Ebene umgesetzt werden sollte.Table of ContentsDer Band geht sowohl auf die eingeleiteten Maßnahmen inRechtsprechung und Strafverfolgung bei Kindesmissbrauch, Kinderpornografieund Sextourismus ein, als auch auf die vielfältigen Initiativen, Hilfen undErfahrungen der hier national und international tätigen gesellschaftlichenOrganisationen, der Freien und Öffentlichen Träger, wie sie sich in derNachfolge der ersten UN-Konferenz zur sexuellen Ausbeutung 1996 in der BRDentwickelt haben. Neben einer Bilanzierung der bisherigen Maßnahmen undErfolge richten sich die Beiträge und Diskussionen auch auf die Erfordernissezukünftiger Schwerpunkte in der Bekämpfung von Kindesmissbrauch,Kinderpornografie und Sextourismus. Die Dokumentation soll vor allem allenFachkräften, die sich in ihren verschiedenen Arbeitsbereichen für die Opfervon sexuellem Missbrauch und gegen die kommerzielle sexuelle Ausbeutung vonKindern einsetzen, umfangreiches Detailwissen aus der multiprofessionellenFachpraxis vermitteln für die Erarbeitung gezielter Strategien in denBereichen Prävention, Hilfe, Partizipation, Strafverfolgung, Recht, Politikund Vernetzung. Die Tagung wurde mit Förderung des Bundesministeriums fürFamilie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend vom InformationszentrumKindesmisshandlung/Kindesvernachlässigung des Deutschen Jugendinstitutsvorbereitet und durchgeführt.

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Book SynopsisEinleitung: Friedensvisionen für das 21. Jahrhundert.- I: Friedenstheorie.- 1. Die Friedensforschung: eine epistemologische Grundlage.- 2. Die Friedensforschung: einige grundlegende Paradigmen.- 3. Frau : Mann = Frieden : Gewalt?.- 4. Demokratie : Diktatur = Frieden : Krieg?.- 5. Das Staatensystem: dissoziativ, konföderativ, föderativ, einheitsstaatlich oder eine aussichtslose Sache?.- II: Konflikttheorie.- 1. Konfliktformationen.- 2. Konfliktlebenszyklen.- 3. Konflikttransformationen.- 4. Konfliktinterventionen.- 5. Gewaltfreie Konflikttransformation.- III: Entwicklungstheorie.- 1. Entwicklung: fünfzehn Thesen zu Theorie und Praxis.- 2. Sechs ökonomische Schulen.- 3. Die Externalitäten.- 4. Zehn Thesen zu einer Eklektischen Entwicklungstheorie.- 5. Entwicklungstheorie: ein Ansatz über die Räume hinweg.- IV: Zivilisationstheorie.- 1. Kulturelle Gewalt.- 2. Sechs Kosmologien: eine impressionistische Darstellung.- 3. Implikationen: Frieden, Krieg, Konflikt, Entwicklung.- 4. Spezifizierungen: Hitlerismus, Stalinismus, Reaganismus.- 5. Explorationen: Gibt es Therapien für pathologische Kosmologien?.- Schluß: Friede und Konflikt, Entwicklung und Kultur.Table of ContentsGaltungs erweiterte und vertiefte Neufassung seiner Friedenstheorie entwickelt Grundlagen einer originären Konflikt-, Entwicklungs- und Kulturtheorie und bezieht zugleich Position in den großen Kontroversen um den ‚demokratischen Frieden' den ‚Zusammenprall derZivilisationen' oder den ‚Primat der militärischen Macht'.

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Book SynopsisErziehungsbedingungen in der DDR: Offizielle Programme, individuelle Praxis und die Rolle der Pädagogischen Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie.- Erziehungsbedingungen im frühen Kindesalter in Kinderkrippen vor und nach der Wende.- Wandel der familiären Lebensverhältnisse von Kindern in Ostdeutschland.- Zu den Autoren des Bandes.Table of ContentsErziehungsbedingungen in der DDR: Offizielle Programme, individuelle Praxis und die Rolle der Pädagogischen Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie.- Erziehungsbedingungen im frühen Kindesalter in Kinderkrippen vor und nach der Wende.- Wandel der familiären Lebensverhältnisse von Kindern in Ostdeutschland.- Zu den Autoren des Bandes.

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Book SynopsisKarl Marx hat beansprucht, das eigentliche Grundlagengebiet der Ökonomie entdeckt zu haben: das der Konstitution der ökonomisch-sozialen Formen und Kategorien. Das Buch erschließt neue Zugänge zu den zentralen und dennoch weitgehend verkannt gebliebenen Einsichten und Sachaussagen der "Kritik der politischen Ökonomie".Table of ContentsVorbemerkung.- Die Entstehung der Arbeits-Werttheorie als ökonomischer Gegenstandstheorie aus wirtschaftspolitischen und moralphilosophischen Debatten bei Adam Smith.- Die Aporien der Arbeitswerttheorie bei Smith und Ricardo.- Kritik der subjektiven Werttheorie: Samuel Bailey.- Wertkonstitution und Gesamtarbeit.- Der Schein der einfachen Zirkulation: Pierre Joseph Proudhon.- Die Strategie einer Analyse der Form: Selbständigkeit und Verselbständigung. Werttheorie als Kapitaltheorie bei Marx.- Gegenstand und Methode.

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Table of ContentsI. Einleitung und Aktenfall.- II. Staatliches Strafen — innerhalb der Rechtsordnung gesehen.- III. Staatliches Strafen — von außerhalb der Rechtsordnung gesehen.- 1. Frage der Ethik.- 2. Sicht der Kriminologie.- IV. Die allgemeine gesetzliche Regelung der Strafen.- V. Die einzelnen Strafgesetze des Besonderen Teils.- 1. Aufgabe und Art der Regelung.- 2. Katalog der Rechtsgüter und Legalordnung.- 3. Die gesetzliche Schilderung und Gruppierung von Straftaten und der Zusammenhang von Tatbestand und Rechtsfolge.- 4. Beispiel zweier Deliktsgruppen.- 5. Die einzelnen Straftatbestände in der Rechtsanwendung.- 6. Fragen der Gesetzgebung zum Besonderen Teil des Strafrechts.- VI. Die allgemeinen Merkmale der Straftat.- 1. Die Unrechtsbegründung im Unrechtstatbestand.- 2. Der Unrechtsausschluß durch Rechtfertigung.- 3. Die Schuldbegründung im Schuldtatbestand.- 4. Der Ausschluß der Rechtsschuld durch Entschuldigung.- 5. Zusätzliche Straftatmerkmale.- 6. Straftatausschließungsgründe.- 7. Abschließende Bemerkung über die allgemeinen Merkmale der Straftat.- 8. Das Unterlassungsdelikt.- 9. Täter- und Teilnehmerdelikt.- 10. Das Versuchsdelikt.- 11. Die Anzahl der Straftaten: Konkurrenzen.- VII. Die nichtvergeltenden Strafrechtsfolgen und ihre Voraussetzungen.- VIII. Grundlagen des Strafverfahrensrechts.- IX. Der Gang des Strafverfahrens.- X. Die Entscheidung über die Strafrechtsfolgen im Strafverfahren.- XI. Die Ausführung des Rechtsspruchs: Vollstreckung, Vollzug, Register.- XII. Sonderstrafrecht.- 1. Das Jugendstrafrecht.- 2. Das Ordnungswidrigkeitenrecht.- 3. Das Wehrstrafrecht.- Über den Verfasser.- Literaturhinweise.- Kriminalstatistik.- Abkürzungsverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisIrene Becker and Richard Hauser "Bringing Income Distribution in From The Cold" was the title Anthony B. Atkinson gave his Presidential Address to the Royal Economic Society in 1996. This provocative formulation was intended to draw attention to the way in which the subject of income distribution long has been marginalised in the field of economics (Atkinson 1997). In recent years, however, scientific interest in matters of personal income distribution has been growing. One reason for this recent concern stems from the political sphere: The factors of reinforced competition between countries due to the globalisation of markets and European integration, high unemployment rates and demographic changes necessitate reforms of labour markets, tax systems and social security systems. These reforms will affect both allocation and distribution, so that reliable information on both areas is needed to devise balanced political programs. Another reason for the burgeoning literature on personal income distribution is the improved availability of data on individual income, which are a major prerequisite for detailed analyses of distribution topics. Last but not least, the development of powerful computers, advanced statistics, econometric packages and extended micro-simulation models enables researchers both to work with huge individual data sets to describe and explain the personal distribution of income and to simulate the effects of political (social and economic) programs. The volume at hand is based on some of the research advances in this field during the last decade.Table of ContentsI. Becker, R. Hauser: Introduction.- V. Steiner, T. Hölzle: The Development of Wages in Germany in the 1990s - Descriptions and Explanations.- H. Fabig: Labor Income Mobility - Germany, the USA and Great Britain Compared.- A. B. Atkinson: The Distribution of Personal Income: Complex Yet Over-Simplified.- R. Hauser, I. Becker: Changes in the Distribution of Pre-government and Post-government Income in Germany 1973 - 1993.- J. Merz: The Distribution of Income of Self-employed, Entrepreneurs and Professions as Revealed from Micro Income Tax Statistics in Germany.- S. Jenkins: Trends in the UK Income Distribution.- I. Eriksson, T. Pettersson: Income Distribution and Income Mobility - Recent Trends in Sweden.- J. Frick, F. Büchel, P. Krause: Public Transfers, Income Distribution, and Poverty in Germany and in the United States.- T. Smeeding: Changing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Updated Results from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS).- J. Schwarze, J. R. Frick: Old Age Pension Systems and Income Distribution Among the Elderly: Germany and the United States Compared.

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Book SynopsisDie Beiträge dieses Bandes fragen nach der Charakteristik der modernen Liebesbeziehung und der Bedeutung des Phänomens "Liebe" als kulturellem Handlungsmuster und sozialem Tatbestand. Soziale Beziehungen, die als "Liebesbeziehung" bezeichnet werden, sind in ihren charakteristischen Eigenschaften im Vergleich zu anderen Beziehungstypen soziologisch unterbestimmt, obwohl ihre Relevanz für die gesellschaftliche Integration und Ordnungsbildung unbestritten sein dürfte. Deshalb sollte das Phänomen "Liebe" und der Beziehungstyp "Intimbeziehung" grundlegend in die soziologische Diskussion eingebunden werden. Hierzu sollte der Begriff "Liebe" vor allem mit den Fragestellungen der Familien- bzw. Paarsoziologie, der Emotionssoziologie sowie der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, aber auch der Kommunikations- und Mediensoziologie verknüpft werden. Die Beiträge versuchen, neue Perspektiven einer "Liebes"-Forschung aufzuzeigen: Vom sozialen und kulturellen Wandel der Vorstellungen von Liebe, über die vielfältigen Institutionalisierungsformen zur Entstehung, Gestaltungund Stabilisierung von Liebesbeziehungen, bis hin zu Fragen des Zusammenhangs zwischen Liebe und Geschlechterpolitik.Table of ContentsKornelia Hahn/Günter Burkart, Einleitung: Liebe am Ende des 20.Jahrhunderts - Günter Burkart, Auf dem Weg zu einer Soziologie der Liebe - Rüdiger Lautmann, Wie verschieden lieben die Geschlechter? - Karl Lenz, Romantische Liebe - Ende eines Beziehungsideals? - Ursula Pasero, Soziale Bindungen im Wandel: Zur sozialen Sematik von Liebe und Intimität - Hilde Weiss/Christoph Reinprecht, Liebe und Treue. Empirische Studien zur Verbindlichkeit des Liebesideals - Tilman Allert, Der Umgang mit dem Dritten: Elemente einer Strukturtheorie der Liebe - Cornelia Koppetsch, Liebe, Intimität und Partnerschaft: Gerechtigkeit in modernen Paarbeziehungen - Maja S. Maier, 'Ländliche Galanterie' oder 'Biedermeierliebe'? - Kornelia Hahn, Liebe im Film. Fiktionale Modelle intimer Beziehungen? ...

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Book SynopsisDo traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? How are differences between knowledge and belief understood in different cultural contexts? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself. Beyond addressing many fields in the academy, the book discusses learned individuals interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.Table of ContentsContents,- Introduction to the book series „Knowledge and Space':Peter Meusburger,-: Introduction to this volume Clashes of Knowledge inside, outside, and at the Threshold of Science: Edgar Wunder,- Chapter 1: Forms of Knowledge: Problems, Projects, Perspectives: Günter Abel,- Chapter 2: The Nexus of Knowledge and Space: Peter Meusburger,- Chapter 3: Cultural boundaries: Settled and unsettled: Thomas F. Gieryn,- Chapter 4: Actor’s and Analysts’ Categories in the Social Analysis of Science: Harry Collins,- Chapter 5: Science and the Limits of Knowledge: Mikael Stenmark,- Chapter 6: Science and Religion in Popular Publishing: Aileen Fyfe,- Chapter 7: Reason, Faith, and Gnosis: Potentials and Problematics of a Typological Construct: Wouter J. Hanegraaff,- Chapter 8: The Demarcation Problem of Knowledge and Faith. Questions and Answers from Theology: Michael Welker ,- Chapter 9: Types of Sacred Space and European Responses to New Religious Movements: Eileen Barker,- Chapter 10: When Faiths Collide: The Case of Fundamentalism: Roger W. Stump,- Chapter 11: The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance: State of the Science and Directions for Future Research: Peter Fischer, Dieter Frey, Claudia Peus and Andreas Kastenmüller,- Chapter 12: Turning Persuasion from Art into a Science: Robert B. Cialdini,- Abstracts of the contribution,- Addresses of the contributors,- On the Klaus Tschira Foundation

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Book SynopsisJustin O’Connor and Lily Kong The cultural and creative industries have become increasingly prominent in many policy agendas in recent years. Not only have governments identified the growing consumer potential for cultural/creative industry products in the home market, they have also seen the creative industry agenda as central to the growth of external m- kets. This agenda stresses creativity, innovation, small business growth, and access to global markets – all central to a wider agenda of moving from cheap manufacture towards high value-added products and services. The increasing importance of cultural and creative industries in national and city policy agendas is evident in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, Australia, and New Zealand, and in more nascent ways in cities such as Chongqing and Wuhan. Much of the thinking in these cities/ countries has derived from the European and North American policy landscape. Policy debate in Europe and North America has been marked by ambiguities and tensions around the connections between cultural and economic policy which the creative industry agenda posits. These become more marked because the key dr- ers of the creative economy are the larger metropolitan areas, so that cultural and economic policy also then intersect with urban planning, policy and governance.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“Creative Economies, Creative Cities, an edited collection of articles by academics from Europe, the Far East and Australia, puts Florida’s thesis in global and historical context. The book mines a rich vein of debate that began long before 2002 about the effectiveness of the Creative Economy idea. … The book is a kind of echo chamber for academics and policy-makers … .” (Matthew J. Kiefer, ArchitectureBoston, September, 2009)“One of the most valuable aspects of Creative Economies, Creative Cities is that it identifies questions from recent years about the cultural and creative industries, a sophisticated set of policy agendas regarding the development of creative economics and creative cities. … This collection should be read by policymakers interested in design and implementation of culture-led regeneration projects.” (Chang Bin Lee, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 17 (3), June, 2011)“The book has a strong interdisciplinary approach–effectively reflecting the variety of topics and methods that characterise research in this area. … the book proves a solid contribution and some of the chapters included will become highly cited within the field. … it is the first attempt to adopt an inclusive view on the creative economy and give us a better understating of the creative economies discourses and creative city policies taking place in Asia. For this ground-breaking reason the book has to be praised.”­­­ (Roberta Comunian, Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 34, February, 2010)Table of ContentsChapter 1:Introduction: Justin O’Connor and Lily Kong.- Creative Economy Policies.- Chapter 2: Creative cities and the creative/cultural economy: a European perspective: Andy Pratt.- Chapter 3: Notions of the creative industry in Asia: the interaction of past and present industrial forms: Ted Tschang.- Creative Clusters.- Chapter 4:Spaces of culture and economy: mapping the cultural creative cluster landscape: Hans Mommaas: Chapter 5: Creative clusters: arts and cultural activities in Singapore: Lily Kong: Chapter 6: The capital complex: Beijing’s new creative clusters: Michael Keane: A Creative Class?: Chapter 7: The European creative class and regional development: How relevant is Florida’s theory for Europe?: Høgni Kalsø Hansen, Bjorn Asheim and Jan Vang Lauridsen: Chapter 8: Getting out of place: the mobile creative class takes on the local: Kate Oakley.- Chapter 9: Asian cities and limits to creative capital theory: Patrick Mok.- The Making of Creative Cities.- Chapter 10: The creative industries, governance and economic development: Calvin Taylor: Chapter 11: Shanghai’s emergence into the global creative economy: Li Wu Wei and Hua Jian.- Chapter 12: Shanghai Moderne: creative economy in a creative city?: Justin O’Connor: The Politics of the Creative City: Chapter 13: Urbanity as a political project: urban interventions and the European City: Eric Corijn: Chapter 14: Alternative politics in urban innovation: Panu Lehtovouri and Klaske Havik: References.- Index

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Book SynopsisModern and professional communication is required to realise the goal of sustainability in society. This book develops a theoretical and empirical framework, integrating interdisciplinary perspectives from communications theory, psychology, sociology, educational sciences, systems theory and constructivism. Its aim is to inform the establishment of sustainability communication. Complementing this theoretical framework, the book provides methods and concepts in a range of fields such as corporate practice, education and media. The book addresses the scientific community and students as well as communicators in all categories of sustainability communication.Table of ContentsI. Mapping Sustainability Communication 1. Sustainability Communication - An Introduction 2. Strong Sustainability as a Frame for Sustainability Communication 3. Sustainability Communication an Integrative Approach 4. Sustainable Communication as An Inter- and Transdisciplinary Discipline II. Framework of Sustainability Communication 5. Sociological Perspectives on Sustainability Communication 6. Psychological Aspects of Sustainability Communication 7. Media Theory and Sustainability Communication 8. Communication Theory and Sustainability Discourse 9. Communicating Education for Sustainable Development 10. Sustainability Communication: A Systemic-constructivist Perspective III. Practice of Sustainability Communication 11. Climate Change as an Element of Sustainability Communication 12. Biodiversity and Sustainability Communication 13. Communicating Sustainable Consumption 14. Corporate Sustainability Reporting 15. Computer Support for Cooperate Sustainability Communication 16. Participation: Empowerment for Sustainable Development Index

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of new English dialects in postcolonial regions has transformed the politics of English in the world and language ecologies in many regions. Why, how, and when did these dialects develop? Why do they have the accents and grammars that we hear? Are the grammars of these dialects completely different due to the influence of local languages, or similar due to natural tendencies in human cognition? In terms of social identity, do these new speakers behave like native speakers of British or American English, or like language learners? Focusing on two prominent cases; English in India and in Singapore; this book examines the social, historical, and cognitive forces that together created and continue to shape these dialects. Differences in the linguistic ecology of the two regions help us to identify the strongest mechanisms of dialect formation under long-term cultural contact. The multi-scale analysis of a range of bilinguals moves beyond a simplistic divide between ''deficit'Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction PART I. ENGLISH IN INDIA Chapter 2. Histories of English in India Chapter 3. Errors or innovations? Chapter 4. The article system Chapter 5. The verbal system Chapter 6. Dialect identity PART II. COMPARING INDIA AND SINGAPORE Chapter 7. Rates of change Chapter 8. Grammatical universals? Chapter 9. The role of input Chapter 10. Style range and attitudinal change Chapter 11. Summary and implications

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Book SynopsisBack in print, the fascinating history of Little Golden Books, in celebration of their 75th anniversary in 2017! With a Foreword by Eric Carle. Eminent children's historian Leonard Marcus' Golden Legacy chronicles the fascinating story of the creation, marketing, and worldwide impact of Little Golden Books, the most popular children's books of all time. Launched during the dark days of WWII, Golden Books such as The Poky Little Puppy were an instant sensation. Hallmarked by their superlative quality yet affordable to nearly all, they changed the cultural landscape and mirrored our changing postwar culture: the powerful influence of television, the post-Sputnik renaissance in American science education, and the birth of the civil rights movement. Lavishly illustrated with the iconic Golden Book covers and colorful artwork  generations of children have pored over, Golden Legacy is a compelling tale of mavericks, innovators, a

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Both exhilarating and terrifying . . . Although considered the master of 'cyberpunk' science fiction, William Gibson is also one fine suspense writer.”—People“A stunner . . . A terrifically stylish burst of kick-butt imagination.”—Entertainment Weekly“Convincing . . . frightening . . . Virtual Light is written with a sense of craft, a sense of humor and a sense of the ultimate seriousness of the problems it explores.”—Chicago Tribune“In the emerging pop culture of the information age, Gibson is the brightest star.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to focus on the implications of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's thinking on the social sciences and organisation.

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Book SynopsisLarbi Sadiki is Professor of Arab Democratization. He is editor of Routledge Studies of Middle Eastern Democratization and Government, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal PROTEST. He is director of the Tunis-based Democratic Sustainability Forum (Demos). He is currently Senior Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Qatar. Layla Saleh is Associate Professor of International Affairs at Qatar University, Qatar and Associate Editor of the journal PROTEST. She is co-founder of the Democratic Sustainability Forum (Demos). Her publications include the book US Hard Power in the Arab World: Resistance, the Syrian Uprising, and the War on Terror (2017).Trade ReviewIn the Middle East and North Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the political, economic, and societal fissures that contributed to and were exacerbated by the Arab revolutions and counterrevolutions. In this highly recommended volume, editors Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh offer a fascinating examination of the pandemic’s impact on citizens, refugees, and migrant workers. The editors and contributors admirably offer suggested reforms for a more just and equitable post-pandemic MENA region. * Osamah F. Khalil, Associate Professor, Syracuse University, USA *An interesting exploration of how states with such different structures and resources have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. … I recommend this book as an interesting exploration of ‘risk society’ related to COVID-19 in the MENA region and related impacts. * The Lancet Infectious Diseases *Table of Contents1. MENA Risk Society and the “Pandemic Condition” Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh Part I: The Gulf 2. Small States of the Arab Gulf: Diplomatic Dimensions of a Pandemic, Beverley Milton-Edwards 3. Accelerating AI-led Structural Transformation of the GCC Migration Regimes in the Wake of COVID-19 and the Implications for the Labor-Exporting Countries, Abdul Ghaffar Mughal and and Ali A.Hadi Alshawi 4.Socioeconomic Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the GCC Countries: Threats and Opportunities, Héla Miniaoui1 and Anis Khayati Part II: The Maghreb (Western MENA) 5. North Africa and the Pandemic, Mohamed El Hachimi 6. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Political and Social Frames in Morocco from a Democratic Perspective, Aisha Kadaoui Part III: The Mashreq (Eastern MENA) 7. Risking Health Security: Coronavirus-19, the WHO, and the Limits of the State in Egypt Mohammed, Moussa and Takayuki Yokota 8. Dual Combat: Resisting COVID-19 and the Israeli Occupation, Basem Ezbidi 9 Crisis and Ceding of State Sovereignty: The Case of Lebanon and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Assem Dandashly Part IV: Wider MENA 10. Gendering Security: The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugee Women in Turkey Ravza Altuntas-Çakir, Aysegül Gökalp Kutlu, and Fatmanur Delioglu 11. Risky Pedagogies: Macro- and Micro-Politics of the Virus in the Times of COVID-19 Epidemic Maziyar Ghiabi Part V: Regional Perspectives 12. EU-MENA Relations amid COVID-19 Pandemic. Between Economic Issues, Migration Challenges and Authoritarian Risk, Pietro Marzo and Renata Pepicelli 13. The Post-Pandemic Bifurcation: Democratization versus Oligarchy Radicalization in the Arab World, Mudar Kassis Conclusion 14. A Matter of Pandemics, Politics, and Academics: The Conundrums of Researching COVID-19 in MENA, Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh Index

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Book SynopsisNadia Naser-Najjab is Lecturer in Palestine Studies at the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter, UK. Previously she was Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine. She is the author of Dialogue in Palestine: The People-to-People Diplomacy Programme and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (I.B.Tauris, 2020). Her research is based on first-hand experience and original data collection and focuses on the Palestine-Israel peace process, Palestinian education and Palestinian resistanceTrade ReviewA rigorous, thoroughly theorized and up to date analysis of the impact of settler colonial occupation on the lives of ordinary Palestinians during a deadly and devastating global health pandemic. -- Teodora Todorova, Teaching Fellow in Sociology, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: The Colonial Context of COVID-19 Chapter Two: Life Before and After the Pandemic t:he View from the Gaza Strip Chapter Three: The Implication of the Division of Hebron and Combating COVID-19 Chapter Four: Jerusalemites Beyond the Wall Facing COVID-19: The Case of Kufr Aqab Chapter Five: Palestinian Refugees Facing COVID-19: The Case of Jalzoon Camp Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an informed view of how information technology is shaping the contemporary humanities. It specifically reflects five ideals:*humanities scholars with all levels of access are doing important work with technology;*humanities scholars'' projects with technology reflect significant diversity, both across and within disciplinary bounds;*using information technology in the humanities is a continuous conversation;*information technology offers new options for humanities education; and *just as collaboration changes the nature of any project, so does information technology change the nature of collaboration--its speed, character, methods, and possible implementations.The first to explore new and important ways for humanities scholars to collaborate across disciplines via electronic media, this book redefines electronic collaboration; presents insightful models of student collaboration; provides important models of faculty collaboration with speTable of ContentsContents: M. Vielstimmig, A Word to the Fore. J.A. Inman, C. Reed, P. Sands, Preface: Issues and Options for Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: A Framework. Part I:Theories of Electronic Collaboration.S. Turkle, Collaborative Selves, Collaborative Worlds: Identity in the Information Age. J. Carlacio, What's So Democratic About CMC? The Rhetoric of Techno-Literacy in the New Millennium. R.J. Rickley, Computer-Mediated Communication as Reflective Rhetoric-in-Action: Dialogic Interaction, Technology, and Cross-Curricular Thinking. J.A. Inman, Electracy for the Ages: Collaboration With the Past and Future. R. Gajjala, A. Mamidipudi, Collaborating Across Contexts: Rethinking the Local and the Global, Theory and Practice. S. Tchudi, Response. Part II:Student Collaboration and Electronic Media.N. Knowles, M.W. Hennequin, New Technology, Newer Teachers: Computer Resources and Collaboration in Literature and Composition. M.E. Fakler, J.E. Perisse, Voices Merged in Collaborated Conversation: The Peer Critiquing Computer Project. A.L. Trupe, Reentry Women Students' Online Collaboration Patterns: Synchronous Conferencing in a Basic Writing Class. J.B. Paoletti, M.C. Sies, V. Jenkins, Using a Virtual Museum for Collaborative Teaching, Research, and Service. D.S. Corrigan, S.M. Gers, Across the Cyber Divide: Connecting Freshman Composition Students to the 21st Century. C.L. Prell, Web Writing and Service Learning: A Call for Training as a Final Deliverable. B. Freidheim, Response. Part III:Faculty Collaboration and Electronic Media.C. Reed, D.M. Formo, Writers Anomalous: Wiring Faculty Research. D.N. Sewell, What's in a Name? Defining Electronic Community. K. McComas, Cow Tale: A Story of Transformation in Two MOO Communities. C. Szylowicz, J. Kibbee, The Collaboration That Created the Kolb-Proust Archive: Humanities Scholarship, Computing, and the Library. T.L. Benson, Response. Part IV:Electronic Collaboration and the Future.T.A. Jackson, Imagining Future(s): Toward a Critical Pedagogy for Emerging Technologies. P.J. Morris, II, Critical and Dynamic Literacy in the Computer Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between School Literacy and Workplace Literacy. T. Fanderclai, Collaborative Research, Collaborative Thinking: Lessons From the Linux Community. P. Sands, Current and Future Research in the Production and Analysis of Electronic Text in the Humanities: Bridging Our Own "Two Cultures" With Integrated, Empirical Studies. J.C. Freeman, Imaging Florida: A Model Interdisciplinary Collaboration by the Florida Research Ensemble. R. Bass, Response. A.R. Gere, Afterword.

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Book SynopsisFor decades, cigarette companies helped to promote the impression that there was no scientific consensus concerning the safety of their product. The appearance of controversy, however, was misleading, designed to confuse the public and to protect industry interests. Created scientific controversies emerge when expert communities are in broad agreement but the public perception is one of profound scientific uncertainty and doubt. In the first book-length analysis of the concept of a created scientific controversy, David Harker explores issues including climate change, Creation science, the anti-vaccine movement and genetically modified crops. Drawing on work in cognitive psychology, social epistemology, critical thinking and philosophy of science, he shows readers how to better understand, evaluate, and respond to the appearance of scientific controversy. His book will be a valuable resource for students of philosophy of science, environmental and health sciences, and social and naturalTrade Review'Harker has produced a valuable book that introduces students to important insights from the philosophy of science and cognitive psychology in order to prepare them for grappling with major debates at the intersection of science and society.' Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University'This is a stimulating and engaging book that introduces some of the core issues in the philosophy of science by taking the reader through a variety of important scientific controversies. By means of this novel approach it offers a useful resource to not only philosophers of science and their students but also anyone concerned about rational decision making and critical thinking in general, including the scientifically literate public and scientists themselves.' Steven French, University of Leeds'This is a unique and important book that addresses a topic of pressing social and political importance with great care and clarity, and an excellent understanding of the relevant science. This is applied philosophy of science at its best.' James Ladyman, University of Bristol'This book has the look and feel of a classroom text, complete with topics for discussion at the end of each chapter. … Harker spends a good deal of time providing background on the history of the philosophy of science, elementary logic, and the literature on cognitive bias. Each of these topics in and of themselves is useful. Indeed, Harker's explanation of the problem of underdetermination of theory by evidence was extremely well done. The explanation of the literature on cognitive bias was also a nice compendium of diverse research findings.' Lee McIntyre, MetascienceTable of ContentsIntroduction: scientific authority and the created controversy; Part I. Lessons from the Philosophy of Science: 1. Defining science and the empiricist approach; 2. Two challenges for the naïve empiricist; 3. A revolution in how we think about sciences; 4. Sciences as historically and socially situated; Points to remember: Part I; Part II. Biases, Arguments and Created Controversies: 5. Inherent irrationality: cognitive biases and heuristics; 6. Thinking more clearly: arguments, reasoning and informal fallacies; 7. Created controversies and how to detect them; Points to remember: Part II; Part III. Exposing Created Controversies: 8. Environmental scare: the case of anthropogenic climate change; 9. Sciences, religion and an intelligently design controversy?; 10. Issues of public health: aids, autism and GMOs; Points to remember: Part III; Concluding remarks; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisJames Beard Awardwinning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a tableeating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at that table? In The Meth Lunches, Kim Foster peers behind the polished visions of perfectly curated dinners and charming families to reveal the complex reality when poverty and food intersect. Whether it's heirloom vegetables or a block of neon-yellow government cheese, food is both a basic necessity and a nuanced litmus test: what and how we eat reflects our communities, our cultures, and our place in the world. The Meth Lunches gives a glimpse into the lives of people living in Foster's Las Vegas communitythe grocery store cashier who feels safer surrounded by food after surviving a childhood of hunger; the inmate baking a birthday cake with coffee

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Book SynopsisKevin Guyan is a Research Fellow in the School of Culture & Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow, UK. In 2022, he published his first book Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (Bloomsbury Academic).

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Book SynopsisIn Psychology: The Science of Person, Mind, and Brain, experienced teacher, researcher, and author Daniel Cervone provides students with a new and exciting way of understanding psychology.

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Book SynopsisI have often wondered if the opposition to women's choosing to abort a pregnancy masks a fear of women choosing to have and raise children on their own.Trade Review`...compelling account of moral decision-making in the search for an authentic moral self. ...there is much here that will prompt critical rethinking of our more general notions of moral functioning.' Journal of Moral Education, 31:1 (2002)Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction - Motherhood as a new war zone. 1. Motherhood as a moral position. 2. Motherhood as a wish. 3. Motherhood as a decision - 1983. 4. Motherhood as an experience - 1990. 5. Motherhood as development - 1997. 6. Motherhood as narrative of moral resistance. 7. Mature unwed motherhood as a missing text. Conclusion. References. Tables.

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Book SynopsisA New York Times Bestseller New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceHow do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean.In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching , Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years, describing his efforts to come into his own in a world that denied his humanity. Smith unapologetically upends reigning assumptions about black masculinity, rewriting the script for black manhood so that depression and anxiety aren't considered taboo, and feminism and LGBTQ rights become part of the fight. The questions Smith asks in this book are urgent,for him, for the martyrs and the tokens, and for the Trayvons that could have been and are still waiting.Trade Review"'Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching' is ambitious, ardent and timely." --Walton Muyumba, New York Times Book Review "An ambitious blend of autobiography and cultural criticism." --New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice "An audacious debut book...This is a must-read book for the generations." --Washington Post "[Mychal Denzel Smith] is a voice entering the ring with fire. With raw urgency, intelligence and blistering candor, [Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching] tells the story of a young man's political education."--New Republic "[Mychal Denzel Smith] provides perspective into the complexity of blackness that's commonly lost in discussions about race...this memoir is both groundbreaking and saddening. It might be the first of its kind: a book that offers a comprehensive look into the genesis of black millennial lives through the eyes of a young black man." --Daren W. Jackson, Chicago Tribune "Here is the deeply thought accounting of the contemporary black experience by one of our foremost writers and thinkers. A scintillating, rewarding read."--The Root "'Invisible Man' is a philosophical work...[Mychal Denzel Smith's] straightforward explanation of his experience growing up as a black man in America is worth our urgent attention." --Michael Kleber-Diggs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune "...wonderful...While Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching may not have the answers, its attempt to define the undefined something buzzing about blackness feels like catching lightning in a bottle." --Atlantic.com "...engaging and brilliant." --Truthout "What makes 'Invisible Man, Got the Whole Watching' so revolutionary is Smith's brutal honesty...Unlike many of his predecessors, [Smith] gives a raw recount of a young black man's life through the framework of black feminism and cultural criticism." --Huda Hassan, National Post "...a superbly thoughtful memoir." --Buzzfeed "A useful blueprint for radical and intersectional politics in a country where a black child can grow up to be president but where living while black is still dangerous."--Kirkus Reviews "Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching is quintessentially Mychal Denzel Smith: brilliant, honest, courageous, hilarious, and transparent. Most importantly, it is one of the best and most authentic examples of black male feminist cultural criticism that we have ever seen. Although he draws from his own experience, Mychal avoids the self-importance and navel gazing that compromise most memoirs of this genre. Instead, he offers a narrative that is at once unique and ordinary, reflective and instructive. This book should be read by anyone trying to understand what it means to be black and male and committed to this beautiful struggle for freedom." --Marc Lamont Hill, author of Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond "If I kept a diary of my deepest thoughts, plaguing insecurities and varied triumphs--this would be it. It is a cover to cover conversation with the reader on the complexity of (hopefully) growing to be a Black Man in the American Empire. Mychal's coming of age book, his first, is a masterful meld of personal reflection, political analysis and honest insight that yearns to be felt, must be read and demands to be seen." --umi selah, organizer and co-founder, the dream defenders "Decades ago, Toni Cade Bambara wrote, 'The purpose of a writer is to make revolution irresistible.' Mychal Denzel Smith, in addition to crafting a genius piece of art that swims through politics and prose, has created one of the first books of my lifetime that makes structural and interpersonal revolution irresistible. Unlike many 20th and 21st century memoirs written by black men, Smith convinces readers that any conversation or movement towards black liberation that doesn't also reckon with heteropatriarchy is brittle at best, and likely destructive. Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching is the first book of my life that I need to read with my mother, my grandmother and my children. Mychal Denzel Smith has done it. He has written a potential revolution." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America "It has become routine to witness black boys meeting violent ends. Captured on police dash cams or bystander smart phones we watch black boys die as videos replay hourly on cable news and are clicked feverishly on YouTube. It is still rare to watch black boys grow--to hear them laugh or cry, to declare their passions and to reason carefully. This is part of why Smith's book is so affirming, necessary, even delightful despite its brutality and angst. Mychal Denzel Smith answers the pressing but unasked question, what would happen if all those black boys felled by bullets had a chance to make mistakes, read books, fall in love, hone skills, take new paths, and grow up? The story is fully and unflinchingly Mychal's and because Mychal is so distinctively self-aware, so intellectually invested, and emotionally raw, it cannot simply stand in as a generic tale for all the lost black boys-- except that they too would have had stories entirely their own to tell if only they had had a chance to write them. We owe it to them and more importantly to ourselves to read Mychal's book and render visible what we would rather forget." --Melissa Harris-Perry, Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University "Mychal Denzel Smith takes us on a political and cultural journey of young black manhood that unapologetically examines, parallels, and weighs the influence of Obama and LeBron, Kanye and Trayvon, Malcolm X and Chapelle on his own becoming in the 21st century. By centering the black boy he once was, the boy many refuse to see, we face him head-on. Smith trusts us to not only see him in all his vulnerability, bravado, and incisiveness, but to know him. This is Smith's selfless offering." --Janet Mock, New York Times bestselling author of Redefining Realness "With this book, Mychal Denzel Smith solidifies his place as one of the most important voices of his generation. A gifted storyteller with sharp political analysis, he straddles the personal and political with aplomb. This is a book everyone should read." --Jessica Valenti, Guardian US columnist and author of Sex Object: A Memoir

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Book SynopsisWhat do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it.For women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you'll see that happiness is indelibly shaped by the constraints of gender, the expectations of feminine sacrifice, and the myriad ways that womanhood itself differs along lines of race, class, location, and identity.In The H-Spot, Filipovic argues that the main obstacle standing in-between women and happiness is a rigged system. In this world of unfinished feminism, men have long been able to "have it all" because of free female labor, while the bar of achievement for women has only gotten higher. Never before have women at every economic level had to work so much (whether it's to be an accomplished white-collar employee or just make ends meet). Never before have the standards of feminine perfection been so high. And never before have the requirements for being a "good mother" been so extreme. If our laws and policies made women's happiness and fulfillment a goal in and of itself, Filipovic contends, many of our country's most contentious political issues - from reproductive rights to equal pay to welfare spending - would swiftly be resolved.Filipovic argues that it is more important than ever to prioritize women's happiness-and that doing so will make men's lives better, too. Here, she provides an outline for a feminist movement we all need and a blueprint for how policy, laws, and society can deliver on the promise of the pursuit of happiness for all.

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Book SynopsisThe world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How much does a ghost reduce a house's value? How are winemakers responding to climate change? How much should you tip your Uber driver? Should your dog fear Easter more than fireworks? The keen minds of The Economist love to look beyond everyday appearances to find out what really makes things tick. In this latest collection of The Economist Explains, they have gathered the weirdest and most counter-intuitive answers they've found in their endless quest to explain our bizarre world. Take a peek at some Unconventional Wisdom - and pass it on! The world only gets more amazing when discoveries are shared.Trade ReviewThe Father Christmas of knowledge -- Giles CorenPraise for Go Figure: Books like this make you wary of ever guessing the answer to anything -- Mark Mason * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisWhen the renowned social scientist Erik Olin Wright passed away in 2019 at the height of his intellectual powers, he left behind an unfinished project intended to forge a connection between class analysis and real utopias. In taking up this project, the essays in this volume pay tribute to his generative theory, crystalline thinking, inspirational teaching, and personal generosity.- 'Friends of the late Erik Olin Wright celebrate his life and work with essays about his lifelong preoccupations with analytical Marxism and the transformation of capitalist societies. The result is a beautiful book that glows with intelligence, optimism, and love.' FRANCES FOX PIVEN- 'Erik Wright succumbed to cancer while he was advancing a decades-long project of envisioning real utopias—designs for a workable socialism. The essays in this superb volume recount this monumental undertaking and also advance it in significant ways.' VIVEK CHIBBER- 'Erik Olin Wright devote

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Book SynopsisAfter slipping through the cracks of modern life and into the amoral underground beyond work-a-day society, George F finds himself at the heart of London's political frontline, where anarchy, alcohol and addiction stalk the streets of a different city to the one you know. From life on the street to behind the barricades, from the occupation of derelict buildings to inevitable evictions and confrontation with law and order, from euphoria to despair, Total Shambles follows the journey of an idealistic writer as he tries to thrive and survive in the contentious world of squatting in London.Trade ReviewDodgy on the edge, or edgy on the dodge? Either way, George F's thunderous declamation against the enforced poverty of those who choose to exist on the other side of the lines, and possibly beyond the pale, acts as a salutary lesson in the florid hardships and plain hard work of 'alternative lifestyles': you can make it if you can take it - few can. - Penny Rimbaud, Crass

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