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Book SynopsisAs people become more mobile around the world, the nature of citizenship, and all its attendant rights, has become the object of intense scrutiny. And, as we know, democracies forcefully and coercively exclude those whom they believe do not belong on their territory or among their constituency.In Democracy and Exclusion, Patti Tamara Lenard looks at how and when democracies exclude both citizens and noncitizens from territory and from membership to determine if and when there are instances when such exclusion is justified. To make her case, Lenard draws on the all-subjected principle, or the idea that all those who are the subject of law--that is, those who are required to abide by the law and who are subject to coercion if they do not do so voluntarily--should have a say in what the law is. If we assess who is subjected to the power of a state at any particular moment, and especially over time, we can see who ought to be treated as a member and therefore be granted citizenship or the right to stay. With an in-depth look at instances in which democratic states have expanded or adopted policies that permit the exclusion of citizens--including denationalization, stateless peoples, labor migrants, returning foreign fighters, and LGBTQ+ refugee resettlement--Lenard argues that admission to territory and membership is either favored by, or required by, democratic justice. Democracy and Exclusion makes a powerful case that subjection to the power of a state, without proper protection from exclusion, is a violation of democratic principle.Trade ReviewThis stimulating book explores a wide range of problems connected to migration and citizenship in contemporary democracies. Several of the topics Lenard discusses have received relatively little attention in the normative literature: denationalization, deportation of non-citizens, the claims of citizens living abroad, the issuance of visas, the resettlement of LGBTQ+ refugees, and naturalization ceremonies. Lenard writes in an open, concrete, highly accessible style that makes the book valuable for ordinary readers as well as scholars. * Joseph H. Carens, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Toronto *Lenard's arguments demonstrate how liberal democratic states unjustly exclude too many people from membership and territory, despite being premised on a principle of inclusion. At the same time, her contextual approach recognizes the messiness of political realities, and outlines incremental steps these states can take towards greater fairness. Democracy and Exclusion shows how political theory can make an important contribution to bringing about change within the limits of the political world we find ourselves in, without losing sight of what justice demands for the excluded. * Phillip Cole, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the West of England *Arguing within a contextual approach and offering numerous examples from around the world, Lenard convincingly contends that subjection to the legal and political power of a state, without proper protection from being excluded from territory and membership, is a violation of the democratic principle. Because of the rise of populist and xenophobic parties and governments within democracies there could not be a more timely book. Democracy and Exclusion is a must-read not only for those studying migration, but for any person who still has a heart. * Avner de Shalit, author of Cities and Immigration *In her important new book, Lenard uses a wide lens—at once contextual and normative—to examine the many ways that democratic states exclude non-citizens and citizens from both territory and full membership in a polity. Democracy and Exclusion provides a new topography for critical discussions about migration, citizenship, inclusion, and exclusion—and gives us tools for evaluating current policies around migration and imagining what a more just migration regime in democratic states would look like. * Monique Deveaux, Professor of Philosophy and Canada Research Chair in Ethics & Global Social Change, University of Guelph *Lenard has written a tour de force on exclusion in democratic societies. She looks into a number of different examples of exclusion and asks when it can be justified and when is it unjustified. The genius of the book is it looks at a range of instances from asylum seekers to prisoners or those with their citizenship removed. Lenard skilfully links these together in her conceptual framework on exclusion. A must-read. * Devyani Prabhat, author Unleashing the Force of Law *This insightful study adds to immigration policy literature without settling the assimilationist-integrationist debate and provides useful tools and recommendations for mitigating the existing chasm of that divide. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Democracy and Exclusion Chapter 1: Subjection and Democratic Boundaries Chapter 2: Deportation and the Excluded Undeportable Chapter 3: Citizens Abroad: In or Out, of What? Chapter 4: Revoking Citizenship Status Chapter 5: Visa Issuance and Denial in an Unequal World Chapter 6: Deserving Citizenship? Chapter 7: Resettling (LGBTQ+) Refugees Chapter 8: Naturalization Ceremonies and Cultural Accommodations Conclusion: Inclusion Remains Out of Reach Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Music Composition Pedagogy presents an illuminating collection of perspectives on teaching and learning in the field of music composition, supplying music educators with knowledge about young composers and their work. The Handbook''s forward-looking practices offer teachers tools and strategies for every child to experience music composition as part of their music education. Editor Michele Kaschub, along with an outstanding team of contributing authors, offers a comprehensive handbook providing key scholarly, critical, and practical perspectives on teaching composers and learning to compose. Written by academic scholars, researchers, and music teachers, the 43 chapters of the volume addresses nine major themes: philosophical foundations; identity and inclusion; compositional processes; approaches to composition teaching and learning; nurturing young composers; composing in classroom and ensemble settings; international perspectives on composition in music educati

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Book SynopsisRespect for patient autonomy and data privacy are generally accepted as foundational western bioethical values. Nonetheless, as our society embraces expanding forms of personal and health monitoring, particularly in the context of an aging population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases, questions abound about how artificial intelligence (AI) may change the way we define or understand what it means to live a free and healthy life. Who should have access to our health and recreational data and for what purpose? How can we find a balance between users'' physical safety and their autonomy? Should we allow individuals to forgo continuous health monitoring, even if such monitoring may minimize injury risks and confer health and societal benefits? Would being continuously watched by connected devices ironically render patients more isolated and their data more exposed than ever?Drawing on different use cases of AI health monitoring, this book explores the socio-relational contexTrade ReviewAI-enabled home health monitoring, care delivery and health apps are transforming healthcare. Using the lens of relational autonomy theory, Anita Ho carefully assesses both the potential benefits of these technologies and the ethical challenges they raise for users' autonomy. She demonstrates the importance of situating AI health technologies in a wider socio-relational context, and argues that to truly enhance users' autonomy, these technologies should complement, rather than replace the therapeutic relationship. Timely, informative and thoroughly researched, Ho's book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates about AI and healthcare. * Catriona Mackenzie, Philosophy *Anita Ho parts the fog of technological determinism with moral clarity. Her deeply informed analysis explains the structuring power of AI health monitoring, leading to new understanding of what's at stake for all of us. Live Like Nobody Is Watching is essential reading in graduate programs -- including all health sciences. * Clara Berridge, School of Social Work, University of Washington *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Artificial Autonomy or Relational Intelligence: How Relationality Matters in Health Monitoring Chapter 2: Independent Living With(out) Privacy: AI Home Health Monitoring Chapter 3: Artificial Doctoring: The Case of Direct-to-Consumer Health Monitoring Chapter 4: A Digital Pill to Swallow: AI Monitoring for Medication Adherence and Therapeutic Relationship Chapter 5: From One-Way Mirror to Two-Way Street: Realigning Goals and Practices of AI Health Monitoring Prologue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThere is no other textbook in modal counterpoint quite like it. Schubert's innovative division of rules into "hard" (rules never to be violated) and "soft" (rules that may be violated if the occasion demands) has proven very useful in the classroom, and his warm-up exercises for each species are quite helpful. This certainly ranks among the best music theory textbooks of the past ten years. * Anton Vishio, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University *This is one of the most successful textbooks in any area of music I have used in sixteen years of university teaching. It is also remarkably well edited. Its format is both instructor- and student-friendly. This is a book of inspired musicality, pragmatic pedagogy, scholarship, and wit. * Jeff Perry, Louisiana State University *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: RENAISSANCE MUSICAL STYLE AND NOTATION; APPENDICES

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Book SynopsisCountries in the Middle East have very different economies, even if they are often grouped together. In The Economics of the Middle East, James Rauch focuses on the drivers of their distinctiveness, including the effects of their natural endowments, geographic locations, and interactions with the global economy.This book evaluates the socioeconomic trajectories of three groups of Middle Eastern States: Sub-Saharan African, fuel-endowed, and Mediterranean. It compares these groups both to each other and to developing countries in other regions with similar characteristics. Rauch draws on basic approaches to economic development to enhance understanding of important issues, such how policies on gender, education, health, and the environment affect development. His comparative perspective sheds light on how and why the Arab countries, Iran, and Turkey have done better or worse than similar countries in other regions. His analysis throughout is supported by data that are well organized andTrade ReviewJames Rauch's The Economics of the Middle East examines important issues facing the region from the perspective of fundamental economic principles and, in doing so, fills an important gap in the literature. It provides scholars a clear, empirically rich discussion of international trade and industrialization, human development and inequalities, environmental challenges, and other critical issues facing the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey. * Ellen Lust, Professor of Political Science; Founder and Director, Program on Governance and Local Development, University of Gothenburg *The book provides students from economics, political science, and public policy with an accessible overview of economic theory, allowing them to better understand the subsequent chapters which explain why the Arab region lags behind other middle income countries in economic and human development. I highly recommend this volume for graduate survey courses on Middle East Politics and political economy of development * Lindsay J. Benstead, Associate Professor of Political Science, Portland State University *Table of ContentsI. Introduction The Scope of This Book The Human Development Index Three Arab Worlds Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab Spring" Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring" A Note on Country Groups II. Historical Perspective Introduction Extensive versus Intensive Growth The Division of the World The Great Divergence III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct Investment Introduction International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean and Turkey Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism Natural Resource Rents and OPEC Foreign Direct Investment IV. Human Resources Introduction Education Health The Demographic Transition V. Gender Gaps Introduction Education Labor Force Participation Health VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment Introduction Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index Poverty Headcounts Migration and Remittances Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty Unemployment and Self-Employment VII. Environmental Challenges Introduction Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and Sanitation Services Air Pollution Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies, and the Military Introduction Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance Urban Primacy Energy Subsidies Military Spending Slums Infrastructure Quality IX. Political Economy Introduction Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and Enforcing Contracts Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy

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Book SynopsisThe American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton''s last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the presidents in a chronicle sparkling with anecdote and wit.Leuchtenburg offers a nuanced assessment of their conduct in office, preoccupations, and temperament. His book presents countless moments of high drama: FDR hurling defiance at the economic royalists who exploited the poor; ratcheting tension for JFK as Soviet vessels approach an American naval blockade; a grievously wounded Reagan joking with nurses while fighting for his life.This book charts the enormous growth of presidential power from its lowly state in the late nineteenth century to the imperial presidency of the twentieth. That striking change was manifested both at home in periods of progressive reform and abroad, notably in two world Trade Review[T]he author presents a highly readable and informative history of the twentieth century....Leuchtenburg has written a wonderful book. * Daryl A. Carter, The Journal of Southern History *A top-notch historian brings together recondite research with felicitous prose. An excellent choice for students of 20th-century American history. * Kirkus Review *Wow! What an achievement by this 93-year-old historian...At 70, I am in awe of what William Leuchtenburg has accomplished in this doorstopper of a book. He is perhaps today's greatest presidential historian, and not of the presidency as some insular realm, but as it intersected with national life, which makes this book also a history of the nation in the 20th century." -Michael Sherry, American ScholarMr. Leuchtenburg's books are known for original research, effective writing and persuasive analysis. For the "capstone" of a lifetime of publishing important works Mr. Leuchtenburg has assembled a compelling study. This is not a book to be devoured at one sitting. But surely Mr. Leuchtenburg has earned the right to deal with the presidents as seems best to him, given his rich research, abundant insights and distinguished career. Mr. Leuchtenburg hits his stride in 20 artful essays that capture what each president did and how their tenure impacted the office. As current presidential candidates woo Iowa caucus-goers, tramp through the snows of New Hampshire, and eventually turn south for Super Tuesday, they each could benefit from reading Mr. Leuchtenburg's informed and wise treatments of men who once held the office they now seek with such ardor." -Lewis Gould, Wall Street JournalThis is a riveting narrative, written by someone with a deep knowledge of the Presidents and our complicated country. It seems an almost effortless work, but, of course, it's not. William Leuchtenburg has spent the better part of a century studying the mechanics of this Republic and the men (so far) charged with leading it. The result here is a fast-paced, dramatic literary achievement that will be around and used for centuries."-Ken Burns, filmmakerA rare gift, The American President is the unique product of more than seven decades of research and close observation of one of the twentieth century's most important political developments: the growth of the American presidency. This is a magisterial work, the perfect match of subject and author. Few historians today can write with authority on even two or three presidencies; Leuchtenburg alone can expound fluently on the institution across an entire century. This is narrative history at its finest." -Russell L. Riley, Co-chair, Presidential Oral History Program, The Miller Center, University of VirginiaBased on decades of study in countess archival collections and a wide array of published volumes, William Leuchtenburg's The American President brilliantly captures the central role of America's twentieth-century presidents in shaping the nation's domestic and foreign affairs. His book will join a very short list of essential studies of the modern presidency, the men who shaped the office, and American life in the more than the hundred years since Teddy Roosevelt entered the White House. The book is a compelling refutation of the argument that the 'imperial presidency' has become an 'imperiled' institution. It is above all a lucid portrayal of the seventeen men from Teddy Roosevelt to Clinton who occupied the country's highest office and led the country through its many challenges." -Robert Dallek, author of presidential studies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Ronald ReaganTable of ContentsPreface to the New Edition Prologue Chapter 1: Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft Chapter 2: Woodrow Wilson Chapter 3: Intermezzo: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover Chapter 4: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Chapter 5: Harry Truman Chapter 6: Dwight D. Eisenhower Chapter 7: John F. Kennedy Chapter 8: Lyndon B. Johnson Chapter 9: Richard Nixon Chapter 10: The President at Bay: Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Chapter 11: Ronald Reagan Chapter 12: George H. W. Bush Chapter 13: Bill Clinton Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRoswell, 1947. Washington, DC, 1952. Quarouble, 1954. New Hampshire, 1961. Pascagoula, 1973. Petrozavodsk, 1977. Copley Woods, 1983. Explore how sightings of UFOs and aliens seized the world''s attention and discover what the fascination with flying saucers and extraterrestrial visitors says about our changing views on science, technology, and the paranormal.In the summer of 1947, a private pilot flying over the state of Washington saw what he described as several pie pan-shaped aircraft traveling in formation at remarkably high speed. Within days, journalists began referring to the objects as flying saucers. Over the course of that summer, Americans reported seeing them in the skies overhead. News quickly spread, and within a few years, flying saucers were being spotted across the world. The question on everyone''s mind was, what were they? Some new super weapon in the Cold War? Strange weather patterns? Optical illusions? Or perhaps it was all a case of mass hysteria? Some, however,

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Book SynopsisAnyone who reads the Gospels carefully will notice that there are differences in the manner in which they report the same events. These differences have led many conservative Christians to resort to harmonization efforts that are often quite strained, sometimes to the point of absurdity. Many people have concluded the Gospels are hopelessly contradictory and, therefore, historically unreliable accounts of Jesus. The majority of New Testament scholars now hold that most if not all of the Gospels belong to the genre of Greco-Roman biography and that this genre permitted some flexibility in the manner that historical events were narrated. However, few scholars provide a robust discussion on how this plays out in Gospel pericopes (self-contained passages). Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? provides a fresh approach to the matter by examining the works of Plutarch, a Greek essayist who lived in the first and second centuries CE. Michael R. Licona discovers three-dozen pericopes narrated two or more times in Plutarch''s Lives, identifies differences between the accounts, and views these differences in light of compositional devices acknowledged by classical scholars to have been commonly employed by ancient authors. The book then uses the same approach with nineteen pericopes narrated in two or more Gospels to demonstrate that the major differences found in them likely result from the same compositional devices employed by Plutarch.By suggesting that both the strained harmonizations and the hasty dismissals of the Gospels as reliable accounts are misguided, Licona invites readers to view the Gospels in light of their biographical genre in order to gain a clearer understanding of why the differences are present.Trade ReviewBesides its important contribution to our understandings of Gospel composition, Licona's book will be a helpful addition to the classroom. Its relaxed, even occasionally conversational tone, detailed notes and appendices, and glossary of technical and non-English terms make it accessible for students and experienced scholars alike. * Margaret Froelich, Religious Studies Review *The book is a valuable contribution to discussion of the genre of the gospels and of the historiographical propensities of their authors, incorporating detailed engagement with the primary sources and drawing judicious conclusions. * David J. Armitage, Journal for the Study of the New Testament *[Licona's] work deserves respect not only for its solid scholarship, but for the fact that he is seeking to understand and defend bilblical inerrancy by carefully analysis of the bilble itself. * Michael Dormandy, Churchman *Licona has written a well-researched and challenging work, and his knowledge of Roman rhetoric is impressive... In my view, the most helpful contribution of Licona's work is his analysis of the differences found in nineteen parallel Gospel accounts. This alone is worth the purchase of the book. His honesty in admitting that he knows no convincing harmonization with respect to some of these differences is refreshing and causes the reader to take his harmonizations more seriously than those of scholars who think that all such differences can easily be harmonized. * Robert H. Stein, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society *Licona should be applauded for helping his audience rethink their presuppositions about the Gospels by situating them among ancient Mediterranean biographies, rather than the modern kind, correcting a 'historical nearsightedness.' Moreover, the presentation is very reader friendly, with a glossary and appendices added to assist those lacking certain competencies. Interested readers can add this affordable volume to their libraries with confidence. * Reading Religion *Licona's book is the most important book I've ever read on the literary techniques of the Evangelists. There is no book that has this finesse based on the Gospel genre as a "biography" and hence this study can be used with confidence in classes engaged in the Synoptic Gospels. His conclusions about how the Evangelists did what they did are reliable and give us yet one more clear glimpse in how to understand the nature of the Gospels. * Scot McKnight, Jesus Creed *It is helpfully detailed and demonstrates that those who question the historic reliability of the gospels are reading them in an uninformed way. Anyone teaching the gospels, or indeed anyone interested in apologetics who would wish to better equip themselves, would find this book very helpful. * Stephen McQuoid, Partnership Perspectives *Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1. Compositional Textbooks 2. Who was Plutarch? 3. Parallel Pericopes in Plutarch's Lives 4. Parallel Pericopes in the Canonical Gospels 5. Synthetic Chronological Placement in the Gospels Conclusion Appendix 1: Thirty-Six Pericopes Appearing Two or More Times in the Nine Lives of Plutarch Examined Appendix 2: Nineteen Pericopes Appearing Two or More Times in the Canonical Gospels Examined Appendix 3: Which Women Were Present at the Cross, Burial, and Empty Tomb? Appendix 4: Biosketches of Main Characters in Plutarch's Lives Notes Glossary Bibliography General Index Ancient Sources Index Scripture Index

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Book SynopsisPublished by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy, Fifth Edition helps the reader get started in creating phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. Although aimed at molecular and cell biologists, who may not be familiar with phylogenetic or evolutionary theory, it also serves students who have a theoretical understanding of phylogenetics but need guidance in transitioning to a practical application of the methodology. The reader is led, step by step, through identifying and acquiring the sequences to be included in a tree, aligning the sequences, estimating the tree by one of several methods, and drawing the tree for presentation to an intended audience. Learn More boxes present background on the various concepts and methods.

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Book SynopsisFor anyone who has ever wondered why English is so weird, an entertaining and expert tour of the most puzzling parts of our language.Maybe you''ve been speaking English all your life, or maybe you learned it later on. But whether you use it just well enough to get your daily business done, or you''re an expert with a red pen who never omits a comma or misplaces a modifier, you must have noticed that there are some things about this language that are just weird.Perhaps you''re reading a book and stop to puzzle over absurd spelling rules (Why are there so many ways to say ''-gh''?), or you hear someone talking and get stuck on an expression (Why do we say How dare you but not How try you?), or your kid quizzes you on homework (Why is it eleven and twelve instead of oneteen and twoteen?). Suddenly you ask yourself, Wait, why do we do it this way? You think about it, try to explain it, and keep running into walls. It doesn''t conform to logic. It doesn''t work the way you''d expect it to. There doesn''t seem to be any rule at all. There might not be a logical explanation, but there will be an explanation, and this book is here to help.In Highly Irregular, Arika Okrent answers these questions and many more. Along the way she tells the story of the many influences--from invading French armies to stubborn Flemish printers--that made our language the way it is today. Both an entertaining send-up of linguistic oddities and a deeply researched history of English, Highly Irregular is essential reading for anyone who has paused to wonder about our marvelous mess of a language.

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Book SynopsisHuman history is full of examples of continuously maintained shared infrastructure. Our ability to survive and prosper depends on cooperation at some level, from the irrigation systems that enabled ancient humans to abandon their nomadic lifestyle to the free and open-source software that undergirds the internet. Thus, understanding the conditions under which community governance can be both equitable and sustainable is of critical importance to scholars and policymakers alike.In Beyond Collective Action Problems, Atul Pokharel argues that sustained cooperation depends on user perceptions that the cooperative arrangement is fair. Pokharel elaborates a different way to think about sustained cooperation over decades, based on a follow-up of 233 long-running community managed irrigation systems in Nepal--the same cases that were used to understand how groups can overcome collective action problems. Covering nearly forty years of history through these cases, Pokharel introduces the idea of

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Book SynopsisIn The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short on each. He argues that we can and should replace existing norms with norms that matter more. These replacement norms will be quite different from the norms standardly accepted by philosophers.In whichever way we try to explain the importance of the epistemic, it does not matter at all what we believe about most topics or why we believe it. When what we believe does matter, it is often not particularly important that our beliefs are true, but rather just that they are good enough for our purposes. When the truth is not what really matters, then no truth-connected epistemic notions, such as reliability, evidence, coherence, accuracy, or knowledge, are really normatively significant. Even when truth is genuinely important, Talbot argues, the standard epistemic norms do not properly aim at truth, because they d

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Book SynopsisBirds have a larger place in religions than any other non-human animal, from their role as messenger between humans and gods among the ancient Mayans, to the Christian Holy Spirit taking flesh as a dove. More than symbols, birds gained divine status by guiding humans to water and food, replanting forests after ice ages and fires, and living with humans as they settled into farming and urban life. With the natural world facing multiple crises--climate change, epidemics of disease, pollution, famine--Peter (Petra) Gardella and Laurence Krute argue that humanity needs a new religion, a religion of nature in which birds and other animals are treated as equal inhabitants and citizens of Earth, to save the beauty and wonder that has inspired belief in God.Wings of the Gods surveys the many roles that birds have played in the development of religions, from legends, rituals, costumes, wars, and spiritual disciplines to the current ecological crisis. It also explores the relations between birds

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Book SynopsisIn Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know, long-time remote work scholar and consultant Barbara Z. Larson provides an accessible and critical resource for understanding the remote and virtual workplace, and how to lead in this new work environment. Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the twenty-first century workplace, and affect almost all of us, including those who work daily in the office. As many people discover the benefits and challenges of working from home, co-workers are contending with emptier offices and virtual teams, managers are learning how to lead from a distance, and businesses and governments are working through the policy implications of a new model of work.In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know, Barbara Z. Larson addresses key questions regarding the contemporary workplace: what is the difference between virtual work and remote work? How common is remote work, and what changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is there a

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Book SynopsisThis is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.Since publishing The Practical Playbook II, there has been growing recognition of increased maternal deaths and poor maternal health outcomes disproportionately impacting Black, Indigenous, People of Color in the United States. Practitioners are often unaware or unequipped to understand the inequities faced by historically marginalized populations in maternal health care. The Practical Playbook III is a guide for researchers, community activists, and advocates of maternal health offering practical tools and strategies to improve inequities in maternal health. This third edition aims to describe the need and opportunities for improving maternal health through multi-sector collaborations. It highlights examples of effective cross-sector partnerships that are making real impro

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Book SynopsisThe first history of polyamory, this work examines the roots of sexual non-monogamy in political thought and countercultural spiritualism and traces its path to mainstream practice and cultural discussion today.Recent studies have found that as many as one in five Americans have experimented with some form of sexual non-monogamy, and approximately one in fifteen knows someone who was or is polyamorous. Although gathering statistics on polyamorous people is challenging, there has clearly been a growing interest in and normalization of relationship practices defined by emotional intimacy and romantic love among multiple people. Over the past decade, the mainstream media has increasingly covered polyamorous lifestyles and the committed relationships of throuples, and popular dating apps have added polyamory as a status option.This book is the first history to trace the evolution of polyamorous thought and practice within the broader context of American culture. Drawing on personal journal

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Book SynopsisEating disorders are serious conditions that can be hard to treat; however, the chances of overcoming an eating disorder increase when exposure therapy is used as part of the overall treatment strategy. Exposure therapy involves confronting (rather than avoiding) challenging scenarios that evoke distress, and though this technique has typically been used mainly by psychotherapists, people struggling with eating disorders can use it on their own to reduce troubling eating behaviors. Eat Without Fear provides practical, reader-friendly information about this innovative, scientifically-supported approach, as well as guidance on how to apply it effectively to beat an eating disorder using a team approach that involves family members, friends, and other loved ones. Readers will benefit from the use of easy-to-understand language describing the key concepts of eating disorders and how exposure therapy can help treat them. Additionally, the book guides readers through therapeutic activities t

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Book SynopsisEntitlement and Complaint explores the early history of the right to retirement and the shaping of the modern life course, applying cutting-edge insights from social, cultural, and political history as well as gerontology to an extraordinarily rich collection of retirement dossiers from the post-Revolutionary French Ministry of Justice. David G. Troyansky tells two intertwined stories. He traces the origins of state pensions in nineteenth-century France, which were increasingly understood by retirees as a right as opposed to a reward. Alongside the empirical data, Troyansky examines the ways retiring magistrates used their written requests for state pensions as an opportunity to engage in life reviews. Through the analysis of more than five hundred individual dossiers, Troyansky uncovers the personal narratives of those working in a multitude of French political regimes. As employees aged and one cohort replaced another, their attempts to make sense of their careers and lives formed a larger story of post-revolutionary survival.

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Book SynopsisSuperCollider, an open-source, cross-platform software program for real-time sound synthesis and algorithmic composition, was created by James McCartney in 1996 and has evolved to become a powerful tool for music composition and research. Written by composer and sound artist Eli Fieldsteel, who has almost two decades'' experience of using SuperCollider for a variety of creative audio projects, SuperCollider for the Creative Musician is a comprehensive tutorial and reference guide for students, composers, and practitioners seeking a structured educational tour through this unique and flexible software.The book begins with platform-specific fundamentals, explores a large family of creative techniques, and then guides the reader through the nuances of assembling, navigating, and performing large-scale projects. Key topics include synthesis, sampling, sequencing, signal processing, external control, and graphical user interface design. Written with both beginners and intermediate practitio

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Book SynopsisHailed by philosopher Martin Buber as the true teacher, pioneer, philosopher and dreamer, Aharon David Gordon (1856--1922) is increasingly being recognized as the first Jewish environmentalist. Long before global warming became a major threat, Gordon warned against the mounting dangers of human assault on nature and urged us to open ourselves to nature and re-attune with it. Rather than trying to conquer nature, Gordon argued, we should merge with it; rather than being a master or slave of nature, we should become nature''s friend and ally. Since childhood, nature fertilized and shaped Gordon''s mindscape, as it eventually did his philosophical writings. Gordon''s fresh insights on critical contemporary issues--such as ecology, gender, social justice, and post-secularism--have inspired not only a rapidly growing body of scholarly literature, but also communal readings and study among young readers whose imagination has been captured by Gordon''s thoughts and dreams.The First Jewish Env

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Book SynopsisArmed conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, and the pandemic have forced over 117 million people to abandon their homes and heritage. Surging pushbacks, protection gaps, and deportations precipitate refugees'' exclusion from equitable economic, social, cultural, political, and reproductive rights, amplifying suffering. As such, displaced communities will shoulder a silent epidemic of posttraumatic stress as well as other debilitating ailments, which are often passed down to future generations. Host nations to which refugees flee do not always associate their psychological well-being with future self-sufficiency and potential for contributions to society, and humanitarian organizations seldom prioritize improved mental health outcomes for refugees. The toll of failing to elevate the importance of refugee mental health is immense, at both individual and societal scales. Drawing on firsthand accounts and empirical research, as well as interviews with government officials, agency directors, and refugee camp managers, Displaced explores the psychological trauma of refugees, the complex interplay between trauma and integration into host nations, and the consequences of failing to attend to refugee mental health as part of comprehensive resettlement initiatives worldwide. Displaced utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to investigate various aspects of refugee trauma, including gender-specific experiences of war; trauma transmission within conflict-affected families; the mental health ramifications of human cruelty such as political torture; local expressions of refugee resilience and illness in their countries of origin; and the role of stereotypes, social categories, and transatlantic networks in shaping refugee identity and resilience.Identifying key themes and resettlement processes of asylum frameworks in Germany, the US, the UK, and elsewhere, the book demonstrates how national policies can affect refugees'' self-sufficiency and well-being in host societies, and the essential role of receiving nations in designing better opportunities for their access across vocational, educational, and social domains. Utilizing a systems-informed, evidence-based, and human-rights-oriented approach, Displaced also discusses trauma-informed treatments that may help improve refugee mental health outcomes and enhance inclusivity, along with prosperity for refugees and host nations alike.

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Book SynopsisThe way in which securities are traded is very different from the idealized picture of a frictionless and self-equilibrating market offered by the typical finance textbook. In Market Liquidity, Thierry Foucault, Marco Pagano, and Ailsa Röell offer a more accurate take on the liquidity of securities markets, its determinants, and its effects. They start from the assumption that not everyone is present at all times simultaneously on the market, and that even the limited number of participants who are have quite diverse information about the security''s fundamentals. As a result, the order flow is a complex mix of information and noise, and a consensus price only emerges gradually over time as the trading process evolves and the participants interpret the actions of other traders. Thus, a security''s actual transaction price may deviate from its fundamental value, as it would be assessed by a fully informed set of investors. Market Liquidity takes these deviations seriously, and explains why and how they emerge in the trading process and are eventually eliminated. Drawing on the analytical tools and empirical methods from a well-defined field within financial economics--market microstructure--the authors confront many striking phenomena in securities markets, from liquidity changes over time to temporary deviations from asset fair values. In the fully revised second edition of Market Liquidity, Foucault, Pagano, and Röell bring readers up to speed on recent changes in market structures and financial regulation. New chapters cover the relationship between financial instability and market liquidity, as well as the role and effects of algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Including new illustrative examples of market malfunction and novel insights from recent research on security markets, Market Liquidity provides a comprehensive and authoritative account on market microstructure.To access the companion website, which includes student and instructor resources, please visit https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199936243/

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Book SynopsisJ.N. Darby and the Roots of Dispensationalism describes the work of one of the most important and under-studied theologians in the history of Christianity. In the late 1820s, John Nelson Darby abandoned his career as a priest in the Church of Ireland to become one of the principal leaders of a small but rapidly growing religious movement that became known as the Plymouth Brethren. Darby and other brethren modified the Calvinism that was common among their evangelical contemporaries, developing distinctive positions on key doctrines relating to salvation, the church, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the end times. After his death in 1882, Darby''s successors revised and expanded his arguments, and Darby became known as the architect of the most influential system of end-times thinking among the world''s half-a-billion evangelicals. This dispensational premillennialism exercises extraordinary influence in religious communities, but also in popular culture and geopolitics. But claims that Darby created this theological system may need to be qualified -for all his innovation, this reputation might be undeserved. This book reconstructs Darby''s theological development and argues that his innovations were more complex and extensive than their reduction into dispensationalism might suggest. In fact, Darby''s thought might be closer to that of his Reformed critics than to that of modern exponents of dispensationalism.

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Book SynopsisThe Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. In Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World, author Davide Zori argues that recent advances in excavation and archaeological science, coupled with a re-evaluation of oral traditions and written sources, inspire the telling of new and engaging stories that further our understanding of the Viking Age. Drawing upon his fieldwork experience across the Viking world, he proposes that the best method for weaving together these narratives is a balanced, interdisciplinary approach that integrates history, archaeology, and new scientific techniques.The book delves into key questions of the Viking Age, such as the motivations of Scandinavians to board open wooden ships to raid England or cross the North Atlantic in search of new worlds beyond Europe. Each chapter offers new conclusions about the Vikings--their views on death, their raiding tactics

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"He is a word man without peer, and his usage and grammar rules are gospel." --The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process "All lawyers who rely upon written argument in their practices shoud have a copy of the book close at hand." --New York Law Journal "A thoroughly valuable and original reference for lawyers who want to win. It deserves a spot on every litigator's bookshelf." --The Federal Lawyer "All judges should attach a copy of The Winning Brief to each briefing schedule they order from the bench.... A valuable addition to any library with legal writing resources." --Legal Information ALERT "A book on 'writing' should be fun to read. In his book, Garner makes his teaching fun with the use of examples and quotations.... The more time you spend with this book, the more persuasive you arguments could be, whether in support of a motion or in support of habeas corpus." --The Colorado Lawyer "The profession badly needs an accessible primer for advice on and solutions to the most common problems. Bryan Garner's The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts is just such text. All lawyers who rely upon written argument in their practices shoud have a copy of the book close at hand." --New York Law JournalTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue (Tip 1) ; Composing in an Orderly, Sensible Way (Tips 2-10) ; Conveying the Big Picture (Tips 11-19) ; Marching Forward Through Sound Paragraphs (Tips 20-26) ; Editing for Brisk, Uncluttered Sentences (Tips 27-43) ; Choosing the Best Words (Tips 44-56) ; Punctuating for Clarity and Impact (Tips 57-62) ; Becoming Proficient in Designing Text (Tips 63-69) ; Sidestepping Some Common Quirks (Tips 70-84) ; Capitalizing on Little-Used Persuasive Strategies (Tips 85-91) ; Hitting Your Stride as a Brief-Writer (Tips 92-100) ; Appendix A: A before-and-after makeover of a motion to dismiss ; Appendix B: A petition for discretionary review ; Appendix C: A remarkable appellee's brief ; Select Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics synthesizes the vast history of strategy's evolution in this consistently engaging and surprising account of how it came to pervade every aspect of life.Trade Review[Strategy: A History] elegantly synthesises strands of thought. * RUSI Journal *This is an epic undertaking, of considerable intellectual ambition. It displays the familiar Freedmanian virtues: clarity, economy, proficiency, sagacity a compound of deep immersion, practised exposition, and a certain practical wisdom in it... In strategy, everything is connected. Freedman shows us how. * The Guardian *To the best of my knowledge, this is the only book ever attempted on the entire historical and conceptual domain of strategy. Indeed, I am somewhat awestruck by the scope of the mission that Freedman set himself. ... Strategy is a very considerable, indeed monumental, product that no one else has had the temerity to attempt. * Colin Gray, International Affairs *A discursive account with many interesting passages ... There is much of interest in Freedman's book. * Jeremy Black, History Today *Arguably the best book ever written on strategy (in its widest sense). * Gerard DeGroot, Washington Post *Freedman offers a wide-ranging, scholarly and entertaining history of the concept. He ranges from David and Goliath to Peter Drucker, by way of Marx and Machiavelli - and emphasises the importance of responding flexibly to events. * Books of the Year, Financial Times *This is a book of startling scope, erudition and, more than anything, wisdom. * Janan Ganesh, Financial Times *Magisterial ... wide-ranging erudition and densely packed argument. * The Economist *[A] fascinating, at moments playful book. * Bruce Anderson, The Sunday Times *Freedman's writing is admirably lucid, and the breadth of his knowledge and scholarship astonishing...Both as a history of ideas and as a work of reference, it is invaluable Erudite, wise and illuminating, Strategy is a book to be savoured and treasured. * Sir David Goodall, The Tablet *This is an original and intriguing approach. * Richard Overy, Literary Review *[A] vast exploration of strategy that is difficult to read, full of surprises, and marked by unsurpassed erudition. It also is witty and reminds us that he in the world who knows most about strategy may be the one who is the most unimpressed with it. * Victor Davis Hanson, National Review *An ambitious and sprawling book ... With admirable candor, Freedman tells us that he received the contract for this book in (gulp!) 1994, and that he made a "number of false starts" with the manuscript. Considering the daunting scope of the subject, this is entirely understandable. Considering the wisdom and analytical brilliance he brings to bear on that subject, it's been well worth the wait. * The Daily Beast *Will surely become a standard reference in the discipline ... ambitious and impressive. * strategy+business.com *A marvelous grand tour of the meaning, implications, and consequences of strategic thinking through the ages and in multiple contexts. Freedman is a master of the subject and unsurpassed in his ability to unravel the twists and turns of strategic complexities and paradoxes. * Robert Jervis, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics, Columbia University *Lawrence Freedman shows here why he is justly renowned as one of the world's leading thinkers about strategy, which he defines as the central art of getting more out of a situation than the starting balance of power would suggest. * Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University and author of The Future of Power *Erudite, wide-ranging, and covering an astonishing array of subjects relating to strategy. * Azar Gat, author of War in Human Civilization *Freedman's writing is admirably lucid, and the breadth of his knowledge and scholarship astonishing... Both as a history of ideas and as a work of reference, it is invaluable Erudite, wise and illuminating, Strategy is a book to be savoured and treasured, not least in its conclusion: that "in the end, all we can do is to act as if we can influence events. To do otherwise is to succumb to fatalism." * The Tablet *So erudite, so wide-ranging, and so knowledgeable ... impressive achievement. No single book on strategy is as intellectually intimidating; and none moves as easily as his does across time and space. * The World Today *Immensely learned and wide-ranging, beautifully written and full of insight ... a fine book. * Michael Williams, University of Hertfordshire *Table of ContentsDEDICATION ; PREFACE ; Part I ORIGINS ; 1 ORIGINS 1: EVOLUTION ; 2 ORIGINS 2: THE BIBLE ; 3 ORIGINS 3: THE GREEKS ; 4 SUN TZU AND MACHIAVELLI ; 5 SATAN'S STRATEGY ; Part II STRATEGIES OF FORCE ; 6 THE NEW SCIENCE OF STRATEGY ; 7 CLAUSEWITZ ; 8 THE FALSE SCIENCE ; 9 ANNIHILATION OR EXHAUSTION ; 10 BRAIN AND BRAWN ; 11 THE INDIRECT APPROACH ; 12 NUCLEAR GAMES ; 13 THE RATIONALITY OF IRRATIONALITY ; 14 GUERRILLA WARFARE ; 15 OBSERVATION AND ORIENTATION ; 16 THE REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS ; 17 THE MYTH OF THE MASTER STRATEGIST ; PART III STRATEGY FROM BELOW ; 18 MARX AND A STRATEGY FOR THE WORKING CLASS ; 19 HERZEN AND BAKUNIN ; 20 REVISIONISTS AND VANGUARDS ; 21 BUREAUCRATS, DEMOCRATS, and ELITES ; 22 FORMULAS, MYTHS, AND PROPAGANDA ; 23 THE POWER OF NONVIOLENCE ; 24 EXISTENTIAL STRATEGY ; 25 BLACK POWER AND WHITE ANGER ; 26 FRAMES, PARADIGMS, DISCOURSES, AND NARRATIVES ; 27 RACE, RELIGION, AND ELECTIONS ; PART IV STRATEGY FROM ABOVE ; 28 THE RISE OF THE MANAGEMENT CLASS ; 29 THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS ; 30 MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ; 31 BUSINESS AS WAR ; 32 THE RISE OF ECONOMICS ; 33 RED QUEENS AND BLUE OCEANS ; 34 THE SOCIOLOGICAL CHALLENGE ; 35 DELIBERATE OR EMERGENT ; PART V theories of strategy ; 36 THE LIMITS OF RATIONAL CHOICE ; 37 BEYOND RATIONAL CHOICE ; 38 STORIES AND SCRIPTS ; 37 BEYOND RATIONAL CHOICE ; 38 STORIES AND SCRIPTS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Book SynopsisExpounds upon consciousness, self-consciousness, reason, spirit, religion and absolute knowing and also supports Kant, denounces skepticism and hails idealism.Trade Review"Excellent translation. After decades of neglect in English-speaking countries, Hegel's philosophy is arousing the interest of a new generation of graduate students, even in heavily "analytic" department."--Forrest Williams, University of Colorado "No one can read this book without feeling that he or she is encountering not only an important historical document but a living example of the finest powers of the philosophical imagination."--Robert C. Solomon, University of Texas, Austin "This new translation...is no doubt the event of the year in nineteenth-century philosophical research."--Choice "Clear, lucid, excellent balance between literalness and paraphrase."--Lucian Krukowski, Washington University "An excellent translation and a most valuable original source."--George Kovacs, Florida International University

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Book SynopsisOne war: three collisions--in this vividly written, narrative history of the war in Ukraine, Michael Kimmage puts together the pieces of a complicated international puzzle to understand the origins of the current conflict that has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War.In Collisions, Michael Kimmage, a historian and former State Department official who focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, offers a wide-angle, historically informed account of the origins of the current Russia-Ukraine war. Tracing the development of Ukraine and Russia''s fractious relationship back to the end of the Cold War, Kimmage takes readers through the central events that led to Vladimir Putin seizing a large portion of Ukraine--the Crimea--in 2014 and, eight years later, initiating arguably the most intensive military conflict of the entire post-World War II era.From the halls of power in Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow to the battlefields of Ukraine, Kimmage chronicles Putin''s ascendancy to the Russian presidency, delves into multiple American presidencies and their dealings with Russia and Europe, and recounts Europe''s efforts to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union. He tells the story of how Ukraine went from an embattled country on the edge of Europe to a formidable military power capable of pushing back the Russian military. Just as importantly, Kimmage captures how the current war has transformed multiple centers of power--from China to the United States--and dramatically altered the path of globalization itself. He makes the case that the war in Ukraine has shifted the direction of major macro-trends in world politics, contributing to the fragmentation of international politics, higher inflation, greater food insecurity, and the general collapse of arms control. These intersecting dangers amount to a new age of global instability, born in war and in the collision between Russia and the United States that has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War.An authoritative interpretation of possibly the most important geopolitical event of the post-Cold War era, Collisions is essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this epochal conflict and its ripple effects across the globe.

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Book SynopsisFour Ways of Hearing Video Game Music offers a novel account of the ways in which video games invite us to hear and listen to their music. By taking a phenomenological approach to characterize music in video games, author Michiel Kamp asks what it is we hear in the music when we play a game. Drawing on past phenomenological approaches to music as well as studies of music listening in a variety of disciplines such as aesthetics and ecological psychology, Kamp explains four main ways of hearing the same piece of music--through background, aesthetic, ludic, and semiotic hearing. As a background, music is not attended to at all, but can still be described in terms of moods, affordances, or equipment. Aesthetic hearing is a reflective attitude that invites hermeneutic interpretation; ludic hearing on the other hand invites playing along to the music, either through embodied movement, or in response to the music''s cinematic or theatrical connotations. Finally, in semiotic hearing, Kamp argu

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Book SynopsisIn this cogent and accessible introduction to philosophy, the distinguished author of Mortal Questions and The View From Nowhere sets forth the central problems of philosophical inquiry for the beginning student. Arguing that the best way to learn about philosophy is to think about its questions directly, Thomas Nagel considers possible solutions to nine problems--knowledge of the world beyond our minds, knowledge of other minds, the mind-body problem, free will, the basis of morality, right and wrong, the nature of death, the meaning of life, and the meaning of words. Although he states his own opinions clearly, Nagel leaves these fundamental questions open, allowing students to entertain other solutions and encouraging them to think for themselves.

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Book SynopsisThe Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy is the definitive, practical guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for clinicians and researchers.Table of ContentsSection I: Introduction 1 The Interpersonal Psychotherapy Platform 2 An Outline of IPT Section II: How to Conduct IPT 3 What is IPT? 4 Beginning IPT 5 Grief 6 Role Disputes 7 Role Transitions 8 Interpersonal Deficits (Social Isolation; No Life Events) 9 Termination and Maintenance Treatment 10 IPT Techniques and the Therapist's Role 11 Common Therapeutic Issues and Patient Questions Section III: Adaptations of IPT for Mood Disorders 12 Overview of Adaptations of IPT 13 Peripartum Depression: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Postpartum; Infertility 14 Depression in Adolescents and Children 15 Depression in Older Adults 16 Depression in Medical Patients; Interpersonal Counseling (IPC) and Briefer IPT 17 Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymic Disorder 18 Bipolar Disorder Section IV: Adaptations of IPT for Non-Mood Disorders 19 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 20 Eating Disorders 21 Anxiety Disorders: Social Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder 22 Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders 23 Borderline Personality Disorder Section V: Special Topics, Training, and Resources 24 IPT Across Cultures and in Resource-Poor Countries 25 Group, Conjoint, Telephone, and Internet Formats for IPT 26 Training and Resources Appendix A: Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression Appendix B: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Appendix C: Interpersonal Psychotherapy Outcome Scale, Therapist's Version References About the Authors Index

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Book SynopsisNo conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is still widely misunderstood. While Israelis and Palestinians and their respective supporters trade accusations, many outside observers remain confused by the conflict''s complexity and perplexed by the passion it arouses.The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know offers an even-handed and judicious guide to the world''s most intractable dispute. Rather than presenting a traditional, narrative history, this book employs an accessible question-and-answer format. Writing in an engaging, jargon-free style, Dov Waxman, a leading expert on the Middle East, provides clear and concise answers to common questions, from the most basic to the most contentious. Covering the conflict from its nineteenth-century origins to the latest dTrade Review"Waxman draws on his command of history, diplomacy and politics to untangle what is surely the most challenging quandary in the Middle East since the Gordian knot, and he dispenses his solid expertise in short bursts of clear and highly illuminating prose." -Jonathan Kirsch, The Jewish Journal "A standing ovation is the only reasonable response to Dov Waxman's The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know, as well as heartfelt thanks for addressing all the questions we are afraid everyone knows the answers to but us."- Foreword ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Maps and Figures Chronology Ch. 1 - The Basics Ch. 2 - The Origins of the Conflict Ch. 3 - The Arab-Israeli Wars Ch. 4 - The Peace Process Ch. 5 - The Occupied Territories Ch. 6 - The Future of the Conflict Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisConservation Biology brings together theory, applied research, basic research, and hundreds of real-world examples and stories from dozens of disciplines to teach students how to become practicing conservation biologists who protect and manage Earth's biodiversity. A major theme throughout the book is the active role that researchers, local communities, the general public, conservation organizations, and governments can play in protecting biodiversity, even while maintaining a high quality of life for humankind.Trade ReviewBradley Cardinale and his coauthors have channeled their expertise and insights to produce a wonderful new textbook on Conservation Biology. Along with the expected expert contributions on biodiversity and its patterns, drivers, and threats, there are novel transdisciplinary sections on ethics, morals, and values associated with conservation, all brought to life through vivid imagery, case studies, and inspirational stories. I have no doubt that this book will be a fundamental resource for a generation of conservation scientists to come. * Robin Naidoo, Senior Conservation Scientist, World Wildlife Fund *Conservation Biology is the best textbook on nature conservation I've seen. Its authors have an exceptional depth of knowledge that comes from decades of work around the world and their roles as leading scientific writers and journal editors. The prose is crisp, the real-world complexities of conservation come through powerfully, and the case studies and examples are highly topical and up to date. If I were going to teach a course on conservation biology or an allied topic, this is the textbook I'd choose * hands down.William F. Laurance, James Cook University, Australia and Singapore *This textbook is absolutely terrific! The stories and examples are enlightening and bring the whole subject to life in a scientifically compelling and personally engaging way. The illustrations are superb and the tools and approaches are state-of-the-art. The book is a tremendous asset for researchers, educators, students, and practitioners. * Gretchen Daily, Stanford University *This new textbook on conservation biology surpasses all previous texts, especially in its thorough coverage of the drivers and values of biodiversity, the threats, and available solutions. It will be of interest not only to the target audience (upper-division undergraduate and beginning graduate students), but to anyone interested in nature and conservation. The high quality of this book reflects the combined expertise and writing skills of the authors. * Reed Noss, former editor-in-chief of Conservation Biology and past-president, Society for Conservation Biology *Conservation Biology is up to date and engaging, with excellent examples from in situ and ex situ programs. It has a more hands-on approach and a global perspective that is just what I am looking for. The text includes many examples with a global perspective on key components such as biodiversity loss, climate change, and remedial actions. * Nicole Duplaix, Oregon State University *Cardinale's Conservation Biology is an excellent text that takes the best of previous texts and adds interactive and applied content to better engage modern students. * Stephen G. Mech, Albright College *Conservation Biology is driven by examples and explanations of topics like extinction that are generally left out of other texts. It has the best chapter I have read on global patterns of biodiversity * not only is it up to datebut it touches on the major drivers.Alexander Wait, Missouri State University *The writing style is very clear, understandable, and engaging, while not compromising detail and rigor. * Jay T. Lennon, Indiana University *I found the balance of material to be outstanding and especially liked the concrete, real-world examples and website links that really bring the material to life and make it especially relevant. * Mark Manteuffel, Washington University in St. Louis *I was extremely impressed * the balance of this complex topic and breadth of coverage is particularly good.Dov Sax, Brown University *Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Foundations of Conservation Biology Chapter 1. State of Our Planet Chapter 2. The Rise of Conservation Biology Chapter 3. Biodiversity Concepts and Measure Chapter 4. Global Patterns and Drivers of Biodiversity Part II: Importance of Biodiversity Chapter 5. The Many Values of Biodiversity Chapter 6. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Chapter 7. Ecological Economics Part III: Threats to Biodiversity Chapter 8. Extinction Chapter 9. Habitat Loss, Fragmentation, and Degradation Chapter 10. Overexploitation Chapter 11. Invasive Alien Species Chapter 12. Climate Change Part IV: Approaches to Conservation Chapter 13. Species-Level Conservation Chapter 14. Community and Ecosystem Conservation Chapter 15. Landscape Scale Conservation Chapter 16. Ex Situ Conservation Chapter 17. Conservation and Sustainable Development Glossary Chapter References Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Neuron to Brain, Sixth Edition, provides a readable, up-to-date book for use in undergraduate, graduate, and medical school courses in neuroscience. As in previous editions, the emphasis is on experiments made by electrical recordings, molecular and cellular biological techniques, and behavioral studies on the nervous system, from simple reflexes to cognitive functions. Lines of research are followed from the inception of an idea to new findings being made in laboratories and clinics today. From Neuron to Brain will be of interest to anyone--with or without a specialized background in biological sciences--who is curious about the workings of the nervous system.Trade ReviewFrom Neuron to Brain provides the best available coverage of topics for my course, in a format and level of detail that is appropriate for advanced undergraduates. * Stephen Meriney, University of Pittsburgh *From Neuron to Brain contextualizes neuroscience through experimental findings. It allows students to explore neuroscience through the rich stories of experimental discovery * which is a much richer and more fulfilling way to be introduced to the field.J. David Spafford, University of Waterloo *<"Many textbooks are a catalog of discovered facts. From Neuron to Brain contextualizes neuroscience through experimental findings. Students explore neuroscience through the rich stories of experimental discovery. It is a much richer and fulfilling way to be introduced to the field.>" — J. David Spafford, University of Waterloo<"I like using From Neuron to Brain for this introductory neurobiology course, because it covers many topics of my course very well, especially the basic principles of electrical and chemical signaling along with the corresponding techniques. It is a reasonable length and is not as large as Principles of Neural Science by Kandel et al.>" — Daniel M. Suter, Purdue UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction to the Nervous System 1.Principles of Signaling and Organization 2.Signaling in the Visual System 3. Functional Architecture of the Visual Cortex Part II: Electrical Properties of Neurons and Glia 4. Ion Channels and Signaling 5. Structure of Ion Channels 6. Ionic Basis of the Resting Potential 7. Ionic Basis of the Action Potential 8. Electrical Signaling in Neurons 9. Ion Transport across Cell Membranes 10. Properties and Functions of Neuroglial Cells Part III: Intercellular Communication 11. Mechanisms of Direct Synaptic Transmission 12. Indirect Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission 13.Release of Neurotransmitters at Synapses 14. Neurotransmitters in the Central Nervous System 15. Transmitter Synthesis, Storage, Transport, and Inactivation 16. Synaptic Plasticity 17. The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Synaptic Plasticity 18. Mechanisms of Extrasynaptic Transmission Part IV: Integrative Mechanisms 19. Autonomic Nervous System 20. Walking, Flying, and Swimming: Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory-motor Behavior in Invertebrates Part V: Sensation 21. Sensory Transduction 22. Transduction and Transmission in the Retina 23. Touch, Pain, and Texture Sensation 24. Auditory and Vestibular Sensation 25. Constructing Perception 26. Initiation and Control of Coordinated Muscular Movements Part VI: Development and Regeneration of the Nervous System 27. Development of the Nervous System 28. Critical Periods in Sensory Systems 29. Regeneration and Repair of Synaptic Connections after Injury Part VII: Conclusion 30. Open Questions Appendix A. Current Flow in Electrical Circuits Appendix B. Metabolic Pathways for the Synthesis and Inactivation of Low-Molecular-Weight Transmitters Appendix C. Structures and Pathways of the Brain

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Book SynopsisThis Very Short Introduction deals with the social life of language: language in its sociocultural context. The field ranges from micro-analyses to broadly-based policy and planning undertakings. As such, this book draws from sociolinguistics, the sociology of language, and psycholinguistics. The relationship between language and identity - whether of an individual or a group - is a strong thread linking all the topics covered in the book. The ordinary, instrumental, communicative aspects of language cannot be adequately understood without paying attention to the symbolic features that powerfully underpin feelings and attributions of groupness and belonging. The book therefore focuses more on macro sociological areas than to fine-grained analyses of variation in linguistic features (though the latter are not ignored).Edwards explains the differential social evaluations of languages and dialects, how names (and naming) are much more than simple designations, why some languages come to dominate others, as well as questions about the relationship between language and gender, sexist language, the language of poverty, the intertwining of language and religion, and politically driven language planning and policy. These matters have always been timely and of great social interest. The book demonstrates the connections and continuities that exist within the language arena in which we all participate, and about which all of us have opinions, preferences and prejudices. This is the first short treatment that acquaints the educated non-specialist with the social life of language. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Review"The author's degrees in psychology allow him to effectively examine the intersections between human behavior and language. Although the content of the book is introductory, the scholarly writing style makes it appropriate for advanced students in sociolinguistics courses." -K.C. Williams, Mercyhurst University, CHOICETable of ContentsList of illustrations ; Chapter 1: Coming to Terms ; Chapter 2: Variation and Change ; Chapter 3: Perceptions of Language ; Chapter 4: Protecting Language ; Chapter 5: Languages Great and Small ; Chapter 6: Loyalty, Maintenance, Shift, Loss and Revival ; Chapter 7: In a World of Language ; Chapter 8: Name, Sex and Religion ; References ; Further Reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Compendium is an essential guidebook for selecting the right test for specific clinical situations and for helping clinicians make empirically supported test interpretations.BL Revised and updatedBL Over 85 test reviews of well-known neuropsychological tests and scales for adultsBL Includes tests of premorbid estimation, dementia screening, IQ, attention, executive functioning, memory, language, visuospatial skills, sensory function, motor skills, performance validity, and symptom validityBL Covers basic and advanced aspects of neuropsychological assessment including psychometric principles, reliability, test validity, and performance/symptom validity testingTrade ReviewNow in its fourth edition, this classic endures because of its extraordinary contribution to neuropsychology; extraordinary because it is so necessary, comprehensive, and contemporary. With newly updated tests, norms, in-depth validity analyses, and meaningful commentary, the Compendium ranks among the most important and useful books a neuropsychologist should have. This is why it remains an enduring and contemporary classic. * Joel E. Morgan, PhD, ABPP-CN, Author of the Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychology *The Compendium has been the primary reference for test description, administration, psychometrics, normative data, and clinical interpretation since it first appeared in 1991. It has become the foundational text in the library of every practicing neuropsychologist. Yet, this is not solely a test-based textbook; rather, it is a review of the psychometric status of the field. I cannot think of a better guide to knowing our tools. * Glenn Larrabee, PhD, ABPP-CN, Author of Forensic Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach *The Compendium is among the top three must-have textbooks for all neuropsychologists. It is the first book I turn to when I need information about a particular test. * Robin C. Hilsabeck, PhD, ABPP-CN, Past President, National Academy of Neuropsychology *A particularly important aspect to the fourth edition is that information is provided for each test regarding its use as a performance or symptom validity measure, in addition to its primary role as a source of neurocognitive information. * Kyle Brauer Boone, PhD, ABPP-CN, Author of Clinical Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology: An Evidence-based Approach *Table of ContentsPreface 1. PSYCHOMETRICS IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 2. VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY IN NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT: NEW PERSPECTIVES 3. PERFORMANCE VALIDITY, SYMPTOM VALIDITY, AND MALINGERING CRITERIA 4. PREMORBID ESTIMATION National Adult Reading Test (NART) Oklahoma Premorbid Intelligence Estimate-IV (OPIE-IV) Test of Premorbid Functioning (TOPF) 5. INTELLIGENCE Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition (KBIT-2) Raven's Progressive Matrices Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales, Second Edition (RIAS-2) and Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test, Second Edition (RIST-2) Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Fourth Edition (TONI-4) Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition (WASI-II) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ IV COG) 6. NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL BATTERIES AND RELATED SCALES CNS Vital Signs (CNS VS) Kaplan Baycrest Neurocognitive Assessment (KBNA) Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS Update) Ruff Neurobehavioral Inventory (RNBI) 7. DEMENTIA SCREENING 7 Minute Screen (7MS) Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive (ADAS-Cog) Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Dementia Rating Scale-2 (DRS-2) General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Mental State Examination, 2nd Edition (MMSE-2), and Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) 8. ATTENTION Brief Test of Attention (BTA) Conners Continuous Performance Test 3rd Edition (CPT 3) Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test, Second Edition (IVA-2) Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) Ruff 2 & 7 Selective Attention Test (2 & 7 Test) Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) Test of Everyday Attention (TEA) Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.) 9. EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adult Version (BRIEF-A) Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS) Category Test (CAT) Clock Drawing Test (CDT) Cognitive Estimation Test (CET) Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) Design Fluency Test Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) Five-Point Test Frontal Systems Behavior Scale (FrSBe) Hayling and Brixton Tests Ruff Figural Fluency Test (RFFT) Stroop Test (Stroop) Trail Making Test (TMT) Verbal Fluency Test Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) 10. MEMORY Benton Visual Retention Test Fifth Edition (BVRT-5) Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R) California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) Continuous Visual Memory Test (CVMT) Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Edition (RBMT-3) Selective Reminding Test (SRT) Tactual Performance Test (TPT) Warrington Recognition Memory Test (WRMT) Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) 11. LANGUAGE Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Third Edition (BDAE-3) Boston Naming Test, Second Edition (BNT-2) Multilingual Aphasia Examination Third Edition (MAE) Token Test 12. VISUAL-SPATIAL SKILLS Benton Facial Recognition Test (FRT) Hooper Visual Organization Test (HVOT) Judgment of Line Orientation (JLO) 13. SENSORY FUNCTION Bells Cancellation Test Finger Localization University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) 14. MOTOR FUNCTION Finger Tapping Test (FTT) Grip Strength Grooved Pegboard Test Purdue Pegboard Test 15. PERFORMANCE VALIDITY b Test Dot Counting Test (DCT) Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT) Non-Verbal Medical Symptom Validity Test (NV-MSVT) Rey Fifteen-Item Test (FIT) Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) Victoria Symptom Validity Test (VSVT) Word Choice Word Memory Test (WMT) 16. SYMPTOM VALIDITY Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS) Credits List of Acronyms Test Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisHomer''s tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related it in The Iliad and The Odyssey. More recently, it has given rise to countless scholarly articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, epic movies, television documentaries, stage plays, art and sculpture, even souvenirs and collectibles. However, while the ancients themselves thought that the Trojan War took place and was a pivotal event in world history, scholars during the Middle Ages and into the modern era derided it as a piece of fiction. This book investigates two major questions: did the Trojan War take place and, if so, where? It ultimately demonstrates that a war or wars in the vicinity of Troy probably did take place in some way, shape, or form during the Late Bronze Age, thereby forming the nucleus of the story that was handed down orally for centuries until put into essentially final form by Homer. However, Cline suggests that although a Trojan War (or wars) probably did take place, it was not fought because of Helen''s abduction; there were far more compelling economic and political motives for conflict more than 3,000 years ago.Aside from Homer, the book examines various classical literary sources: the Epic Cycle, a saga found at the Hittite capital of Hattusas, treatments of the story by the playwrights of classical Greece, and alternative versions or continuations of the saga such as Virgil''s Aeneid, which add detail but frequently contradict the original story. Cline also surveys archaeological attempts to document the Trojan War through excavations at Hissarlik, Turkey, especially the work of Heinrich Schliemann and his successors Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Carl Blegen, and Manfred Korfmann. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThe author's writing is so clear and his arguments so well structured and complete that this book will appeal to both interested amateurs and those familiar with the extensive literature on this subject ... Highly recommended. * D.A. Slane, CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part I. The Trojan War ; 1 The story according to the Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Cycle ; 2 The war in historical context: Mycenaeans, Hittites, Trojans, and Sea Peoples ; Part II. Investigating the Literary Evidence ; 3 Homeric questions: Did Homer exist and is the Iliad accurate? ; 4 The Hittite texts: Assuwa, Ahhiyawa, and Alaksandu of Wilusa ; Part III. Investigating the archaeological evidence ; 5 Early excavators: Heinrich Schliemann and Wilhelm Dorpfeld ; 6 Returning to Hisarlik: Carl Blegen and Manfred Korfmann ; Epilogue ; Glossary: Characters and Places ; References ; Further reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisAn updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current dayThe Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky''s Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky''s structuralist vision and George Lakoff''s meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portrays the extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated to cover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era.Trade ReviewThe Linguistics Wars is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the dispute it covers and its aftermath, as long as its limitations are kept in mind. * Nicholas Allott, Journal of Pragmatics *The book is generative, indeed. * Judith Kaplan, Journal of the History of Science Society *The first edition of this volume recounts the "war" between linguists based at MIT from 1967 to 1977. It pitted Noam Chomsky and supporters of his then-current theory, interpretive semantics, against proponents of generative semantics, with the relation of syntax to meaning in dispute. In 2021, the "war" read very differently....Disputants were overwhelmingly male and students of the same teachers. Papers included insider jokes, and public confrontations turned personal...this second edition presents new material charting the careers of the major figures, regretting the tradition of rhetorical belligerence and celebrating a more open discourse in the emerging subdisciplines. Harris increases prominence of female scholars, particularly Robin Lakoff, and concludes by describing Chomsky's scholarly practice and speculating on his lasting legacy. Tracking the evolution of linguistic theory, this volume supersedes the first. * J. Adlington, McMaster University, CHOICE *Harris ... demonstrates a deep knowledge of the issues in the conflict; he also brings a needed sense of perspective to the story. His stunning bibliography runs a monograph-length 65 pages, with over 1600 entries, and he appears to have absorbed it all. * Andy Rogers, LINGUIST List 33.3261 *Randy Harris has written an extremely engaging account of the rise of generative syntax and of some of the linguists who participated in this development, focusing on the scruffy fights that held a lot of people's attention in the second half of the 1960s, and then tracking the trajectories of the linguists after that very belligerent moment. The book is great fun to read-Randy is a terrific writer, the likes of which we rarely see among academics-and along the way, the reader learns a lot of linguistics. * John Goldmith, History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences, University of Chicago *Linguists, whatever your persuasion, please read this book. Seriously, it's hard to understand the current field without knowing this history. It's unbiased (no one is immune), accurate, and most importantly, entertaining. * Adele Goldberg, Princeton University *Randy Harris has done the intellectual world a remarkable service. * Geoffrey Sampson, LingBuzz *[Harris's] style is direct and informal. He is sharp and clear even on quite technical topics, his grasp of competing theories is sound, and his tales of the rise and fall of GS are well documented. . . . Anyone who wants insight into what has been going on in Chomskyan linguistics this past half century should read the new edition of The Linguistics Wars. * Geoffrey K. Pullum, National Review *If you want to know how Chomsky's Minimalism and Lakoff's Cognitive Linguistics developed such different views on how knowledge of language is organized in the human mind, I strongly recommend reading the second edition of The Linguistics Wars. This new edition extends the history to the present in the same well-informed and lively way for which the first edition received so much praise. * Ad Foolen, Radboud University *Praise for the First EditionThis is intellectual history crossed with a Shakespearean history play. * David Berreby, The Sciences *A fascinating tale of ambition and animus that makes the linguistic analyses (and antics) of a bygone day accessible to non-linguists. * Stephen O. Murray, Language Sciences *"[The Linguistic Wars] is extraordinarily well written, far more enjoyable and interesting than anything I've ever read in the history of linguistics, approachable by any non-linguist interested in the topics covered -- and utterly fascinating for linguists. ... the standard of scholarship exemplified in this book is simply stunning. * John Lawler, The LINGUIST List *[Harris] documents in meticulous detail, with great sensitivity and unswerving impartiality, how Chomsky's early theories captured the imagination of the new generation cognitive scientists and resulted in the overthrow of Bloomfieldian linguistics and behaviourist psychology more generally. He explains the elegance of 'deep structure' and the power of Chomsky's conception of language as expounded in the 'standard theory', and then shows how a disparate group of young scholars, the generative semanticists, effectively hijacked the fledgling theory and developed it in ways so radical that Chomsky soon came to be seen as a reactionary fighting a rearguard action against the forces of progress. . . .I can vouch for the accuracy and fairness of Harris's dissection. . . .Harris has achieved the near impossible: being fair to both sides in a civil war. * Neil Smith, Nature *Randy Harris... brilliantly combines human interest with a skilful and often highly technical commentary on analyses favoured by the opposing camps. * John N. Green, Modern Language Review *The Linguistics Wars^ Rcontributes to knowledge by way of bringing academic life down from its pedestal, allowing us to see it in human terms, and in the process showing us that it is both less pristine and more exciting than its image in the general culture would lead most people to expect. Doing so makes academic work more accessible and academic behavior more accountable. The great strength of Harris's account is that he combines the linguist's understanding of the technical issues involved in research and theory construction with the historian's appreciation of the role that social and psychological factors play in a scientific community. * John Laurence Miller, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research *In this evenhanded, trenchant and witty academic chronicle, Harris looks at the fierce, acrimonious controversies that have rocked linguistics since the 1950s. At center stage is Noam Chomsky whose search for the innate structures underlying language revolutionized what had been primarily a descriptive, behavioristic science. Chomsky's followers, notably George Lakoff, James McCawley, Paul Postal and Haj Ross, came to view Chomskyan deep structure"" as a barrier to forging a link between sound and meaning. * Genevieve Stuttaford, Publishers Weekly *Harris's book is a strikingly ambitious one, combining historical accuracy, conceptual detail, satirical humour, and theatrical imagery, written in a careful style that alternates between more formal and more casual tones and registers. * Cameron Morin, Cognitive Linguistics Studies *This book provides an interesting example of recent history and is an important milestone in Chomsky historiography. * J. Léon, Histoire Ãpistémologie Langage *Table of ContentsChapter One: Language, Thought, and the Linguistics Wars Chapter Two: The Beauty of Deep Structure Chapter Three: Generative Semantics 1: The Model Chapter Four: Generative Semantics 2: The Heresy Chapter Five: The Vicissitudes of War Chapter Six: Generative Semantics 3: The Ethos Chapter Seven: Generative Semantics 4: The Collapse Chapter Eight: Twentieth Century Linguistics at Closing Time Chapter Nine: The Aftermath: 21st Century Linguistics Chapter Ten: Chomsky Agonistes Glossary Works Cited

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Book SynopsisIn this Very Short Introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly frames chapters on the forms, techniques, and repertories of the medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods with discussion of why old music has been and should be revived, along with a short history of early music revivals.Trade Reviewa useful stocking filler ... packs an incredible amount into a pocket format * Ham & High *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Chapter 1: What is Meant by "Early Music"? Chapter 2: Repertories: Medieval Chapter 3: Repertories: Renaissance Chapter 4: Repertories: Baroque Chapter 5: Performing Issues Chapter 6: A Very Short History of the Modern Early Music Revival Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisBaptists in America began the eighteenth century a small, scattered, often harassed sect in a vast sea of religious options. By the early nineteenth century, they were a unified, powerful, and rapidly-growing denomination, poised to send missionaries to the other side of the world. One of the most influential yet neglected leaders in that transformation was Oliver Hart, longtime pastor of the Charleston Baptist Church. Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America is the first modern biography of Hart, arguably the most important evangelical leader in the pre-Revolutionary South.During his thirty years in Charleston, Hart emerged as the region''s most important Baptist denominational architect. His outspoken patriotism forced him to flee Charleston when the British army invaded Charleston in 1780, but he left behind a southern Baptist people forever changed by his energetic ministry. Hart''s accommodating stance toward slavery enabled him and the white Baptists who followed him to reach the center of southern society, but also eventually doomed the national Baptist denomination of Hart''s dreams. More than a biography, Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America seamlessly intertwines Hart''s story with that of eighteenth-century American Baptists, providing one of the most thorough accounts to date of this important and understudied religious group''s development. This book makes a significant contribution to the study of Baptist life and evangelicalism in the pre-Revolutionary South and beyond.Trade ReviewSmith has done an exemplary job of demonstrating Hart's seminal role in American Baptist development in the eighteenth century. One hopes for similar fresh studies of figures such as Edwards and Gano, as well as younger contemporaries such as Richard Furman, Thomas Baldwin, and John Leland. Embedded in their overlapping stories is the larger story of how Baptists in America evolved from backwater sectarians in 1715 to a national evangelical denomination by 1815. * Nathan A. Finn, Southeastern Theological Review *Smith has written a highly readable, elegantly presented, and well researched biography of a colonial pastor who likely deserves more attention than he has hitherto received. Even more commendable is Smith's ability to weave Hart's life into the context of colonial American society. * D. G. Hart, Church History *Smith's well-researched and lucidly-written work fills a major lacuna in Baptist studies by providing a focused history of eighteenth-century American Baptist development. Furthermore, by focusing on the life and ministry of Oliver Hart and his promotion of the "Baptist interest," Smith tells a multi-faceted story that captures both the denominational history as well as the realities of everyday existence as lived by one leading exponent. Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America deserves a wide reading among historians of the period as well as those who maintain some affnity with the denomination. * Dustin Bruce, Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies *Smith tells a multi-faceted story that captures both the denominational history as well as the realities of everyday existence as lived by one leading exponent. Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America deserves a wide reading among historians of the period as well as those who maintain some affinity with the denomination. * Dustin Bruce, Journal for Andrew Fuller Studies *Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America achieves exactly what Smith sets out to do, recounting the remarkable institutional development and growth of analytical contributions make the volume well worthwhile to scholars, while his smooth narrative also keeps it easily accessible to more general audiences. For anyone interested in the origins of Baptist influence in America, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. "The humble Baptists": Oliver Hart's Baptist Community 2. "The power of religion greatly displayed": Baptists and the Great Awakening 3. "All things are become new": Moving to the South 4. "Bringing many souls home to Jesus Christ": Moderate Revivalism in Charleston 5. "A regular Confederation": Laying the Foundations of the Baptist South 6. "Every day brings fresh wonders!": The 1754 Charleston Revival 7. "Seals of my ministry": Training the Next Generation 8. "Promoting so laudable a Design": Baptist Development in the 1760s 9. "Comforts and mercies, losses and crosses": A Transitional Season 10. "The rising glory of this continent": The American Revolution 11. "Directed in the path of duty": Staying the Course 12. "The Baptist Interest": A Respectable Denomination in a New Nation 13. "All the Baptists on the Continent": A Dream Briefly Realized

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Book SynopsisWhat explains the variety of responses that states adopt toward different refugee groups? Refugees might be granted protection or turned away; they might be permitted to live where they wish and earn an income, pursue education, and access medical treatment; or, they might be confined to a camp and forced to rely on aid while being denied basic services. However, states do not consistently wield their capacity for control, nor do they jealously guard their authority to regulate. In this book, Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty asks why states sometimes assert their sovereignty vis-à-vis refugee rights and at other times seemingly cede it by delegating refugee oversight to the United Nations. To explain this selective exercise of sovereignty, Abdelaaty develops a two-part theoretical framework in which policymakers in refugee-receiving countries weigh international and domestic concerns. Policymakers in a receiving country might decide to offer protection to refugees from a rival country in order to Trade ReviewIn this brilliant book, Lamis Abdelaaty effectively combines qualitative and quantitative methods to explain why some states are more generous to refugees than others. The answers she provides — that policymakers will be more open to those fleeing a hostile state and who share the ethnic identity of the policymakers — matter profoundly for both scholarship and practice. * Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, University of Oxford *Departing from much of the literature that examines whether countries let refugees in, Abdelaaty usefully reminds the reader that countries are more generous to some refugee groups than others and vary in their willingness to delegate to the UNHCR as well. She argues that both choices are a product of a combination of domestic and international politics. Using a terrific mixed methods design, this book sheds light on the response to refugee emergencies both in the past and today, and will help scholars and policymakers better understand the emergencies of the future. * Margaret E. Peters, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles *Discrimination and Delegation explores a timely and extremely important topic in international politics: state responses to refugee inflows. Lamis Abdelaaty provides a compelling explanation for why states choose to manage refugee policies themselves versus enable the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to do so, and carefully presents both qualitative and quantitative evidence in support of her theory. Academics studying refugee flows, policy makers, and human rights defenders will find this book to be an illuminating read. * Idean Salehyan, Professor of Political Science, University of North Texas *In this fascinating book, Lamis Elmy Abdelaaty examines the political determinants of asylum policy. Wielding a variety of data and methods, including cross-national statistics, archival research, and fieldwork in Egypt, Turkey and Kenya, Abdelaaty argues that states balance international and domestic interests in selecting policies of restriction, inclusion, or delegation. Compelling and insightful, the book brings a fresh, multi-level analysis to refugee studies and serves as a model for empirically rigorous, theoretically sophisticated scholarship on human rights. * Scott Straus, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter One: Selective Sovereignty and the Refugee Regime Chapter Two: The Role of Foreign Policy and Ethnic Politics Chapter Three: Cross-national Trends in Refugee Status Chapter Four: Politics Overtakes Policy in Egypt Chapter Five: Selective Protection in Turkey Chapter Six: Refugee Debates in Kenya Chapter Seven: The Implications of Selective Sovereignty for Refugee Rights Appendix I: Supplementary Data Appendix II: Content Analysis Codebook References

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Book SynopsisFlexible Authoritarianism challenges the idea that the transnational rise of authoritarianism is a backlash against economic globalization and neoliberal capitalism. Flexible authoritarianism--a form of government that simultaneously incentivizes a can-do spirit and suppresses dissent--reflects the resonance between authoritarian and neoliberal ideologies in today''s comeback of strongman rule. The book conveys the look and feel of flexible authoritarianism in Russia through the eyes of up-and-coming youth. Drawing on field observations, in-depth interviews, and analyses of documents and video clips, Anna Schwenck demonstrates how flexible authoritarianism is stabilized ideologically by the insignia of cool start-up capitalism and by familiar cultural forms such as the summer camp. It critically evaluates how loyalty to the regime--the order underlying political and economic life in a polity--is produced and contested among those young people who seek key positions in politics, business, the public sector, or creative industries.Trade ReviewThis is a truly excellent and original work of cultural and political sociology, asking questions profoundly important for understanding the legitimation, acceptance, and enthusiasm for 'flexible authoritarianism' in many contexts but vitally important for understanding burning questions provoked by Russia's 2022 war on Ukraine and responses to it from within Russia, particularly those of younger people. * Nancy Ries, Professor of Anthropology, Colgate University *Why citizens submit to the limits on personal freedoms that characterize collective life under conditions of authoritarianism is a puzzle that scholars of this regime type frequently confront. Anna Schwenck's concept of 'flexible authoritarianism' provides an answer. No political regime is completely authoritarian-rather, it usually provides its members with opportunities for autonomy as well as the imposing constraints. Deftly reasoned and engagingly written, her analysis contributes substantially to the study of authoritarian governments while providing a nuanced account of totalitarianism in action. As authoritarian governments flourish, Schwenck's work will no doubt stand as an essential source. * Mabel Berezin, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for European Studies, Cornell University *Why is Putin's regime so popular? Anna Schwenck's Flexible Authoritarianism helps solve this puzzle. Focusing on the Russian government's approach to youth, Schwenck's study reveals key mechanisms that help the regime build a loyal cadre. With insightful analysis grounded in unique fieldwork inside Russian government-sponsored summer camps in Russia's far-flung regions, this important book sheds new light on the sources of stability for authoritarian regimes. * Valerie Sperling, Clark University *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Flexible Authoritarianism, Loyalty, and Quests for Change 2. Interlude: Entrepreneurial Start-Up Culture Meets Soviet-Style Suspicions: Reflections on Two Russian Youth-Leadership Camps 3. Soviet Traditions in Service of Flexible Authoritarianism 4. How Flexible Authoritarianism Looks and Feels 5. Loyal Youths' Individualist Quests for Change: Self-Development for the Good of All 6. Professionalizing Patriots: The Branding and Staging of Heroic Masculinity 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe contemporary world is beset with a wide variety of conflicts, all of which have features without historical precedent. While most accounts of peacekeeping focus on attempts to limit violent conflict, this traditional view hardly captures the variety of challenges that today''s peacekeepers face. Peacekeepers are now thrust into the unconventional roles of monitoring elections, facilitating transitions to the rule of law, distributing humanitarian aid, and resolving conflicts in civil societies that are undergoing transformation. This is the context for understanding the activities of modern-day peacekeepers.In When Peacekeeping Missions Collide, Paul F. Diehl, Daniel Druckman, and Grace B. Mueller provide an original and comprehensive assessment on how different peacekeeping missions intersect with one another in contemporary conflicts. They begin by documenting the patterns of peacekeeping missions in 70 UN operations, noting the dramatic increase in number and diversity of operatTrade ReviewThis important new book, written by renowned experts, takes a look under the bonnet of UN peacekeeping to examine how the different tasks peacekeepers are given interact with one another and influence the overall effectiveness of UN operations. Combining detailed case studies with rigorous social scientific analysis, this book takes a giant leap in thought and understanding. The results are so compelling that readers—academics, students, and practitioners alike—won't look at peacekeeping in the same way again. * Alex Bellamy, Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland, Australia *Not always, but on average, peacekeeping works. This insightful book asks how and why peacekeeping is asked to work in ever more complex ways, with 'Christmas trees' of ambitions. Then it develops evidence-based principles for priority setting. 'Security first' is not a surprising finding. When a peace operation fails to stem the bloodshed and rape, subsequent goals, like moving on to a post-conflict election, likely will have limited success. A surprise, on the other hand, is that accomplishing 'democracy' with peace operation support is mostly not a gateway to further mission accomplishments. This is thoughtful, helpful research by greats of peacekeeping research on matters of importance. * John Braithwaite, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Australian National University *Diehl, Druckman and Mueller add a valuable perspective on our understanding of peace operations success (and failure) by focusing on a neglected factor: missions' interdependencies. The book offers novel insights on how to define and assess compatibility between simultaneous or sequential missions, and implications for success. The conceptualization and operationalization of compatibility is followed by a clear set of empirical expectations tested across five in-depth case studies, which include some of the most prominent peacekeeping missions...Academic rigor and policy relevance makes the book a must-read for those interested in the study and practice of peace operations. * Jessica Di Salvatore, Associate Professor in Political Science and Peace Studies, University of Warwick *Peacekeeping operations are tasked with many 'missions,' some of which overlap, are contradictory, or have varying effects on one another. The authors build a novel quantitative dataset, while employing qualitative cases studies, in order to evaluate the extent to which one mission, say, promoting democratic elections, might reinforce or undermine other missions like providing security. In this way, the authors fill an important 'middle-level' theoretical and empirical gap in the literature. A must-read for peacekeeping scholars, students, and practitioners. * Lise Howard, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System *This book provides an excellent guide to understanding the complexity of UN peacekeeping. Diehl, Druckman, and Mueller advance the field by conceptualizing and categorizing the overall goals of UN peacekeeping operations. Their rich empirical analysis generates new insights into the highly policy-relevant question of how to sequence and combine different missions that the UN seeks to accomplish. When Peacekeeping Missions Collide will enrich both scholarship and policy discussions on the future of peacekeeping. * Lisa Hultman, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University *The complexity of peacekeeping missions and their effectiveness has outpaced our understanding of them. In this nuanced book, Diehl, Druckman, and Mueller offer a clear framework for understanding the different missions involved in peace operations, the ways in which they interact, and the effects of these dynamics on success. This is the much-needed advancement we have been waiting for. * Barbara Walter, Rohr Professor of International Affairs, University of California, San Diego *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1: The Puzzle of Multiple Missions Chapter 2: Patterns in Multi-Mission Peace Operations and Theoretical Expectations Chapter 3: Research Plan Chapter 4: Limited Mission Cases: ONUC and UNPROFOR Chapter 5: Complex Mission Cases: UNTAET and MONUC Chapter 6: The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) Chapter 7: Conclusions and Implications References Index

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Book SynopsisContemporary popular musics such as hip hop, techno, grime, EDM, drill, house and so on are among the most listened to in the world and yet, typically, they are barely covered in the music classroom if at all. This needs to be better reflected in educational, cultural, and social terms. In wider society, these musics are often treated as if they are the causative for the social dysfunction that, in fact, they merely reflect. At the same time, projects, programmes and practices of such contemporary popular musics can and have supported wellness and healing. Editors Pete Dale, Pamela Burnard, and Raphael Travis Jr. argue that there is huge potential here for enhanced inclusion. Music for Inclusion and Healing in Schools and Beyond explains that when this music is included in the school curriculum or utilised in therapeutic contexts, huge leaps in healing and wellness can be achieved, as well as educational attainment and enjoyment in school contexts. This unique book seeks to account for those positive impacts, theorise them and help to extend and advance their impact. Contributing authors invite readers to re-think the possibilities and potentials for contemporary popular musics to gain the prestige that their actual popularity would suggest they should already command. The various contributors of this book are from diverse ethnic, social and academic backgrounds, and this title includes several chapters from practitioners who have not written about the work they do before now. Readers will learn not only about the impact of projects that utilize such music but also ideas about how that impact can best be measured.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction List of Contributors Glossary Part One: Curriculum and Music Education 1. Beat(s) For Blame: UK Drill Music, 'Race' and Criminal Injustice Lambros Fatsis 2. DJ School UK and Beyond: My Journey As a DJ and DJ Educator Jim Reiss 3. 'Bildung Life' - Holistic Ideals of Hip Hop Education Johan Söderman 4. Technology and the Music Curriculum: Maximising Inclusion, Diversifying Options Pete Dale 5. Musical Futures and Music Technology in Mainstream Music Education Fran Hannan & Martin Ainscough 6. Rethinking the curriculum with Future DJs and Virtuoso Austen Smart & Scott Smart Part Two: Healing and Wellness 7. Power and Connection Rawz 8. Intentional Uses of Music: Hip Hop, Healing, and Empowerment for Youth Self-Care and Community Well-Being Raphael Travis, Alex Crooke, and Ian Levy 9. Becoming a Therapeutic Hip Hop Mentor Kiran Manley 10. Global Inclusion and Healing through Therapeutic Beat Making Elliot Gann and Alex Crooke 11. The Sound Pad Project: Co-creation of Breakin, Dance Education, and an Inclusive Educational Technology Nathan Geering and Simon Hayhoe 12. Using Social Media to Cultivate Connected Learning and Social and Emotional Support through a Hip Hop Based Education Programme Jabari Evans Part Three: Evaluation and Impact 13. The Hip Hopification of Education and its Evaluation BREIS 14. Translating Evaluation and Research into Practice: What Matters for Socially Engaged Arts Programmes in and Beyond Schools? Pamela Burnard 15. Untangling Earphones - Voice and Agency in Participatory Music Impact Evaluation Douglas Lonie 16. Evaluating Young People's Spoken Word: Popular Music Projects Beate Peter 17. Evaluating Well-being Outcomes of the Social Enterprise 'Noise Solution': Digital Approaches to Outcome Capture Simon Glenister 18. Who is Heard and Who Gets to Belong in Hip Hop? The Counterspaces of Women and Gender Minority Rappers in Finland Inka Rantakallio Index

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Book SynopsisRules to Win By: Participation and Power in Union Negotiations is a book for anyone who wants to understand how to build the power required to effectively challenge and reverse income inequality and attacks on democracy. Drawing insights from recent hard-won unionization and contract negotiation fights, Jane McAlevey and Abby Lawlor use lessons from some of the toughest fights today--preparing a durable, all-out strike in a union-hostile environment--to provide a masterclass in participatory social change, indispensable both within and beyond the workplaces where we spend half of our waking lives.In an era of polarization, big lies, and massive legislative setbacks, changemakers in every arena need to learn the skills and lessons honed in pitched battles against experienced and ruthless union busters. Rules to Win By is a book for workers, unionists, racial justice and climate campaigners, academics, policymakers and everyone who wants a more fair and democratic society.Trade ReviewNegotiation should be a process of creative aggression, not technocratic dealmaking that fractures class consciousness. McAlevey and Lawlor persuasively showhow democratized and disciplined mass participation creates the power in confrontation required to win—for unionists and for all movements for justice. Here we can see abolition as life in rehearsal. * Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author, Abolition Geography *At a time when union demand is higher than it's been in almost a century, Rules to Win By is required reading. This book is armor for the generation of workers poised to gain power world-wide for the working class. * Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO *McAlevey and Lawlor eloquently detail the approach to negotiations rooted in the practice of the pace-setting national union known as District 1199 over eighty years ago. We adhere to the same approach today as we did in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Read this book to understand why and how building fighting worker organizations will serve as the foundation for 21st century movements for racial, economic, and gender justice. * Rob Baril, President, 1199NE (SEIU) *As McAlevey and Lawlor convincingly and movingly show, the way for unions to win big is by engaging in open and democratic negotiations. But the wisdom in these pages is universal and applies well beyond organized labor. Whatever cause you are fighting for, let this brilliant book be your guide. * Astra Taylor, co-founder of the Debt Collective and author of Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone *Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * Choice *Table of ContentsCharts, Figures and Tables Introduction: Negotiations as Democracy Building Chapter One: Twenty Key Elements of High Participation Negotiations Chapter Two: Legal Rope-a-Dope (PASNAP) Chapter Three: A Punch in the Face (NJEA) Chapter Four: A Flood of First Contracts (NewsGuild-CWA) Chapter Five: Radical Roots (MNA) Chapter Six: The New Boss in Town (UNITE HERE Local 26) Chapter Seven: Hollow Applause Conclusion: Participation in Negotiations Helps Build Governing Power Appendices References & Interviews Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisIn this powerful and revelatory new work, historian Mary Fulbrook takes on one of the most fraught issues in modern times: the role of ordinary Germans in enabling the rise of Nazism and with it the exclusion, persecution, and then extermination of millions of people across Europe. The question often asked of the Nazi erawhat and when did ordinary Germans know about the crimes being committed in their name?is, Fulbrook argues, the wrong one. The real question is how they interpreted and actedor failed to actupon what they knew; and how, in the process, became complicit.To address these issues, Fulbrook examines German society before and during the Nazi regime, exploring the social conditions that eventually facilitated mass murder. She explores the creation of a bystander society, one in which the majority of Germans were either unable to act or developed growing indifference to the fate of those deemed non-Aryanmainly Jews and therefore outside the Volksgemeinschaft, or national community. Over the course of the 1930s, from Hitler''s assumption of the German chancellorship, through the passage of the Nuremberg Laws, to the devastation of Kristallnacht, this bystander society became more entrenched. Ordinary Germans became passive about the fate of non-Aryans and, by turning away, contributed to their isolation from mainstream society. For many citizens of the Reich, conformity led progressively through growing complicity in everyday racism to more active involvement in genocide during World War Two. In other words, social changes under Nazi rule shaped the perceptions and responses of German citizens, creating the conditions that made the Holocaust possible.Based on an extraordinary archive of personal accounts, Bystander Society moves between the individual and the wider context, highlighting the significance of changing social and political circumstances over the course of the Nazi period by offering first-hand testimony both from those who were its primary victims, and those who initially sought to stay on the side lines but could not avoid being caught up in the violence of the times. These accounts illuminate how interpersonal relations in everyday life shifted, such that some fellow citizens could first be viewed as outcasts and then, in wartime, deportedmost often to their deathsin full view of those who would later often claim ignorance of their fates.Chilling and illuminating, Bystander Society reconceives the whole notion of bystanding within Nazi Germany, offering an interpretation of the conditions for inaction, one with wide and enduring relevance.Trade ReviewA commendable attempt to understand why people stood by and did nothing when confronted with Nazi barbarism, written by one of the greatest historians of modern Germany. * Darren O'Byrne, The Critic *[a] terrific work of historical scholarship * Richard Lofthouse, QUAD *[A] brilliant new book... Fulbrook brings a lifetime of scholarship and reflection, as well as a fearless courage, to the task. * Nicholas Stargardt, Literary Review *Mary Fulbrook superbly weaves contemporary accounts of experiences from Jews and non-Jews into a rich tapestry that shows how Germany under Hitler gradually turned into a society capable of the Holocaust. * Ian Kershaw *With her signature insightfulness, historian Mary Fulbrook addresses the fascinating but troubling problem of 'bystanders' to the Holocaust. She probes how social dynamics in Hitler's early years pushed non-Jews to conform, and how after the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 most fervently did so. By the late 1930s, more Germans became complicit in Nazi crimes and, during World War II, German, Austrian, and Baltic 'bystanders' eagerly engaged in violence, participating in genocide. This gripping account is a must-read for anyone interested in how bystanders became accomplices and later perpetrators, and how democracy could be destroyed. * Marion Kaplan, Professor Emerita of Modern Jewish History, New York University, author of Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany and Hitler's Jewish Refugees: Hope and Anxiety in Portugal *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction: Bystanders and collective violence PART I THE SLIPPERY SLOPE: SOCIAL SEGREGATION IN NAZI GERMANY 1. Lives in Germany before 1933 2. Falling into line: spring 1933 3. Ripping apart at the seams: the racialization of identity, 1933-4 4. Shifting communities: dissembling and the cost of conformity 5. A nation of Aryans? The normalization of racial discrimination PART II THE EXPANSION OF VIOLENCE AT HOME AND ABROAD 6. Changing horizons: views from within and without 7. Shock waves: polarization in peacetime society, November 1938 8. Divided fates: empathy, exit, and death, 1939-41 9. Over the precipice: from persecution to genocide in the Baltics 10. Inner emigration and the fiction of ignorance 11. Towards the end: rescue, survival, and self-justifications CONCLUSION 12. The bystander myth and responses to violence

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Book SynopsisGalileo and Kepler dreamed of the possibility of space exploration, although its reality was later underappreciated and even challenged by social, ideological, and scientific critics as a diversion from our problems on Earth. The Dimming of Starlight tells the fascinating stories of how space exploration places us in unusual situations that force us to come up with new ideas about nature. This strong connection between scientific exploration and scientific change makes us aware of a new panorama of problems, dangers, and opportunities that leads to new solutions and technologies that would have been unimaginable under old perspectives. Thus, the exploration of Venus led to the discovery of the destruction of Earth''s Ozone layer. This discovery will save hundreds of millions of lives in the coming centuries. As we explore space, we learn to protect our planet from catastrophe, and all the while we change drastically our ideas about the nature of the universe. With its account of serendTrade ReviewA handful of philosophers can write effectively for a broad audience. The same holds true for scientists. Gonzalo Munévar can do both, showing an audience that has little prior knowledge of either philosophy or space exploration why both fields are important, and how these seemingly disparate enterprises can work together to help us decide how aggressively to pursue some of the greatest mysteries we face today." - Douglas Vakoch, President, METI InternationalThere is no doubt that in the third decade of the 21st century, the idea of advanced and long-term space exploration, especially human missions, requires a wise and comprehensive justification. Such wise and comprehensive justification is an extremely difficult art. Repeating general cliches today is no longer enough. This art of philosophical, in-depth justification for space exploration has been perfectly succeeded by Gonzalo Munévar." - Konrad Szocik, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow

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Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringFor 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspondent for the New York Times. In this Very Short Introduction, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court''s history and of its written and unwritten rules to show readers how the Supreme Court really works.Greenhouse offers a fascinating institutional biography of a place and its people--men and women who exercise great power but whose names and faces are unrecognized by many Americans and whose work often appears cloaked in mystery. How do cases get to the Supreme Court? How do the justices go about deciding them? What special role does the chief justice play? What do the law clerks do? How does the court relate to the other branches of government? Greenhouse answers these questions by depicting the justices as they confront deep constitutional issues or wrestle with the meaning of conTrade Review[A] new one-of-a-kind book on the Supreme Court." * SCOTUSblog *Linda Greenhouse has long been one of the most astute observers of the U.S. Supreme Court and most trusted translators of its mysteries and traditions. This elegant and concise guide is invaluable for beginners and veteran court watchers alike. An ideal introduction to the Court for students and citizens of all ages. * Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, George Washington University, and legal affairs editor, The New Republic *There is hardly anyone in the country, outside the Court, who knows the institution and its practices as well as Linda Greenhouse does. * Melvin I. Urofsky, author of Louis D. Brandeis: A Life *Greenhouse cogently illustrates the history, functions, composition and importance of the Supreme Court. In a slim volume that you can literally carry around in your pocket, you will find a wealth of knowledge." * Yale Daily News *[A]n amuse-bouche of a book . . . short, but pithy. After finishing this book, readers should be inspired to take up [Greenhouse's] implicit invitation to read about the Court and its impact on shaping American law in a more substantial, meatier format. * Judicature *For those interested in how cases come to be heard by the Court, the process leading to a decision and the Court's relationship with the other branches of the federal government and the public, this is an excellent way to begin. * Washington Independent Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgments 1 Origins 2 The Court at work (1) 3 The justices 4 The chief justice 5 The Court at work (2) 6 The Court and the other branches 7 The Court and the public 8 The Court and the world Appendix 1: U.S. Constitution, Article III Appendix 2: The Supreme Court's rules Appendix 3: Chart of the Justices References Further reading Websites Index

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