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Color Revolutions in Eurasia (SpringerBriefs in Political Science)
By Julia Gerlach. 2014
Why have large-scale protests and mass demonstrations in some post-socialist Eurasian states led to the fall of autocratic leaders …
whereas similar other regimes prevail This book addresses the question by providing an overview of eight cases of so-called Color Revolutions and explains factors of success and failure by discussing the state-of-the-art in the political science discourse on Color Revolutions It concludes by summarizing and contextualizing the results of the analysis and highlighting open research for political science on the theme of Color RevolutionsAutoritäre Herrschaftsstrategien: Die Legende vom kasachstanischen Schneeleoparden
By Anja Franke. 2012
Anja Franke-Schwenk analysiert die Herrschaftsstrategien der kasachstanischen Pr sidentschaft im Zeitraum von 1991-2011 vor dem besonderen Hintergrund des Ressourcenreichtums…
Dabei arbeitet sie vier Strategien heraus Strategie der Freundschafts- und Familienbande Kooptationsstrategie Repressionsstrategie sowie Pazifizierungsstrategie Die Analyse der rentierstaatlichen Herrschaftsstrategien erfolgt im Kontext einer ausf hrlichen Studie ber die kasachstanische politische und wirtschaftliche Elite und deren neopatrimonialen Verflechtungen Hierbei reflektiert die Autorin die klassischen Erkl rungskonzepte neopatrimonialer Herrschaft kritisch und bietet Alternativen anMigration Theory: Talking across Disciplines
By Caroline Brettell, James Hollifield. 2008
During the last decade the issue of migration has increased in global prominence and has caused controversy among the host…
countries around the world Continuing their interdisciplinary approach editors Catherine Brettell and James Hollifield have included revised essays from the first edition in such fields as anthropology political science and history This edition also features new essays by a demographer geopgrapher and sociologistUn paseo por la vida de Simone de Beauvoir
By Carmen G. de la Cueva. 2018
Por los pasillos de la casa de Simone no caminamos solas ni de puntillas Vamos todas cogidas de…
la mano Simone vosotrasy yo como unas amigas que despu s de mucho tiempo vuelven a encontrarse para hablar y saber por fin que otra vida es posible Carmen G de la Cueva Qui n fue Simone de Beauvoir Esa es una de las preguntas de este libro pero no es la m s importante Estas p ginas no contienen una biograf a al uso Aqu Beauvoir no es solo una de las personalidades m s c lebres del siglo XX sino una mujer cuya experiencia sigue teniendo ecos en la vida de las mujeres de hoy Esa es precisamente la novedad de este libro los pasos de Beauvoir no se quedan en el pasado aislados en su mayo del 68 o en su romance con Jean-Paul Sartre sino que se desplazan hasta la manera de caminar y de ver propias de las mujeres j venes del siglo XXI Desde su infancia a su madurez cuando se convirti en todo un icono la vida de la autora francesa se expande en este libro hasta llegar a nuestros d as comprobando la actualidad de sus ense anzas La cr tica ha dicho sobre Mam quiero ser feminista Es el libro de una vida Un libro con muchas preguntas al lector a la autora al aire preguntas que otras mujeres no se han hecho Susana Pedreira Onda Cero Este libro nos impulsa a reflexionar en torno a los roles y mandatos que se nos imponen desde que nacemos y nos invita a tomar las armas para hacer de nuestra vida aquello que nosotras decidamos Poemasdelalma comMonster Cinema (Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture)
By Barry Keith Grant. 2018
Monster Cinema introduces readers to a vast menagerie of movie monsters. Some are gigantic, like King Kong or the kaiju…
in Pacific Rim, while others are microscopic. Some monsters appear uncannily human, from serial killers like Norman Bates to the pod people in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. And of course, other movie monsters like demons, ghosts, vampires, and witches emerge from long folklore traditions. Film expert Barry Keith Grant considers what each type of movie monster reveals about what it means to be human and how we regard the world. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of film history, Grant presents us with an eclectic array of monster movies, from Nosferatu to Get Out. As he discovers, although monster movies might claim to be about Them!, they are really about the capacity for horror that lurks within each of us.Victorian Jamaica
By Tim Barringer, Wayne Modest. 2018
Victorian Jamaica explores the extraordinary surviving archive of visual representation and material objects to provide a comprehensive account of Jamaican…
society during Queen Victoria s reign over the British Empire from 1837 to 1901 In their analyses of material ranging from photographs of plantation laborers and landscape paintings to cricket team photographs furniture and architecture as well as a wide range of texts the contributors trace the relationship between black Jamaicans and colonial institutions contextualize race within ritual and performance and outline how material and visual culture helped shape the complex politics of colonial society By narrating Victorian history from a Caribbean perspective this richly illustrated volume featuring 270 full-color images offers a complex and nuanced portrait of Jamaica that expands our understanding of the wider history of the British Empire and Atlantic world during this period Contributors Anna Arabindan-Kesson Tim Barringer Anthony Bogues David Boxer Patrick Bryan Steeve O Buckridge Julian Cresser John M Cross Petrina Dacres Belinda Edmondson Nadia Ellis Gillian Forrester Catherine Hall Gad Heuman Rivke Jaffe O Neil Lawrence Erica Moiah James Jan Marsh Wayne Modest Daniel T Neely Mark Nesbitt Diana Paton Elizabeth Pigou-Dennis Veerle Poupeye Jennifer Raab James Robertson Shani Roper Faith Smith Nicole Smythe-Johnson Dianne M Stewart Krista A ThompsonEl regreso liberal: Más allá de la política de la identidad
By Mark Lilla. 2017
C mo puede la izquierda recuperar sus valores y ofrecer un proyecto de futuro comprometido con la sociedad …
El an lisis y las conclusiones de Lilla son de lectura obligatoria a ambos lados del Atl ntico para entender qu sucede a los partidos progresistas La victoria electoral de Donald Trump en noviembre de 2016 caus un terremoto devastador en la izquierda estadounidense Uno de los primeros en reaccionar fue Mark Lilla el respetado autor de ensayos como Pensadores temerarios o La mente naufragada Su pol mico diagn stico consideraba que la bizantina deriva del pensamiento progresista hacia debates y posiciones relacionados con la identidad la alejaban irremisiblemente de la mayor a de los votantes la izquierda solo podr a volver a gobernar si lograba reconstruir un mensaje que apelara a la sociedad en su conjunto y propusiera una visi n de un futuro com n En El regreso liberal Lilla presenta un argumento apasionado duro y doloroso acerca del fracaso del liberalismo estadounidense desde los a os de Reagan Aunque Clinton y Obama repitieron mandato el debate pol tico central sigue dominado por las ideas republicanas un papel reducido del Estado impuestos bajos e individualismo a ultranza Enfrente los dem cratas no han sido capaces de construir un discurso alternativo perdidos en la selva de las identidades La cr tica ha dicho Un breve y excelente libro sobre el declive del liberalismo estadounidense que explica c mo pas de los xitos de Roosevelt a los abismos de la pol tica de la identidad actual Fareed Zakaria CNN En su nuevo libro Lilla lanza un aviso importante apasionado y muy cr tico a los liberales que en su opini n est n atrapados en el fango El mensaje de Lilla es oportuno y necesario Arlie Russell Hochschild The Washington Post Lilla plantea una conversaci n magistral en este breve ensayo Los Angeles Review of Books El retorno liberal es un diagn stico perfecto The Guardian El libro de Lilla es un importante contrapeso a la opini n general The Financial Times Tras el desastre de noviembre de 2016 se necesita urgentemente un an lisis de la cat strofe Mark Lilla ha escrito un ensayo profundo y provocativo sobre lo que ocurri y lo que liberales moderados y progresistas deber an hacer al respecto Steven PinkerA fin de cuentas: Nuevo cuaderno de la vejez
By Aurelio Arteta. 2018
Aurelio Arteta rescata la vejez del enjambre de prejuicios que suelen desfigurarla. «Solo desde el crepúsculo se adquiere una visión…
del día completo.» La vejez nos convierte en testigos privilegiados de la vida, por ser la posición idónea, afirma Aurelio Arteta, desde la que evaluar las demás edades. En A fin de cuentas, entabla con el lector una conversación a la que también están invitados Montaigne, Spinoza, Schopenhauer, Leopardi, Saint-Exupéry, De Beauvoir y Canetti, entre otros, al tiempo que rescata la vejez del enjambre de prejuicios que suelen desfigurarla. Este «diario disfrazado» compuesto de sabias meditaciones, citas memorables, recuerdos, escenas de la vida y retratos, puede leerse como un sutil tratado filosófico en fragmentos que nos invita a mirarnos bien adentro y a despojarnos de toda afectación y de la trivialidad en la que tendemos a hundirnos. Con ingenio, serenidad e ironía, capta las contrariedades, la dureza, los reveses, pero también las delicias y el humor de la vejez. Lo que brilla a través de estas páginas al tiempo graves y luminosas es un profundo amor a la vida, el rechazo de la muerte -también su acogida- y la enérgica juventud que caracteriza a algunos mayores. También, la nostalgia que tanta lucidez conlleva. La crítica ha dicho...«Uno diría que, de no ser por ese angustioso telón de fondo, en la sociedad actual la vejez ofrece razonables placeres y alegrías bien pautadas, dentro del plazo limitado.»Carlos García Gual, sobre A pesar de los pesaresA Rhetorical Crime: Genocide in the Geopolitical Discourse of the Cold War (Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights)
By Anton Weiss-Wendt, Douglas Irvin-Erickson. 2018
The Genocide Convention was drafted by the United Nations in the late 1940s as a response to the horrors…
of the Second World War But was the Genocide Convention truly effective at achieving its humanitarian aims or did it merely exacerbate the divisive rhetoric of Cold War geopolitics A Rhetorical Crime shows how genocide morphed from a legal concept into a political discourse used in propaganda battles between the United States and the Soviet Union Over the course of the Cold War era nearly eighty countries were accused of genocide and yet there were few real-time interventions to stop the atrocities committed by genocidal regimes like the Cambodian Khmer Rouge Renowned genocide scholar Anton Weiss-Wendt employs a unique comparative approach analyzing the statements of Soviet and American politicians historians and legal scholars in order to deduce why their moral posturing far exceeded their humanitarian actionDas politische System der USA: Eine Einführung
By Birgit Oldopp. 2013
Diese Einf hrung wendet sich an Studierende der Politikwissenschaft die sich mit dem politischen System der USA vertraut…
machen wollen Das Buch vermittelt Grundwissen Die Arbeitsweise der Institutionen Kongress Pr sident und Supreme Court wird vorgestellt und Politikprozesse werden erkl rt Welche Rolle spielen Parteien und Interessenverb nde im politischen System der USA Wie gestalten sich die Beziehungen zwischen der Bundesebene und den Einzelstaaten Wieso sind religi se Bezugnahmen in der US-Politik so h ufig Einen breiten Raum nehmen die amerikanischen Wahlen ein Wie wird der amerikanische Pr sident gew hlt Wie finanzieren die Kandidaten f r den Senat und das Repr sentantenhaus ihre Wahlk mpfe Dort wo es n tzlich erscheint werden als Kontrast Bez ge zum politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland hergestellt Dem Einf hrungscharakter dieses Buches dienen die kurzen Fazite sowie die weiterf hrende Literatur am Ende der Kapitel und das Glossar das englische Fachtermini erl utertLetters from Linda M. Montano
By Linda M. Montano. 2004
Letters from Linda M. Montano is an anthology of writings by one of the seminal performance artists of the last…
century. It provides an autobiographical and historical record of Montano's artistic practice over the last thirty years, collecting together stories, fairytales, letters, interviews, manifestos and other previously unpublished writings. At the same time, the book acts as a 'how-to' manual for aspiring performance artists, offering practical guidance for students and a range of exercises that Montano has used in her teachings and workshops. Finally, Letters from Linda M. Montano represents a performance in itself, in which the artist considers the process of writing, creating and bringing the work to fruition as another form of 'endurance performance' similar to that of her durational works 14 Years of Living Art and Blood Family Art. COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF GISELA GAMPER.Fire Protection: Detection, Notification, and Suppression
By Robert Till, J Coon. 2019
The Second Edition of this introduction to fire protection systems is completely revised and updated to offer the student …
architect or engineer the basics of fire protection devices and equipment and how they may be applied to any given project Fire Protection Detection Notification and Suppression reveals the nuts and bolts of fire protection system selection design and equipment in an applied approach Whether a mechanical engineer safety engineer architect estimator fire service personnel or student studying in these areas the authors show the pros and the cons of protection systems being proposed and how they should be compared to one another It also gives non-fire engineering practitioners a sense of proportion when they are put in a position to select a consultant and to give a sense of what the consultant may be doing and how a system is being matched to the hazard Beginning fire protection engineers could also use its language for writing a report about these systems for a clientDas politische System der Niederlande: Eine Einführung
By Markus Wilp. 2009
Die politische Geschichte der Niederlande war im Vergleich zu der anderer europ ischer Staaten ber Jahrzehnte hinweg…
durch ein hohes Ma an Kontinuit t gekennzeichnet Dieses Bild hat sich mittlerweile deutlich gewandelt Vor allem die weit beachteten Entwicklungen und Geschehnisse der letzten Jahre haben gezeigt dass die niederl ndische Politik sich seit einiger Zeit in einer Phase gro er Umbr che befindet deren Verlauf auch im Ausland mit gro em Interesse verfolgt wird Das vorliegende Buch bietet die M glichkeit sich umfassend und fundiert ber die Grundlagen Strukturen und Akteure der niederl ndischen Politik zu informieren und zugleich ein Verst ndnis f r aktuelle politische Entwicklungen zu gewinnenAt War: The Military and American Culture in the Twentieth Century and Beyond (War Culture)
By Susan Carruthers, Katherine Ellison, Scott Laderman, Christine Knauer, William Watson, John Kinder, Jennifer Mittelstadt, David Kieran, Jana Lipman, Edwin Martini, Mark Wilson, Christopher Hamner, Sahr Conway, Stefan Aune, Nick Witham, Wilbur Scott, Kara Vuic, Bonnie Miller, Professor G Kurt Piehler. 2018
The country s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan its interventions around the world and its global…
military presence make war the military and militarism defining features of contemporary American life The armed services and the wars they fight shape all aspects of life from the formation of racial and gendered identities to debates over environmental and immigration policy Warfare and the military are ubiquitous in popular culture At War offers short accessible essays addressing the central issues in the new military history ranging from diplomacy and the history of imperialism to the environmental issues that war raises and the ways that war shapes and is shaped by discourses of identity to questions of who serves in the U S military and why and how U S wars have been represented in the media and in popular cultureHow To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips On Building A Loyal Following And Making A Living As A Musician
By Derek Sivers, Ari Herstand. 2016
"Ari is at the front of the front. He gets it. I've read a hundred how-to-make-it-in-the-music-biz books, and this one…
is today's definitive, comprehensive manual." —Jack Conte, 150+ million YouTube views, Pomplamoose, CEO of Patreon Forget everything you think you know about the odds of “making it” in the music industry. Today, odds mean nothing and success is not about lucky breaks. It’s about conquering social media, mastering the art of merchandising and simply working harder and being smarter than everyone else. We are living in the midst of an industry renaissance, one that has left the record companies desperately struggling to maintain their prominence, as a subculture of dedicated, DIY (do-it-yourself) musicians have taken over. These days talent is a given and success has to be earned. In 2008, Ari Herstand boldly turned in his green Starbucks apron to his manager, determined to make a living off his craft as a singer/songwriter. Almost a decade later, he has become a founding member of the new DIY movement and a self-sustaining musician, all without the help of a major label. Now, drawing from years of experience, Herstand has written the definitive guide for other like-minded artists, the ones who want to forge their own path and not follow the traditional markers of success, like record sales, hits on the radio or the amount of your label advance. Incredibly comprehensive and brutally honest throughout, How to Make It in the New Music Business covers every facet of the "new" business, including how to: Build a grass-roots fan base—and understand the modern fan Book a profitable tour, and tips for playing live, such as opening vs. headlining etiquette, and putting on a memorable show Become popular on YouTube, Spotify and SoundCloud Get songs placed in film and television Earn royalties you didn’t know existed and reach your crowdfunding goals Musicians will not only be introduced to all the tools available today but will be shown how to effectively leverage them to actually make money. More important, they will develop the mindset to be aware of new advancements both online and in the real world and always stay in tune with a constantly evolving landscape. There has never been a better time to be an independent musician. Today, fans can communicate with their idols by simply picking up their phones, artists are able to produce studio-worthy content from their basement and albums are funded not by "record men" but by generous, engaged supporters. As result, How to Make It in the New Music Business is a must-have guide for anyone hoping to navigate the increasingly complex yet advantageous landscape that is the modern music industry.Das politische System Südafrikas
By Franziska M ller, Dana de la Fontaine, Claudia Hofmann, Bernhard Leubolt. 2017
Der Kern des vorliegenden Buches widmet sich der Frage wie sich S 65533 dafrikas politisches System in den letzten…
20 Jahren seit der Transition ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre entfaltet hat Dabei soll der Fokus zum einen auf die grundlegenden institutionellen und rechtlichen Strukturen gerichtet sein Zum anderen ist zu hinterfragen inwiefern der F 65533 deralismus das Land in arme und reiche Teile aufteilt was durch fehlende Ausgleichsmechanismen mittelfristig f 65533 r Konflikte sorgt Ein weiterer Themenblock setzt sich mit der Frage der politischen Beteiligungsm 65533 glichkeiten der Bev 65533 lkerung auseinander In einzelnen Abschnitten werden die zentralen Institutionen der politischen Repr 65533 sentation und Artikulation untersucht d h Parteien Gewerkschaften Interessenverb 65533 nde Nichtregierungsorganisationen und soziale Bewegungen aber auch die Rolle der Print- und TV-Medien Schlie 65533 lich sollen die Hoffnungen und 65533 ngste der unterschiedlichen Bev 65533 lkerungsgruppen einzelnen Politikbereichen gegen 65533 bergestellt werden Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt zum einen auf 65533 konomischen Fragen mit der Analyse der Wirtschafts- der Steuer- der Finanz- und der Landwirtschaftspolitik Dann folgt ein Komplex der sich mit der menschlichen Entwicklung auseinandersetzt und die Sozial- Bildungs- Gesundheits- und Gleichstellungspolitik unter die Lupe nimmt Schlie 65533 lich wird die Entwicklung der Au 65533 enpolitik und der regionalen Integration untersucht die f 65533 r die Dynamik der s 65533 dafrikanischen 65533 konomie von zentraler Bedeutung sindDemocratic Acceptance of Spatial Planning Policy Measures
By Lyn Pleger. 2019
This book examines the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures using Switzerland as a case study The currently…
inefficient land use in industrialised countries calls for new spatial planning policies Yet governments have largely failed to implement innovative policy measures which may be due to a lack of democratic acceptance To date little is known about the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures Switzerland offers a promising candidate because of its direct-democratic system which allows citizens preferences for specific policy measures to be directly measured In this work the democratic acceptance of spatial planning instruments is investigated from various perspectives in the form of original empirical studies which are embedded in an innovative conceptual framework It demonstrates that not only spatial planning instruments in general but also incentive-based instruments in particular generally enjoy high acceptance This finding is remarkable considering the fact that efficient land use instruments have only been marginally implemented Addressing the needs of both academics and land use practitioners in the private and public sector the book shows that in order to improve the democratic acceptance of spatial planning measures attention must be paid to their context content and the means by which that content is providedUnspeakable Truths: Transitional Justice and the Challenge of Truth Commissions
By Priscilla Hayner. 2011
In a sweeping review of forty truth commissions Priscilla Hayner delivers a definitive exploration of the global experience in…
official truth-seeking after widespread atrocities When Unspeakable Truths was first published in 2001 it quickly became a classic helping to define the field of truth commissions and the broader arena of transitional justice This second edition is fully updated and expanded covering twenty new commissions formed in the last ten years analyzing new trends and offering detailed charts that assess the impact of truth commissions and provide comparative information not previously available Placing the increasing number of truth commissions within the broader expansion in transitional justice Unspeakable Truths surveys key developments and new thinking in reparations international justice healing from trauma and other areas The book challenges many widely-held assumptions based on hundreds of interviews and a sweeping review of the literature This book will help to define how these issues are addressed in the futureDiasporic Returns to the Ethnic Homeland: The Korean Diaspora in Comparative Perspective
By Takeyuki Tsuda, Changzoo Song. 2019
This book examines Korean cases of return migrations and diasporic engagement policy The study concentrates on the effects of…
this migration on citizens who have returned to their ancestral homeland for the first time and examines how these experiences vary based on nationality social class and generational status The project s primary audience includes academics and policy makers with an interest in regional politics migration diaspora citizenship and Korean studies