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Book cover of International Strategic Relations and China's National Security
by Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University of People's Liberation Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016

The world was standing at the crossroads in 2015 as globalization propelled human beings into an increasingly integrated community of common destiny. In the meantime, the world witnessed the strategic competition among major powers. This annual publication offers views, opinions and predictions on...
Book cover of The Extreme in Contemporary Culture

The Extreme in Contemporary Culture

States of Vulnerability

by Pramod K. Nayar, Professor of English at the University of Hyderabad, India
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017

This is a study of vulnerability as a dominant cultural discourse today, especially as it manifests in ‘extreme cultures’. These are cultural practices and representations of humans in risky, painful or life-threatening conditions where the limits of their humanity are tested, and producing heightened...
Book cover of Smashing Barriers

Smashing Barriers

Race and Sport in the New Millenium

by Richard Lapchick, University of Central Florida
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2001

Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes). He addresses the value...
Book cover of Media, Culture And The Environment
by Alison Anderson University of Plymouth., Anderson, Alison
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013

This book is intended for final year undergraduates and postgraduates in cultural and media studies, as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Courses on culture and the media within sociology, environmental studies, human geography and politics.
Book cover of Theories of Culture in Postmodern Times
by Marvin Harris, University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 1998

Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice. In this book, he presents his current views...
Book cover of Solo

Solo

Postmodern Explorations

by Raphael Sassower, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Colorado
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011

Solo: Postmodern Explorations provides a postmodern approach to technoscience and economics. Sassower pulls together postmodern motifs and attitudes with his own experience to provide a unique perspective on political history and economics. Solo raises the question of whether it is possible to be...
Book cover of Democratic Problem-Solving

Democratic Problem-Solving

Dialogues in Social Epistemology

by Justin Cruickshank, Raphael Sassower, Professor and Chair of Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017

To what extent is neoliberalism undermining democracy and distorting the values of science? Can and should science be treated as an exemplar for a more dialogic democracy? Are universities and public intellectuals able to develop a more dialogically engaged public? What role should there be for ‘experts’...
Book cover of Federated Defense in Asia
by Kathleen H. Hicks, Zack Cooper, Michael J. Green
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014

This report is the first regional study in the CSIS Federated Defense series. The Federated Defense Project aims to shift the paradigm with key allies and partners from capacity building to a federated approach that would expand regional security and prosperity by joining regional allies and partners...
Book cover of Assessing the Asia-Pacific Rebalance
by David J. Berteau, Zack Cooper, Michael J. Green
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014

This report seeks to clarify the stated objectives of the US rebalance strategy, reviewing regional responses, and assessing the status of the rebalance, which is critical to reinforcing regional stability by strengthening US relationships, presence, and capabilities. The authors evaluate both public...
Book cover of Community-Based Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa
by Center for African Studies at the University of Florida
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013

Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is a compelling concept - if people are allowed to be custodians of their resources, better management of the resources will result. CBNRM is much more complex and challenging than has commonly been understood, but can provide a way to achieve a...
Book cover of Introduction to Metamorphic Textures and Microstructures
by Barker, A.J. (Department of Geology, University of Southampton)
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013

A text which aims to help undergraduate students in geology to recognize and interpret metamorphic textures and microstructures in thin-section. For lecturers and postgraduates in geology and petrology, the book provides reference for the interpretation of metamorphic rocks.
Book cover of Understanding Addiction Behaviours

Understanding Addiction Behaviours

Theoretical and Clinical Practice in Health and Social Care

by G.Hussein Rassool, PhD, University of London
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011

Understanding addiction has never been more important, as many professionals, from counsellors and nurses, to social workers and health psychologists, encounter addictive behaviour on a daily basis. Looking at addiction in all of its forms, this multi-disciplinary book provides a comprehensive...
Book cover of Social Change and Cultural Continuity among Native Nations
by Duane Champagne, University of California, Los Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2006

This book defines the broad parameters of social change for Native American nations in the twenty-first century, as well as their prospects for cultural continuity. Many of the themes Champagne tackles are of general interest in the study of social change including governmental, economic, religious,...
Book cover of Media, Culture and Human Violence

Media, Culture and Human Violence

From Savage Lovers to Violent Complexity

by Jeff Lewis, Professor of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015

Humans of the advanced world are the most violent beings of all times. This violence is evident in the conditions of perpetual warfare and the accumulation of the most powerful and destructive arsenal ever known to humankind. It is also evident in the devastating impact of advanced world economy and...
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