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A Guide to Commissioning Health and Wellbeing Services - Paperback

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by Amanda J. Hughes (Author)Are you a health and social care commissioner navigating the ever-changing commissioning landscape? With challenges such as limited funding, changing demands and global pandemics, we need to be clear on why, what and how we commission effectively. This book offers you a warm welcome into the often-complex world of healthcare commissioning. Amanda J. Hughes shares personal insights from her commissioning career and practical guidance that will demystify the commiss...

Among Women Across Worlds: North Korea in the Global Cold War - Paperback

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by Suzy Kim (Author)In Among Women across Worlds, Suzy Kim explores the transnational connections between North Korean women and the global women's movement. Asian women, especially communists, are often depicted as victims of a patriarchal state. Kim challenges this view through extensive archival research, revealing that North Korean women asserted themselves from the late 1940s to 1975, before the Korean War began and up to the UN's International Women's Year.Kim centers on North Korea and...

Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life - Paperback

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by Tom Borrup (Editor), Andrew Zitcer (Editor)Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life offers arts-based solutions to the threats to democracies around the world, practices that can foster more just and equitable societies. Chapter authors are artists, activists, curators, and teachers applying creative and cultural practices in deliberate efforts to build democratic ways of working and interacting in their communities in a range of countries including the United States...

The Rise of Restorative Justice in the Energy Transition and for Climate Mitigation - Hardcover

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by Raphael J. Heffron (Author), Mohammad Hazrati (Author)The book presents the importance of restorative justice in today's energy transition across the world. It emphasizes the importance of a fair, equitable and inclusive shift towards a low-carbon economy. It recognizes climate change as the primary global challenge and advocates for an urgent and comprehensive energy transition where restorative justice is centrally utilised. Restorative justice focuses on identifying harm, assigning resp...

Partisan Rhetoric and Polarization: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 10 - Hardcover

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by Robert X. Browning (Author)Partisan Rhetoric and Polarization: The Year in C-SPAN Archives Research, Volume 10 features chapters written from a variety of perspectives that address divisions in American politics. The topics range widely, including TikTok, abortion, the middle class, the January 6 riot, and partisan rhetoric in Congress. The unifying theme of the volume is that each author uses C-SPAN videos to examine how members of Congress and other elites speak and act on these issues. ...

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India - Hardcover

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by Hemangini Gupta (Author)Experimental Times is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involv...

Deudas coloniales: el caso de Puerto Rico - Paperback

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by Roc?o Zambrana (Author), Raquel Salas Rivera (Translator)En Deudas coloniales: el caso de Puerto Rico, Roc?o Zambrana ofrece una robusta conversaci?n con pensadorxs, creadorxs y activistas de Puerto Rico y el Sur Global, as? como con algunxs de lxs observadorxs m?s conocidxs en el contexto europeo y norteamericano, en torno a la deuda como forma y pr?ctica de captura, sujeci?n, control y desposesi?n que profundiza y expande el alcance de la modernidad capitalista colonial. Al mismo tiempo,...

You - The Greatest Good: An exploration of History, Morality, and Authority - Paperback

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by J. A. Mitchell (Author)Beneath the surface of modern governance lies a hidden tug of war, silently shaping the fabric of law and politics in liberal democracies. This book uncovers and explores the two enduring sets of ideas behind this conflict - natural law and utilitarianism.From the world's largest hydroelectric facility to vaccine mandates and government tax-and-spend policies, You: The Greatest Good explores and reveals the diverse moral roots that have laid the groundwork and influe...

War Crimes and Trials: A Primary Source Guide - Paperback

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by James Larry Taulbee (Author)This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved. War Crimes and Trials analyzes the evolution of war crime trials through primary sources. Beginning with a general discussion of why regulations for war have evolved, it then illustrates the resulting changes in the nature and consequences of war as well as attitudes toward war as a part of international l...

Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq - Paperback

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by Morgan Lerette (Author)Guns, Girls, and Greed is an unvarnished, behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the scathing and dangerous life of mercenaries at war in Iraq.Experience the world of private contractors conducting high-threat missions for a nascent Iraqi government in the hopes of rebuilding after the fall of Saddam Hussein. With limited support, the men of Blackwater protected US diplomats as the country descended into sectarian violence. It was a hazardous mission complete with ro...

Language in a Failed State: Public Discourse in the Lebanese Crisis - Hardcover

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by Samia Bazzi (Author)This book examines public, political and media discourse in the context of failed states using Lebanon, a country torn by wars and political-financial corruption, as a contemporary case study. Using critical discourse analysis (CDA), the author brings political and economic theories into dialogue with socio-linguistics to argue that public discourse in a failed state not only plays a role in that collapse but is a key presenting symptom of social disintegration. Through...

Cultures of Sustainable Peace: Conflict Transformation, Gender-Based Violence, Decolonial Praxes - Paperback

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by Hyab Teklehaimanot Yohannes (Editor), Alison Phipps (Editor), Tawona Sithol? (Editor)This book shifts the focus of peacebuilding away from nation-states and international organisations to make a powerful argument that sustainable peacebuilding is the work of ordinary people. It brings together work done in Gaza, Ghana, Mexico, Morocco and Zimbabwe, alongside work with refugees in Scotland, to argue for a place for successful intercultural relations as a central aim of peacebuilding, moving...

The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China - Paperback

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by Yutao Sun (Author), Cong Cao (Author)There are a variety of reasons underlying the remarkable development of science and technology (S&T), and innovation in post-1978 China. This book seeks to achieve an understanding of such development from an institutional or a political economy perspective. Departing from the literature of S&T and innovation studies that treats innovation as a market or enterprise's behavior in Schumpeter's sense, Sun and Cao argue that it involves politics, in...

The Capital Market of Manila and the Pacific Trade, 1668-1838: Institutions and Trade During the First Globalization - Hardcover

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by Juan Jos? Rivas Moreno (Author)Economic history has always emphasized the importance of long-distance trade in the emergence of modern financial markets, yet almost nothing is known about the Manila trade. This book offers the first reconstruction of the capital market of Manila using new archival sources that have never been used in the economic history of Pacific trade. The book explains how trade between Asia and Spanish America across the Pacific, which lasted for 250 years (1571 - 181...

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by Nagy Malak (Author)"Women Who Changed the World" is an inspiring celebration of the remarkable achievements and contributions of women throughout history. This compelling book takes readers on a journey across centuries and continents, highlighting the stories of trailblazing women who defied societal norms, broke barriers, and made lasting impacts in various fields. From early pioneers like Cleopatra VII and Joan of Arc to modern icons such as Malala Yousafzai and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, "Wo...

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by Victor Considerant (Author), Paola Tettamanzi Buckley (Translator)A historical document reintroducing Dallas as an early French socialist utopia, pieced from journal entries, letters, and sketches of French scholar Victor Considerant.In the aftermath of the French Revolution, where visions of egalitarian futures brewed, Victor Considerant set off with a legion of over two hundred European settlers to create their own socialist utopia. Their settlement was La R?eacute;union, just thirty mil...

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by Orna Keren-Carmel (Author)For many years, historians have not given due attention to the relations between the Nordic countries and Israel. As a consequence, the existing body of research on this topic is almost entirely conducted by scholars from the social sciences, especially international relations and conflict resolution studies, a fact that has led to an overemphasis on their occasional interstate political disputes. This book offers a fresh and exciting historical analysis of their ...

Principles of Digital Democracy: Theory and Case Studies - Paperback

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by Roslyn Fuller (Author)Drawing on almost a decade of first-hand experience, Principles of Digital Democracy presents a unique look at digital democracy tools in action. Whether it is carbon budgeting in Canada, voting on legislation in Italy or policy consultation in Taiwan, this book explains not just what is possible to achieve with digital democracy tools today, but how to assess the life-cycle of civic engagement, as well as different approaches to security and policy implementation. P...

Achieving Global Food Security: The Caribbean Experience and Beyond - Hardcover

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by Mohamed Irfaan Ali (Author)This book examines the current food security challenges in the small states with a focus on the Caribbean. The work is in the conjuncture of the Covid-19 pandemic and other global shocks, including the disruption in the global supply chains and the increase in climate-related events. These events have led to an increase in global prices, including the price of food and fertilisers. This book starts by examining the global food security crisis considering the afte...

Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific - Paperback

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by Andrew Sven Erickson (Editor), Carnes Lord (Editor)As the U.S. military presence in the Middle East winds down, Asia and the Pacific are receiving increased attention from the American national security community. The Obama administration has announced a "rebalancing" of the U.S. military posture in the region, in reaction primarily to the startling improvement in Chinese air and naval capabilities over the last decade or so. This timely study sets out to assess the implications of this sh...

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by Jack Donahue (Author)In the world we live in today, the existence of billionaires is often seen as an inevitable byproduct of capitalism, or worse, as a sign of its success. Wealth accumulation on such a massive scale is frequently celebrated as a reflection of innovation, hard work, and entrepreneurial genius. Business magazines put billionaires on their covers, books are written about how to emulate their achievements, and governments bend over backward to keep them happy. But what if we...

Daniel Bensaïd: From the Actuality of the Revolution to the Melancholic Wager - Paperback

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by Darren Roso (Author)Daniel Bensaïd: From the Actuality of Revolution to the Melancholic Wager is the first systematic full-length study of Bensaïd's renovation of Marxism. Bensaïd, a student leader during the May '68 revolt and founder of the Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR), was an exemplar of a creative and open liberatory Marxism, leaving a vast oeuvre for a new generation of Marxists to explore. Much of Bensaïd's writing remains untranslated into English, and Roso's volume offers...

Crisis Communication Planning and Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders - Paperback

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by Brittany Brie Haupt (Author), Lauren Azevedo (Author)Crisis Communication Planning and Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders examines the unique position of nonprofit organizations in an intersection of providing public services and also being a part of emergency management practices.Author BiographyBrittany "Brie" Haupt, is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Department. Her previous educational and practitioner achi...

Now That Makes Me Mad...About Politics, A Satirical Take On Failed Liberalism - Paperback

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by Keith Robinson (Author)In this spirited and unabashed critique, the author takes a scalpel to the body politic, diagnosing the ills that have beset American democracy with a mischievous grin. Through a tapestry of satire, this treatise explores a realm where ideology and reality spar, and where the pursuit of governance occasionally loses its way amid the carnival of political discourse. The reader is invited to traverse the landscape of contemporary political warfare, guided by a voice th...

Covid Smart: A Nurse's Memoir - Paperback

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by Zenia Kahan (Author)A crime committed against nurses. Stabbed in the heart several times!This nursing memoir explores the pivotal years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada.2019 is memorable for me only in hindsight. The year birthed a deadly virus, and Ontario's wage suppression bill (Bill 124) for selected public service workers.2020 was the year we felt the full effects. The virus spread to become the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, unions rose united to challenge Bill 124 in court...

Addendum to My 2020 Memoir Honor and Trust: Catching the Live Streams 2021-2025 - Paperback

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by Nguyen Van Hanh (Author)This ADDENDUM to my memoir Honor and Trust - My Journey with America's Refugees 1975-2020 begins with comments received from several distinguished friends and colleagues, whom I had the honor to know over the past decades. Anti-Asian incidents and related frictions, experienced by the Vietnamese communities and other Asian-American groups since 2021, have alerted our multi-racial society of new developments in need of concerted efforts to resolve. As an Addendum, Ca...

Critique of the Gotha Program - Paperback

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by Karl Marx (Author) Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2008

Taken: Experiences of Forced Adoption - Paperback

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by Karen Constantine (Author)This powerful and timely book shines a light on one of the UK's greatest social injustices: historic forced adoptions. Author Karen Constantine delves into the painful, often hidden, experiences of women and children who were torn apart by the cruel practices and systemic policies at the time. Taken gives voice to those whose lived experiences have long been neglected. With raw and often unsettling detail, the book highlights the need for an official apology and m...

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by Shashi Jayakumar (Editor), Jeanette Kwek (Editor), Adrian W. J. Kuah (Editor)Peter Ho, former head of Singapore's Civil Service, has during his decades of public service brought to bear a deep appreciation of futures thinking, complexity, and strategic surprise to multiple aspects of governance and security. This volume, presented to Peter on the occasion of his 70th birthday, brings together contributions from his friends (from Singapore and beyond) and collaborators over many years of wo...

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by 10-4 (Author)For Those Special People Over The Face Of The Earth - Adjourning Into That Special Vision Wisdom Realm - Gaining - That Special Place Where Those Special Words - Formulate Into & Assign That Healthy Perspectival Gist Core Substance - Where The Fulfilling Knowledge Accentuates Those Injured & Or Bludgeoned Thoughts - That Become Hopelessly Staggered & Smothered Into A - 1,000 Year Backdraft of perpetual self righteous obermeister dominance - from those politically e...

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by Kathleen McCrudden Illert (Author) Number of Pages: 293 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: December 05, 2024

No Nigerian Will Make Heaven? - Paperback

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by Peter Aghogho Omuvwie (Author)Dear Mother Nigeria, why dost thou feed on thine own seeds? - Nigeria is Arica's most populous country with an estimated 200 million plus people, having over 350 ethnic groups, Dear Mother Nigeria, why dost thou feed on thine own seeds? - Nigeria is Arica's most populous country with an estimated 200 million plus people, having over 350 ethnic groups, Follow Peter Aghogho Omuvwie as he tries to uncover the reason for this conundrum in his exciting new book tit...