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Author : James O. Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Forest products industry
ISBN : MINN:31951D02889204I
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Riparian ecology
ISBN : UIUC:30112044331376
Author : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Hydrology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105011117061
Author : Marilyn Strathern
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520910710
In the most original and ambitious synthesis yet undertaken in Melanesian scholarship, Marilyn Strathern argues that gender relations have been a particular casualty of unexamined assumptions held by Western anthropologists and feminist scholars alike. The book treats with equal seriousness—and with equal good humor—the insights of Western social science, feminist politics, and ethnographic reporting, in order to rethink the representation of Melanesian social and cultural life. This makes The Gender of the Gift one of the most sustained critiques of cross-cultural comparison that anthropology has seen, and one of its most spirited vindications.
Author : Thomas Buckley,Alma Gottlieb
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520340565
Examining cultures as diverse as long-house dwellers in North Borneo, African farmers, Welsh housewives, and postindustrial American workers, this volume dramatically redefines the anthropological study of menstrual customs. It challenges the widespread image of a universal "menstrual taboo" as well as the common assumption of universal female subordination which underlies it. Contributing important new material and perspectives to our understanding of comparative gender politics and symbolism, it is of particular importance to those interested in anthropology, women's studies, religion, and comparative health systems.
Author : California. Office of Historic Preservation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015019125791
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Annotations and citations (Law)
ISBN : PSU:000031944274
Author : Rick Fantasia
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520909670
A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled social scientists, demoralized activists, and generated a significant literature on American exceptionalism. In this provocative book, a young sociologist takes the prevailing assumptions to task and sheds new light upon this very important issue. In three vivid case studies Fantasia explores the complicated, multi-faceted dynamics of American working-class consciousness and collective action.
Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015054166148
It is becoming common in many states: the opportunity to reclaim government from politicians by simply signing a petition to put an initiative on the ballot and then voting for it. Isn't this what America ought to be about? Proposition 13 in California's 1978 election paved the way; the past decade saw more than 450 such actions; now in many states direct legislation dominates the political agenda and defines political—and public-opinion. While this may appear to be democracy in action, Richard Ellis warns us that the initiative process may be putting democracy at risk. In Democratic Delusions he offers a critical analysis of the statewide initiative process in the United States, challenging readers to look beyond populist rhetoric and face political reality. Through engaging prose and illuminating (and often amusing) anecdotes, Ellis shows readers the "dark side" of direct democracy—specifically the undemocratic consequences that result from relying too heavily on the initiative process. He provides historic context to the development of initiatives-from their Populist and Progress roots to their accelerated use in recent decades-and shows the differences between initiative processes in the states that use them. Most important, while acknowledging the positive contribution of initiatives, Ellis shows that there are reasons to use them carefully and sparingly: ill-considered initiatives can subvert normal legislative checks and balances, undermine the deliberative process, and even threaten the rights of minority groups through state-sanctioned measures. Today's initiative process, Ellis warns, is dominated not by ordinary citizens but by politicians, perennial activists, wealthy interests, and well-oiled machines. Deliberately misleading language on the ballot confuses voters and influences election results. And because many initiatives are challenged in the courts, these ostensibly democratic procedures have now put legislation in the hands of the judiciary. Throughout his book he cites examples drawn from states in which initiatives are used intensively—Oregon, California, Colorado, Washington, and Arizona-as well as others in which their use has increased in recent years. Undoing mistakes enacted by initiative can be more difficult than correcting errors of legislatures. As voters prepare to consider the host of initiatives that will be offered in the 2002 elections, this book can help put those efforts in a clearer light. Democratic Delusions urges moderation, attempting to teach citizens to be at least as skeptical of the initiative process as they are of the legislative process—and to appreciate the enduring value of the representative institutions they seek to circumvent.
Author : Margaret Levi
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1989-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520909540
Margaret Levi's wide-ranging theoretical and historical study demonstrates the importance of political relative to economic factors in accounting for revenue production policies.
Author : Michael Prestwich
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300146653
Edward I—one of the outstanding monarchs of the English Middle Ages—pioneered legal and parliamentary change in England, conquered Wales, and came close to conquering Scotland. A major player in European diplomacy and war, he acted as peacemaker during the 1280s but became involved in a bitter war with Philip IV a decade later. This book is the definitive account of a remarkable king and his long and significant reign. Widely praised when it was first published in 1988, it is now reissued with a new introduction and updated bibliographic guide. Praise for the earlier edition:"A masterly achievement. . . . A work of enduring value and one certain to remain the standard life for many years."—Times Literary Supplement "A fine book: learned, judicious, carefully thought out and skillfully presented. It is as near comprehensive as any single volume could be."—History Today "To have died more revered than any other English monarch was an outstanding achievement; and it is worthily commemorated by this outstanding addition to the . . . corpus of royal biographies."—Times Education Supplement
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Dairy products
ISBN : UCR:31210009925825
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Fruit trade
ISBN : OSU:32435067333526
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : California
ISBN : UCBK:C049983581
Author : Joan Didion
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525433828
A Vintage Shorts Selection • Almost three decades ago, iconic and incomparable American essayist Joan Didion’s now-classic report from the Dukakis campaign trail exposed, in no uncertain terms, the complete sham that is the modern American presidential run. Writing with bite and some humor too, Didion betrays “the process”—the way in which power is exchanged and the status quo is maintained. All insiders—politicians, journalists, spin doctors—participate in a political narrative that is “designed as it is to maintain the illusion of consensus by obscuring rather than addressing actual issues.” The optics of presidential campaigns have grown ever more farcical and remote from the needs and issues most relevant to Americans’ lives, and Didion’s elegant, shrewd, and prescient commentary has never been more urgent than it is right now. An ebook short.
