Dimensions Of The Americas

Author : Shifra M. Goldman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226301230

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Dimensions of the Americas by Shifra M. Goldman Pdf

This volume presents an overview of the social history of modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art. This collection of thirty-three essays focuses on Latin American artists throughout Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. The author provides a chronology of modern Latin American art; a history of "social art history" in the United States; and synopses of recent theoretical and historical writings by major scholars from Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, Chile, and the United States. In her essays, she discusses a vast array of topics including: the influence of the Mexican muralists on the American continent; the political and artistic significance of poster art and printmaking in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and among Chicanos; the role of women artists such as Guatemalan painter Isabel Ruiz; and the increasingly important role of politics and multinational businesses in the art world of the 1970s and 1980s. She explores the reception of Latin American and Latino art in the United States, focusing on major historical exhibits as well as on exhibits by artists such as Chilean Alfredo Jaar and Argentinean Leandro Katz. Finally, she examines the significance of nationalist and ethnic themes in Latin American and Latino art.

Author : Gerald T. Fox
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781948976367

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Political Dimensions of the American Macroeconomy by Gerald T. Fox Pdf

Political macroeconomy refers to the interconnection between macroeconomic politics and macroeconomic performance. The expectational Phillips curve may be used to examine the economic aspects of this interrelation. Macroeconomic politics relates to voter behavior, presidential reelection ambition, partisan economic priorities, and special interests. These factors impact the fiscal and monetary policy actions of the president, Congress, and central bank. According to the electoral effect, presidents attempt to boost the economy before an election to increase reelection votes. According to the partisan effect, conservative presidencies are relatively inflation averse, while liberal administrations are relatively unemployment averse. The evidence, however, suggests that the electoral and partisan effects occurred idiosyncratically in the U.S. economy during 1961–2016. The economy also affects presidential approval, Congressional elections, consumer sentiment, voter participation, and macropartisanship. An international dimension of the political macroeconomy is the issue of free trade versus protectionism and the perspectives of economic liberalism, neomercantilism, and structuralism.

Author : L. Louis Hegedus,Dorota S. Temple
Publisher : RTI Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781934831052

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Viewing America’s Energy Future in Three Dimensions by L. Louis Hegedus,Dorota S. Temple Pdf

The future of the US energy infrastructure is a major and urgent challenge for our society. This monograph was stimulated by a report of the National Academies' Committee on America's Energy Future, America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation, Summary Edition, 2009. The report pointed out the critical but poorly understood and little explored role of societal considerations in determining the fate of national energy policies and programs. In our efforts to respond to those concerns, we have examined the thesis that the three major dimensions of the energy challenge—technology, economics, and societal—are overlapping, interactive, and inseparable; therefore, they can be understood only when considered simultaneously and discussed in terms of their interactions. Correspondingly, this monograph describes energy technologies in the context of their economic and societal contexts, energy economics in their technological and societal contexts, and the societal aspects of energy in their technological and economic contexts. The monograph then identifies social science–driven research opportunities pertaining to America’s energy challenge, with the hope that the proposed research will help not only overcome the societal barriers identified by the National Academies' report, but also harness societal forces in developing a rational energy future.

Author : Elizabeth G. Ferris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429724541

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Latin American Foreign Policies by Elizabeth G. Ferris Pdf

This collection of original essays takes a comprehensive look at Latin America's regional and global foreign policies. The book begins with an assessment of the current state of research in the field, followed by an overview of Latin American foreign policies and the political determinants of those policies. Next, an examination of the global policies of Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru demonstrates differing theoretical perspectives and provides information for cross national comparisons. The third section presents case studies of regional foreign policies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Mexico, Cuba, and the Anglophone Caribbean nations. In the concluding chapter, the editors review the recurring themes in the book and propose a theory for the analysis of Latin American foreign policy behavior.

Author : Kenneth Winfred Thompson
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 141282902X

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Moral Dimensions of American Foreign Policy by Kenneth Winfred Thompson Pdf

Addressing recurrent themes and unresolved problems In foreign policy, this volume makes Important distinctions between realism and Idealism, prudential behavior and practical morality, and power and force. Contribu­tors elaborate on conflicting views of international cooperation and devel­opment, national interest and interdependence, and differing concepts of political morality. Initially published by Transaction in 1984, the volume addresses issues of enduring significance in a post-Cold War environment and comes at a significant time in world history, when policymakers are compelled to reconsider the basis of conflict and consensus In terms other than pro-Western or pro-Communist values. It has proven to be an essential resource for political scientists and theorists, policymakers, ethics scholars, and historians.

Author : Ben Siegel,Jay L. Halio
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0874136865

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American Literary Dimensions by Ben Siegel,Jay L. Halio Pdf

This is the first of two volumes commemorating Friedman's life and work, and includes essays on American literature, poetry, and remembrances.

Author : Cindy Weinstein,Christopher Looby
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231520775

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American Literature’s Aesthetic Dimensions by Cindy Weinstein,Christopher Looby Pdf

Rethinking the category of aesthetics in light of recent developments in literary theory and social criticism, the contributors to this volume showcase the interpretive possibilities available to those who bring politics, culture, ideology, and conceptions of identity into their critiques. Essays combine close readings of individual works and authors with more theoretical discussions of aesthetic theory and its relation to American literature. In their introduction, Weinstein and Looby argue that aesthetics never left American literary critique. Instead, the essay casts the current "return to aesthetics" as the natural consequence of shortcomings in deconstruction and new historicism, which led to a reconfiguration of aesthetics. Subsequent essays demonstrate the value and versatility of aesthetic considerations in literature, from eighteenth-century poetry to twentieth-century popular music. Organized into four groups—politics, form, gender, and theory—contributors revisit the canonical works of Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Stephen Crane, introduce the overlooked texts of Constance Fenimore Woolson and Earl Lind, and unpack the complexities of the music of The Carpenters. Deeply rooted in an American context, these essays explore literature's aesthetic dimensions in connection to American liberty and the formation of political selfhood. Contributors include Edward Cahill, Ivy G. Wilson, June Ellison, Dorri Beam, Christopher Castiglia, Christopher Looby, Wendy Steiner, Cindy Weinstein, Trish Loughran, Jonathan Freedman, Elisa New, Dorothy Hale, Mary Esteve, Eric Lott, Sianne Ngai

Author : Hnin Hnin Pyne,Mariam Claeson,Maria Correia
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821351257

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Gender Dimensions of Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-related Problems in Latin America and the Caribbean by Hnin Hnin Pyne,Mariam Claeson,Maria Correia Pdf

While the World Bank has included the issue of alcohol consumption and production on its' agenda for the past ten years, it has not included gender dimensions in the issue. By focusing on alcohol consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean, the instances of death, disease and domestic violence arising from alcoholism were tracked.This study recommends an approach to dealing with the damage done by alcohol consumption and production that goes beyond controlling its' availability. Specifically the measures recommended include: • increasing knowledge through research; • developing indicators to measure consumption levels and patterns among men and women, and the economic and social consequence of alcohol use; • integrating the issue of alcohol use and related problems into consultations with governments and civil society organizations; and • investment lending where appropriate, to address the issue.

Author : Cindy Weinstein,Christopher Looby
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231156172

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American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions by Cindy Weinstein,Christopher Looby Pdf

These diverse essays recast the place of aesthetics in production & consumption of American literature. Contributors showcase the interpretive possibilities available to those who bring politics, culture, ideology, & conceptions of identity into their critiques, combining close readings of individual works & authors with theoretical discussions.

Author : Mario M. Cuomo,The Cuomo Commission on Competitiveness
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315486031

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America's Agenda by Mario M. Cuomo,The Cuomo Commission on Competitiveness Pdf

Cuomo's Commission on Competitiveness argues that America must reform its economic and social policies and institutions to reverse the weakening of its industrial leadership, the erosion of living standards and escalating social problems. Topics include public investment, urban poverty, health care, the environment, fiscal policy and international strategies.

Author : Elizabeth G Ferris,Jennie K Lincoln
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1983-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0865312842

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Latin American Foreign Policies by Elizabeth G Ferris,Jennie K Lincoln Pdf

Author : Andra Chastain,Timothy Lorek
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822987321

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Itineraries of Expertise by Andra Chastain,Timothy Lorek Pdf

Itineraries of Expertise contends that experts and expertise played fundamental roles in the Latin American Cold War. While traditional Cold War histories of the region have examined diplomatic, intelligence, and military operations and more recent studies have probed the cultural dimensions of the conflict, the experts who constitute the focus of this volume escaped these categories. Although they often portrayed themselves as removed from politics, their work contributed to the key geopolitical agendas of the day. The paths traveled by the experts in this volume not only traversed Latin America and connected Latin America to the Global North, they also stretch traditional chronologies of the Latin American Cold War to show how local experts in the early twentieth century laid the foundation for post–World War II development projects, and how Cold War knowledge of science, technology, and the environment continues to impact our world today. These essays unite environmental history and the history of science and technology to argue for the importance of expertise in the Latin American Cold War.

Author : G. Tate,L. Randolph
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230108158

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Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the United States by G. Tate,L. Randolph Pdf

Dimensions of Black Conservatism in the US is a collection of twelve essays by leading black intellectuals and scholars on varied dimensions of black conservative thought and activism. The book explores the political role and functions of black neoconservatives. The majority of essays cover the contemporary period. The authors have provided a historical context for the reader with several articles examining the origins and development of black conservatism.

Author : Romain D. Huret
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674369405

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American Tax Resisters by Romain D. Huret Pdf

“The American taxpayer”—angered by government waste and satisfied only with spending cuts—has preoccupied elected officials and political commentators since the Reagan Revolution. But resistance to progressive taxation has older, deeper roots. American Tax Resisters presents the full history of the American anti-tax movement that has defended the pursuit of limited taxes on wealth and battled efforts to secure social justice through income redistribution for the past 150 years. From the Tea Party to the Koch brothers, the major players in today’s anti-tax crusade emerge in Romain Huret’s account as the heirs of a formidable—and far from ephemeral—political movement. Diverse coalitions of Americans have rallied around the flag of tax opposition since the Civil War, their grievances fueled by a determination to defend private life against government intrusion and a steadfast belief in the economic benefits and just rewards of untaxed income. Local tax resisters were actively mobilized by business and corporate interests throughout the early twentieth century, undeterred by such setbacks as the Sixteenth Amendment establishing a federal income tax. Zealously petitioning Congress and chipping at the edges of progressive tax policies, they bequeathed hard-won experience to younger generations of conservatives in their pursuit of laissez-faire capitalism. Capturing the decisive moments in U.S. history when tax resisters convinced a majority of Americans to join their crusade, Romain Huret explains how a once marginal ideology became mainstream, elevating economic success and individual entrepreneurialism over social sacrifice and solidarity.

Author : American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Science
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106216195

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Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science Pdf