On New Terrain

Author : Kim Moody
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608468720

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On New Terrain by Kim Moody Pdf

“A detailed and provocative study of how capital has changed since the 1980s and its effects on the working class and political parties in the USA.” —Scottish Left Review On New Terrain challenges conventional wisdom about a disappearing working class and the inevitability of a two-party political structure as the only framework for struggle. Through in-depth study of the economic and political shifts at the top of society, Moody shows how recent developments in capitalist production impact the working class and its power to resist the status quo. He argues that this transformed industrial terrain offers new possibilities for organization in the workplace and opens doors for grassroots, independent political action strengthened by reemerging labor and social movements. From the logistics revolution to the unprecedented concentration of business and wealth in the hands of the one percent, On New Terrain examines the impact of the current economic terrain on the working class in the United States. Looking beyond the clichés of precarity and the gig economy, Moody shows that the working class and its own self-activity are essential in the global battle against austerity. “[A] masterful and much-needed book.” —Solidarity “Immediately shakes the reader by offering a hard hitting, concrete and sober analysis of the transformation of both the capitalist and working classes of the USA.” —Bill Fletcher, Jr., coauthor of Solidarity Divided “He explodes myths about the gig economy and the potential to transform the Democratic Party. Readers will put the book down convinced that there is a way for workers to win.” —LaborNotes

Author : Faye D. Ginsburg,Lila Abu-Lughod,Brian Larkin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520928169

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Media Worlds by Faye D. Ginsburg,Lila Abu-Lughod,Brian Larkin Pdf

This groundbreaking volume showcases the exciting work emerging from the ethnography of media, a burgeoning new area in anthropology that expands both social theory and ethnographic fieldwork to examine the way media—film, television, video—are used in societies around the globe, often in places that have been off the map of conventional media studies. The contributors, key figures in this new field, cover topics ranging from indigenous media projects around the world to the unexpected effects of state control of media to the local impact of film and television as they travel transnationally. Their essays, mostly new work produced for this volume, bring provocative new theoretical perspectives grounded in cross-cultural ethnographic realities to the study of media.

Author : Karen J. Alter
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400848683

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The New Terrain of International Law by Karen J. Alter Pdf

A compelling new look at the role of today's international courts In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. The New Terrain of International Law charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics. The New Terrain of International Law presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, administrative review, and constitutional review, Karen Alter argues that international courts alter politics by providing legal, symbolic, and leverage resources that shift the political balance in favor of domestic and international actors who prefer policies more consistent with international law objectives. International courts name violations of the law and perhaps specify remedies. Alter explains how this limited power--the power to speak the law--translates into political influence, and she considers eighteen case studies, showing how international courts change state behavior. The case studies, spanning issue areas and regions of the world, collectively elucidate the political factors that often intervene to limit whether or not international courts are invoked and whether international judges dare to demand significant changes in state practices.

Author : Philip G. Terrie,Phillip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0815605706

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Contested Terrain by Philip G. Terrie,Phillip G. Terrie Pdf

This work shows how expectations about land use, combined with interactions with nature have defined the Adirondacks. Outlining the disputes for the control of the land, the author introduces the key players from the residents, landholders, to preservationists and developers.

Author : Eamonn Kelly,Peter Leyden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business
ISBN : 0738208434

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What's Next? by Eamonn Kelly,Peter Leyden Pdf

Author : Suzanne Lacy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : IND:30000045767724

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Mapping the Terrain by Suzanne Lacy Pdf

"In this wonderfully bold and speculative anthology of writings, artists and critics offer a highly persuasive set of argument and pleas for imaginative, socially responsible, and socially responsive public art.... "--Amazon.

Author : Nick J. Mulé,Gloria C. DeSantis
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773548664

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Shifting Terrain by Nick J. Mulé,Gloria C. DeSantis Pdf

Canadian advocacy has evolved over the past few decades. A core function of the nonprofit sector, advocacy endures in an unsympathetic neoliberal landscape – one dominated by a rise in government surveillance, ongoing government funding cuts, and confusion over what activities are permissible. Exploring the unpredictable and fluid nature of public policy advocacy work carried out by nonprofit organizations across Canada, The Shifting Terrain sheds light on the strictures and opportunities of this crucial aspect of the voluntary sector. Authors from diverse backgrounds, including academics, activists, practitioners, and legal experts, illustrate what the shifting course of advocacy means in philosophical, theoretical, political, and practical terms. Offering a critique of advocacy practices directed at the nonprofit–provincial/territorial government interface and beyond, this anthology outlines regulatory changes made by the Canada Revenue Agency, exposes the conflicted internal structures and processes of advocacy work, challenges "permissible advocacy activities," presents provocative thinking about alternative ways forward, and proposes recommendations for improvement. A comparative historical study and a contemporary examination, The Shifting Terrain invites readers to contemplate the implications of advocacy for public participation, the shaping of public policy, and Canadian democracy.

Author : Greg Lehmkuhl
Publisher : Artisan Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781579658076

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Terrain by Greg Lehmkuhl Pdf

Founded in a historic nursery in southeast Pennsylvania, Terrain is a nationally renowned garden, home, and lifestyle brand with an entirely fresh approach to living with nature. It’s an approach that bridges the gap between home and garden, the indoors and the outdoors. An approach that embraces decorating with plants and inviting the garden into every living space. Terrain, the book, not only captures the brand’s unique and lushly appealing sensibility in over 450 beautiful photographs but also shows, in project after project, tip after tip, how to live with nature at home. Here are ideas for flower arranging beyond the expected bouquet, using branches and wild blooms, seed heads and bulbs. Ten colorful container gardens inspired by painterly palettes. Dozens of ideas for making wreaths out of vines, dried stems, evergreens, and fresh leaves and fern fronds (which you learn to preserve in glycerin). Here are secrets for forcing branches to bloom in the middle of winter. Decorating with heirloom pumpkins, including turning them into tabletop planters. Simple touches—like massing high-summer hydrangeas into weathered baskets and scattering them around the patio—and more involved projects, including taking inspiration from Scandinavia and Britain to create a truly natural Christmas. With inspiration for every season, Terrain blurs the indoors and out to bring the subtle and surprising joys of nature into our lives every day.

Author : Philip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0815609043

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Contested Terrain by Philip G. Terrie Pdf

Contested Terrain explores the competing understandings of how best to manage this spectacular natural resource. Terrie introduces the key players and events that have shaped the region and its use, from early settlers and loggers to preservationists, year-round residents, and developers. This new edition includes a comprehensive account of the Pataki years, an era of stunning conservation triumphs combined with unprecedented pressures on the region’s ecological integrity.

Author : Timothy Egan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780307794710

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The Good Rain by Timothy Egan Pdf

A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.

Author : Carl Abbott
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780807875698

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Political Terrain by Carl Abbott Pdf

Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy once remarked, is a city of "southern efficiency and northern charm." Kennedy's quip was close to the mark. Since its creation two centuries ago, Washington has been a community with multiple personalities. Located on the regional divide between North and South, it has been a tidewater town, a southern city, a coveted prize in fighting between the states, a symbol of a reunited nation, a hub for central government, an extension of the Boston-New York megalopolis, and an international metropolis. In an exploration of the many identities Washington has taken on over time, Carl Abbott examines the ways in which the city's regional orientation and national symbolism have been interpreted by novelists and business boosters, architects and blues artists, map makers and politicians. Each generation of residents and visitors has redefined Washington, he says, but in ways that have utilized or preserved its past. The nation's capital is a city whose history lives in its neighborhoods, people, and planning, as well as in its monuments and museums.

Author : Kirsten Emiko McAllister
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774859264

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Terrain of Memory by Kirsten Emiko McAllister Pdf

For communities who have been the target of political violence, the after-effects can haunt what remains of their families, their communities, and the societies in which they live. Terrain of Memory tells the story of the Japanese Canadian elders who built a memorial in 1994 to mark a village in an isolated mountainous valley in British Columbia with their history of internment. It explores memory as a powerful collective cultural practice, following elders and locals as they worked together to transform a site of political violence into a space for remembrance. They transformed a valley where once over 7,000 women, men, and children were interned into a pilgrimage site where Japanese Canadians can mourn and also pay their respects to the wartime generation. This is a compelling story about how collectively excavating painful memories can contribute to building relations across social and intergenerational divides.

Author : Harold A. Winters
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781421440255

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Battling the Elements by Harold A. Winters Pdf

Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.

Author : Barbara Rieti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1894725808

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Strange Terrain by Barbara Rieti Pdf

Thirty years after its original publication, a special anniversary edition of Barbara Rieti's iconic work Strange Terrain: The Fairy World in Newfoundland.

Author : PATRICK BARRON,Manuela Mariani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134071470

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Terrain Vague by PATRICK BARRON,Manuela Mariani Pdf

As planners and designers have turned their attentions to the blighted, vacant areas of the city, the concept of "terrain vague," has become increasingly important. Terrain Vague seeks to explore the ambiguous spaces of the city -- the places that exist outside the cultural, social, and economic circuits of urban life. From vacant lots and railroad tracks, to more diverse interstitial spaces, this collection of original essays and cases presents innovative ways of looking at marginal urban space, with studies from the United States, Europe and the Middle East, from a diverse group of planners, geographers, and urban designers. Terrain Vague is a cooperative effort to redefine these marginal spaces as a central concept for urban planning and design. Presenting innovative ways of looking at marginal urban space, and focusing on its positive uses and aspects, the book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand our increasingly complex everyday surroundings, from planners, cultural theorists, and academics, to designers and architects.