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Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Preface: This Book is for You -- 1. Introduction: Awakening to Our Climate Emergency -- 2. Thanks For the Ride, Dinosaurs: Science, Politics, Growth, and Justice -- 3. Coming to Grips with Climate Change as a Parent: From Grief to Hope to Resolve to Action -- 4. Leading by Example -- 5. Transitioning from Angst to Action: Preschool through Middle School -- 6. Pursuing Passions through the Lens of Climate Action: High School, College, and Beyond -- 7. Creating a Million Ripples: From Me to We -- Resources -- Climate Action Organizing and Book Club Guide -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author -- About New Society Publishers -- A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading.

Acculturative Stress and Change in Nigerian Society argues that, in the aftermath of European domination and colonial rule, African struggle and the relationships between social groups in Africa can be traced to the legacy of colonialism as well as events in the post-colonial struggle of domination by the elites. This book locates ethnic conflict in Nigeria not only in the colonial history, but in the attitude and practices of the political elites. Using the Annang of Nigeria as a case study, the book traces their history and struggle for ethnic identity and recognition from pre-colonial times to the post-civil war period. It further argues that colonialism destroyed the Annang identity but the struggle for power following colonialism has also raised other problems. What happened to the Annang represents an example that was repeated all over Africa. The author maintains that what is happening among the Annang is symptomatic of the African struggle. This book moves beyond the usual discussion of the effects of colonialism in the continent which views the modern state as a monolithic whole. It presents as a real-life example of the effects of colonialism and power relationships in the post-independent continent, and therefore, a window through which to see the African problems in modern times. The African elites who took power from the colonialists simply continued policies that did not promote growth and development. It further argues that specific actions and policies in the pre- and post-colonial period contributed to where the continent is today

Introduction1 Change among the Gatekeepers: Men, Masculinities and Gender Equality2 Steering toward Equality? How Gender Regimes Change inside the State3 The Neoliberal Parent: Mothers and Fathers in Market Society4 Working-Class Families and the New Secondary Education5 Good Teachers on Dangerous Ground6 Not the Pyramids: Intellectual Workers Today7 Sociology has a World History8 Paulin Hountondji's Postcolonial Sociology of Knowledge9 Antonio Negri's Theory of Empire10 Bread and Waratahs: A Letter to the Next LeftAcknowledgmentsReferences

"'The Battle for Pakistan' showcases a marriage of convenience between unequal partners. The relationship between Pakistan and the United States since the early 1950s has been nothing less than a whiplash-inducing rollercoaster ride. Today, surrounded by hostile neighbors, with Afghanistan increasingly under Indian influence, Pakistan does not wish to break ties with the United States. Nor does it want to become a vassal of China and get caught in the vice of a US-China rivalry, or in the Arab-Iran conflict. Internally, massive economic and demographic challenges as well as the existential threat of armed militancy pose huge obstacles to Pakistan's development and growth. Could its short-run political miscalculations in the Obama years prove too costly? Can the erratic Trump administration help salvage this relationship? Based on detailed interviews with key US and South Asian leaders, access to secret documents and operations, and the author's personal relationships and deep knowledge of the region, this book untangles the complex web of the US-Pakistani relationship and identifies a clear path forward, showing how the United States can build better partnerships in troubled corners of the world."--taken from publisher web site

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.