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Between 1932 and 1940 the British Union of Fascists established a vigorous and active presence in East London and South West Essex. This text considers the emergence, development and character of local Mosleyite fascism from a perspective sensitive to the region's varied municipal environment

"Thomas Linehan offers a fresh perspective on late Victorian and Edwardian socialism by examining the socialist revival of these years from the standpoint of modernism. In so doing, he explores the modernist mission as extending beyond the concerns of the literary and artistic avant-garde to incorporate political and social movements"--

Intro -- About the Author -- Other Books by This Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- I Introduction: Technology's Nation -- II MIT as System Builder: SAGE -- III Managing a Military-Industrial Complex: Atlas -- IV Spread of the Systems Approach -- V Coping with Complexity: Central Artery/Tunnel -- VI Networking: Arpanet -- VII Epilogue: Presiding over Change -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.

This pocket guide provides an in-depth introduction to 29 of the most widely used data sets in social work and the social sciences. Readers will find information about each data set, how to locate and use the data, what types of questions the data may answer, and the key variables in the data.

Intro -- COUNTRIES AND CLIMATE: POLICIES AND PATHS TO CHANGE -- COUNTRIES AND CLIMATE: POLICIES AND PATHS TO CHANGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW OF GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) CONTROL POLICIES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES -- SUMMARY -- SYNTHESIS OBSERVATIONS -- EUROPEAN UNION2 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors -- 4. Allocation of GHG Reductions to Various Sectors -- 5. Any Regulations or Exemptions Specific to Trade-sensitive Sectors -- FRANCE17 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) (See "EU ETS.") -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors (See "European Union.") -- 4. Allocation of GHG Reductions to Various Sectors -- 5. Any Regulations or Exemptions Specific to Trade-sensitive Sectors -- GERMANY22 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) (See "EU ETS.") -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors (See "European Union.") -- 4. Allocation of GHG Reductions to Various Sectors (See "European Union.") -- 5. Any Regulations or Exemptions Specific to Trade-sensitive Sectors -- UNITED KINGDOM26 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) (See "EU ETS.") -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors (See "European Union.") -- 4. Allocation of GHG Reductions to Various Sectors -- 5. Any Regulations or Exemptions Specific to Trade-sensitive Sectors -- AUSTRALIA37 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors -- 4. Allocation of GHG Reductions to Various Sectors -- 5. Any Regulations or Exemptions Specific to Trade-sensitive Sectors -- BRAZIL46 -- 1. Overall GHG Emission Target, if any, and Timing -- 2. Principal Policy Instrument(s) -- 3. Covered Gases and Sectors.

The twenty-first-century NGO / John Elkington, Seb Beloe -- Who is part of the environmental movement? / Andrew J. Hoffman, Stephanie Bertels -- Civil society and the environment: understanding the dynamics and impacts of the U.S. environmental movement / Robert J. Brulle, J. Craig Jenkins -- Environmental groups: what political science has to offer / Lawrence S. Rothenberg -- An economic perspective on NGO strategies and objectives / John W. Maxwell -- Confrontation vs. cooperation: alternative NGO styles / Thomas P. Lyon -- World Wildlife Fund / Matthew C. Banks -- Environmental Defense Fund / Gwen Ruta -- Greenpeace / Kert Davies -- Rainforest Action Network / Jennifer Krill -- Corporate responses to NGO campaigns / Martin B. Zimmerman -- Cooperation: learning from BP's experience with NGOs / Steven W. Percy -- An NGO research program: a collective action perspective / Erica Johnson, Aseem Prakash -- Good cops, bad cops, and the new environmental governance / Thomas P. Lyon

Introduction -- Ideological consensus and the two-party system -- The national parties, Asian Americans and the campaign finance controversy -- Asian American congressional representation -- Silence, mobilization, and the future of Asian American politics

How can I know something? How can I convince someone of the rightness of my position? How does reality function? What is artistic creativity? What is the role of the state? It is well known that people from various cultures give dissimilar answers to such philosophical questions. After three decades in the cross-cultural study of ideas and values, Thomas Kasulis found that culture influences not only the answers to these questions, but often how one arrives at the answers. In generalizing cultural difference, Kasulis identifies two kinds of orientation: intimacy and integrity. Both determine how we think about relations among people and among things, and each is reasonable, effective, and consistent. Yet the two are so incompatible in their basic assumptions that they cannot successfully engage each other. Cultural difference extends beyond nations. Cultural identities crystallize in relation to religion, occupation, race, gender, class. Rather than attempt to transcend cultural difference, Kasulis urges a deeper awareness of its roots by moving beyond mere cultural relativism toward a cultural bi-orientationality that will allow us to adapt ourselves to different cultural contexts as the situation demands. Wonderfully clear and unburdened by jargon, Intimacy or Integrity is accessible to readers from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds. By analyzing the synergy between thought and culture, it increases our understanding of cultural difference and guides us in developing strategies for dealing with orientations different from our own

"Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasingly prominent role in addressing complex environmental issues such as climate change, persistent bio-accumulative pollutants, and the conservation of biodiversity. At the same time, the landscape in which they operate is changing rapidly. Markets, and direct engagement with industry, rather than traditional government regulation, are often the tools of choice for NGOs seeking to change corporate behavior today. Yet these new strategies are poorly understood'by business, academics, and NGOs themselves. How will NGOs choose which battles to fight, differentiate themselves from one another in order to attract membership and funding, and decide when to form alliances and when to work separately?