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A case study of a quality control circle (QCC) at the General Motors Diesel plant in London, Ontario, probing the objectives of management, the role of the union, & workers' attitudes. Data were gathered through company materials, informal discussions with nonparticipating workers, & in-depth interviews with participants, local union officers (N not given) & a manager. The company claimed the program would make work more satisfying, improve worker-management relations, provide better working conditions, & save jobs. The local union's support for the program was based less on the conviction that participation would deliver on these promises than on the absence of compelling objections to it. The most important reason workers gave for joining the program was the belief that participation would allow them to use knowledge that was ignored by managers & engineers & that, if put into practice, would make work easier & less wasteful, & improve product quality. The value to the company of QCCs arises not just from the economic returns of shop floor suggestions but also from their integrative potential. The program's failure to enlist widespread workers' support (involvement was voluntary) & to achieve its objectives is explained. The local union finally withdrew its support for the program, arguing that management's actions on a range of issues belied the cooperative attitude supposedly underlying participation. Modified AA.

An up-close account of policing during the Ferguson protests, providing insights from both police officers and members of the communityPolicing Unrest presents the frontline experiences of police officers during the intense three weeks of protest, vigils, looting, violence, and large civil demonstrations in and around Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer. Looking closely at the lived experiences of police officers and community residents, Tammy Rinehart Kochel raises important questions about police-community relations and the role of police as peacekeepers in support of social justice.Drawing on interviews with dozens of police personnel who policed the protests, Kochel offers insight into their shared experiences and provides compelling personal accounts of how they performed their jobs during the protest. The book covers a range of topics such as police-community relationships and community policing principles; how factors such as police subculture and organizational culture stacked up against social identity during this crisis; the role of an officer's characteristics, especially an officer's race, play in an officer's self-legitimacy; and the implications for police recruitment and training. Kochel's unique access allowed her to provide a balanced perspective on police officers' cynicism and public protests against police that were rampant in the year following Ferguson against the need to restore police-community relations and police legitimacy through increased transparency, accountability, and procedural justice. Policing Unrest explains how the Ferguson protests ushered in an era of police reform and reveals what it is like being a police officer facing public unrest, particularly in the wake of widely publicized incidents of police brutality around the country

"The use of drone warfare has become a controversial foreign policy weapon to keep the United States safe from further terrorist attacks. This book is an assessment of American targeted killing practices through drone warfare in the Middle East and Africa, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen."--Provided by publisher

Introduction : the radicalization of social movements and political parties -- Revolutionizing terrorism : the radicalization of Hasan al-Banna and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood -- Radicalizing Ekin : the creation of Euzkadi ta Askatasuna (ETA) -- Forsaking Colombia : the creation and radicalization of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) -- Ceylon tigers : the creation and radicalization of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- Conclusion and analysis

This book examines the emergence of gender consciousness among women as a significant force in American politics. The author bases her argument on an in-depth empirical analysis of data derived from the U.S. biennial National Election studies of 1974 to 1984, the year of the emergence of the so-called gender gap. The author discusses the fact that while feminism is central to womens' political orientation, the simple awareness of gender differences and group consciousness is a powerful force of change

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Gender, Sex, and American Political Life -- Part One. Political Behavior -- 2. Gender and Political Knowledge -- 3. Gender and Political Participation -- 4. A Tougher Road for Women? Assessing the Role of Gender in Congressional Elections -- 5. Are Moral Voices Gendered? Care, Rights, and Autonomy in Reproductive Decision Making -- Part Two. Public Policy

An interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-historical analysis of three 20th-century non-Western revolutionary societiesÑChina, Mexico, and IranÑthat were profoundly impinged upon by European and American imperialism. The study explores the role of apocalyptic beliefs in radical movements bent on sociopolitical transformation. It concludes that millennial expectations performed important and similar preparatory, leadership, and therapeutic functions in each case.||Millenarian movements are powerful and emotional social movements that expect an immediate, collective, total, this-worldly, super