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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Meet the Author -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An Ongoing Pursuit -- 1 Take Refuge in How: An Abolitionist Approach to Communal Consciousness in Teaching, Learning, and Care -- 2 A Tree with Roots: Probing American History to Situate an Abolitionist Approach to Crisis -- 3 Survival Is Not an Academic Skill: Radically Humanizing Trauma as a Means of Power in Navigating Crisis -- 4 Knowing People and Place: Strategic Planning for Communal Consciousness -- 5 The Danger of Acting: Making Decisions as Acts of Resistance at the Risk of Resentment -- 6 Just Say the Thing: Communicating Clearly, Directly, and Humanely -- 7 Asking a Lot of All: Reimagining Accountability for the Sake of the Community -- Conclusion: A New Way, a New World, a New Song.

Cover Page -- Also by William D. Green -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. No Flowers -- Chapter 2. The Legacy -- Chapter 3. Mr. Griswold -- Chapter 4. Billy -- Chapter 5. A Bitter Taste Still Lingered -- Chapter 6. Sisterhood -- Chapter 7. Lady Principal -- Chapter 8. Divided Duty -- Chapter 9. Juno -- Chapter 10. From Wilberforce to the House on St. Anthony -- Chapter 11. Flickering -- Chapter 12. Flare-up: An Insult to Hattie's Memory -- Chapter 13. Mrs. Grey and the Spirit of Detroit -- Chapter 14. After Baltimore -- Chapter 15. A Glorious Performance in the Parlor -- Chapter 16. This Broad United States -- Chapter 17. Under the Shadow of the Bright North Star -- Chapter 18. Shun the Snares of Petty Discord -- Chapter 19. Hold On -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

"Ecuador's "Good Living": Crises, Discourse, and Law by Gallegos Anda, presents a critical approach towards the concept of Buen Vivir that was included in Ecuador's 2008 Constitution. Due to its apparent legal novelty, this normative formula received much praise from multiple civil society and academic circles by forging what some argued to be a new development paradigm based on Andean epistemologies. Gallegos Anda theorizes this important phenomenon through an inductive analysis of context and power relations. Through a masterful navigation through epistemological fields, the author offers a critical theory of Buen Vivir that focuses on changing citizenship regimes, a retreating state, politicised ethnic cleavages, discursive democracy and the emergence of an empty signifier. Gallegos-Anda is the first to situate Buen Vivir in a theoretical context grounded in international human rights law"--

This book examines the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japan, which ranges from school non-attendance to extreme forms of isolation and confinement, known as hikikomori. Based on extensive original research including interview research with a range of practitioners involved in dealing with the phenomenon, the book outlines how hikikomori expresses itself, how it is treated and dealt with and how it has been perceived and regarded in Japan over time. The author, a clinical psychologist with extensive experience of practice, argues that the phenomenon although socially unacceptable is not homogenous, and can be viewed not as a mental disorder, but as an idiom of distress, a passive and effective way of resisting the many great pressures of Japanese schooling and of Japanese society more widely.

This open access book discusses and analyses competing views and social implications of gestational surrogacy, which is making inroads as an option for parenthood as well as a work opportunity for women. It provides a rich account of transnational mobilizations for the abolition and regulation of surrogacy, with focus on United States, Italy and Mexico. The author critically assesses the core narratives of supporters and opponents of surrogacy, in order to understand this reproductive practice in light of some of the essential elements of contemporary societies, such as the "child at any cost" culture, individualism, technology and female emancipation. This book appeals to scholars, policy makers and all those who want to understand the controversial debate on this unprecedented method of family formation and life production.

Based on groundbreaking original research, this book provides a comprehensive account of the issues surrounding pregnancy and parenthood for young people in and leaving care. Featuring the voices of care-experienced parents, together with reflections from practitioners, it offers valuable insights into the issues facing this group. Using qualitative data to explore why parenthood is such an important issue for young people in and leaving care, this book shows what can be learned from their experiences in order to improve outcomes for parents and children in the future. The author highlights the practical and emotional needs of care-experienced parents and gives clear advice for practitioners on how these needs might be better addressed through summary points, practice guidance and recommendations for policy and practice.

Russland sei nach Lateinamerika zurückgekehrt, stellte der damalige Präsident Medwedew 2010 fest. Wie diese Intensivierung der Beziehungen zwischen Russland und drei Ländern Lateinamerikas – Ecuador, Kuba und Brasilien – zustande kam, untersucht die Studie anhand eines multidimensionalen geopolitischen Ansatzes. Basierend auf Erkenntnissen aus der praktischen Politik und akademischen Arbeiten liefert die Autorin eine Definition für das bis dato vage Konzept 'strategische Partnerschaft' und zeichnet mithilfe einer prozessorientierten Methode die Entwicklung dieser Partnerschaften im Zeitraum 1992-2017 nach.; Russia returned to Latin America, former President Medvedev said in 2010. The study uses a multidimensional geopolitical approach to examine how this intensification of relations between Russia and three Latin American countries, Ecuador, Cuba and Brazil, came about. Based on findings from practical politics and academic work, the author provides a definition of the hitherto vague concept of 'strategic partnership' and traces the development of these partnerships in the period 1992-2017 using a process-oriented method.

Community energy projects give their own answers to the challenges of energy system change: They are social innovations. By building new relations between local economies, communities and technical infrastructures, these projects not only change the energy system but also respective power structures. Drawing on case studies from Germany, Denmark and Scotland, this book shows the importance of community ties, and shared symbols for successful processes of transformation and develops recommendations for policy decision-makers. About the author Arwen Colell is an energy policy specialist with industry experience in renewable electricity generation and electric driving. Her current work focuses on the science-policy interface of climate politics for the energy and mobility transformation. Her research on social innovations in community energy received the Bavarian Energy Award in 2020.

A powerful critique of existing youth services which spans lived experience, theory and practice. Contains first-hand accounts of relational change and sees youth crime via a refreshing new lens. The only work of its kind, in which a Youth Justice Specialist with experiences of crime and incarceration as a young person combines those lived experiences with practice and teaching theory to show how services can better serve and empathise with children and young people in trouble. Andi Brierley explains why existing ways of dealing with children and adolescents can at times be counterproductive. From the everyday atmosphere of reporting arrangements, to preoccupation with risk-management processes, to the language used by professionals, the author invites us to re-assess the consequences.

'Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Spy' is an account of an extraordinary 19th century American life. A schoolteacher and Methodist preacher in Missouri, in the Civil War John R. Kelso earned fame fighting rebel guerrillas. Seeking personal revenge as well as defending the Union, he vowed to slay 25 rebels with his own hand, and when he did so he was elected to Congress. In the House of Representatives during Reconstruction, he was one of the first to call for the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. After his term in Congress, personal tragedy drove him west, where he became a freethinking lecturer and author, an atheist, a spiritualist, and, before his death in 1891, an anarchist. John R. Kelso was many things. He was also a strong-willed son, a passionate husband, and a loving and grieving father.

The German government claims to pursue a restrictive arms export policy. Indeed, there are ample laws, provisions and international agreements for regulating the trade of weapons, other military equipment and product licences. However, this dense and complicated web of norms has not led to a responsible practice of German arms trade. Taking a look back over the past three decades, this report refers to numerous examples in which Germany grants licences and exports weapons of war and military equipment to countries that violate international humanitarian law in armed conflicts, but also to countries that severely violate the human rights of their citizens and to regions of tensions. The author suggests the adoption of an arms export control law in order to turn the existing web of norms into a more effective legal basis.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- DEDICATION -- A WORD BEFORE -- PICTURE OF THE FAMILY -- 1.-THE GASOLINE CAR -- 2.-GO WEST. OLD MAN -- 3.-WHEN I WAS A TURTLE -- 4.-GRAMP TAKES RICHMOND -- 5.-DOG DAYS AND KENTUCKY NIGHTS -- 6.-ST. LOUIE FAMILY -- 7.-ROUGHING IT WITH GRAMP -- 8.-ROLLING WEST -- 9.-LAND OF THE SAINTS -- 10.-I MEET THE DARK STRANGER -- 11.-ON THE GOLDEN GATE -- 12.-LOVE MAKES A YOUNG HEART JUMP -- 13.-LAND OF NO SANE RETURN -- 14.-THE TALL HORIZON -- 15.-ON THE DELTA -- 16.-WHITE SUNLIGHT -- 17.-LAY MY BURDEN DOWN -- 18.-THE BEST PEOPLE -- 19.-HAWKS IN THE SKY -- 20.-TOWARD THE NORTH STAR -- 21.-JOURNEY BY SEA -- 22.-THE LONG WAY HOME -- 23.-GOOD-BY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Farmer's Boy: 1866-1880 -- CHAPTER 2 Farmer, Missionary and Medic: 1880-1900 -- CHAPTER 3 Up the Skeena River to Kispiox: 1900-1902 -- CHAPTER 4 Building Home and Hospital: 1902-1905 -- CHAPTER 5 New York Interlude: 1906 -- CHAPTER 6 Murder, Missionaries and Medicine: 1906-1908 -- CHAPTER 7 Community, Cars and the Coming of the Railroad: 1908-1913 -- CHAPTER 8 Mining, X-rays and Daylight Robbery: 1912-1914 -- CHAPTER 9 The War Years: 1914-1918 -- CHAPTER 10 Brave New World: 1918-1923 -- CHAPTER 11 Stepping into Politics: 1924-1928 -- CHAPTER 12 Health Insurance Advocate: 1928-1933 -- CHAPTER 13 Last Years: 1933-1939 -- Afterword -- Author's Note -- Appendices -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Index.

Boko Haram is the major threat to the Nigerian state, and has emerged as a destabilizing factor across sub-Saharan Africa. This is now a major focus of global policy-making, as between 2013 and 2014 insurgency-related deaths in Nigeria exceeded those in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book is the first to focus on the military nature of Boko Haram, the reasons for its success in those specific regions of the Chad basin it operates in and a detailed history of the Nigerian army's counter-insurgency - with whom, uniquely, the author has spent research time. The book identifies and analyses the battles and skirmishes on the front line, as well as unearthing a wider explanation for Boko Haram's military success and the causes of the instability in the region.

Intro -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph 1 -- Epigraph 2 -- Epigraph 3 -- foreword -- contents -- prologue -- part i -- chapter one -- chapter two -- chapter three -- part ii -- chapter four -- chapter five -- part iii -- chapter six -- chapter seven -- chapter eight -- chapter nine -- part iv -- chapter ten -- chapter eleven -- chapter twelve -- chapter thirteen -- part v -- chapter fourteen -- chapter fifteen -- chapter sixteen -- chapter seventeen -- chapter eighteen -- chapter nineteen -- chapter twenty -- chapter twenty-one -- part vi -- chapter twenty-two -- chapter twenty-three -- chapter twenty-four -- chapter twenty-five -- part vii -- chapter twenty-six -- chapter twenty-seven -- chapter twenty-eight -- chapter twenty-nine -- chapter thirty -- chapter thirty-one -- chapter thirty-two -- part viii -- chapter thirty-three -- epilogue -- afterword -- acknowledgments -- questions for discussion -- endnotes -- bibliography.