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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK of ACADEMIES AND SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES -- Copyright -- The International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies -- A DESCRIPTION -- With Gratitiude -- International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SYMPOSIUM -- WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF SYMPOSIUM TOPICS -- PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY AND STRENGTHENING OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IN KOSOVO -- FROM HUMANITARIAN TO PREVENTIVE INTERVENTION -- HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND THE IRANIAN SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY -- DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS AND HUMAN R ... -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: THE CASE OF SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- THE MEETING -- WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE NETWORK'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Vigilant Society -- Accurate Information -- Coordinated Interventions -- UNESCO Petitions -- Academic Freedom and Human Rights Education -- Discussion -- What is the Extent of the Network's Charge? -- Human Rights and Human Responsibility -- How Effective is the Network? -- A Private Network Web Site -- THE NETWORK'S CASES -- An Overview -- Individual Cases -- TESTIMONY OF TUNISIAN ENGINEER NIZAR CHAÂRI, A FORMER PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE -- HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE SCIENTIFIC VOCATION: CASES, CONTEXTS, AND LESSONS FOR THE NETWORK -- Cultural Contexts -- Survival Values Versus Self-realization Values -- Abuse Prevention Measures -- Discussion -- THE TARGETING OF SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS FOR POLITICAL ASSASSINATION: CAN THE NETWORK HELP IN SUCH CASES? -- Discussion -- Strength in Numbers -- Importance of a Rapid Response Mechanism -- Addressing Terrorist Threats -- SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENCE OF ACADEMIES AND SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES -- What features of independence can be threatened? -- What kinds of threats are there?.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Women and the Struggle for Liberation -- 2. Party Politics in the Transition to Democracy -- 3. Women's Integration in Parliament -- 4. Class Structure, Role Differentiation, and Gender Identities -- 5. Institutional and Legislative Transformation -- 6. Implementing Gender: The National Gender Machinery -- 7. The Second Generation: The Future of Women in Parliament -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Shipper details how, in response to an influx of foreigners from Asia and Latin America in recent decades, Japanese citizens have established a variety of local advocacy groups to help immigrants secure access to social services, economic equity, and political rights.

A letter from Richard H. Clarke to Thomas Crowell Taylor Crain regarding political appointments.

A letter from tax office lawyer John G. H. Meyer to Reverend William Merle-Smith and a "Dorothy" introducing Thomas Crowell Taylor Crain and New York City Chamberlain.

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin smashed through some of the most enduring barriers to high political office, but their exceptional candidacies did not come out of nowhere. In these timely and accessible essays, a distinguished group of historians explores how the candidates both challenged and reinforced historic stereotypes of race and sex while echoing familiar themes in American politics and exploiting new digital technologies._x000B_Contributors include Kathryn Kish Sklar on Clinton's gender masquerade; Tiffany Ruby Patterson on the politics of black anger; Mitch Kachun on Michelle Obama and stereotypes about black women's bodies; Glenda E. Gilmore on black women's century of effort to expand political opportunities for African Americans; Tera W. Hunter on the lost legacy of Shirley Chisholm; Susan M. Hartmann on why the U.S. has not elected a female head of state; Melanie Gustafson on Palin and the political traditions of the American West; Ronald Formisano on the populist resurgence in 2008; Paula Baker on how digital technologies threaten the secret ballot; Catherine E. Rymph on Palin's distinctive brand of political feminism; and Elisabeth I. Perry on the new look of American leadership.

front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A History of the Gender Gaps -- 2. Women and the Polls: Questions, Answers, Images -- 3. The Reemergence of the Gender Gap in 2004 -- 4. Security Moms and Presidential Politics: Women Voters in the 2004 Election -- 5. Women Voters, Women Candidates: Is There a Gender Gap in Support for Women Candidates? -- 6. Using Exit Polls to Explore the Gender Gap in Campaigns for Senate and Governor -- 7. Parenthood and the Gender Gap -- 8. Sources of Political Unity and Disunity among Women: Placing the Gender Gap in Perspective -- 9. The Gender Gap: A Comparison across Racial and Ethnic Groups -- Conclusion: When Women Vote, Are Women Empowered? -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- back cover.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Peace, Freedom, and Abundance -- 1. Gender, Politics, and the Emerging Cold War -- 2. Progressive Feminisms -- 3. Progressive Mothers -- 4. "Battleships, Atom Bombs, and Lynch Ropes -- 5. Cold War Legacies -- 6. From the Popular Front to a New Left -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Telling the affecting stories of eighty gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers living in Chicago and San Francisco, Compañeros: Latino Activists in the Face of AIDS closely details how these individuals have been touched or transformed by the AIDS epidemic. _x000B_Weaving together activists' responses to oppression and stigma, their encounters with AIDS, and their experiences as GBTs and Latinos in North America and Latin America, Jesus Ramirez-Valles explores the intersection of civic involvement with ethnic and sexual identity. Even as activists battle multiple sources of oppression, they are able to restore their sense of family connection and self-esteem through the creation of an alternative space in which community members find value in their relationships with one another.

von Ludwig Fleischner ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Austr. 4895#Beibd.2

A letter from A. V. Walthams to New York City Chamberlain Thomas Crowell Taylor Crain regarding political appointments.

A letter from James J. Christie to New York City Chamberlain Thomas Crowell Taylor Crain requesting a political appointment.

A letter from Democratic National Convention Chairman B. B. Smalley to New York City Chamberlain Thomas Crowell Taylor Crain regarding Crain's politcal success on the part of the Democratic Party.

A letter from John Warman to Dunham Jones Crain requesting a service position for the New York State Assembly.