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Intro -- Praise for The Dynamics of Russia's Geopolitics -- Preface -- Reference -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 An Overview of Russia's Geopolitics -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Current State of Global Affairs -- 1.3 Russia's Relations with Its Breakaway States -- 1.4 Russia's Internal Dynamics (Social/Economic/Political) -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 History of Russia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Early History of the Russian Empire -- 2.3 Emergence of Modern-Day Russia -- 2.4 Geography of Russia -- 2.5 Demographics -- 2.6 Structure of the Present Russian Government -- 2.7 Era of Stagnation -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Russia's Sources of Power -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Military: A Source of Power -- 3.3 Russia's Tensions with Its Breakaway States -- 3.4 Energy (Oil/Natural Gas): A Source of Power -- 3.5 Russia: An Energy Power -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 The United States-Russian Relations: Past, Present, and Future -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) (1933-1945): 32nd President of the United States -- 4.3 Harry S. Truman (1945-1952): 33rd President of the United States -- 4.4 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961): 34th President of the United States -- 4.5 John F. Kennedy (1961-1963): 35th President of the United States -- 4.6 Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) (1963-1968): 36th President of the United States -- 4.7 Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974): 37th President of the United States -- 4.8 Gerald R. Ford Jr. (1974-1977): 38th President of the United States -- 4.9 James (Jimmy) E. Carter, Jr. (1977-1981): 39th President of the United States -- 4.10 Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989): 40th President of the United States -- 4.11 George H. W. Bush (1989-1993): 41st President of the United States -- 4.12 William J. Clinton (1993-2001): 42nd President of the United States.

"For all of its current popularity, contemporary apocalyptic fiction-novels set during or after events that devastate the world as we know it-is part of a long tradition that includes the Biblical story of Noah, the epic of Gilgamesh, and the Works and Days of the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, as well as the vast array of modern examples. In this short, essayistic book, the author focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century fiction in which new forms of life emerge from catastrophe, how the survivors adapt to the altered conditions of existence, and the various ways in which the past asserts its claims on them-both the immediate past of the world that was lost, and the deep past of prehistory and imagination that returns with this loss. In Payne's view, "post-apocalyptic fiction is political theory in fictional form. Instead of producing arguments in favor of a particular form of life, it shows what it would be like to live that life." In a world in which there is no more capitalism and no more nation state, characters have to relearn basic survival skills and return to earlier forms of social life. They acquire new capabilities, which bring new satisfactions they could not have anticipated in the world that is gone. In the post-apocalyptic world, they disentangle themselves from old ways of thinking and their misconceptions of human happiness. In this way, Payne argues, post-apocalyptic fiction is the pastoral of our time. The individualism and small-scale social relations of post-apocalyptic fiction are not naïve, but instead the necessary ground for choosing the freedoms and capabilities readers would want to see preserved in any future collective that might emerge from them"--

"You'd never know Athens was locked in a life-or-death struggle from the tranquil and leisurely philosophical discussion that unfolds through the pages of the Republic...Plato's masterpiece continues to inform our questions and our thinking when it comes to being, truth, beauty, goodness, justice, community, the soul, and more." -From Dr. Littlejohn's Introduction. On the way back from a festival, Socrates is waylaid by some friends who compel him to go home with them. There he and his companions engage in a long discussion about whether it is worse to suffer evil or to commit it. Far from being dry or abstract, Plato's dialogue is full of practical questions about the nature of justice, education, power, and virtue, and it ends with two of the most vivid myths ever devised by man. This Canon Classic is translated clearly by Benjamin Jowett, and unlike all other works of philosophy, it's actually fun to read. The Canon Classics series presents the most definitive works of Western literature in a colorful, well-crafted, and affordable way. Unlike many other thrift editions, our classics are printed on thicker text stock and feature individualized designs that prioritize readability by means of proper margins, leading, characters per line, font, trim size, etc. Each book's materials and layout combine to make the classics a simple and striking addition to classrooms and homes, ideal for introducing the best of literary culture and human experience to the next generation. This Worldview Edition features an introduction divided into sections on The World Around, About the Author, What Other Notables Said, Setting, Characters, & Plot Summary, Worldview Analysis, 21 Significant Questions & Answers, and Further Discussion & Review"--

Introduction / Nadine Nakamura and Carmen H. Logie -- In search of "my true self": transmasculine gender identity processes, stigma, and mental health in Peru / Amaya Perez-Brumer, Alfonso Silva-Santisteban, Ximena Salazar, Jesse Vilela, and Sari L. Reisner -- Mental health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Colombia / Karen Nieves-Lugo, Andrew Barnett, Miguel Rueda, Veronica Pinho and Maria Cecilia Zea -- Living a double life and experiencing modern sexual prejudice: the effect on Ecuadorean lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers' well-being / Donatella Di Marco, Alicia Arenas, Helge Hoel, and Lourdes Munduate -- "It's because of our culture": navigating gender norms and coping with sexual stigma among lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in Jamaica / Natania L. Marcus, Carmen H. Logie, Nicolette Jones, Nicolette Bryan, and Kandasi Levermore -- LGBT mental health in Russia / Sharon G. Horne and Lindsey White -- LGBT mental health in Mongolia: a brief history, current issues, and future directions / Julie M. Koch, Douglas Knutson, and Anaraa Nyamdorj -- Stigma toward and mental health of hijras/trans women and self-identified men who have sex with men in India / Venkatesan Chakrapani, Peter A. Newman,and Murali Shunmugam -- Being gay and lesbian in Malaysia / Hemla Singaravelu and Wai Hsien Cheah -- Whose paradise? An intersectional perspective on mental health and gender/sexual diversity in Thailand / Timo T. Ojanen, Peter A. Newman, Rattanakorn Ratanashevorn, Jan W. de Lind van Wijngaarden, and Suchon Tepjan -- Mental health needs of transgender women and gay men and other men who have sex with men across sub-saharan Africa / Carolyn Brown, Keletso Makofane, Kevin Rebe, L. Leigh Ann van der Merwe, Bhekie Sithole, Daouda Diouf, Kevin Kapila, Carrie Lyons, Tonia Poteat, Shauna Stahlman, and Stefan Baral -- Conclusion / Nadine Nakamura and Carmen H. Logi -- Author biographies -- About the editors.

Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Education' Literary Hub, Book Riot' and Zora A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller—"one of the most influential books of the past 20 years," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education—with a new preface by the author "It is in no small part thanks to Alexander's account that civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter have focused so much of their energy on the criminal justice system." —Adam Shatz, London Review of Books Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S." Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.

Intro -- Preface -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Change from the Inside Out -- 1.1 Work to Live or Live to Work -- 1.2 Four Entry Points to Connect -- 1.3 Shifting the Angle -- 1.4 Transitions, Letting Go of the Old to Find the New -- References -- 2 Paths of Change -- 2.1 A Continuum of Change-Inside Out, Outside In -- 2.1.1 Aspiration (Soul): From Purpose to Passion, to Positioning, to Personal Power -- 2.1.2 Emotion (Heart): From Connection to Compassion, to Creativity, to Change That Is Relatable and Desired -- 2.1.3 Thought (Mind): From Honesty to Honour, to Focus, to Humility -- 2.1.4 Sensation (Body): From Influence Over Our Inner Dimensions to an Inspiring Presence, to Insight and Thereby Action with Impact -- 2.2 The Interplay of the Four Dimensions -- Examples Related to Well-Being -- 2.2.1 Choosing Coherence -- 2.2.2 Igniting Intention -- 2.2.3 Happiness and/or Meaning? -- 2.2.4 Avoiding Comfort Zone Cultivation -- 2.2.5 Correlating Circumstances -- 2.2.6 Building Influence from the Inside Out, and Vice Versa -- 2.2.7 From Influence to Inspiration: The Scale of Influence -- 2.3 From Awareness to Action -- 2.3.1 What We Do Influences Who We Are -- 2.3.2 Who We Are Influences What We Do -- 2.3.3 Who We Are Influences How We Perceive the World -- 2.3.4 Who We Are Influences How the World Perceives Us -- 2.3.5 How We Perceive the World Influences How We act in and React to It -- 2.3.6 What We Do for Others We Do for Ourselves -- 2.3.7 What We Do for Ourselves, We Do for Others -- 2.4 The Mathematics of Transformation -- References -- 3 Human Behaviour and Humanitarian Work -- 3.1 Embodying the Talk of Transformation -- 3.1.1 Humanitarian Action -- 3.1.2 Individual and Institutional Purpose -- 3.2 Implications -- 3.2.1 Roots, Rules, and Roles.

Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 1 The Republic of Let's Not Go There -- Chapter 2 What Does It Mean? -- What's Ahead -- A Touch of Technophobia -- Some Gender Differences -- Similar Experiences -- Experiencing Loss -- Obviously Not for Sissies -- Chapter 3 How Did This Happen? -- The Same, But More So -- Additional Evidence -- Tickets of Admission -- Living into It -- Chapter 4 The Rear View Mirror -- How To Do It -- A Different Approach -- Why It Matters -- Chapter 5 The Selfie -- Getting To Know You -- Why It Matters -- Looking Ahead -- Chapter 6 You and Your Role Models -- Chapter 7 Decisions: Taking Control, and Letting Go -- Taking Control -- And Letting Go -- Chapter 8 Working. Or Not. -- Facing Your Feelings -- Making a Decision -- What's Next -- Parting Moments -- What Comes After -- Chapter 9 Your Practice, Your Projects -- Designing a Practice -- Choosing a Project -- Why This Matters -- Chapter 10 Moving. Or Not. -- No Simple Chart -- Coming Full Circle -- Chapter 11 Lighten Up -- Chapter 12 Do Less. Be More. -- Restoratives for the Mind -- The Present Moment -- The New Normal -- Chapter 13 Warranty Expiring -- Working with Workarounds -- Coping -- Another Path -- Chapter 14 Stormy Weather -- The Here and the Now -- Darkness at Noon -- Soothe Yourself -- Chapter 15 You and Your Constant Companion -- Chapter 16 The Significance of Others -- You and Your Friends -- Intimate Partners -- Family Dynamics -- Chapter 17 Loves Lost -- Grieving the Losses -- What It Means -- Chapter 18 When It All Falls Apart -- "It's Not Fair" -- Reaching Out -- "Take Care" -- Gratitude -- Keeping On -- Chapter 19 The View From Here -- Writing Your Own -- Paths to Explore -- Appendix I: Creating A Personal Timeline.

This edited volume explores the obstacles to and opportunities for the development and entrenchment of a sustainable and representative multinational federalism. In doing so, it tackles a striking puzzle: on the one hand, scholars agree that deeply diverse multinational and multiethnic democracies should adopt federal structures that reflect and empower territorially concentrated diversity. On the other hand, there are very few, if any, real examples of enshrined and fully operative substantive multinational federalism. What are the main roadblocks to the adoption of multinational federalism? Can they be overcome? Is there a roadmap to realizing multinational federalism in the twenty-first century? In addressing these questions, this book brings together scholars from across the globe who explore a diverse range of cases from different and innovative analytical approaches. The chapters contribute to answering the above questions, each in their own way, while also addressing other important aspects of multinational federalism. The book concludes that the way forward likely depends on the emergence of a specific set of norms and a receptiveness to the complex institutional design. Alain-G. Gagnon is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, and Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Diversity and Democracy. He has authored more than 500 works in political sociology, federal studies and Canadian politics. His research has been translated into twenty languages. Arjun Tremblay is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina, Canada, and author of Diversity in Decline? The Rise of the Political Right and the Fate of Multiculturalism (2019). His research focuses on the near and longer-term prospects of multiculturalism, multinational federalism, and other diversity-oriented projects.

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Brief Table of Contents -- Detailed Table of Contents -- Preface -- Guided Tour -- Connect -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Create -- Make the grade! -- PART 1 Introduction -- Chapter 1 Thinking Like an Economist -- Microeconomics and Macroeconomics -- The Cost-Benefit Approach to Decisions -- Example 1.1: Should I get out of my comfortable chair? -- The Role of Economic Theory -- Common Pitfalls in Decision Making -- Example 1.2: Should I go skiing today or work as a research assistant? -- Example 1.3: Should I go skiing today or wash dishes? -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.1: Why are most university students under 30? -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.2: Why can it be costly to use a free, money-off voucher? -- Example 1.4: Should I relocate my shop? -- Example 1.5: The pizza experiment -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.3: Why do hotels charge a deposit? -- Example 1.6: Are you willing to walk 15 minutes in order to save €10? -- Example 1.7: Should Tom launch another boat? -- Example 1.8: How many boats should Tom launch? -- Using Marginal Benefit and Marginal Cost -- Example 1.9: How much should Susan talk to Hal each month? -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.4: Why is airline food so bad? -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.5: Why are smartphones so powerful? -- Would Parents Want Their Daughter or Son to Marry Homo Economicus? -- Example 1.10: A friend phones you with an urgent request -- Positive Questions and Normative Questions -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 1.6: Why does an efficient health service not do everything to keep people alive? -- Summary -- Questions for Review -- Problems -- Answers to In-Chapter Exercises -- Chapter 2 Supply and Demand -- Chapter Preview -- Supply and Demand Curves -- ECONOMIC NATURALIST 2.1: Why do we want your lecturer to recommend this textbook? -- Equilibrium Quantity and Price.

"A bold blueprint to retool our economy and transform our politics for a zero-carbon future. The IPCC's 2018 report told us in no uncertain terms that the world has just ten years to at least halve our greenhouse gas emissions if we are to have a hope of holding global warming to a 1.5°C increase. Canada is not on a path to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, and radical change to the way we live and work must happen at high speed, but how are we ever to do this? Well, we've actually done it before. During the Second World War, Canadians and their government completely remade the economy -- retooling factories, transforming the workforce, and creating common cause among Canadians for the war effort. In A Good War, author and activist Seth Klein looks at the Second World War strategies and shows how they can be repurposed today for a rapid transition. He demonstrates that this change can create jobs and reduce inequality while tackling our climate obligations. From enlisting broad public support to new economic models, and new job creation to investment in green infrastructure, Klein shows us a bold, practical policy plan for a zero-carbon Canada. In a coincidence almost too uncanny, COVID-19 has brought change upon our world that would have been unthinkable a few months ago, change very like what Klein presciently proposes in these pages. It turns out the world can turn on a dime if necessary. Now is the time to use the billions of dollars governments are spending to support their economies to invest in climate change and social infrastructure for a better future. And the blueprint is in your hands."--

"This volume takes an in-depth look at the economic issue of capital flight and outlines strategic methods to address the problem of international tax evasion and bank secrecy. In order to address these issues, the book explores the development prospects of tax evasion governance and identifies obstacles to the efficiency of current tax policies. In order to overcome the capital flight issue, all lines of attack need to be examined, states the author. There is a need to establish responsibility, to set priorities for action that significantly reduces the incentives for capital outflows of this kind, and to seek international consensus. International tax evasion has undermined the credibility of political and administrative systems. This volume lays the foundation for creating an institutional framework that provides transparency of control systems in the face of the guilty roles of tax evasion actors. This requires an effort of economic intelligence that involves mobilizing statistical resources and exploiting them in order to finely identify deviating situations and risk. Key features of the book: captures the richness and diversity of tax evasion strategies, provides an understanding of the prospects of capital flight policies, identifies the stakeholders' implications‬ in order to provide a global solution to government, develops a rigorous approach to the problem of tax evasion and the capital flight process. Advanced Governing for Capital Flight posits that when combined, the initiatives offered in the volume will be the powerful blow to bank secrecy. Aimed as much at the neophyte as at the insider who questions the tax evasion strategies‬, this book, very ambitious by its specificity, is intended primarily for those who will be called upon to work in the fields of tax evasion and capital flight policies."--

Key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts for understanding smart cities, along with discussions of both drawbacks and benefits of this approach to urban problems. Over the past ten years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles and showrooms for the practical application of the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and the integration of big data into everyday life. Are smart cities optimized, sustainable, digitally networked solutions to urban problems Or are they neoliberal, corporate-controlled, undemocratic non-places This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a concise introduction to smart cities, presenting key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts, along with discussions of both the drawbacks and the benefits of this approach to urban life. After reviewing current terminology and justifications employed by technology designers, journalists, and researchers, the book describes three models for smart city development--smart-from-the-start cities, retrofitted cities, and social cities--and offers examples of each. It covers technologies and methods, including sensors, public wi-fi, big data, and smartphone apps, and discusses how developers conceive of interactions among the built environment, technological and urban infrastructures, citizens, and citizen engagement. Throughout, the author--who has studied smart cities around the world--argues that smart city developers should work more closely with local communities, recognizing their preexisting relationship to urban place and realizing the limits of technological fixes. Smartness is a means to an end: improving the quality of urban life.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Lessons from the Past: What Cycles Look Like and What Drives Them -- Chapter 1 Riding the Cycle under Very Different Conditions -- Chapter 2 Returns over the Long Run -- Returns over Different Holding Periods -- The Reward for Risk and the Equity Risk Premium -- The Power of Dividends -- Factors That Affect Returns for Investors -- Market Timing -- Valuations and Returns of Equities versus Bonds -- The Impact of Diversification on the Cycle -- Chapter 3 The Equities Cycle: Identifying the Phases -- The Four Phases of the Equity Cycle -- Mini/High-Frequency Cycles within the Investment Cycle -- The Interplay between the Cycle and Bond Yields -- Chapter 4 Asset Returns through the Cycle -- Assets across the Economic Cycle -- Assets across the Investment Cycle -- The Impact of Changes in Bond Yields on Equities -- The Point of the Cycle: Earlier is Better -- The Speed of Adjustment: Slower Is Better -- The Level of Yields: Lower is Better -- Structural Shifts in the Value of Equities and Bonds -- Chapter 5 Investment Styles over the Cycle -- Sectors and the Cycle -- Cyclical versus Defensive Companies -- Value versus Growth Companies -- Value, Growth and Duration -- Part II The Nature and Causes of Bull and Bear Markets: What Triggers Them and What to Look out For -- Chapter 6 Bear Necessities: The Nature and Shape of Bear Markets -- Bear Markets Are Not All the Same -- Cyclical Bear Markets -- Event-Driven Bear Markets -- Structural Bear Markets -- Interest Rate Cuts Have Less Impact on Structural Bear Markets -- Price Shocks: Deflation Is a Common Characteristic -- Belief in a New Era/New Valuations -- High Levels of Debt -- Equity Market Leadership Becoming Narrow -- High Volatility.

Intro -- Preface -- Notes on Orthography -- Praise for The Ecology of Playful Childhood -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Extracts -- Part I -- 1 Children in the Wild -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Ethnography of Children and Childcare -- 1.3 Anthropology of Childhood -- 1.4 Overview of This Book -- References -- 2 The Last Hunter-Gatherers of the Kalahari -- 2.1 The San of Southern Africa -- 2.2 Broad Living Area and Low Population Density -- 2.3 Dietary Habits and Food Sharing Based on Hunting and Gathering -- 2.4 Time Budgets and Sense of Time -- 2.5 Low Birthrate and Long Intervals Between Births -- 2.6 The Shift to Sedentary Life and Concentrated Living Arrangements -- 2.6.1 The Juǀ'Hoan -- 2.6.2 The !Xun -- 2.6.3 The Gǀui and Gǁana -- 2.7 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Minding Hunter-Gatherer Childhood -- 3.1 Studies of Mothering and Allomothering Among the Juǀ'hoan -- 3.1.1 The Relationships Between Children and Mothers -- 3.1.2 The Relationships Between Children and Others (Fathers, Other Adults, and Older Children) -- 3.2 The Features of Child Development and Socialization Among the Juǀ'hoan -- 3.3 The Second Wave of Hunter-Gatherer Childhood Studies -- 3.3.1 Focusing on Allomothering -- 3.3.2 Early Weaning and Parent-Offspring Conflict -- 3.3.3 Disciplining Children -- 3.4 Reconsidering the Nature of Human Childrearing -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II -- 4 Children and Play -- 4.1 Playful Activities Among the San Children -- 4.2 Play in the Psychology and Anthropology of Childhood -- 4.2.1 What Is Play? -- 4.2.2 When Do Children Play? -- 4.2.3 Where Do Children Play? -- 4.2.4 What Is Used for Play? -- 4.2.5 Who Participates in Play? -- 4.2.6 What Happens During Play? -- 4.2.7 Why Do Children Play? -- 4.3 The Issues on Play Specific to the San -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References.

Canada has a rich heritage of English-language communication thought. For the first time "Canadian Communication Thought" assembles much of this erudition by introducing and examining the writings of ten foundational scholars: Graham Spry, Harold Innis, John Grierson, Dallas Smythe, C.B. Macpherson, Irene Spry, George Grant, Gertrude Robinson, Northrop Frye, and Marshall McLuhan. The author compares and critiques the thought of these ten sages, relates their writings to their biographies and to the Canadian physical and cultural environment, and compares their work to foundational American communication scholars. He finds that there is indeed a mode of theorizing that is 'quintessentially Canadian.' Compared with the work of foundational American writers, for instance, the Canadian literature is significantly more dialectical, ontological, holistic, and critical; it emphasizes to a much greater extent the impact of communication on social change; and it is more concerned with mediation and the formation and sustenance of culture and community. The Canadian writers are also much more engaged than their American counterparts with the question of power in communication - with what can generally be regarded as matters of political economy.Moreover, the wisdom of these ten experts is invaluable for understanding important issues of our day, for example: globalization, environmental deterioration, rapid technological change in the communication sphere, the erosion of privacy, the diminution of public space, the commodification of information and culture, growing disparities between rich and poor, identity and representation in the media, virtual realities, and the waning of democracy. The communication thought of these ten acclaimed scholars increases awareness of questions we should continually ask, provides important insight into how we can resolve current dilemmas, and invites us to consider possibilities for pursuing freedom, equality, justice, and peace