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"Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgment and motivation? Can we know whether something is right or wrong? Is morality a fiction? Metaethics: An Introduction presents a clear and engaging survey of the key concepts and positions in what has become one of the most exciting and influential fields of philosophy. In a work free of technicality and jargon, the book covers the main ideas that have shaped metaethics from the work of G.E. Moore to the latest thinking. Written specifically for beginning students, the book assumes no prior philosophical knowledge. The book highlights ways to avoid common errors, offers hints and tips on learning the subject, includes a glossary of key terms and provides guidance for further study."--Publisher description

Merleau-Ponty himself defined philosophy as "a way of relearning to look at the world". Merleau-Ponty Reframed explores the thought and legacy of this unique and wide-ranging philosopher and encourages the reader to look with fresh eyes at art and its place in the world

Intro -- FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND SELECT CHALLENGES -- FEDERAL GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND SELECT CHALLENGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL FUNDING LEVELS AND SELECTED CHALLENGES* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- Federal Grant Programs Are Established by Law and Subject to Many Different Legal Requirements -- GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF FEDERAL SPENDING BUT THE FOCUS OF GRANT SPENDING HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES -- While the Number of Federal Grant Programs Has Generally Increased over the Last Three Decades, a Definitive Figure Is Not Available -- GRANTS CHALLENGES REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS -- Lack of Appropriate Performance Measures and Accurate Data Limit Agencies' Ability to Effectively Measure Grant Program Performance -- Lack of Appropriate Performance Measures -- Data Collection and Validation Challenges -- Numerous Federal Grant Programs, Created over Time without Coordinated Purposes and Scopes, Can Result in Grants Management Challenges -- Because of Its Complexity, Grants Management Benefits from Effective Collaboration among Intergovernmental and Nongovernmental Participants -- Internal Control Weaknesses in Grants Management and Oversight Processes Affect Federal Agencies' Ability to Ensure Grant Funds Are Spent Effectively -- Control Weaknesses in Monitoring and Overseeing Grant Programs -- Government-wide Issues

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. People of the River -- 2. Making Treaties, Making Tribes -- 3. They Mean to Be Indian Always -- 4. Places of Persistence -- 5. Spaces of Resistance -- 6. Home Folk -- 7. Submergence and Resurgence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Based on more than a decade of archival research and conversations with Native people, Andrew Fisher's book traces the waxing and waning of Columbia River Indian identity from the mid-nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries. Fisher explains how, despite policies designed to destroy them, the shared experience of being off the reservation and at odds with recognized tribes forged far-flung river communities into a loose confederation called the Columbia River Tribe. Environmental changes and political pressures eroded their autonomy during the second half of the twentieth century, yet many River People continued to honor a common heritage of ancestral connection to the Columbia, resistance to the reservation system, devotion to cultural traditions, and detachment from the institutions of federal control and tribal governance. At times, their independent and uncompromising attitude has challenged the sovereignty of the recognized tribes, earning Columbia River Indians a reputation as radicals and troublemakers even among their own people. --From publisher's description

Nipo Strongheart's role in the DeMille production of Braveheart enables us to see the Native American performers of his generation as actors, in multiple senses of the word, not as mere objects of the cinematic gaze. Like other "contact zones" where Indigenous intellectuals and performers engage with non-Indigenous audiences and expectations, Native agency was exercised in the movie industry as well. This article demonstrates that even as they forged careers and identities in studio Hollywood, professionals such as Strongheart would negotiate the terms of Native representation and attempt to disrupt the dominant discourse.