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"The book explores the unique contribution that geographers make to the concept of place attachment, and related ideas of place identity and sense of place. It presents six types of places to which people become attached, and provides a global range of empirical case studies to illustrate the theoretical foundations. The book reveals that the types of places to which people bond is not discrete. Rather, a holistic approach, one that seeks to understand the interactive and reinforcing qualities between people and places, is most effective in advancing our understanding of place attachment" --

Evidence regarding the influence of campaign donations and lobbying efforts on legislative behavior is mixed. Much research—not to mention conventional wisdom—suggests that well-funded interest groups exploit their resource advantage by making campaign contributions and deploying lobbyists to gain informational advantages and influence legislation. Using contribution data, information about interest group support for legislation, and a rare data set—constituent contacts to six state legislative offices—this paper examines how interest group donations and constituent activism influence outcomes. Although the amount of money contributed by groups supporting or opposing a bill did not affect its prospects, constituent contacts had a substantial impact. Political expenditures by business firms appear primarily to sustain an entrenched class of lobbyists and consultants.

The following paper is a description of a music therapy outreach program that drew upon the philosophical work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, narrative therapy, and response-based practice to provide a creative anti-oppressive service to under-housed youth living in Coast Salish and Straight Salish territory (more commonly advertised as Victoria, British Columbia). The author provides examples from his work with a composite character called Pete.

Cold Peace offers a comprehensive survey of the geostrategic interaction between China and India. Smith looks into little-studied arenas of rivalry such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Based on extensive interviews with Indian and Chinese analysts, this book gives new insight into the views and policies of both Beijing and New Delhi. A solid, insightful, first rate work.

Cet entretien avec Jeff M. Smith (directeur du programme de recherche sur la sécurité en Asie du Conseil américain de politique étrangère) aborde le sujet des relations entre l'Inde et la Chine dans le contexte de la présidence de Donald Trump. Selon Jeff M. Smith, les États-Unis et l'Inde vont continuer à renforcer leurs liens parce que leurs intérêts en terme de sécurité intérieure et de politique étrangère sont complémentaires et compatibles – du fait, notamment, de préoccupations similaires eu égard au terrorisme basé au Pakistan et face à l'aventurisme chinois. Plus encore, le fait que l'Inde ait omis d'inscrire la reconnaissance de la politique d'une seule Chine dans ses déclarations communes avec la Chine, comme son insistance pour que la Chine reconnaisse d'abord le « principe d'une seule Inde », sans subir de sanctions de la part de Pékin, tend à montrer que contrairement à ce que l'on imagine la politique d'une seule Chine est bien débattable.

Episode 1 Guest: Dr. Jeff Smith of the Lindenwood University History Program. Dr. Smith discusses historical memory of the American civil war and its impacts. Dr. Jeffrey Smith is Senior Professor of History and author of The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in Nineteenth-Century America. He is a cultural historian who writes and speaks about cemeteries and historical deathways, and is a contributor to the Washington Post and the History News Network. ; https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/thinking_aloud/1000/thumbnail.jpg