Gary Barker: 8 books

Book cover of Dying to be Men

Dying to be Men

Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion

by Gary Barker
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2005

One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm. Barker, who has worked directly with low-income youth and witnessed first hand the violence he describes, provides a compelling...
Book cover of Men and Development

Men and Development

Politicizing Masculinities

by Andrea Cornwall, Jerker Edström, Alan Greig
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012

A wide-ranging volume featuring contributions from some of today's leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of men, masculinities and development. Together, contributors challenge the neglect of the structural dimensions of patriarchal power relations in current development policy and practice,...
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The Third Western Megapack

22 Classic Tales of the Old West

by S. Omar Barker, Gary Lovisi, Johnston McCulley
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014

The Third Western Megapack collects 21 more great tales of the Old West, with cowboys and conmen, outlaws and gunslingers, as well as lawmen and saloon gals! Included are: ADVERTISED IN ADVANCE, by Johnston McCulley THERE AIN'T NO MEN IN HEAVEN, by Gary Lovisi MUSTANG BREED, by Alan LeMay DESERT VENUS,...
Book cover of Wicked Newport

Wicked Newport

Kentucky's Sin City

by Dr. Thomas Barker, Dr. Gary W. Potter, Jenna Meglen
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2008

Controlled by the heavy hand of the mob and fueled by government corruption, Newport evolved through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a notoriously robust center of criminal activity. With top political and law enforcement officials often on the take, the seedy status quo became so excessive...
Book cover of Edward Bryant's Sphere Of Influence
by Edward Bryant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Eneasz Brodski
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017

Edward Bryant influenced a generation of readers and writers. Edward Bryant’s Sphere of Influence includes stories by Connie Willis, Steve Rasnic Tem, Kevin J. Anderson, Gary Jonas, Lucy Taylor, Bruce Holland Rogers, and many more! Over the years Ed Bryant influenced many writers. In this...
Book cover of Environment in the Courtroom
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019

Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
Book cover of b-Quark Physics with the LEP Collider

b-Quark Physics with the LEP Collider

The Development of Experimental Techniques for b-Quark Studies from Z^0-Decay

by Gary John Barker
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2010

With an emphasis firmly on telling the story from an experimental viewpoint, this book reviews the impact that the LEP experiments have had on the subject of b-quark physics. Highlights of the final b-physics results from the LEP collaborations are reviewed.
Book cover of Violence, Conflict, and World Order

Violence, Conflict, and World Order

Critical Conversations on State Sanctioned Justice

by Gregg Barak, Mahin Ashki, Gregg Barak
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2006

This is an ethnographic collection of 12 edited talks and conversations from a conference on violence, conflict, and the world order held at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference was organized by Carole Garrison, Chair of Criminal Justice and Police Studies at EKU, who arranged for video recording...
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