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Mexico's Economic Dilemma
The Developmental Failure of Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Written by two leading scholars, this book provides a detailed analysis of Mexico's political economy. James M. Cypher and Raúl Delgado Wise begin with an examination of Mexico's pivotal economic crisis of the 1980s and the consequent turn toward an export-led economy, later anchored by NAFTA. They...
Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East
The Impact of Climate Change and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The rich deposits of natural resources, such as oil and gas, suffer from a strained renewable resource base that includes water and arable land. This leads to water scarcity, desertification,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
This volume will contain selected proceedings from the 2013 Symposium on Music Teacher Education, sponsored by NAfME’s Society for Music Teacher Education and hosted at University of North Carolina. After an introduction written by SMTE Chair, Doug Orzolek, the initial chapter will represent the...
Infographics
A Practical Guide for Librarians
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Designed for librarians who work with all age levels from youngsters to seniors at all educational, reading and language backgrounds, who must fulfill responsibilities that run the gamut from instructing patrons on information literacy skills to using electronic tools to marketing the library to locating...
Islam and the West
Critical Perspectives on Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2003
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th the topic of Islam's political, cultural, religious, and spiritual tendencies and beliefs has been thrust into the spotlight. However, most discussions concerning Islam's relation to the West tend to simplify and distort the intricate nature of the problem....
by Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts, AmherstBill Fletcher Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
In this powerful new work, Marable, Ness, and Wilson maintain that contrary to the popular hubris about equality, race is entrenched and more divisive than any time since the Civil Rights Movement. Race and Labor in the United States asserts that all advances in American race relations have only evolved...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2005
Over the last several decades, academic discourse on racial inequality has focused primarily on political and social issues with significantly less attention on the complex interplay between race and economics. African Americans in the U.S. Economy represents a contribution to recent scholarship that...
Keeping Democracy at Bay
Hong Kong and the Challenge of Chinese Political Reform
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
This thoroughly researched study provides an invaluable account of Hong Kong's political evolution from its founding as a British colony to the present. Exploring the interplay between colonial, capitalist, communist, and democratic forces in shaping Hong Kong's political institutions and culture,...
Animal Rights/Human Rights
Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2002
This accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western 'civilization,' one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues persuasively that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand in hand...
American Plagues
Lessons from Our Battles with Disease
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Smallpox, yellow fever, malaria, and polio, fearful diseases that once beset Americans, are now largely, just unhappy history. Yet from our confrontations with these past plagues come lessons that inform today’s struggles to understand and remedy problems like HIV/AIDS, coronary heart disease, and...
Energy Explained
Conventional Energy and Alternative
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Energy is truly the world's most vital commodity. It makes modern societies possible, and the decisions made regarding it have far-reaching repercussions. Every day stories about the price of oil, the resurgence of nuclear power, or the latest clean energy alternative can be found in mainstream news...
Learning Culture through Sports
Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
The Athletic Experience at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Past, Present, and Persistence
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
This book provides a historical overview of athletics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the current social educational significance of these athletic programs. It also provides a conceptual framework that contributes to the debate on college athletics and higher education,...
How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports
The Pay-to-Play Pipeline
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
More girls are playing sports than ever before—which, on the surface, is great for girls because sports offer positive and empowering fun for young women. In reality, though, few young athletes report “fun” as a reason they play sports. The rates of concussions and repetitive use injuries are...