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Human Rights as War by Other Means
Combining firsthand ethnographic reportage with historical research, Human Rights as War by Other Means traces the use of rights discourse in Northern Ireland's politics from the local civil rights campaigns of the 1960s to present-day activism for truth recovery and LGBT equality.
Arts of Possession
An innovative work of both economic anthropology and literary history, Arts of Possession draws on philosophical, theoretical, literary, historical, and archival sources and insights to situate the household at the center of the social and cultural imagination of fourteenth-century England. D. Vance Smith argues that in a period commonly represented as precapitalist there actually existed a sophisticated economic discourse -- and that discourse underlies common forms of representation and the writing of literary texts. His work provides a new historiography of capital and of the development of the relation between economic sophistication and cultural practices. Smith reads well-known and less-appreciated works -- such as Winner and Waster, Sir Launfal, The Canterbury Tales, and Piers Plowman -- for what they can tell us about the surpluses and economies that drew the medieval imagination, and about the complex ethics of possession at the heart of the fourteenth-century household. In bringing this to light, Smith's book itself becomes an eloquent meditation on the poetics and ethics of possession.
The Patriotism of Despair
The sudden dissolution of the Soviet Union altered the routines, norms, celebrations, and shared understandings that had shaped the lives of Russians for generations. It also meant an end to the state-sponsored, nonmonetary support that most residents had lived with all their lives. How did Russians make sense of these historic transformations? Serguei Alex. Oushakine offers a compelling look at postsocialist life in Russia. In Barnaul, a major industrial city in southwestern Siberia that has lost 25 percent of its population since 1991, many Russians are finding that what binds them together is loss and despair. The Patriotism of Despair examines the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet ...
First in Series Collection
First in Series Collection includes the following nine series starters! This collection will only be available for a limited time! The Steve William Series Book 1: Dark Reckoning A sadistic killer stalks the secluded college town of Brooksfield, New Hampshire and the FBI plants Special Agent Steve Williams in a fraternity at Brooksfield University. His investigation takes a turn when he's introduced to Jennifer, a clairvoyant co-ed who swears the killer isn't human. Steve must figure out if Jennifer is trying to help... or is she the one responsible? The Games Thriller Series Book 1: Survival Games Until he snatches Jessica Connor, Ty Aris happily followed his stepbrother's orders, producing...
Social Happiness
The development of happiness as an explicit theme in social research and policy worldwide has been rapid and remarkable, posing fundamental questions about our personal and collective motives and purposes. This book examines the achievements and potential of applied happiness scholarship in diverse cultures and domains. It argues that progressive policies require a substantial and explicit consideration of happiness. Part one introduces the development of happiness themes in scholarship, policy and moral discourse. Part two explores the interplay between happiness scholarship and a wide variety of domains of social experience, including relationship guidance, managing social aspirations, parenting, schooling, gender reform, work-life harmonizing, marketing and consumption and rethinking old age. This exciting new text will appeal to policy makers, social organizers and community development practitioners, especially those interested in well-being related policy innovation and social entrepreneurship. It will also be of interest to academics embedded in policy practice.
Good Victims
In Good Victims, Roxani Krystalli investigates the politics of victimhood as a feminist question. Based on in-depth engagement in Colombia over the course of a decade, Krystalli shows how victimhood becomes a pillar of reimagining the state in the wake of war, and of bringing a vision of that state into being through bureaucratic encounters. The book also sheds light on the ethical and methodological dilemmas that arise when contemplating the legacies of transitional justice mechanisms.
Bears Across Canada
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Deceived Book 1
Jennifer James’ life has been anything from ordinary. The subject of hatred from her father made her delve into a life of broken relationships and friendships and the excuse that she is not the project of her own actions. After a brutal beating from her father when she was seven years old, Jennifer James struggles to find her place, whether in life or in her many relationships. Something from her past is haunting her. Is her mind playing tricks or is somebody pulling the strings? Jennifer cannot seem to figure out why bad things keep happening to her and to those around her. Even as she has children, there is always someone lurking in the background, plotting their next move to bring her down. Also introduced is Jennifer’s sister, Theresa, and her own take on her sister’s life. She also deals with the dysfunction of her own relationship with her child’s father and learning that first loves are hard to get over.
