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Citizens of No Place
Citizens of No Place is a collection of short stories on architecture and urbanism, graphically represented using manga-style storyboards. Fiction is used as a strategy to unpack thoughts about architecture. Modeled as a proto-manifesto, it is a candid chronicle of a highly critical thought process in the tradition of paper architecture (especially that of architect John Hejduk and Bernard Tschumi's Manhattan Transcript). The short stories explore many architectural problems through the unique language of the graphic novel, helping usher the next generation of architectural theory and criticism.
History, Rhetoric, and Proof
One of the world's leading historians delivers a pathbreaking analysis of truth and rhetoric in the writing of history.
Encyclopaedia of Gender Equality Through Women Empowerment
This Set Has Provided An Objective Critique Of The Contradictions And Consequences Of The Development And Disparities. Tackling As It Does Varies Concers Which Are Of Growing Importance In Most Developing Countries, The Collection In These 2 Volumes Set Is Of Thought Provoking Critical Reviews/Papers/Articles From India And Abroad Which Would Appeal To A Wide Range Of Readers.
Drones and Targeted Killing
EXPERT ANALYSIS OF AN ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL PRACTICE The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates them. Assassination, or targeted killing, off the battlefield not only causes more resentment against the United States, it is also illegal. In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights and political activists, policy analysts, lawyers and legal scholars, a philosopher, a journalist and a sociologist examine different aspects of the U.S. policy of targeted killing with drones and other methods. It explores the legality, morality and geopolitical considerations of targeted killing and resulting civilian casualties, and evaluates the...
Terror as a Bargaining Instrument
Some aspects of violent behavior are linked to economic incentives. In India, domestic violence is used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family after the marriage has taken place.
Violence, Law and Women's Rights in South Asia
This very insightful volume critically analyses the law and law enforcement in three South Asian countries India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka s in order to assess the response of the criminal justice system to violence against women. The contributors assert that the gap between reality and the practice of laws in these countries is unfortunately very wide and women who are victims of violence are further victimised by discriminatory laws, the apathy of the judicial system, and the systematic manipulation of legal provisions. They explore the opportunities to change the legal systems and make them more responsive to women s human right to justice and freedom from violence.
El Vino En El Arte/ The Wine in the Art
La vid y el vino forman parte de la cultura mediterránea y, por ende, de sus manifestaciones artísticas. El vino en el arte, escrito por Montserrat Miret y profusamente ilustrado, nos muestra y comenta una amplia selección de obras en las que el vino es protagonista, desde los primeros jarrones griegos hasta cuadros contemporáneos. Una obra que nos permite asegurar que, desde que nuestros antepasados en el Neolítico empezaron a seleccionar las vides salvajes, la historia del hombre está teñida de un tenue color rojizo.
Leaves of Life
Meeran Chadha Borwankar, an IPS officer of Maharashtra, has a story to share with young girls and women. A story that is important, honest and pertinent. A story every young woman with dreams of making it big and leading a dignified life must read. It is the story of a small town girl from Punjab cracking the UPSC exam and battling for survival in a male dominated police department. Could she just strive or did she thrive? Full of real life interesting anecdotes from her career, Meeran wants to share the lessons she learnt with the youth. She wants to flag some action points that would enable the young to steer their lives and careers in the right direction. She wants to contribute to enhancing leadership skills of the young. Hence along with wielding the baton, this police officer also decided to pick up the pen.
