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"Hunger in the Balance provides an insightful account of international food aid and the uncertainty surrounding its future in an era of food scarcity, global trade conflicts, and controversies over biotechnology. Jennifer Clapp's analysis of the food aid issue illuminates key features of the global food system, international institutions, and the politics of development." --Adam Sheingate, The Johns Hopkins University
About the AuthorJennifer Clapp is Professor and CIGI Chair of Global Environmental Governance, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo. She is the author of Toxic Exports: The Transfer of Hazardous Wastes from Rich to Poor Countries and Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid, coauthor of Paths to a Green World, and coeditor of several books.
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Documents major breakthroughs in the last three decades from the
discipline of Neuroscience. Advancements in tools imaging the human brain at work have rendered many long-held assumptions
about the brain biology obsolete. Most notably, observations of
neuroplasticity carry important implications for the practice of
psychotherapy.The term refers to durable biological brain change
that results from learning. The book includes detailed discussion
of a unique research project at a major university;a specific
psychotherapy protocol,with no chemical agents, produced
corrective changes in selected brain structures while reducing
behavior symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Engaged in clinical practice for over 30 years in U.S. and Canada; includes 13 years on medical staff in a forensic unit
of an Ohio State psychiatric hospital. The book is an extension
from a presentation at an annual psychology conference for
state hospital staff.
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The Cold War story about Air Force Captain Jacob Walden shot down over Vietnam in 1970 and the unknown story of why he never returned home. Forty years later Journalist Ted Pratt investigates what may be the sudden reappearance of Jacob Walden. Ted Pratt follows the trail to find Jacob and encounters Charlie Smith, a secretive and seasoned Operative who may have answers to the question about “What Happened to Jacob Walden,” and why Jake never returned home.
About the AuthorVeteran of the Cold War and Green Beret, Warren served 21 years in the United States Army, earned an MBA from the University of Michigan-Flint, and is pursuing a Ph.D. He resides in St. Louis Missouri with his wife Debbie of 35 years and is pursuing writing, research, teaching, and his support of fraternal, charitable and other organizations.
Author Website: http://warrenmartinbooks.com/index.htmlAbout the Book
Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster--not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The social sciences can tell us much about how to make online communities thrive, offering theories of individual motivation and human behavior that, properly interpreted, can inform particular design choices for online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, as well as their own research, translating general findings into useful design claims. They explain, for example, how to encourage information contributions based on the theory of public goods, and how to build members' commitment based on theories of interpersonal bond formation. For each design claim, they offer supporting evidence from theory, experiments, or observational studies.The book focuses on five high-level design challenges: starting a new community, attracting new members, encouraging commitment, encouraging contribution, and regulating misbehavior and conflict. By organizing their presentation around these fundamental design features, the authors encourage practitioners to consider alternatives rather than simply adapting a feature seen on other sites.
About the AuthorPaul Resnick is Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information.
A major intervention in the fields of critical race theory, black feminism, and queer theory, The Erotic Life of Racism contends that theoretical and political analyses of race have largely failed to understand and describe the profound ordinariness of racism and the ways that it operates as a quotidian practice. If racism has an everyday life, how does it remain so powerful and yet mask its very presence? To answer this question, the author moves into the territory of the erotic, understanding racism's practice as constitutive to the practice of racial being and erotic choice.
Reemphasizing the black/white binary, she reinvigorates critical engagement with race and racism. She argues that only by bringing critical race theory, queer theory, and black feminist thought into conversation with each other can we fully envision the relationship between racism and the personal and political dimensions of our desire. The Erotic Life of Racism provocatively redirects our attention to a desire no longer independent of racism but rather embedded within it.
Sharon Patricia Holland is Associate Professor of English, African and African American Studies, and Women's Studies at Duke University. She is also the author of Raising the Dead: Readings of Death and (Black) Subjectivity and a co-editor of Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country.
Beginning in the 1870s, a great many Bretons—men and women from Brittany, a region in western France—began arriving in Paris. Every age has its pariahs, and in 1900, the “pariahs of Paris” were the Bretons, the last distinct group of provincials to come en masse to the capital city. The pariah designation took hold in Paris, in Brittany, and among historians. Yet the derision of recent migrants can be temporary. Tracing the changing status of Bretons in Paris since 1870, the author demonstrates that state policy, economic trends, and the attitudes of established Parisians and Breton newcomers evolved as the fortunes of Bretons in the capital improved. The pariah stereotype became outdated. Drawing on demographic records and the writings of physicians, journalists, novelists, lawyers, and social scientists, Moch connects internal migration with national integration. She interprets official reports on employment, marriage records, legal and medical theses, memoirs, and writings from secular and religious organizations in the Breton community. As the pariahs of yesterday, Bretons are an example of successful integration into Parisian life. At the same time, their experiences show integration to be a complicated and lengthy process.
About the AuthorLeslie Page Moch is a Professor of History at Michigan State University. She is also the author of Moving Europeans: Migration in Western Europe since 1650.
PRESIDENTIAL POWER- In Troubled Second Terms, was written for American history buffs and presidential junkies. Chapters on each second-term president offer insights into the character traits and temperaments of these chief executives and how those influenced the successes or failures of their second terms. A concluding chapter lists the reasons why so many presidents have suffered failures or troubled times following re-election. The book's objective is to raise awareness of the issues our nation can expect to face when a president is elected to a second term.
About the AuthorAlfred J. Zacher holds an undergraduate degree from Antioch College and a master's degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He has studied social movements and political trends for over forty years and has been interviewed on the TODAY show, Chris Mathews, C-SPAN and quoted in the New York Times.
Deviations is the definitive collection of writing by Gayle S. Rubin, a pioneering theorist and activist in feminist, lesbian and gay, queer, and sexuality studies since the 1970s. Rubin first rose to prominence in 1975 with the publication of “The Traffic in Women,” an essay that had a galvanizing effect on feminist thinking and theory. In another landmark piece, “Thinking Sex,” she examined how certain sexual behaviors are constructed as moral or natural, and others as unnatural. That essay became one of queer theory’s foundational texts. Along with such canonical work, Deviations features less well-known but equally insightful writing on subjects such as lesbian history, the feminist sex wars, the politics of sadomasochism, crusades against prostitution and pornography, and the historical development of sexual knowledge. In the introduction, Rubin traces her intellectual trajectory and discusses the development and reception of some of her most influential essays. Like the book it opens, the introduction highlights the major lines of inquiry pursued for nearly forty years by a singularly important theorist of sex, gender, and culture.
About the AuthorRubin is an Associate Professor of Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan.
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A memoir recently re-published and updated, this book deals with the thorny issue of extreme and expensive medical care for the aged. Can the country afford it? In Lois' case, a major cancer operation called the Whipple proved not only successful but useful in that she survived to write the books she had always longed to write but lacked time for. She makes a strong case for keeping options open, while admitting that for some, it may not be the way to go. The book is not a plea for medical care but a beautifully written memoir of a life and why it was worth saving. The author describes meeting her first husband, a Hungarian concert pianist, at U. Mich.
About the AuthorAs a long-ago student of creative writing instructor Roy Cowden, Lois began writing novels while attending U. Mich.. and has published seven including the Stormland quartet, a saga of the Kingsley family of Michigan. She served as Night Director of a crisis house for women, and taught composition at Ohio University.
Author Website: http://loiswellssantalo.comAbout the Book
Now you can have a personal coach in your back pocket, ready to help you navigate the inevitable "oy veys" that pop up in work and life. Behavior and communication expert Deborah Grayson Riegel travels the globe training executives, senior managers, and professionals at the world’s most recognized companies. Now Riegel has distilled her wise and witty stories, practical tips, and thought-provoking exercises into 25 easy-to-follow strategies that will help you achieve the personal and professional success you seek. This book will help you adjust your perspective—with good humor, kindness, and a little wisdom from the Jewish tradition—to get you moving in the right direction.
About the AuthorDeborah Grayson Riegel is a Behavior and Communication Expert who helps organizations and individuals overcome their “oy vey!” moments in work and life. Deborah’s clients include American Express, Conde Nast, the US Army and Toyota. She is a Visiting Professor of Executive Communications at Peking University, China.
Author Website: http://www.elevatedtraining.com
