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A Path Appears by Nicholas D. Kristof Sheryl WuDunn
epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Nicholas D. Kristof,Sheryl WuDunn [Kristof, Nicholas D.]

Mullaney intrigued us because he seemed so successful at the art of emotionally connecting Americans to distant suffering—a challenge that frustrated and eluded us. During the genocide in Darfur, Nick ...
( Category: Social Work October 27,2014 )
No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal
epub |eng | | Author:Anand Gopal

PART THREE 8 Election Day One day, a letter appeared at Heela’s home bearing an impressive blue seal of a type she had never before seen. When Musqinyar arrived, he ...
( Category: Specific Topics October 16,2014 )
If Nuns Ruled the World by Jo Piazza
epub |eng | 2014-08-05 | Author:Jo Piazza

5. An Underground Railroad for Modern-Day Slaves To say a person has been trafficked is to say they have had their freedom taken away from them through force, fraud, or ...
( Category: Religious October 16,2014 )
No Place to Call Home by Katharine Quarmby
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-07-22 | Author:Katharine Quarmby [Quarmby, Katharine]

Strikingly, over half of all Irish Travellers in prison were there for property offences, compared to thirty per cent of prisoners from the general population. ‘All forms of theft tend ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism October 16,2014 )
Peace Kills by P. J. O'Rourke
epub |eng | 2004-10-15 | Author:P. J. O'Rourke

Peter and I went ten miles south to Memphis, the capital of Egypt during most of pharaonic times. For three and a half millennia Memphis was the most important city ...
( Category: International & World Politics October 16,2014 )
The Worth of War by Benjamin Ginsberg
epub |eng | 2014-07-29 | Author:Benjamin Ginsberg

War gives states reason to mitigate their brutality and even—at least—go through the motions of soliciting citizens’ views on matters of leadership and policy. I would, however, be remiss if ...
( Category: Civilization & Culture October 16,2014 )
No Worse Enemy by Ben Anderson
epub |eng | | Author:Ben Anderson [Anderson, Ben]

Back at the base, Captain Sparks wrestled with the biggest surprise of Marjah, the highly-skilled snipers. The tiny roof I’d seen being turned into a watchtower was now walled with ...
( Category: Asian October 16,2014 )
The New Road to Serfdom by Daniel Hannan
epub |eng | 1989-10-14 | Author:Daniel Hannan [Hannan, Daniel]

DON’T EUROPEANIZE SOCIETY __________ Europeans and Americans approach social policy from different perspectives. In Europe, government action is considered morally preferable to individual benevolence. The former allows poor people to ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism October 15,2014 )
Prison Race by Renford Reese
mobi |eng | 2006-02-27 | Author:Renford Reese [Reese, Renford]

In my political science courses, I ask my students whether they think the Supreme Court should reflect the will of the people or rise above it, if doing so is ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism October 14,2014 )
American Bravado by Renford Reese
epub |eng | 2008-01-07 | Author:Renford Reese [Reese, Renford]

Once we suffer large casualties, we will have started a well-nigh irreversible process. Our involvement will be so great that we cannot—without national humiliation—stop short of achieving our complete objectives. ...
( Category: History & Theory October 14,2014 )
Leadership in the LAPD: Walking the Tightrope by Renford Reese
epub |eng | 2005-01-07 | Author:Renford Reese [Reese, Renford]

Discussion Questions 1. Why was Bernard Parks chosen to be the chief of the LAPD? 2. What was his biggest strength as a leader? 3. What was his biggest weakness ...
( Category: Leadership October 14,2014 )
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
mobi, epub, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Milton Friedman

92 Chapter VII Capitalism and Discrimination It is a striking historical fact that the development of capitalism has been accompanied by a major reduction in the extent to which particular ...
( Category: Democracy October 14,2014 )
On Anarchism by Chomsky Noam
mobi, azw3, epub, pdf |eng | 2013-11-04 | Author:Chomsky, Noam [Chomsky, Noam]

At the outbreak of the Fascist revolt the labor organizations and the democratic elements in the country were in agreement that the so-called Nationalist Revolution, which threatened to plunge our ...
( Category: Anarchism October 14,2014 )
Beyond Outrage (Enhanced Edition) by Robert B. Reich
mobi |eng | 2012-04-16 | Author:Robert B. Reich

Whom Is the Economy for, Anyway? All of this raises the basic question of whom the economy is for. Surely it’s not just for a few Wall Street executives and ...
( Category: Democracy October 13,2014 )
THE WEALTH OF THE COMMONS: by David Bollier & Silke Helfrich
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:David Bollier & Silke Helfrich [Bollier, David & Helfrich, Silke]

References World Bank. 2001. Diagnósticos sociales y planes de desarrollo de pueblos indígenas en las ANP. Mexico City. Boege Eckart. 2008. “El patrimonio biocultural de los pueblos indígenas de México.” ...
( Category: Specific Topics October 13,2014 )

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