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Book Synopsis Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio by : Kevin Lewis O'Neill
Download or read book Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio written by Kevin Lewis O'Neill and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of rich photographs, Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio tells a compelling story about the war on drugs in Central America. Entirely bilingual in both English and Spanish, the book focuses on the country of Guatemala, now the principle point of transit for the cocaine that is produced in the Andes and bound for the United States and Canada. Alongside a spike in the use of crack cocaine, Guatemala City has witnessed the proliferation of Pentecostal drug rehabilitation centers. The centers are sites of abuse and torment, but also lifesaving institutions in a country that does not provide any other viable social service to those struggling with drug dependency. Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio explores these centers as architectural forms, while also showcasing the cultural production that takes place inside them, including drawings and letters created by those held captive. This stunning work of visual ethnography humanizes those held inside these centers, breaks down stereotypes about drug use, and sets the conditions for a hemispheric conversation about prohibitionist practices – by revealing intimate portraits of a population held hostage by a war on drugs.
Download or read book Julio's Day written by Gilbert Hernandez and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2013-04-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It begins in the year 1900, with the scream of a newborn. It ends, 100 pages later, in the year 2000, with the death-rattle of a 100-year-old man. The infant and the old man are both Julio, and Gilbert Hernandez's Julio's Day (originally serialized in Love and Rockets Vol. II but never completed until now) is his latest graphic novel, a masterpiece of elliptical, emotional storytelling that traces one life -- indeed, one century in a human life -- through a series of carefully crafted, consistently surprising and enthralling vignettes. There is hope and joy, there is bullying and grief, there is war (so much war -- this is after all the 20th century), there is love, there is heartbreak. This is very much a singular, standalone story that will help cement Hernandez's position as one of the strongest and most original cartoonists of this, or any other, century.
Book Synopsis Pleiadian Earth Energy Astrology by : Pia Orleane
Download or read book Pleiadian Earth Energy Astrology written by Pia Orleane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to navigate the spiral energy patterns of the Universe for spiritual advancement and conscious evolution • Explains how the cycles of the 13 spirals of Universal energy and the 20 spirals of Earth energy interact on each calendar day as well as provides a Pleiadian perspective on how they influence us and the events in our lives • Offers practical examples of how you can consciously use the energies prevalent on a given day to your personal, spiritual benefit • Shares cosmic wisdom teachings from the Pleiadian group known as Laarkmaa Modern science has finally confirmed an essential component of the Pleiadian teachings: Our Universe is not linear; it moves in spirals. Human evolution also unfolds in spirals, rather than the linear progression we call “progress.” Sharing the cosmic wisdom teachings they have received from the Pleiadian group known as Laarkmaa, authors Pia Orleane and Cullen Baird Smith reveal a new system of Pleiadian-Earth energy astrology centered on the spiraling and interconnected movement of Universal and Earth energies, rather than on time, and explain how this new wave of Pleiadian wisdom can support human evolution. The authors identify two major spiral patterns that influence us: the 13 spirals of Universal energy that reflect cosmic laws and cosmic truth and the 20 spirals of Earth energy that reflect how humans experience themselves, each other, and their environment. They explain the dominant energy of each of the 13 Universal energy spirals and how they cycle in 13-day periods. They detail how these 13 Universal energy spirals interact with the cycles of the 20 Earth energy spirals on each calendar day, providing a hundred-year ephemeris and a Pleiadian perspective with which to understand the events in your life. Offering practical examples, they show how you can consciously use the energies prevalent on a given calendar day to your personal, spiritual advantage. Providing a map to transcend all systems that no longer serve us, freeing us to become the enlightened cosmic beings we truly are, the authors show how, with the wisdom of the Pleiadian-Earth energy system, we can each discover our specific gifts, work through the challenges of our own shadows, and individually and collectively evolve into a higher vibrational species.
Book Synopsis Refeudalization and the Crisis of Civilization by : Olaf Kaltmeier
Download or read book Refeudalization and the Crisis of Civilization written by Olaf Kaltmeier and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century. In Part 1, Olaf Kaltmeier, takes issue with the state of social inequality in the region, highlighting the concentration of wealth within the upper 1% of society in Latin America. Comparing the current economic situation with the ancient regime, the discussion centers around the new phenomena like billionaires as president, increased luxury consumption, an emerging culture of distinction, and the intensification of land and spatial segregation. In Part 2, Lander urgently assesses the current state and political legacy of the "Pink Tide" governments in his essay "Crisis of Civilization." Reviewing the past two decades of the new millennium, Lander critiques the failure of these governments to provide alternatives to extractivism and economic dependencies. Finally, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt connects the arguments through interviews where both authors sum their efforts to open the issues to future dialogue. Refeudalization in Latin America provides an accessible and thought-provoking political diagnosis from the Global South which departs from the oft idiosyncratic and cyclical debates of the Global North to offer new vocabulary for social change. It will interest scholars and students of global studies, sociology, and political science.
Book Synopsis Sustainable Energy Planning in Smart Grids by : David Borge-Diez
Download or read book Sustainable Energy Planning in Smart Grids written by David Borge-Diez and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Energy Planning in Smart Grids curates a diverse selection of innovative technological applications for problem-solving towards a sustainable smart grid. Through these examples, the reader will discover the flexibility and analytical skills required for the race towards reliable, resilient, renewable energy. This book’s combination of real-world case studies allows students and researchers to understand the complex, interdisciplinary systems that impact potential solutions. Detailed analysis highlights the positives and drawbacks of a variety of options, modeling considerations, and criteria for success. Trials and testing include electric vehicle charging, public lighting, energy mapping, heating solutions, and a proposal for 100% renewable cities. With contributions from a global range of experts, this book builds the complex picture of integrated, systemic modern energy planning. Collects case studies from experts around the world Presents readers with insights into current technological applications and innovations for building a sustainable grid and energy system Provides well-rounded, complex context to these interdisciplinary challenges
Book Synopsis Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 76 by : Katherine D. McCann
Download or read book Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 76 written by Katherine D. McCann and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Number 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year between social sciences and humanities. The Handbook annotates works on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Guianas, Spanish South America, and Brazil, as well as materials covering Latin America as a whole. Most of the subsections are preceded by introductory essays that serve as biannual evaluations of the literature and research underway in specialized areas.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing by : Rosa M. Manchón
Download or read book Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing written by Rosa M. Manchón and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Second and Foreign Language Writing is an authoritative reference compendium of the theory and research on second and foreign language writing that can be of value to researchers, professionals, and graduate students. It is intended both as a retrospective critical reflection that can situate research on L2 writing in its historical context and provide a state of the art view of past achievements, and as a prospective critical analysis of what lies ahead in terms of theory, research, and applications. Accordingly, the Handbook aims to provide (i) foundational information on the emergence and subsequent evolution of the field, (ii) state-of-the-art surveys of available theoretical and research (basic and applied) insights, (iii) overviews of research methods in L2 writing research, (iv) critical reflections on future developments, and (iv) explorations of existing and emerging disciplinary interfaces with other fields of inquiry.
Book Synopsis OECD Development Pathways Multi-dimensional Review of Peru Volume 1. Initial Assessment by : OECD
Download or read book OECD Development Pathways Multi-dimensional Review of Peru Volume 1. Initial Assessment written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report reviews the main bottlenecks to boost inclusive development and well-being in Peru. These include education and skills, the labour market, innovation, transport infrastructure and logistics, governance and trust in institutions.
Book Synopsis Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe by : Christoph U. Schmid
Download or read book Tenancy Law and Housing Policy in Europe written by Christoph U. Schmid and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenancy law has developed in all EU member states for decades, or even centuries, but constitutes a widely blank space in comparative and European law. This book fills an important gap in the literature by considering the diverse and complex panorama of housing policies, markets and their legal regulation across Europe. Expert contributors argue that that while unification is neither politically desired nor opportune, a European recommendation of best practices including draft rules and default contracts implementing a regulatory equilibrium would be a rewarding step forward.
Book Synopsis Personal Construct Psychology at 60 by : Peter Cummins
Download or read book Personal Construct Psychology at 60 written by Peter Cummins and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 60th anniversary of the publication of George Kelly’s The Psychology of Personal Constructs was marked, in 2015, by the 21st International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology. His two volume work set out personal construct theory as a radical new approach to psychology. Although Kelly was a clinical psychologist, personal construct psychology has had an extraordinarily broad range of influence and application, extending beyond the clinical setting to include areas as diverse as education, organizational and management development, social psychology, the arts, law and politics. It presaged constructivist developments in many spheres of knowledge, and its innovative research methods have been used in a vast number of studies focussed on the exploration of personal and interpersonal meaning. The 21st International Congress was held in the UK at the University of Hertfordshire, forty years after the first such congress. This volume presents contributions by many of the Congress’s delegates, whose chapters reflect the diversity of contemporary applications of personal construct psychology, and the continuing relevance and vitality of Kelly’s ideas and methods.
Author :James E. Mahon Jr. Publisher :Global Foundation for Democracy and Development ISBN 13 :9945590162 Total Pages :72 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (455 download)
Book Synopsis The 2012 Dominican Tax Reform in Historical and Regional Context by : James E. Mahon Jr.
Download or read book The 2012 Dominican Tax Reform in Historical and Regional Context written by James E. Mahon Jr. and published by Global Foundation for Democracy and Development. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In November 2012, publicly worried about a large fiscal deficit, the new government of President Danilo Medina passed a tax reform. The move was preceded by technical discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), consultations with various social and economic interests, and the convocation, for just over two weeks, of the new Economic and Social Council. Many factors pointed to the success of a major reform. The President's party, the Dominican Liberation Party (Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, pld), enjoyed an overwhelming majority in the Senate, and (along with its allies) a clear majority in the House of Representatives. The 2030 National Development Strategy, publicly discussed at length during the period 2010-11 and signed into law on the first day of 2012 by the previous government, also of the PLD, had set fiscal revenue levels above those recorded in 2011-12. However, despite the obvious need, the international support, the fresh mandate of the President, and the undisputed control of almost all the formal seats of power in the country, the reform was rightly called "half of a reform," or even "a missed opportunity." Why? Is another large reform possible in the coming years? This paper attempts to answer these questions through an analysis of the political economy of the tax reforms, with reference to Dominican history as well as to the regional context. Finally, the paper focuses on the relationship between the executive and the interests of the private sector, and its possible mediation through the political parties and, as was done too hastily in October 2012, civil society forums such as the CES. The first part outlines the major tax reforms that took place in the Dominican Republic between its democratic opening in 1978 and the 2012 efforts, along with the political and economic conditions in each case, with a special focus on the 1992 reform. Next, the document describes the rigidities that accumulated during that period, which were the legacy of crisis, international commitments, and the goals of the ambitious tax revenue goals of the National Development Strategy. The second and longest section describes the regional debate on tax policy and redistribution, while showing how the Dominican Republic is situated in this scenario, with statistics on the fiscal performance of the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean and Central American countries. From there, with the ground prepared, the paper narrates the process of the 2012 reform and investigates the question posed above by comparing different episodes of fiscal reform. Finally, the paper discusses the challenges and possibilities for future reforms, from narrow technical ones to those that would involve a broad and reciprocal process, with a focus on the role that could be played by fiscal pacts.
Book Synopsis Boundaries of European Private International Law by : Jean-Sylvestre Bergé
Download or read book Boundaries of European Private International Law written by Jean-Sylvestre Bergé and published by Primento. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European private international law is by now based mainly on a large body of uniform rules such as the Regulations Rome I, Rome II, Brussels I, Brussels I bis. This significant legislative output, however, does not take place in a vacuum. Rules of private international law have been earlier (and still are) adopted at national, international and even European level in scattered regulations and directives. The recent plethora of private international law rules gives rise to issues of delineation and calls for some sort of ordering as gaps, overlaps and contradictions become flagrant. At the same time, the resulting interactions can offer new insight, ideas and even opportunities at a more theoretical level. This book gathers a collection of essays resulting out of a series of international seminars held in Lyon, Barcelona and Louvain-la-Neuve. During those seminars, young researchers selected in an open call for papers had the opportunity to discuss their views among themselves as well as with various specialists of the field, such as more senior academics, EU civil servants, national experts and representatives of other international organisations. The book offers the fresh views of those who will in the future shape the dialectic between the various sources of private international law and attempts to launch a discussion on the “living together” of legal sources. Two ranges of topics are addressed in the book: - firstly, the relationship between EU private international law and national law (substantial and procedural) and/or international law (international instruments of private international law or of uniform substantive law); and - secondly, the relationship between EU private international law and other aspects of EU law (internal market rules of primary law, harmonisation through secondary law and other pieces of legislation enacted in the realm of the area of freedom, security and justice).
Book Synopsis VI Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering CLAIB 2014, Paraná, Argentina 29, 30 & 31 October 2014 by : Ariel Braidot
Download or read book VI Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering CLAIB 2014, Paraná, Argentina 29, 30 & 31 October 2014 written by Ariel Braidot and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the proceedings of the CLAIB 2014, held in Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina 29, 30 & 31 October 2014. The proceedings, presented by the Regional Council of Biomedical Engineering for Latin America (CORAL) offer research findings, experiences and activities between institutions and universities to develop Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering and related sciences. The conferences of the American Congress of Biomedical Engineering are sponsored by the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), Society for Engineering in Biology and Medicine (EMBS) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), among other organizations and international agencies and bringing together scientists, academics and biomedical engineers in Latin America and other continents in an environment conducive to exchange and professional growth. The Topics include: - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - Bioinstrumentation; Sensors, Micro and Nano Technologies - Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering and Artificial Organs - Biomechanics, Robotics and Motion Analysis - Biomedical Images and Image Processing - Biomedical Signal Processing - Clinical Engineering and Electromedicine - Computer and Medical Informatics - Health and home care, telemedicine - Modeling and Simulation - Radiobiology, Radiation and Medical Physics - Rehabilitation Engineering and Prosthetics - Technology, Education and Innovation
Book Synopsis Social Enterprise in Latin America by : Luiz Inácio Gaiger
Download or read book Social Enterprise in Latin America written by Luiz Inácio Gaiger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the absence of a widely accepted and common definition of social enterprise (SE), a large research project, the "International Comparative Social Enterprise Models" (ICSEM) Project, was carried out over a five-year period; it involved more than 200 researchers from 55 countries and relied on bottom-up approaches to capture the SE phenomenon. This strategy made it possible to take into account and give legitimacy to locally embedded approaches, thus resulting in an analysis encompassing a wide diversity of social enterprises, while simultaneously allowing for the identification of major SE models to delineate the field on common grounds at the international level. These SE models reveal or confirm an overall trend towards new ways of sharing the responsibility for the common good in today’s economies and societies. We tend to consider as good news the fact that social enterprises actually stem from all parts of the economy. Indeed, societies are facing many complex challenges at all levels, from the local to the global level. The diversity and internal variety of SE models are a sign of a broadly shared willingness to develop appropriate although sometimes embryonic—responses to these challenges, on the basis of innovative economic/business models driven by a social mission. In spite of their weaknesses, social enterprises may be seen as advocates for and vehicles of the general interest across the whole economy. Of course, the debate about privatisation, deregulation and globalised market competition—all factors that may hinder efforts in the search for the common good–has to be addressed as well. The second of a series of four ICSEM books, Social Enterprise in Latin America will serve as a key reference and resource for teachers, researchers, students, experts, policy makers, journalists and other categories of people who want to acquire a broad understanding of the phenomena of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship as they emerge and develop across the world.
Download or read book LatinoLand written by Marie Arana and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A perfect representation of Latino diversity” (The Washington Post), LatinoLand draws from hundreds of interviews and prodigious research to give us both a vibrant portrait and the little-known history of our largest and fastest-growing minority, in “a work of prophecy, sympathy, and courage” (Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize–winning author). LatinoLand is an exceptional, all-encompassing overview of Hispanic America based on personal interviews, deep research, and Marie Arana’s life experience as a Latina. At present, Latinos comprise twenty percent of the US population, a number that is growing. By 2050, census reports project that one in every three Americans will claim Latino heritage. But Latinos are not a monolith. They do not represent a single group. The largest groups are Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Cubans. Each has a different cultural and political background. Puerto Ricans, for example, are US citizens, whereas some Mexican Americans never immigrated because the US-Mexico border shifted after the US invasion of 1848, incorporating what is now the entire southwest of the United States. Cubans came in two great waves: those escaping communism in the early years of Castro, many of whom were professionals and wealthy, and those permitted to leave in the Mariel boat lift twenty years later, representing some of the poorest Cubans, including prisoners. As LatinoLand shows, Latinos were some of the earliest immigrants to what is now the US—some of them arriving in the 1500s. They are racially diverse—a random infusion of white, Black, indigenous, and Asian. Once overwhelmingly Catholic, they are becoming increasingly Protestant and Evangelical. They range from domestic workers and day laborers to successful artists, corporate CEOs, and US senators. Formerly solidly Democratic, they now vote Republican in growing numbers. They are as culturally varied as any immigrants from Europe or Asia. Marie Arana draws on her own experience as the daughter of an American mother and Peruvian father who came to the US at age nine, straddling two worlds, as many Latinos do. “Thorough, accessible, and necessary” (Ms. magazine), LatinoLand unabashedly celebrates Latino resilience and character and shows us why we must understand the fastest-growing minority in America.
Book Synopsis Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry by : Ben Bollig
Download or read book Politics and Public Space in Contemporary Argentine Poetry written by Ben Bollig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the connection between political themes and literary form in the most recent Argentine poetry. Ben Bollig uses the concepts of “lyric” and “state” as twin coordinates for both an assessment of how Argentinian poets have conceived a political role for their work and how poems come to speak to us about politics. Drawing on concepts from contemporary literary theory, this striking study combines textual analysis with historical research to shed light on the ways in which new modes of circulation help to shape poetry today.
Book Synopsis Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian by : Virginia Hill
Download or read book Verb Movement and Clause Structure in Old Romanian written by Virginia Hill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a formal analysis of root and complement clauses in Old Romanian, focussing on the combination of Balkan syntactic patterns and Romance morphology. It presents a new perspective on the manifestation of Balkan Sprachbund properties in the language, and on the nature of parametric differences in relation to other Romance languages.
