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Interrogating The Shield

Author : Nicholas Ray
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815633084
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Interrogating The Shield written by Nicholas Ray and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When The Shield first appeared on US television in March 2002, it broke ratings records with the highest audience-rated original series premiere in cable history. In the course of its subsequent seven-season run, the show went on to win international acclaim for its abrasive depiction of an urban American dystopia and the systemic political and juridical corruption feeding it. The first book dedicated to the analysis of this immensely successful series, Interrogating "The Shield" brings together ten critical essays, written from a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. Topics range from an exploration of the series’ derivation, genre, and production, to expositions of the ethics, aesthetics, and politics of the show. As may be expected from a multiauthored collection, this volume does not seek to present a homogenized account of The Shield. The show is variously applauded and critiqued. In their critical variety, however, the essays in this book are a testament to the cultural significance and creative complexity of the series. As such, they are a reminder of the renewed power of quality television drama today.

Motherhood and Single-Lone Parenting: A 21st Century Perspective

Author : Maki Matapanyane
Publisher : Demeter Press
ISBN 13 : 1772580732
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Motherhood and Single-Lone Parenting: A 21st Century Perspective written by Maki Matapanyane and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century sustains one significant commonality with the decades of the preceding century. The majority of individuals parenting on their own and heading one-parent families continue to be mothers. Even so, current trends in globalization (economic, political, cultural) along with technological advancement, shifts in political, economic and social policy, contemporary demographic shifts, changing trends in the labor sector linked to global economics, and developments in legislative and judicial output, all signify the distinctiveness of the current moment with regard to family patterns and social norms. Seeking to contribute to an existing body of literature focused on single motherhood and lone parenting in the 20th century, this collection explores and illuminates a more recent landscape of 21st century debates, policies and experiences surrounding single motherhood and one-parent headed families.

Working While Black

Author : LaToya T. Brackett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476642346
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Working While Black written by LaToya T. Brackett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been a rise in diverse racial representation on television. In particular, Black characters have become more actualized and have started extending beyond racial stereotypes. In this collection of essays, the representation of Black characters in professionally defined careers is examined. Commentary is also provided on the portrayal of Black people in relation to stereotypes alongside the importance of Black representation on screen. This work also introduces the idea of Black-collar, a category which highlights the Black experience in white-collar jobs. The essays are divided into six parts based on themes, including profession, and focuses on a select number of Black characters on TV since the 1990s.

Human Shields

Author : Dr. Neve Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520972287
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Human Shields written by Dr. Neve Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to the United States, human beings have been used as shields for protection, coercion, or deterrence. Over the past decade, human shields have also appeared with increasing frequency in antinuclear struggles, civil and environmental protests, and even computer games. The phenomenon, however, is by no means a new one. Describing the use of human shields in key historical and contemporary moments across the globe, Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini demonstrate how the increasing weaponization of human beings has made the position of civilians trapped in theaters of violence more precarious and their lives more expendable. They show how the law facilitates the use of lethal violence against vulnerable people while portraying it as humane, but they also reveal how people can and do use their own vulnerability to resist violence and denounce forms of dehumanization. Ultimately, Human Shields unsettles our common ethical assumptions about violence and the law and urges us to imagine entirely new forms of humane politics.

The Gatekeepers

Author : Dror Moreh
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1632208075
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book The Gatekeepers written by Dror Moreh and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The companion to the Oscar-nominated documentary, an unparalleled look inside Israel’s security establishment. Imagine the following situation: You have just received a tip that six suicide bombers are making their way into the heart of Israel’s major cities, each one to a different city, to set off an explosion in the most crowded centers of population. How far would you go to stop the attack? How would you sleep at night if you failed and one of the six terrorists reached his target and murdered dozens of innocent people? What would you do the next morning to extract your country from this murderous vicious cycle? For six former heads of the Shin Bet (Israel’s internal security service), these were not hypothetical questions, but the realities and tormenting way of life for decades. In The Gatekeepers, which is based on extensive and lengthy interviews conducted to produce the award-winning film of the same name, six former heads of the Shin Bet speak with unprecedented candor on how they handled the toughest and tensest moments of their lives; on matters of life and death; on the missions they were involved in; on the historic opportunities for a better future that were missed by the leaders under whom they served, and the scars each of them bears until this very day. The Gatekeepers is a piercing and cruel self-examination of Israel’s security establishment and of a nation that has lived by its sword for so many years but has lost its faith in its ability to lay it down. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Classified Index of National Labor Relations Board Decisions and Related Court Decisions

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Nuclear Disengagement in Europe

Author : Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000199258
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Disengagement in Europe written by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s there had been an upsurge of public concern over the nuclear threat to Europe. Already saturated with nuclear weapons, Europe faced controversial new deployments and there was alarm over military strategies for nuclear war in the region. It is in this context that the idea of nuclear weapon-free zones had captured the popular imagination and became a political issue in Europe. Not only would such zones build confidence and raise the nuclear threshold, but they would be first steps towards a more comprehensive elimination of nuclear weapons. Originally published in 1983 Nuclear Disengagement in Europe probes the question of nuclear weapon-free zones in the region. Pugwash and SIPRI arranged a meeting at which an international team of lawyers, scientists, politicians and military experts gave background information and provided an appraisal of problems regarding the zone initiatives as well as benefits that would accrue. Possible elements in a European zone arrangement were elaborated on and procedures towards the establishment of such a zone were suggested.

Comic Book Crime

Author : Nickie D. Phillips
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814764525
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Comic Book Crime written by Nickie D. Phillips and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superman, Batman, Daredevil, and Wonder Woman are iconic cultural figures that embody values of order, fairness, justice, and retribution. Comic Book Crime digs deep into these and other celebrated characters, providing a comprehensive understanding of crime and justice in contemporary American comic books. This is a world where justice is delivered, where heroes save ordinary citizens from certain doom, where evil is easily identified and thwarted by powers far greater than mere mortals could possess. Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl explore these representations and show that comic books, as a historically important American cultural medium, participate in both reflecting and shaping an American ideological identity that is often focused on ideas of the apocalypse, utopia, retribution, and nationalism. Through an analysis of approximately 200 comic books sold from 2002 to 2010, as well as several years of immersion in comic book fan culture, Phillips and Strobl reveal the kinds of themes and plots popular comics feature in a post-9/11 context. They discuss heroes’ calculations of “deathworthiness,” or who should be killed in meting out justice, and how these judgments have as much to do with the hero’s character as they do with the actions of the villains. This fascinating volume also analyzes how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the heroes and the villains in ways that are both conservative and progressive. Engaging, sharp, and insightful, Comic Book Crime is a fresh take on the very meaning of truth, justice, and the American way.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1846 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Israel, Strategic Culture and the Conflict with Hamas

Author : Niccolò Petrelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351709313
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Israel, Strategic Culture and the Conflict with Hamas written by Niccolò Petrelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of ‘strategic culture’ on Israeli military operations against Hamas between 1987 and 2014. It has often been argued that Israeli policies and military operations against Hamas have proven tactically effective, but strategically disastrous, allowing the Islamic Resistance Movement to grow from a small spin-off of the Muslim Brotherhood into a powerful military and political actor in the Palestinian arena. This book argues, contrary to this opinion, that Israel was effective in its struggle against the Islamic Resistance Movement between 1987 and 2014, as the Jewish state ultimately managed to deny the majority of Hamas' strategic aims and to preserve a position of relative strength. By relying on a synthesis of primary sources, interviews, memoirs, scholarly and professional military studies and information gathered from the media, the study delivers a careful and comprehensive analysis of the conflict. It provides an historical outline of the development of the Israeli ‘strategic culture’ and analyzes its impact on the process of military adaptation during the First Intifada, the Oslo Peace Process, the al-Aqsa Intifada and the Gaza wars. Finally, the book illuminates how the Israeli strategic culture moulded a distinctive ‘way of war’ that, though marked by successes and failures, ultimately proved effective against Hamas. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, Middle Eastern politics, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and security studies in general.

Heavenly King Descending

Author : Du AiQingTian
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649559070
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book Heavenly King Descending written by Du AiQingTian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vast expanse of the Azure Sky Prairie, the sky was covered in a haze. The biting cold gale swept through the entire prairie, causing layers of grass to turn over, causing people to be unable to open their eyes. Dark clouds also accumulated in the sky, and the clouds intersected and overlapped with each other. A thunderstorm that covered the entire prairie was about to arrive. Such weather was extremely rare in this famously sunny prairie.

American Justice in the Age of Innocence

Author : Hillary K. Valderrama
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462014097
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book American Justice in the Age of Innocence written by Hillary K. Valderrama and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-27 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exoneration of more than two hundred and fifty people who have been wrongfully convicted makes it clear that Americas criminal justice system isnt foolproof. Its important to understand the causes of wrongful conviction in order to find solutions to this growing problem. Edited by one of the nations leading legal scholars and two of her top students, this collection of essays examines critical issues, including what American justice in the age of innocence looks like; how to implement procedural mechanisms to ensure the integrity of the judicial system while safeguarding the public; whether or not the legal system is doing a good enough job uncovering wrongful convictions. This anthology provides insightful lessons based on cutting-edge research and legal analysis. Wrongful convictions are not a foregone conclusion, but the justice system must break free from a pattern of punishing innocent people and go after the true culprits. Written for judges, lawyers and scholars alike, American Justice in the Age of Innocence educates the public and helps current prisoners who are innocent contest their wrongful convictions.

The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed

Author : John Whitaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed written by John Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1804 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Statistical Report

Author : New York (N.Y.). Police Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Report written by New York (N.Y.). Police Department and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Canadian Patent Office Record

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Patent Office Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Criminal (In)Justice

Author : Aaron Fichtelberg
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1544377681
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Criminal (In)Justice written by Aaron Fichtelberg and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Criminal (In)Justice presents an overview of the criminal justice system from the angle of critical criminology instead of the traditional ‘this is who we are and this is what we do’ approach. This book makes students ask why the system is what it is and why it does what it does—and what are the results of those actions." -Milton C. Hill, Stephen F. Austin State University Criminal (In)Justice: A Critical Introduction takes an unflinching look at the American criminal justice system and the social forces that affect the implementation of justice. Author Aaron Fichtelberg uses a unique, critical perspective to introduce students to criminal justice and encourages them to look closer at the intersection of race, class, gender, and inequality in the criminal justice system. Covering each of the foundational areas of the criminal justice system—policing, courts, and corrections—this book takes an in-depth look at the influence of inequality, making it ideal for instructors who want students to critically assess and understand the American criminal justice system.