This timely and powerful autoethnography traces the spread of and responses to Covid-19: from the uncertainty surrounding its outbreak, to its devastating and continued aftermath.
In this new edition of Matt Qvortrup's acclaimed book, the author shows how neuroscience can help us understand why people willingly give up their democratic rights or are unwillingly forced to do so.
La paz entre las naciones y la buena relación entre todos los habitantes, sus autoridades y sus pueblos han sido importantes como tarea del Papado y del Estado Vaticano.
Providing students and industry managers with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively manage the security of transportation assets, Introduction to Transportation Security, Second Edition examines: The core concepts of security, safety, and emergency management practices The integrated nature of the U.
Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats.
Investigating a range of eschatological ideologies, this volume explores the connection between notions of sacred space and time in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim understandings of Jerusalem.
This book offers a systematic assessment of how International Relations scholars in mainland China and analysts at Chinese foreign policy think tanks influence the construction of China's national interest.
This book explores the QAnon movement by examining its history, fluctuations, and evolution, stemming from the likelihood of multiple users behind the "e;Q"e; account, as well as from the changes in the sociopolitical landscape since the creation of the movement.
Every Fire Needs a Little Bit of Help collects a decade of reflections on recent US struggles - Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the George Floyd Rebellion - alongside accounts of the rise of Trumpism, the alt-right, an apocalyptic shift in popular culture, to paint a dense and complex portrait of a decade of protracted social crisis.
Començant amb un article sobre un violí construït fa tres-cents anys i acabant amb un text sobre un presoner que somia amb veure l'oceà, Solnit trena hàbilment el que és polític i el que és literari, oferint una mirada única, una comprensió profunda del present i la inspiració necessària per encarar els reptes futurs de la societat.
The metamorphosis of Buddhism synchronizing with alterations in political ideology, rapid economic growth, and evolving societal demands in China's new era is the focus of this book.
This book explores the challenges small states face in navigating the complexities of modern war, particularly within the ambiguous Grey Zones where the boundaries between peace and conflict blur.
Exploring the history of US politics from the first European contact with the 'New World' in 1492, up to the 2024 presidential elections, this book is an engaging account of America's development from colony to world superpower.
The metamorphosis of Buddhism synchronizing with alterations in political ideology, rapid economic growth, and evolving societal demands in China's new era is the focus of this book.
This book blends doctrinal and empirical research to examine the phenomenon of counter-terrorism financing at the level of both international and Iranian national law.
This volume addresses the concept of "e;(in)nocent lies"e; in the media - beyond the concept of misleading information online, this extends to a deliberate effort to spread misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories - and proposes a critical approach to tackle the issue in related interdisciplinary fields.
Nationalism, Religious Violence, and Hate Speech in Nineteenth-Century Western Europe critically analyses the role played by different memories of past religious violence in public debates in nineteenth-century Europe.
A lo largo de estas cinco décadas de conflicto armado en Colombia, las disputas por los recursos naturales y los conflictos socioambientales han estado entrelazadas con la violencia de formas muy diversas.
Desde hace dos años, los familiares de las 15 víctimas de la masacre de Los Guáimaros y El Tapón (San Juan Nepomuceno, Montes de María, 2002) habían llamado la atención de su comunidad y del país con conversatorios, eucaristías conmemorativas y monumentos, pero para el aniversario 16 de ese hecho soñaron con un libro.
El deber estatal de investigar, juzgar y sancionar graves violaciones a los Derechos Humanos e infracciones al Derecho Internacional Humanitario enfrenta importantes retos en contextos de justicia transicional.
Esta cartilla busca contribuir al entendimiento del Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición, en general, y de la Comisión de la Verdad, en particular.
Contributing to our understanding of the impact of the 2015 migrant "e;crisis"e; on the future of EU integration, this book views the "e;crisis"e; as an accelerant to existing problems, namely Brexit, the growing popularity of anti-immigrant far right parties and the rise of xenophobic and antiliberal governments from the Baltics to the Balkans.
Safety and Security for Churches and Other Places of Worship is a reference book focused on how to form a first responder team for churches, synagogues, temples, and other places of worship.
Las herramientas pedagógicas presentadas a continuación buscan servir como una compilación rápida de consulta que permita a los funcionarios tener a su alcance una guía de cómo asumir algunos de los retos más usuales en su trabajo diario.
Este documento es un acercamiento al cumplimiento de las sentencias de restitución de tierras por parte de las diferentes instituciones encargadas de ejecutarlas.
El campesinado colombiano ha enfrentado una triple injusticia histórica: discriminación socioeconómica, déficit de reconocimiento y represión de su movilización y participación.
Hace medio siglo, en un ambiente de profundos conflictos políticos y sociales, tomaba cuerpo en Chile un audaz intento por instaurar un gobierno de izquierda que iniciaría la construcción del socialismo.
