... discussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism can be found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... diVerence generated by thepoliticsof fetal risks, andthe problematic nature ofthe idea of individual causality in discussions of fetal harm Social constructions of maternity and paternity In Western ... Studies of male reproductive health and toxicity have Between fathers and fetuses concentrated primarily on the eVects of occupational and environmental exposures of men and less on the eVects of...
... outside ofand beyond the institutional and aesthetic orbit of dominant cultural centers of power and authority like the Lincoln Center, PBS, andthe New York Times The concept ofthe jazz left then ... are the erosion of moral standards; the loss ofthe work ethic (e.g., the 1996 Welfare Bill); law and order (e.g., the 1995 Crime Bill); the decay of Western civilization (the culture wars ofthe ... ofthe innate ability of early jazz musicians Because of these writers’ lack of understanding ofthe mechanics of music, they thought there weren’t any mechanics It is the ‘they all can sing, they...
... struggles and learning about the lives of women in different parts ofthe world Their commitment to social change and their insights into the effects of socialist collapse on the lives of everyday ... The concept ofthe transition economy justifies the disintegration of society andthe social costs accompanying market reforms, including the worsening ofthe situation of women and other vulnerable ... are reworked, andthe rights and needs of various categories of citizens redefined These women’s social justice struggles and their uneven success highlight some ofthe social costs of economic...
... another For, when they gathered together libels and anti-courtly love poems, they likewise forced these two kinds ofpolitics together One could say that the authors of libels did as much on their ... marriage with an exchange of obvious riddles on genitals, one in the hand ofthe initial compiler andthe voice of a man named Robin, andthe next in the second hand and a female persona named ... her Wnal couplet with the obscene word that Davies omitted from his poem on the courtier andthe ‘cuntry swadd.’ Then, on the verso ofthe same leaf and in the hand ofthe primary compiler, Davies...
... Thus, the argument of this book may be a simple statement, but demonstrating the argument, which is the task at hand, is complex and full of challenges Scope of Project The central themes of this ... The same kind of problem may arise in the context of debates over prayer in public schools, the rights of homosexuals, traditional sex 24 Religion andthePoliticsof Tolerance roles, and other ... explained within the body ofthe analysis 36 Religion andthePoliticsof Tolerance The Data for the Analysis The data for this chapter comes from a random sample phone survey of 601 individuals...
... set of postmodern theories, and at the same time, theories are further developed through Samburu experiencing food Overall, I like the book, but there is a certain amount of redundancy in the ... as bad and as a decline of Samburu culture All Samburu also link these foods and new ways of eating to the drastic reduction in livestock holdings in the last decades Another example of change ... Samburu and is the ideal food for murran, and eating it most often takes place away from women Likewise, particular cuts of meat belong to specific age and gender groups Milk on the other hand is...
... from private and commercial sources was closed In July 1991, 47 tonnes of gold from the reserve assets ofthe Reserve Bank of India was shipped to the vaults ofthe Bank of England in a dramatic ... Petition was then filed with the Supreme Court of India on the limited question of whether the Court could dismiss the petition on ground that it was purely "academic" and there was no "cause of action." ... and collective level efforts not exist There are many such efforts ongoing in different parts ofthe country and many of them operate without any funding whatsoever, and without the context of...
... studies ofthe crisis rhetoric ofthe leaders ofthe United Kingdom, France, Ireland andthe European Commission andthe European Central Bank The crisis hit hard and fast in the United Kingdom and ... focus ofthe bulk of existing research on emergencies and crises) In formal terms, the ultimate explanandum ofthe study ofthe rhetoric of crisis exploitation is twofold: the nature and depth of ... 2004).1 The sense of threat and uncertainty they induce can profoundly impact people’s understanding ofthe world around them The occurrence of a large-scale emergency or the widespread use of the...
... Liquidity Scheme, andthe cost of nationalizing Northern Rock and Bradford and Bingley But if we add all the other Bank of England and HM Treasury loans and guarantees to the banking system, the IMF calculates ... model ofthe spread of SARS and HIV, or the collapse of fish stocks There is an isomorphism about ‘seizures in the electrical grid, degradation of eco-systems, the spread of epidemics andthe disintegration ... some ofthe new concepts and apparatus which we bring to analysing and understanding the operations ofthe finance sector andthe difficulties of political reform Bernanke’s story, illustrated in the...
... part ofthe SNCC skin.62 It was a defining attribute of who they were, how they believed the activist body should appear, andthe political and aesthetic value they placed on their style The same ... 646 THE JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN HISTORY had begun to understand and question the class politicsofthe black community, Baker noted that they would have to “break through the pseudo-sophistication of ... in the national office and in the field.”63 The women came in as individuals, carrying the markers of their class backgrounds, and emerged as SNCC people, who wore their hair natural and made themselves...
... Gomez cites the issue ofthe ethnic factor in the creation of two loose coalitions, that ofthe APU andthe Gagasan in the late 1980s and early 1990s.39 Khong Kim Hoong’s analysis ofthe 1990 Malaysian ... alliances ofthe main opposition parties.43 Antipathy towards Mahathir as an individual and to UMNO andthe BN as the government grew over the years The handling ofthe then recent events such as the ... on the publicity ofthe PAS, was not a determinant in the DAP’s termination of its membership in the BA The concluding chapter sums up the findings ofthe entire research andthe implications of...
... ofthe soft -the world of intangibles, of media, of software, andof services-will soon command the world ofthe hard -the world of reality, of atoms, of objects, of steel and oil." While Kelly ... scrolls and Greeks establishing schools andthe study of mathematics The ride skips forward to the invention ofthe printing press andthe subsequent flourishing of culture during the Renaissance, then ... This quality recalls another aspect of standardization: the degree to which it favors thepoliticsand practices of a specific group of actors to the exclusion of another In other words, a technology...
... step ofthe way, between choices of interest and values, on the one hand, andthe desire for process on the other This study brings together concern for the administrative process andthe role of ... the varieties of institutional form andthe nature ofthe policy area, but the unique features ofthe American system compound the problem and beg the question ofthe significance ofthe data reported ... approached the long-standing debate about attorney–client relationships and professional autonomy in the context of divorce lawyers, challenged the dialectic of power and control, and criticized the...
... beneficial and that problems can be ironed out; the Zimbabwe authors reluctantly ThePoliticsof Decentralization conclude that they need the help ofthe government; andthe authors ofthe Guatemalan ... findings on: the implementation of decentralization; 18 ThePoliticsof Decentralization the role of forestry within the broader political context andthe importance of cross-sectoral linkages; the importance ... research from CIFOR and WRI, as well as from independent researchers Taken together, the results of these studies paint a rich picture ofthe general andthe specific, the common andthe uncommon,...
... interest in nationality and self-determination The Greek crisis ofthe 1820s, the Bulgarian atrocities ofthe 1870s, the problem of Ireland, andthe fate of India and other colonial possessions ... overarching themes in this field: the ideology ofthe nation andthe relevance of political ideas to nationalist politics, the sources of national identity and communal solidarity, andthe legitimacy of ... sentiments, the requirements ofthe liberal conscience, andthe imperatives of international order Liberalism and Self-Determination The problems of explaining the origins ofthe national idea and the...
... contradictions ofpolitics on the ground, and to take seriously the aims and understandings ofthe activists involved in these social changes (Apostolidis 2008: 546) Therapeutic Politicsandthe Therapeutic ... linked to the central questions ofthe meaning ofthe growth in therapeutic forms of activism, andthe interplay between movement gains andthe agendas ofthe state and mainstream culture in social ... self-help, they mounted a challenge to the structure and organizational dominance of professional therapy As their ideas reached a broader audience, and as professionals and government of cials...
... possibility of realizing agency, despite what they see as the unpredictable influence ofthe subconscious, on the one hand, andthe regulation of thought and action ofthe self, on the other hand, through ... took the various versions of my courses ‘‘Freedom andthe Discontents of Modernity’’ and ‘ The Spirit ofPolitics ’ were exacting in their intellectual demands and challenges Their enthusiasm and ... on the one hand, an abandonment ofthe object of one’s passionate attachment or love and, on the other hand, letting go ofthe idea of one’s love for this object.32 As such, the melancholy of...
... for the regional county boards, as the Swedish Board of Agriculture only states that the county boards are to consider the number of animals, the type of animals andthe traditional use ofthe ... of central and northern Sweden They are especially concentrated to the more mountainous northern parts of Dalarna County and to the western Page of 18 Eriksson Pastoralism: Research, Policy and ... it But all of that is forgotten the next day because we are so happy with the life we lead’ [author’s translation and notes] The milk cows are at the core ofthe business andthe care and affection...
... cosmopolitanism, and permanence.50 They were the visible symbols ofthe confidence andthe credit generated by Forstall and others *** The construction of so many bank buildings in the 1830s was a result of ... arguments about the origin, progress, and resolution of these many panics and parallel crises These arguments challenge our conceptions ofthe national boundaries of history, the role of information ... traces the evolution of this event into competing versions ofthe Panic of 1837 that all lost sight ofthe experience of panic But this tale of panic’s disappearance is the end and not the beginning...
... Political Economy in the Department ofPoliticsand International Studies, and Director ofthe Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, at the University of Warwick His other publications ... show the lack of correspondence between the types of OECD housing systems andthe usual welfare systems and VOC typologies We then discuss the importance of framing and discourse in understanding ... affect tax revenue and spending through the level of employment and output All this means they have less to say about thepoliticsof housing now than they did about thepoliticsof housing two generations...