... fathers and fetuses ‘Crack babies’ and ‘pregnant addicts’ By now, the images ofthe crack baby and addicted mother are familiar to anyone who has read news reports of pregnancy and addiction In 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 ... 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...
... 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 ... how the privatization of social problems, andthe increasing emphasis on self-reliance andthe entrepreneurial spirit, result in the privileging of certain citizens’ claims over those of others...
... history of philosophy andof science G.A.J.Rogers is Professor of Philosophy at Keele University andthe Editor oftheBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy He is the Editor (with the late ... way of integrating theology andpolitics Thus, for example, the leader of one ofthe groups which was active in the aftermath ofthe Civil War in England the Diggers—used a pantheistic metaphysics ... a result of his importance both in the development ofBritishand Irish philosophy and because of his seminal influence in the Enlightenment as a whole British Philosophy andthe Age of Enlightenment...
... 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...
... begins the fourth lecture of Narration: “After all anybody is as their land and air is It is that which makes them andthe arts they make andthe work they andthe way they eat andthe way they ... Measure: The Cycle ofthe Ephebe 123 Beavers’s Second Cycle: The Past in the Present the Present in the Past Andrew Noren andthe Open-Ended Cinematic Sequence 170 145 Ernie Gehr andthe Axis of Primary ... the glory ofthe stars; but at the necessity of beauty under which the universe lies; that all is and must be pictorial; that the rainbow andthe curve ofthe horizon andthe arch ofthe blue...
... Jeffersonian enlightenment These are the central themes of this book Religion andthePoliticsof Tolerance Religious Faith and Tolerance The historical expressions of intolerance by identifiably ... for divisions of government (both between the branches of government and between the levels of government) andthe need for a plurality of “factions” to ensure against the tyranny ofthe majority ... 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...
... 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...
... 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." ... Kishwar, one ofthe noted Indian feminists published a comprehensive review ofthe film Fire in women's magazine Manushi, arguing how the West views and interprets culture and tradition ofthe ... the Copyright Act; and Section andofthe Indecent Representation of Women Act The basis for such a charge by police was that during the raid in NGO-premises, they found condoms and lubricants (for...
... 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 ... 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 ofthe ... 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...
... 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 ... 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 ... Haldane at the Bank of England after the crisis parallels that ofthe military theorists of mobility like De Gaulle at the Staff College and Liddell Hart at the Telegraph after the First World War We...
... act to stop the rape of her bunkmate; however, the next day she demanded to speak to the warden, threatening to publicize the conditions ofthe jail The warden promptly replaced the male guards ... 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 ... aesthetic was particularly important for SNCC women, who used the uniform to advance the cause not only of their race but also of their gender By drawing on the history ofthe oppression of black...
... 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 ... 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 ... parting, or the rise of a new variable that pushes the DAP away from the BA Only by looking at both the formation andthe exit ofthe DAP from the BA, can a comprehensive study ofthe DAP’s involvement...
... 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 expressed a ... 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...
... been theorized as myth by the philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician Roland Barthes Barthes’ theory of myth complements Cassirer’s and Lévi-Strauss’ conceptualization ofthe term insofar ... that the concept has a tradition of being associated with situations of indeterminacy and crisis, andof being employed in the context of urban theory and capitalism critique Drawing on these theories, ... However, the focus on these two cities bears the risk of obscuring the preconditions and effects that the GFC has in urban and rural places beyond London and New York To specify and develop the concept...
... governance in the aftermath ofthe financial crisis In order to explore these themes the book presents a historical account ofthe evolution ofthe international tax regime, or the sets of rules and decision-making ... general andof tax information exchange in particular, the analysis that follows is designed to enhance our theoretical understanding ofthe dynamics of international regime change andthe role ofthe ... owners of offshore entities Trusts and foundations and establishing beneficial ownership One ofthe most popular ways of concealing the beneficial owner of offshore assets is through the creation of...
... Analysis of Property Rights, 2nd edition Yoram Barzel, A Theory ofthe State: Economic Rights, Legal Rights, andthe Scope ofthe State Robert Bates, Beyond the Miracle ofthe Market: The Political ... increases the costs of external adjustment, it also increases the economy’s vulnerability to capital outflows andthe likelihood of a drop in the value ofthe currency One ofthe main conclusions of ... share ofthe costs inflicted by reform The policy preferences ofthe different groups are static in these models, and delay arises because of conflicting preferences among these groups However, there...
... What they are actually rejecting are the values ofthe upper classes whose status and wealth they envy, andthe oppositional values they embrace allow them to express their anger towards the upper ... between the natural sciences (Naturwissenschaften) andthe human sciences, the sciences ofthe mind or ofthe spirit (Geisteswissenschaften) Furthermore the inherent differences in the objects ofthe ... imagine the experiences of another person from the point of view of that person and feeling the emotions that they are feeling are either part of, or the result of, this act of imagination’ (Matravers,...
... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African War J A...