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Where Liberty Dwells, There Is My Country
Authors: Stapleton Craig Roberts , McCready Louise French
Published: February 2025

Franco-American diplomatic relations were tested at pivotal moments in world history. This collection of biographies of twentieth-century U.S. ambassadors to France explores their personal and professional lives, highlighting accomplishments and challenges in France. Before serving as the U.S. president's personal representative, these men were successful politicians, businessmen, and soldiers, who then sacrificed their time, money, and sometimes, their health. These ambassadors demonstrated courage, intelligence, and character during the most challenging events of the twentieth century.
Esperanza en Tiempos de Oscuridad
Authors: Ertll Randy Jurado
Published: February 2025

Randy Jurado Ertll, un salvadore-o americano, creci- en el Sur Centro de Los _ngeles a fines de los a-os 1970 y durante los 80, y tambiZn vivi- en El Salvador cuando era un ni-o, as' como en Rochester, Minnesota, Washington, D.C., y en Alexandria, Virginia. En cada una de estas ciudades presenci- la dinOmica y retos de la comunidad Latina. Porque ha vivido y trascendido las luchas, es capaz de captar una imagen realista y compasiva de la comunidad Latina a travZs de esta experiencia convincente narrada en este poderoso libro.
Restless Citizens
Authors: Udom Udoh Elijah
Published: February 2025

Restless Citizens gives a unique insider's view of how the United Nations treats its employees. Written by Dr. Udoh E. Udom, a retired senior official in the World Health Organization, the book is a robustly critical but deeply informed view of all aspects of UN employment. Excerpted from the foreword by David Antill, School of Law, University of Leicester - UK Words: 60
Erotic Revolutionaries
Authors: Lee Shayne
Published: February 2025

Why is there no 'pro-sex' contingency in black feminist scholarship? Why do so few African-American scholars expound on issues celebrating female sexual pleasure? Perhaps the answers to these questions reside within a discursive matrix of sexual repression commonly referred to as the politics of respectability, and its rein on black sexual politics. In Erotic Revolutionaries: Black Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture, sociologist Shayne Lee steers black sexual politics toward a more sex-positive trajectory. Introducing feminist analysis to a conceptual mZnage ^ trois of scripting theory, media representation, and black sexual politics, Lee considers the ways in which the feminist quest for social and sexual equality can delve into popular culture to see the production of subversive scripts for female sexuality and erotic agency. Whereas most feminist scholarship underscores how sexual representations of black women in media are exploitative and problematic, Lee portrays black female celebrities like Janet Jackson, BeyoncZ, Karrine Steffans, Zane, Tyra Banks, Juanita Bynum, Sheryl Underwood and many more as feminists of sorts who afford women access to cultural tools to renegotiate sexual identity and celebrate sexual agency and empowerment. Erotic Revolutionaries navigates the uncharted spaces where social constructionism, third-wave feminism, and black popular culture collide to locate a new site for sexuality studies that is theoretically innovative, politically subversive, and stylistically chic.
Becoming a Mensch
Authors: Pies Ronald
Published: February 2025

Becoming a Mensch is a 'user's guide' to becoming a better person, taking readers through a process of personal growth by means of modern-day vignettes that draw upon the Talmud's ancient wisdom. By examining character traits such as 'kindness and compassion,' 'self-mastery and self discipline,' and 'humility and flexibility,' readers of any or no faith learn what it takes to become a 'mensch' —- a decent and honorable human being. Readers are introduced to the greatest sages of the Talmudic era and many modern masters of ethical behavior. Becoming a Mensch is not only a guidebook for personal growth —- it is also a useful guide for parents who want to foster the ethical development of their children.
Random Musings
Authors: Grenway Bernard
Published: February 2025

Random Musings: Reflections of a Black Intellectual focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African-Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical realities. The text touches on a wide array of issues, including the psychology of race and power, the plight of the modern black intellectual, and the need to enhance the educational standing of American citizens across the board. Dr. Grenway uses the events of his life, in the form of random musings, to examine the much overlooked 'black perspective' on American life.
What Do You Do Around Here Anyway?
Authors: Smith Paul R.
Published: February 2025

What Do You Do Around Here Anyway? candidly reports the experiences of one middle school principal for 160 consecutive days, or one school year, with little or no editing. The material is much more than the typical case study. The events are presented in context; the results of actions taken are seen in the daily lives of all affected.
Flyover Country
Authors: Harper Christopher
Published: February 2025

Flyover Country focuses on a group of baby boomers who graduated from high school in 1969 in the Midwest before setting off into the world in a time of turbulence to fight in Vietnam, to protest against that war, to find jobs, to have families, and to live lives throughout the United States and overseas. Many of these people have made significant contributions to their communities as business owners, doctors, lawyers, ministers, politicians, and teachers. Many have suffered through tough times, losing their way due to alcohol or drugs or facing family crises from divorce to the death of a spouse or a child. The story also is Harper's story. It is the story of a kid from flyover country who used what he learned in the Midwest to travel throughout the world as a journalist and then as a college professor to try to teach those lessons to his students.
Essays on the Christian Worldview and Others Political, Literary, and Philosophical
Authors: Schatkin Andrew J.
Published: February 2025

This collection of essays and thoughts covers such areas as basic Christian thought, which includes traditional family morality and a great concern for alleviating poverty and promoting social justice, political thought comparing the need for a system which includes both socialist and capitalist elements, and the need for values in our society, which has come to emphasize money, power, and greed as philosophical goals and values, though they are not. The book also has thoughts concerning literature, a consideration of what constitutes true progress, the denial in our society of any absolute moral truth, and the substitution of moral relativism as a mistaken ethical system.
The Boy in the Suitcase
Authors: Cohn Sheryl Needle
Published: February 2025

The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival is a uniquely different Holocaust book. It reads like an intriguing novel, such as the title chapter which tells the story of an infant smuggled out of Germany in a suitcase and raised in the Dominican Republic. Each chapter tells a different story of families throughout the world who have been affected by the Holocaust. This book also covers the trauma of second generation children of Holocaust survivors and the bravery of Christian families who hid Jewish children in Quaregnon, Belgium. The Boy in the Suitcase includes inspirational stories from nations such as Russia, Poland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, and the Dominican Republic. Intelligence, courage, and the will to survive permeate each remarkable chapter.
Twenty-First-Century World Powers and Changing Alignments
Authors: Raizada Ramesh N.
Published: February 2025

Twenty-First Century World Powers and Changing Alignments provides an in-depth analysis of global political relations that exist between the most powerful countries of the world such as United States, Russia, England, China and others. It also describes the rationale behind the current and future political alignments amongst different countries.

The threats and potentially dangerous situations presented by Iran and North Korea have been discussed in the book. What strategies should be followed to handle this explosive and difficult political Pandora’s box? It is not an easy task to lay out sustainable and achievable plans of action; however, some straightforward ideas have been outlined within this book.

After the tragic events of 9/11, Muslim countries have garnered a great deal of attention. The book highlights where these countries stand in relation to terrorism and other political agenda.

A brief synopsis of Arab Spring, a revolutionary movement in Arab countries, is included to spotlight the dramatic movement of democracy through out the world.
Old Lives and New
Authors: Frankel Edith Rogovin
Published: February 2025

This is the moving story of a number of individuals who made the difficult and sometimes hazardous decision to leave their home, family, and friends and start new lives in Israel and the United States. Edith Rogovin Frankel interviews them twice: shortly after they leave the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and again, twenty-five years later, when they have long been settled in their new lives. Their experiences—from their formative years in the Soviet Union, to their decisions to leave, to their struggles to receive permission to emigrate—illuminate the complex history of Soviet Jews. The story of their emigration represents the universal tale of anyone who has ever migrated, hoping to find a new and better life elsewhere. Above all, this is the personal story of these men and women, of the desires that inspired them and of the dogged faith that kept them going.
A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Law As a Tool to Achieve Gender Equality
Authors: Persadie Natalie
Published: February 2025

Law is often perceived as an instrument that can effect social change. While this might be so, it must be complemented by the necessary financial and human resources to make the law effective. Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago, the achievement of legal advances for women—at either the international or national levels—is particularly difficult where practical measures are not subsequently implemented. This is, perhaps, attributable to a lack of political will. Important issues such as gender equality and domestic violence are not given priority and laws aimed at protecting women and promoting women’s rights are ineffective, scant, or unenforced. Gender justice can only be realized through a multilevel approach from above and, more importantly, from below, as women have the potential to effect real national and international legal and institutional change to ensure gender equality at both levels.
Mostly Homonyms
Authors: Lein Janet Dickey , Berriman Elizabeth
Published: February 2025

Homonyms are pairs of words (sometimes three or four words) that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings, such as “side-sighed,” “bare-bear,” and “seen-scene.” This book has been written not only because homonyms pose a problem for many native speakers of English, but because they are also particularly troublesome for learners of English as a second language. This collection does not contain every homonym, but it does contain many of the most common ones.

Mostly Homonyms is a new treatment of a traditional topic that is easy to read and use without sacrificing academic relevance. It is intended not only for anyone who wishes to ascertain the correct spelling and usage of a homonym, whether non-native learners of English or native speakers of English, but also for people who just love words.
Antioch on the Orontes
Authors: Christensen-Ernst Jørgen
Published: February 2025

Two thousand years ago, Antioch on the Orontes River was the third most important city in the Roman Empire. Today, it is a small Turkish town of 200,000 inhabitants whose visitors may find it difficult to imagine this place at its peak. This book is a biography of Antioch — or Antakiyye of the Arabs, or Antakya of the Turks. It is a description of its youth under the Seleucid Dynasty, its adolescence under the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Norman Crusaders, and its long decline under the Marmelukes and the Ottomans. Antioch on the Orontes will also guide the reader through modern-day Antioch, highlighting significant historical sites. The book contains an introduction to theological developments in Antioch that have influenced Christendom and covers the many religions represented in the city today.
An Intimate Portrait of Sidney Foster
Authors: Delgado Imelda
Published: February 2025

The great American pianist Sidney Foster—distinguished professor of piano at Indiana University, and the first Leventritt Award winner—is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, professionals in their own right; Mr. Foster’s own words; and his own cadenza to the Third Beethoven Concerto for piano.

(Other compositions, including a song dedicated to Foster’s wife, a piano duet with narration, and a twenty-minute CD of his playing, excerpted from unedited live performances, are available for purchase separately from the author.)
Portraits of Change
Authors: Stewart Mary White
Published: February 2025

Portraits of Change is a deep, intimate look at the powerful impact of the women’s movement and the widespread social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s on women’s lives. The author follows four generations of women in her family from the turn of the last century to the present as they came of age, married, divorced, and grew old. Enduring parallels and family patterns tying one generation to the next were overwhelmed by the many differences erupting from the changes that swept through this country at mid-century. The changes were so vast, so powerful, that her grandmothers’ experiences of marriage, sex, work, motherhood, divorce, and aging bore little resemblance to her mother’s or her own. Yet on the most personal levels they dreamed the same dreams, suffered the same disappointments, and shared the same joys. In each generation they responded to the constraints and freedoms that would shape the next, not thinking their reactions would lead to unanticipated and often painful consequences for themselves, their daughters, and those who loved them. Relying on interviews conducted almost thirty years ago with her grandmothers as well as her own experiences and those of her mother and daughters, Mary White Stewart looks with unerring honesty at these lives and wonders at both the hard-earned freedoms and the painful, unanticipated consequences of rapid, historic change.
Principles of Psychology in Religious Context
Authors: Harcum E. Rae
Published: February 2025

This book asserts that the better one understands the causes of behavior, the better one can apply that knowledge to produce a better world. It describes the mechanisms that cause human behavior, such as freedom of will, in a manner consistent with religious beliefs. It also asserts that all avenues for studying human behavior, like intuition and prayer, are acceptable and necessary. Thus, when studying the agent of human action, we must rely on faith, logic, and intuition, in addition to the full use of empirical science. Principles of Psychology for People of God begins with a description of the nervous system and continues with chapters on development, perception, internal states, learning, memory, and the ultimate selection of behaviors. Nevertheless, it steadfastly emphasizes that behavior is not produced by physical mechanisms alone, but also by a non-material spirit that can transcend some inheritances and environments.
Rabbi Moses
Authors: Neusner Jacob
Published: February 2025

This book is an exercise in the systematic recourse to anachronism as a theological-exegetical mode of apologetics. Specifically, Neusner demonstrates the capacity of the Rabbinic sages to read ideas attested in their own day as authoritative testaments to — to them — ancient times. Thus, Scripture was read as integral testimony to the contemporary scene.

About a millennium — 750 B.C. E. to 350 C. E. — separates Scripture’s prophets from the later sages of the Mishnah and the Talmud. It is quite natural to recognize evidence for differences over a long period of time. Yet Judaism sees itself as a continuum and overcomes difference. The latecomers portray the ancients like themselves. “In our image, after our likeness” captures the current aspiration. The sages accommodated the later documents in their canon by finding the traits of their own time in the record of the remote past. They met the challenges to perfection that the sages brought about.

Of what does the process of harmonization consist? To answer that question the author surveys the presentation of the prophets by the rabbis, beginning with Moses. To overcome the gap, Rabbinic sages turn Moses into a sage like themselves. The prophet performs wonders. The sage sets forth reasonable rulings. The conclusion expands on this account of matters to show the categorical solution that the sages adopted for themselves, and that is the happy outcome of the study.
Political Morality in a Disenchanted World
Authors: Abegg Edmund
Published: February 2025

Political morality concerns what programs and policies government ought to adopt. What would this morality look like in a disenchanted world, one in which rationality prevails? The enchanted world is extensive, including not just religion but traditional morality.

In this book, Edmund Abegg constructs a coherent path that leads from abstract psychological and moral theory to ideal political and economic scenarios and then to their real-world applications, which for him are in terms of national political goals. These goals, individual autonomy and welfare, function as political morality in this new framework in place of traditional mythical ideas such as justice. Descriptive chapters on our current world indicate that these goals are in play, if only partly.

Concerning these national moral-political goals, which may be domestic or international, the crucial distinction he seeks to establish is between aggregated or big-picture goals and individualized goals. The latter are typically seen as establishing individual rights.

This book establishes a framework that clarifies important public policy issues in a way not possible if a jungle growth of myth envelopes our efforts with confusion and unnecessary controversies.
At the Cross
Authors: Allen Richard H.
Published: February 2025

The cross of Christ represents the spiritual, physical, and metaphoric reasons for our existence. Old Testament scripture foreshadows Christ and his sacrifice at the cross. New Testament scripture reiterates that Old Testament vision as we are led to the singularly most significant event in the history of mankind. At the Cross is a line-by-line examination of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as these apostles describe events from the Garden of Gethsemane to the resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ.

This bookis written for both new and seasoned believers so they may find direction for their commitment and the ramifications of that commitment. At the Cross is written for non-believers so they can see why believers from the martyrdom of Christ to the most recent Chinese Christian jailed and tortured for his faith would forfeit their lives and liberty rather than deny their Savior.
Chávez's Legacy
Authors: Chaplin Ari
Published: February 2025

Chavez’s Legacy: The Transformation from Democracy to a Mafia State refutes the claim that Chavez’s regime corrected the errors of Soviet Communism. This book traces Venezuela’s communist transformation and its effects on the neighboring nations of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua. This book also examines Chavez’s behavior in the international arena, strongly emphasizing his close association with Iran and narcotics terrorism.
Reading, Writing, and Discussing at the Graduate Level
Authors: Kim Rina , Ablert Lillie R. , Sihn Hang Gyun
Published: February 2025

The purpose of this book is to help international students navigate the academic issues they will encounter while attending graduate school in the United States. This book provides guidelines for conquering the obstacles that international graduate students often face, such as developing independent ideas based on required readings, participating in classroom discussions effectively, organizing academic papers, and effectively managing academic work and social relationships. This book is an invaluable tool for international graduate students and their instructors and mentors.
Labor Avoidance
Authors: Huer Jon
Published: February 2025

Labor Avoidance is about work, something everyone hates, and something everyone longs to escape. At the same time, human nature is to sustain life that is physical, and thus constant labor is a necessity. This is what humanity, from Eden to our own post-industrial society, has always tried to reduce or avoid by making somebody else do it. Historically, this nature and origin of labor-avoidance is responsible for war, colonialism, slavery, and now, contract employment in market society. This book explores American capitalism and how labor (and the desire to escape it) has become responsible for so much human struggle and misery throughout history.
Nansen
Authors: Fosse Marit , Fox John
Published: February 2025

Visionary, explorer, researcher, diplomat, humanist―Fridtjof Nansen was no ordinary man. Nansen was a dedicated scientist who made an outstanding contribution to marine zoology and oceanography, an audacious adventurer who pushed our knowledge of the Arctic to new frontiers, and an indefatigable savior of human beings displaced by conflict. As a young man Nansen led two successful polar expeditions and became a national hero, participating in the birth pangs of his country―Norway. As a respected international elder statesman he began a new career in 1919 by bringing home hundreds of thousands of prisoners-of-war from the remotest corners of Europe and Siberia. He created the “Nansen Passport” for stateless people under his responsibility and sought to give the Armenian people a secure homeland. For his efforts in favor of prisoners of war, famine relief and Russian refugees, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.
Postmodern Racial Dialectics
Authors: Jones Richard A.
Published: February 2025

Postmodern Racial Dialectics is a collection of ten essays on African American philosophy.

Addressing issues as disparate as why there are no graduate programs in philosophy at the more than one hundred traditionally black colleges and universities in the U.S.—to conceptions of Black utopianism—to the nature of postmodern revolutions, these essays are beyond the bounds of traditional racial discourse. The essays are dialectical in the sense that they are conversations between personal histories, between ideologies, and between changing ways that the races talk to one another. The book is postmodern in that it is beyond modernity’s linear logic. Postmodern Racial Dialectics is also a political entreaty for African Americans to be wary of conventional ways of thinking, and to begin thinking transgressively beyond narrowly prescribed conceptions from both sides of the color line.
Death, Loss, and Grief in Literature for Youth
Authors: Crosetto Alice , Garcha Rajinder
Published: February 2025

All human beings encounter loss and death, as well as the grief associated with these experiences. It is therefore important for children and adolescents to understand that such events are inevitable and to learn how to accept loss and cope with their emotions. In order to help children through their pain, parents and caregivers need access to the proper resources that will help them discuss these topics, and educational professionals need reliable resources for creating courses of study on these subjects.

In Death, Loss, and Grief in Literature for Youth, Alice Crosetto and Rajinder Garcha identify hundreds of resources that will help educators, professionals, parents, siblings, guardians, and students learn about coping with the loss of a loved one and the grief process. These resources include books, Internet sites, and media titles aimed at students and those helping them through the grieving process. Chapters in this volume include fiction and non-fiction titles about the loss of a family member, a friend, and a pet, as well as general reference resources, curricular resources, and websites.

Annotations provide complete bibliographical descriptions of the entries, and each entry is identified with the grade levels for which it is best suited. Reviews from recognized publications are also included wherever possible. Anyone interested in locating helpful resources regarding death and grieving will find much of value in this essential tool.
European Soccer Championship Results
Authors: Malolepszy Tomasz
Published: February 2025

During the 2012 European Soccer Championship (popularly called the “Euro”), nearly one and a half million people attended the matches. It was the third most-watched sporting event in the world, with the best teams on the continent competing for the title. Yet, only half a century ago the idea of a European championship wasn’t widely supported. When it finally received the green light from the world soccer authorities, the best European teams weren’t interested in participating in the new event. But as the popularity of soccer grew across the world, and the reputation of the tournament increased with each competition, the Euro has become one of the most popular sporting events world-wide.

In European Soccer Championship Results: Since 1958, Tomasz Malolepszy charts the growth and expansion of this popular sport in Europe with a complete statistical history of both the men’s and women’s competition. For the first time ever, soccer fans can find detailed results, rosters, medalists, and standings for the European Championships all in a single volume. In addition, this book contains a list of interesting records, many of which have never before been published. European Soccer Championship Results is a valuable resource for any soccer fan, journalist, or researcher.

Companion volumes to this book include European Basketball Championship Results: Since 1935, European Ice Hockey Championship Results: Since 1910, and European Volleyball Championship Results: Since 1948.
The Comparable Worth Controversy
Authors: Aaron Henry , Lougy Cameran M.
Published: February 2025

The well-documented gap between men's and women's earnings has aroused intense debate over the concept of comparable worth, that is, equal pay for work judged to be of equal value. Government, business, labor unions, and the courts have been forced to consider whether workers in dissimilar jobs of comparable worthmeasured by such criteria as working conditions, degree of difficulty, and knowledge and responsibility requiredshould receive equal wages, and how wage adjustments can be implemented.The issue has provoked inflated rhetoric, litigation, and considerable confusion.

In this concise study, Henry J. Aaron and Cameran M. Lougy review the conditions that have sparked the debate and unravel the implications of comparable worth for employers in public and private sectors, for labor union agendas and employer-employee negotiations, and for the administrative and and judicial burdens of the nation's courts. The authors conclude with general guidelines for implementing wage adjustments in ways that would not seriously disrupt society or have a major impact on overall economic efficiency.
The U. S. Steel Industry in Recurrent Crisis
Authors: Crandall Robert
Published: February 2025

This book examines the current difficulties facing the U.S. steel industry and policy options to tackle them.
Thickening Government
Authors: Light Paul
Published: February 2025

Government is under enormous pressure to change. Call it reinventing, reengineering, or plain old change, but the mandate remains the same: produce more with less, and satisfy the customer while doing it. Yet, successful reform must involve more than exhortation and slogans. Paul Light argues that a failure to pay attention to the thickening of government over the past half century may doom any reinventing effort. The federal government has never had so many leaders. There are more layers of management between the top and bottom of government, with more administrative units and occupants at each layer. Bill Clinton is further from the frontlines of government than any president in American history. If the past decades are any indication, he will exit a presidency that is even thicker. Light presents a revealing look at how thick the bureaucracy really is, how and why thickening occurs, what difference it might make, and what can be done to both reverse the process and keep the thickening from growing back. Light shows how the management layers between the top and bottom of governmentbetween air traffic controllers and the Secretary of Transportation, food inspectors and the Secretary of Agriculture, and so onhave steadily increased. In 1960, for example, John F. Kennedy's senior-most appointments came in four layers: secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, and deputy assistant secretary. By 1992, the number of layers had tripled. In the meantime, the number of occupants at each layer grew geometrically; the number of assistant secretaries jumped from 81 to 212. A government of managers means the president has very little direct access or control over what happens far below, a basic problem of accountability. Information gets distorted on the way up, and guidance gets lost on the way down. Thickening often creates so many bureaucratic baffles that no one can be held accountable for any decision; mid-level workers may have so many bosses that they effectively have none. Light concludes that practically nothing by way of quality management, service-government, or employee involvement can work with these towering government agencies. But practically nothing will fail if a radical "down- layering" is undertaken now.
The Extra Mile
Authors: Nivola Pietro S. , Crandall Robert W.
Published: February 2025

In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a common and effective method of conserving energy in other industrialized nations, U.S. policy has traditionally relied on regulatory programs rather than fuel taxes to promote energy efficiency in automotive transportation. This book examines both the political causes and the economic effects of this idiosyncratic policy preference.

Moderating the consumption and importation of oil has been an explicit goal of the United States over the past twenty years. Pietro S. Nivola and Robert W. Crandall argue that a higher levy on gasoline would be a more efficient way of achieving this goal than current automotive fuel economy standards. In fact, they find that an additional excise of less than twenty-five cents per gallon over the past dozen years would have conserved more oil than has the existing policy of administering gas mileage requirements for new passenger vehicles. And such a tax, they maintain, would not be as detrimental to the economy as opponents fear, nor as regressive as they claim.

Why, then, is there such a strong national resistance to a fuel tax in the United States? And why is there less resistance in other countries? The authors examine the development of motor-fuel excises in Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Canada, and explain the historical and political factors that have led to different national policy orientations.

Turning their attention back to the United States, Nivola and Crandall show how regulatory measures have fallen short of their goal and why political barriers to bolder taxation of gasoline remain formidable. They conclude by offering suggestions for new directions in U.S. energy policy at the federal, state, and local level.
Voting for Peace
Authors: Lyons Terrence
Published: February 2025

Elections have been used as a mechanism to institutionalize a new political order following internal conflict in Cambodia, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Bosnia, and now Liberia. This book analyzes the Liberian transition and the July 1997 elections in order to better understand the relationship between war termination and transitions to democracy and the role post-conflict elections play in promoting both of these goals. The Liberian elections represented the final stage of a seven-year, West African-led peace process. An overwhelming majority voted for former factional leader Charles Taylor in the belief that if Taylor did not win, war would erupt again. The Liberian transition demonstrates that post-conflict elections may play an important role in a process of war termination. In many cases, it may be necessary to move forward with war termination and "imperfect" elections in the short run and pursue goals relating to democratization after the new government has been put in place. This study uses a detailed examination of the difficult Liberian case to highlight the more general challenges of helping countries make the transition from civil conflict and authoritarian rule to peace and democracy. Studies in Foreign Policy
The Last Place You'd Look
Authors: Moore Carole
Published: February 2025

What happens when a non-custodial parent kidnaps her son? Or a college student vanishes after a night out with friends? Or a middle-aged man seemingly drowns in calm waters? What do family members, friends, and law enforcement do when a beloved goes missing? Here, Moore explores an array of missing persons' scenarios, using real life stories, to uncover the various ways that people go missing, the efforts made to retrieve them, the emotional fallout for family and friends, and the difficulties and challenges such cases present for all involved. She covers parental abductions, intentional disappearances, stranger abductions, the missing and mentally ill, runaways, foul play, and other situations where people go missing. In addition, the criminal justice approach to missing persons is discussed, as Moore looks at the science of missing persons (DNA, forensic dentistry, etc.), resources for family and friends, national organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and other groups involved in searching and recovering loves ones. Here, readers will discover how people are found, how missing persons' cases are treated, and how and why some stories have happy endings and others do not.
Sertifikasi Halal Dalam UU No. 33 Tahun 2014 Tentang Jaminan Produk Halal dan UU No. 11 Tahun 2020 Tentang Cipta Kerja
Authors: Baidowi Baidowi
Published: February 2025

Misinformation often occurs along with the change in authority to issue halal certificates from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) to the Halal Product Assurance Management Agency (BPJPH) of the Indonesian Ministry of Religion. As a country with a Muslim majority population, of course the issue of halal product assurance is always a concern. In this article, the author intends to discuss and compare the halal certification process in Indonesia before the JPH Law, after the JPH Law and halal certification based on the Job Creation Law. The author considers it important to present this article with the hope that it can provide enlightenment to the public in understanding the halal certification process in Indonesia. This study uses a qualitative research method to describe the phenomena and discourse on the theme of this article. This study uses Pierre Bourdieu's genetic structuralism theory approach. Bourdieu introduced the concept of habitus which is an object of study in interpreting reality that is narrated repeatedly and seems to be the truth
Analysis of Language Style in the Poetry "Saaqulu Laki: Uhibbuki" by Nizar Qabbani
Authors: Muhammad Nazar  , Febrianisa Sindy
Published: February 2025

In literary works, every author is free to express the results of his thoughts. Likewise, Nizar Qabbani, in his literary work entitled "Saaquluu Laki Uhibbuki" has his own language style to tell the story of my feelings which were mixed together when he was writing this poem. And tell about the process of selecting the best sentences from the best sentences to write in this poem. Therefore, a stylistic study is needed, looking at the linguistic forms used by Nizar Qabbani in order to understand the meaning of the poem. The method used in this analysis is descriptive qualitative, then continued with data collection methods in the form of listening methods with basic techniques in the form of tapping techniques, then continued with free-involved listening techniques, proficient and note-taking. The results of this research show that the author uses several language styles according to Syihabb Qalyubi's perspective. The research results include, first, the phonological aspect of emphasizing the vowel "i" in each stanza in the poem. Second, the morphological aspect contains repetition of sentences as well as fi'il madhi, mudhori' and amr which have their own influence on the poetry. Third, the syntactic aspect is the sentences taqdhim and ta'khir, kalam khobar and insha'. Fourth, the imargery aspect which contains majaz mursal, majaz kinayah, tasybih mua'kad, tasbih mursal, majaz isti'arah, isti'arah makniyyah in his poetry.
Digital Critique Terminology and Mechanisms
Authors: Saiah Nadia Lekdjaa Djelloul
Published: February 2025

Technology has evolved and Arabic language sciences have evolved; So that the new mediator influenced them and contributed to changing their patterns, multiple forms and diversity of contents, and the interconnected text or interactive, bifurcated text through which all senses correspond and time relates to the place in a very different format than usual, sometimes making the reader a de facto partner in the creative process. The value and importance of research: the emergence of new patterns such as interactive story, or digital narrative, has made it urgent to build a new approach to reading and analysing these new creative patterns according to a new approach Research objectives: This research seeks to provide a practical vision and propose procedural mechanisms for the study and analysis of texts The problem of research: What are the tools of blue text and what are its procedural mechanisms? How can readers of digital text read an objective suitable for it? Research results: an objective study of the interactive text cannot be reached by analysing it with the same approach adopted in reading the paper text; This is because they are different
Критерий повышения педагогической компетенции студента-вокалиста колледжа и вуза Китая
Authors: Ву Х.
Published: February 2025

статья посвящена изучению критериев повышения педагогической компетенции студентов-вокалистов в колледжах и вузах Китая. Основное внимание уделено роли сценической практики, культурологическим и социокультурным подходам, а также значению индивидуализации учебного процесса. Путем анализа педагогических критериев, таких как технико-операционные, художественно-исполнительские и личностно-деятельностные аспекты, исследование подчеркивает важность комплексного подхода в подготовке педагогов-вокалистов. Доказана эффективность сочетания культурных и педагогических стратегий для формирования высококвалифицированных преподавателей, способных эффективно взаимодействовать со студентами и развивать их профессиональные навыки.

the article focuses on the criteria for enhancing the pedagogical competence of vocal students in colleges and universities in China. Key attention is given to the role of stage practice, cultural and sociocultural approaches, as well as the significance of individualized learning processes. By analyzing pedagogical criteria such as technical-operational, artistic-performance, and personal-activity aspects, the study emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive approach in training vocal educators. The effectiveness of combining cultural and pedagogical strategies is demonstrated for developing highly qualified teachers capable of engaging with students and advancing their professional skills.
Повышение уровня правовой грамотности родителей как одно из главных условий формирования правовой грамотности студентов
Authors: Желнин Э.В.
Published: February 2025

в статье рассматривается проблема тесной взаимосвязи уровня правовой грамотности студентов и их родителей. Основная цель данной статьи – рассказать о необходимости повышения уровня правовой грамотности родителей для успешной реализации системы формирования правовой грамотности студентов. Достижение данной цели осуществляется решением следующих задач: провести диагностику уровня правовой грамотности родителей и проанализировать полученные результаты, рассказать об основных этапах работы, направленной на повышения уровня правовой грамотности родителей, представить результаты проведенного исследования. Основные тезисы статьи заключаются в следующем: утверждается, что формирование правовой грамотности студентов возможно только при одновременном повышении уровня правовой грамотности родителей; отмечается, что, чем выше уровень образования родителей, тем выше и их знания в области права. Приводятся результаты диагностического исследования уровня правовой грамотности родителей (начальное и итоговое диагностическое исследование). Рассказывается об организации работы среди родителей, направленной на повышение уровня правовой грамотности: порядок организации данной работы, формы и методы ее осуществления, необходимые условия. Анализируются итоги данной работы, указывающие на положительную динамику и влияние на формирование правовой грамотности студентов, что позволяет сделать выводы о правомерности заявленных утверждений.

the article deals with the problem of the close relationship between the level of legal literacy of students and their parents. The main purpose of this article is to talk about the need to increase the level of legal literacy of parents for the successful implementation of the system of formation of legal literacy of students. The achievement of this goal is carried out by solving the following tasks: to diagnose the level of legal literacy of parents and analyze the results obtained, to tell about the main stages of work aimed at improving the level of legal literacy of parents, to present the results of the study. The main theses of the article are as follows: it is argued that the formation of legal literacy of students is possible only with a simultaneous increase in the level of legal literacy of parents; It is noted that the higher the level of education of parents, the higher their knowledge in the field of law. The results of a diagnostic study of the level of legal literacy of parents (initial and final diagnostic studies) are presented. It tells about the organization of work among parents aimed at improving the level of legal literacy: the order of organization of this work, the forms and methods of its implementation, the necessary conditions. The results of this work are analyzed, indicating positive dynamics and influence on the formation of legal literacy of students, which allows us to draw conclusions about the legality of the stated statements.
Reimagining Global Governance: An Islamic Paradigm for Justice, Peace, and Ethical Diplomacy
Authors: Nori AbdulWahed Jalal , May Lee Pei , Zhilwan Tahir
Published: February 2025

This article argues that the world needs an alternative framework to international relations (IR) that is more inclusive, just and peaceful. The key principles of Islamic IR provide a comprehensive framework that emphasises justice, cooperation, consultation, and peace, forming a potential basis for global governance and the conduct of ethical diplomacy. It also showcases how Islamic principles challenge the dominant paradigms in IR, reinterprets traditional concepts like Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb by framing them within the context of ethical engagement and dialogue, and highlights the similarities between dominant IR theories and Islamic teachings. Finally, this article argues for the establishment of Islamic global governance in these challenging times in order to promote a more peaceful, just and equitable global order.
The Islamic Concept of Environmental Conservation: Insights from Bangladesh
Authors: Shakil Ahmed  , Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Published: February 2025

Aims: The study was carried out to identify the importance of environmental conservation, the role of Islamic law in protecting the environment, investigate whether it is possible to protect the environment by following Islamic rules. Study design: This study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Bangladesh, with data collection primarily taking place from 01 January 2023 to 31 October 2024.Results: Out of 300 participants, 150 environmentalists and 150 Islamic thinkers were surveyed. Among environmentalists, 77% believed Islamic principles significantly aid environmental protection, with a chi-square test confirming a strong association (p < 0.05). Islamic thinkers unanimously supported the role of Islam in conservation, emphasizing awareness campaigns. Regarding waste management, 75% favored recycling, 66.75% reduction, 58.3% reuse, and 33.3% recovery, highlighting the 4r strategy's importance. These findings underline the relevance of Islamic teachings in promoting sustainable practices and addressing environmental challenges in Bangladesh. Conclusion: In conclusion integrating Islamic principles into environmental conservation can reduce resource misuse, mitigate environmental degradation, and promote sustainable practices, aligning with both ecological and ethical objectives. While the study highlights the potential of Islamic teachings in environmental protection, further research is needed to validate and optimize their practical application in modern environmental management.
Implementation of Ijab Qabul with One Breath Perspectives of the Imams of the Mazhab and Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari in Kitab An-Nikah (Case Study of Ijab Qabul in the Marriage Contract Procession Rizky Febian and Mahalini)
Authors: Fauziah Nuraini Dewi , Nor Laily Ana , Hifzi Muhammad
Published: February 2025

This study explains how the real truth of ijab  qabul in the midst of the controversy of the many claims for the execution of the ijab with a single breath which happened at Rizky Febian and Mahalini’s marriage contract. This research is a qualitative research method with descriptive analysis by describing the data obtained through words rather than in the form of numbers. Using library research as a source of data that the author then uses to determine the relevant legal provisions and the actual principles of the reality that occurs so that it can present legal answers to the problem digged. The results of the study showed that when analysed with the opinion according to the Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad Al-Banjari in the Book of An-Nikah, as well as the opinions of the priests of Mazhab, there is no provision explicitly regulating and also absolute on the claim to façade the ijab qabul in a breath and there are no provisions prohibiting it. Thus, it can be said that the execution of ijab qabul with one breath and must be connected with the law is jaiz, that is, can be done and can be left as long as it does not violate the existing provisions and this is also not an absolute condition in the implementation of ijab qabul, so affecting to touch the validity of an obstacle.