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CHOQUES DE PREÇOS E RECRUDESCIMENTO DO CUSTO DE VIDA EM SÃO LUÍS: afinal, do que se trata?
Authors: BRITO ALEXSANDRO SOUSA , Farias Matheus , Pinier Yann Santiago
Published: August 2023

RESUMO

O artigo analisa o processo de aumento de preços em São Luís (MA) e propõe uma a hipótese de que a escalada de preços não pode ser caracterizada como um processo inflacionário por não apresentar as características típicas do conceito teórica de inflação utilizado pela economia convencional. A partir de métricas próprias do cálculo de inflação aponta que, provavelmente, o aumento de preços é decorrente, principalmente, de choques internacionais, perturbações conjuntais. Assinala ainda que a caracterização do processo de aumento de preços como inflação tem como consequência aceitar, de fato, que a inflação não é um fenômeno monetário, mas um fenômeno real, provocado por desequilíbrios reais e que se manifesta no aumento de preço, a exemplo do já propugnado pela tradição estruturalista latino-americana.

Palavras-chave: Inflação; Custo de Vida; Choques

ABSTRACT

The article analyzes the price increase process in São Luís (MA) and proposes a hypothesis that price escalation cannot be characterized as an inflationary process because it does not present the typical characteristics of the theoretical concept of inflation used by conventional economics. Based on the metrics used to calculate inflation, it points out that, probably, the increase in prices is mainly due to international shocks, joint disturbances. It also points out that the characterization of the price
ncrease process as inflation has the consequence of accepting, in fact, that inflation is
not a monetary phenomenon, but a real phenomenon, caused by real imbalances and manifested in price increases, for example of the already advocated by the Latin American structuralist tradition.

Keywords: Inflation; Cost of Living; Shocks.
El método jurídico constitucional y la STC 145/2015, de 25 de junio, como ejemplo de fallas en su implementación
Authors: IBÁÑEZ MACÍAS ANTONIO
Published: August 2023

En este trabajo realizamos un análisis exhaustivo, desde un punto
de vista metodológico, de la STC 145/2015, de 25 de junio. En ella hallamos numerosas
fallas en la implementación del método jurídico constitucional en cuanto al
respecto del texto de la constitución, el seguimiento del precedente; de la regla interpretativa
del artículo 10.2; el uso de la analogía, de la ponderación, etc. Las fallas
metodológicas, cuando son numerosas o graves, redundan en el desprestigio
y deslegitimación del TC como garante de la Constitución y de los derechos fundamentales.
Por lo que es necesario que esta institución se atenga a un riguroso método
jurídico en el ejercicio de su actividad jurisdiccional.

Lan honetan, Konstituzio Auzitegiaren ekainaren 25eko
145/2015 epaiaren azterketa sakona egin dugu, metodologiaren ikuspegitik. Bertan
hainbat akats aurkitzen ditugu metodo juridiko konstituzionalaren ezarpenean,
Konstituzioaren testuari dagokionez, aurrekariaren jarraipenari dagokionez, 10.2 artikuluaren
interpretazio-arauari dagokionez, analogiaren, haztapenaren eta abarren
erabilerari dagokionez. Akats metodologikoek, ugariak edo larriak direnean, Konstituzio
Auzitegiaren desprestigioa eta deslegitimazioa eragiten dute, Konstituzioaren
eta oinarrizko eskubideen bermatzaile gisa. Horregatik, beharrezkoa da erakunde horrek
metodo juridiko zorrotza erabiltzea bere jurisdikzio-jardueran.

In this paper we carry out an exhaustive analysis, from a
methodological point of view, of STC 145/2015, of June 25. In it, we find numerous
flaws in the implementation of the constitutional legal method in terms of respect
for the text of the constitution, the following of precedent, the interpretative rule
of article 10.2, the use of analogy, weighting, etc. The methodological failures,
when they are numerous or serious, result in the discredit and delegitimization
of the TC as guarantor of the Constitution and fundamental rights. It is therefore
necessary for this institution to adhere to a rigorous legal method in the exercise
of its jurisdictional activity.
Las medidas cautelarísimas frente a una decisión de la Mesa del Congreso de los Diputados, ATC 177/2022. Falta de conexión material entre enmiendas y proyecto de ley en tramitación; afectación al ius in officium de los diputados
Authors: LASAGABASTER HERRARTE IÑAKI
Published: August 2023

El Tribunal Constitucional resuelve suspender la tramitación de
una ley debido a la interposición de un recurso de amparo. Este recurso se interpone por afectar una decisión de la Comisión de Justicia del Congreso de los Diputados
al ius in officium de los Diputados. La decisión consiste en la aceptación
de una enmienda cuyo contenido no se corresponde con el contenido del proyecto
de ley en tramitación. Se plantea también la recusación del Presidente y de
un miembro del Tribunal Constitucional.

Konstituzio Auzitegiak lege baten izapidetzea etetea ebazten du,
babes-errekurtsoa jarri delako. Diputatuen Kongresuko Justizia Batzordearen erabaki
batek diputatuen ius in officium delakoari eragiten diolako jarri da errekurtso hori.
Erabakia zuzenketa bat onartzean datza. Zuzenketa horren edukia ez dator bat izapidetzen
ari den lege-proiektuaren edukiarekin. Lehendakariaren eta Konstituzio Auzitegiko
kide baten errekusazioa ere planteatzen da.

The Constitutional Court decided to halt the passage of a bill due
to the submission of an application of amparo. This appeal is submitted on the
basis that a decision by the Committee of Justice of the Congress of Deputies
infringed the ius in officium of the deputies. The decision regards the acceptatance
in respect of an amendment whose content does not correspond to the content
of the draft legislation in the pipeline. The President and a member of the
Constitutional Court are also being challenged.
Optimization of Process Conditions for the Production of High-yield and High-quality Edible Bird’s Nest (EBN) Hydrolysate
Authors: Yeo Bee-Hui , Wong Shew-Fung , Tan Chin-Ping , Rukayadi Yaya , Lai Oi-Ming
Published: August 2023

Edible bird’s nest (EBN) hydrolysate is widely used in EBN downstream products. This study aimed to optimize the process conditions (combination of heat treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis) to produce high-yield and high-quality EBN hydrolysate. The effects of four factors in the process were studied by response surface methodology. The experimental factors are EBN temperature during double boiling (DB), DB duration, enzymatic hydrolysis duration, and the ratio of EBN to water. The recovery (yield) and quality (sialic acid [SA], 2,2-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid [ABTS], and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH]) of the final product were used as response variables. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that: EBN temperature during DB affected product recovery (p < 0.01) and ABTS (p < 0.01), DB Duration affected DPPH (p < 0.01), and the ratio of EBN to water affected product recovery (p < 0.01). The duration of enzymatic hydrolysis was not significantly correlated with any of the responses and least significant factors in the model. Two optimal conditions for the processes obtained from this study were yield (product recovery) and quality. This study also showed that EBN hydrolysate produced from EBN by-products could be used as a nutraceutical because of the antioxidant activity and high SA content.
Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Veteriner Hekimliği Temel Bilimler Bölümü Lisansüstü Tezleri Bibliyografyası
Authors: YERLİKAYA Nigar , KÜÇÜKASLAN Özgül
Published: August 2023

Bu çalışmada Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsünün kuruluşundan günümüze kadar geçen 40 yıllık zaman dilimi içerisinde veteriner hekimliği temel bilimler bölümünde tamamlanan lisansüstü tezlerinin bibliyografyası hazırlanmıştır. Araştırmanın ana materyali olan tezlere Ankara Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Veteriner Fakültesi Dekanlığı ile birimlerinin arşivlerinden ulaşılmıştır. Kurum arşivlerinin yanı sıra Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu Ulusal Tez Merkezi veri tabanından da yararlanılmıştır. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesinin temel bilimler bölümüne bağlı olarak anatomi, biyokimya, histoloji ve embriyoloji, fizyoloji ve veteriner hekimliği tarihi ve deontoloji anabilim dalları bulunmaktadır. Çalışmaya bu anabilim dallarından dördü dahil edilmiş, veteriner hekimliği tarihi ve deontoloji anabilim dalına ait tez verileri daha önce yazar tarafından yayımlandığından bu makalede veri tekrarı yapılmamıştır. Tezler incelenirken tezin ait olduğu anabilim dalı, yazarı, tezin adı, türü, yılı, danışman bilgileri kaydedilmiştir. Metin içerisinde tezlerin künyeleri kronolojik sırayla yazılmış, aynı yıl tamamlanan tezler kendi içinde alfabetik olarak dizilmiştir. Enstitünün kuruluşundan (1982) 2023 Şubat ayına kadar olan sürede veteriner hekimliği temel bilimler anabilim dalının dört anabilim dalında toplam 83 yüksek lisans tezinin ve 159 doktora tezinin tamamlandığı belirlenmiştir. Buna göre en fazla doktora tezinin veteriner hekimliği fizyoloji (55) alanında tamamlandığı belirlenmiştir. En fazla sayıda yüksek lisans tezinin ise biyokimya (54) alanında yapıldığı saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma ile lisansüstü eğitim alan öğrencilere ve tez danışmanlarına gelecekte yapılması planlanan tez çalışmaları için kolaylık sağlayacak bir başvuru kaynağı sunulduğu ve veteriner hekimliği tarihi bibliyografya arşivine katkı sağlandığı ileri sürülebilir.
Análise temporal dos focos de queimadas no município de Bom Jesus, Piauí
Authors: Soares da Silva Leovandes
Published: August 2023

Nos últimos anos, vem crescendo o número de ocorrência de queimadas e dos incêndios florestais em todas as regiões do Brasil. Objetivou avaliar a ocorrência dos focos de queimadas no município de Bom Jesus, estado do Piauí, entre os anos de 2016 a 2021. Para os procedimentos metodológicos utilizou-se registros dos focos de ocorrência de queimadas obtidos no Banco de Dados de Queimadas (BDQueimadas –INPE). Foi feito interpolação espaciais dos pontos de ocorrência das queimadas e dos incêndios florestais. Foram analisados dados de focos referentes aos anos de 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 e 2021, posteriormente processadas no software QGIS. Nos seis anos a maioria dos focos ocorreram nos meses de setembro e outubro os meses mais secos. Praticamente toda a área do município foi atingida pelas queimadas e incêndios, porém as maiores densidade e intensidades dos focos foram observadas na região oeste do município. Os focos de queimadas e incêndios registrados nos últimos seis anos, se concentram na região oeste, noroeste e centro do município, provoca sérios impactos ambientais para biodiversidade e população em geral.
The Procedure of Regulated Agent in Air Cargo Security as Per European Union Standards
Authors: Suppharangsan Tanida , Chomchum Kongsak , Namsang Apirada
Published: August 2023

The research objectives were 1) to compare the regulated agent for third country regulated agent standard for air cargo shipped into the European Union territory and the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) regulations No. 33 section 2 and 2) to propose the procedure of regulated agent in air cargo security complying with EU standards. This research used a qualitative research method by collecting data from related documents about third-country regulated agent standards for air cargo shipped into EU territory and the CAAT regulations No.33 section 2, including in-depth interviews from 6 persons who are involved in air cargo security operations; and 2 persons who are issuing policies, regulations and supervising regulated agent operators of air cargo security regulations. The findings showed 1) the third country regulated agent for air cargo shipped into EU territory as per the CAAT regulations No.33 section 2, and 2) the researchers had proposed the procedure of regulated agent in air cargo security under EU standards, consisting of 4 steps: 1) preparation 2) preparing and documents submitted to authority 3) aviation authority inspection and 4) regulated agent endorsement, which is a certified of the regulated agent in air cargo security.
Uma produção literária sobre a transamazônica: apontamentos preliminares
Authors: Ferreira da Silva José Valtemir
Published: August 2023

O estudo tem como propósito apresentar um conjunto de obras literárias que tem como tema, espaço e tempo as demandas da construção e colonização da rodovia Transamazônica (BR-230) na Amazônia brasileira. Este corpus reúne publicações catalogadas e adquiridas em bibliotecas, sebos e consultas com outros pesquisadores, tais como: Traçado Intimo da Transamazônica, Luiz de Castro, 1971; A Profecia da Cobra Grande ou A Transamazônica de Zuleika Mello, 1972; Transamazônica (Brasil, 1970 – Momento histórico) de Consuelo Belloni, 1973; Tempo de estrada - 20 poemas da Transamazônica, coordenado por Walter Duarte, 1972;  A Transa Amazônica e a segunda versão dessa mesma obra A Grande Ilusão (a transa-amazônica) de Odette de Barros Mott, 1973-1979; A Transamazônica de Paulinho Payakä, 1974; Dois Meninos na Transamazônica de Margarida Ottoni, 1973; Missão Secreta na Transamazônica de Francisco de Assis Brasil, 1991; A Ponte Sobre O Tuerê: Drama na Abertura da Transamazônica de John Coningham Netto, 2000. Sendo o foco da pesquisa de doutoramento em andamento na área de Estudos Literários, iniciada em 2019 (PPGL-UFPA), integra o que vem sendo definido como uma produção literária sobre a Transamazônica. Não obstante a sua relevância, visto a vinculação com um importante evento histórico, ao se vislumbrar pesquisas e publicações acerca da temática, elas permanecem no anonimato. Neste sentido, oportuniza-se neste texto uma apresentação panorâmica que demonstra o primeiro percurso da pesquisa, remete a apontamentos preliminares e situa esta produção literária. Assim, o texto constitui também uma contribuição para reflexões e debates estético-literários sobre o empreendimento estatal na Amazônia.
Feminist New Materialism, Girlhood, and the School Ball
Authors: Ingram Toni
Published: August 2023

Employing a feminist new materialist approach, Toni Ingram reveals the ways in which the school ball (or prom) can be understood as an assemblage of ‘things’: material objects, practices, ideas and imaginings which contribute to the process of becoming a school ball-girl. The ball-girl is not a fixed identity or subject but is an intra-active becoming – a dynamic, shifting process where bodies and femininities are relationally produced. (Re)conceptualising the school ball-girl as emergent phenomena provides openings for thinking about girls and this schooling practice beyond popular cultural narratives. Building on the social theory of Barad, Bennett, Best, Deleuze and Guattari, this book offers a new perspective on girls, sexuality, gender, posthumanism and childhood while also exploring the potential of feminist new materialisms for rethinking educational practices and the human subject.
Mirror of Obedience
Authors: Weil Simone
Published: August 2023

Simone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the foremost French philosophers of the 20th century; a mystic, activist, and writer whose profound work continues to intrigue and inspire today.

Mirror of Obedience collects together Weil's poetry and autobiographical writings translated into English for the first time. It offers a rare glimpse into a more personal and introspective Weil than we usually encounter. She was writing and re-working her poems until the end of her life and in a letter from London to her parents, dated 22 January 1943, she expressed the wish for her verses to appear together in print in chronological order, a wish which this volume honours.

Weil was a thinker who wrote with discipline and spareness and cherished the poetic form for its power to compress language and distill meaning. In these poems and literary writings, we see her own efforts to craft poems as essential expressions of thought, bringing into view another aspect of Weil’s quest for beauty and truth.
John Dalton
Authors: Musgrave Elizabeth
Published: August 2023

This book addresses the work of architect John Dalton (1927–2007), an important voice in mid-century modernism in Australia whose work, despite his being exhibited and published internationally and also winning several awards for his designs, is woefully little known.

Published as part of the Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist architects, the book draws on previously unpublished archival documents, including Dalton’s drawings and paintings, transcripts of lectures, letters and articles, plans and photographic images of built works, to characterize the architect not only as a very talented designer, but also as a pioneer of environmentalist thinking in Australia.

The book reveals how Dalton’s architectural preoccupations parallel a transition in mid-century modern architecture globally from functional efficiency and material rationalism, to a concern with being in dialogue with the environment, confirming a wider ‘environmental turn’ that involved the integration of environmental with cultural considerations through relational thinking, and which preceded and transcends the discipline’s fascination with theoretical paradigms such as Critical Regionalism.

John Dalton: Subtropical Modernism and the Turn to Environment in Australian Architecture is thus not only an important contribution to the existing scholarship on 20th century modernism, but also to the current renewed interest in environmental design across the globe.
Why Cicero Matters
Authors: Bufacchi Vittorio
Published: August 2023

Why Cicero Matters shows us how the Roman philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius, better known as Cicero, can help realize a new political world. His impact on humanitarianism, the Enlightenment and the Founding Fathers of America is immense. Yet we give Julius Caesar all our attention. Why? What does this say about modern politics and political culture?

This book gives us Cicero as an antidote to the myth of the strong man of history. Reading Cicero’s On Duties alongside two more introspective philosophical texts, On Friendship and On Old Age, we see how Cicero turned politics into a higher, intellectual form of art, believing in education, in culture and above all in the power of philosophy to instil morality. Cicero has reassuring words on the indispensable work philosophers make, and why the common good needs philosophy.
A Short History of the Tudors
Authors: Rex Richard
Published: August 2023

Combining an expertise on the Tudor dynasty with an authoritative understanding of its religious and political make-up, A Short History of the Tudors provides a fresh and accessible perspective of one of the most formative periods of British history.

Rex considers the ways in which the Tudors shaped the beginnings of modern England through the momentous break with Rome in a comprehensive yet balanced way. Close attention is also paid to the dismantling of the baronial system and centralisation of secular power, as well as an exploration of the break with Rome, the two pillars on which the author’s argument will rest.

The book is organised chronologically and divided up into time periods, making it the ultimate companion for anyone keen to delve into the history of Britain’s most notorious dynasty.

The famous and infamous key players in the Tudor age have long endured in text books and are, brought to life here by Rex. Lively portraits of John Fisher, Thomas Moore and Thomas Wolsey and Mary Queen of Scots are painted, as well as the lesser-known players like the flamboyant Robert Devereux. A leading authority on the Tudors and British religious history, Richard Rex brings to life a dynasty which continues to engages and fascinate readers.
The Beatles and Humour
Authors: Kapurch Katie , Mills Richard , Heyman Matthias
Published: August 2023

The Beatles are known for cheeky punchlines, but understanding their humor goes beyond laughing at John Lennon’s memorable “rattle your jewelry” dig at the Royal Variety Performance in 1963. From the beginning, the Beatles’ music was full of wordplay and winks, guided by comedic influences ranging from rhythm and blues, British radio, and the Liverpool pub scene. Gifted with timing and deadpan wit, the band habitually relied on irony, sarcasm, and nonsense. Early jokes revealed an aptitude for improvisation and self-awareness, techniques honed throughout the 1960s and into solo careers. Experts in the art of play, including musical experimentation, the Beatles’ shared sense of humor is a key ingredient to their appeal during the 1960s and to their endurance.

The Beatles and Humour offers innovative takes on the serious art of Beatle fun, an instrument of social, political, and economic critique. Chapters also situate the band alongside British and non-British predecessors and collaborators, such as Billy Preston and Yoko Ono, uncovering diverse components and unexpected effects of the Beatles’ output.
Just Price Theory
Authors: Reyes Joaquín
Published: August 2023

This book presents an original theory of the just price, and it is a welcome addition to scholarship on a radically underdeveloped field.

This work reassesses the age-old idea that there is a just price of things, one that goes beyond the scholastic tradition of the just price and its exclusive concern with commutative justice. There is more to just price theory than the concern for keeping equality of value between goods exchanged. Modern concerns over efficiency, autonomy and distributive justice can also find a place within a theory of the just price.

The book presents a new approach to just price theory through a broad analysis of different values and the incorporation of those conceptions into a wider normative framework. It argues that these different values ground varied conceptions of the just price, and promotes a virtue-based approach to price justification as an adequate framework for meeting the challenges that stem from each conception.

Perfect for scholars and students in the fields of jurisprudence, philosophy of private law, contract law and political theory, this book makes a significant contribution to legal theory and the emerging field of the philosophy of economics.
Rushmore
Authors: McKim Kristi Irene
Published: August 2023

Earning critical acclaim and commercial success upon its 1998 release, Rushmore-the sophomore film of American auteur Wes Anderson-quickly gained the status of a cult classic. A melancholic coming-of-age story wrapped in comedy drama, Rushmore focuses on the efforts of Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman)-a brazen and precocious fifteen-year-old-to find his way. Restless, energetic, struggling, and overcompensating for his insecurities, Max pursues a dizzying range of possible futures, leading him into the orbit of local steel magnate Herman Blume (Bill Murray), elementary school teacher Rosemary Cross (Olivia Williams), and a host of cooperative schoolmates who help him to stage lavish film-derivative plays.

Kristi McKim's compelling study of the film argues that despite the film's titular call for haste and excess (rush/more), it challenges a drive toward perfectionism and celebrates the quiet connections that defy such passion and speed. After establishing Rushmore's history and reception, McKim closely reads Rushmore's energetic musical montages relative to slower moments that introduce tenderness and ambiguity, in a form subtler than Max's desire-built drive or genre-based plays.

Her analysis offers an urgent corrective to what might be perceived as an endearing portrait of privilege that perpetuates a status quo power. Drawing out Rushmore's subtleties that soften, temper, ease, expand, and equalize the film's zeal, she reads the film with a generosity learned from the film itself.
President by Massacre
Authors: Mann Barbara Alice
Published: August 2023

President by Massacre pulls back the curtain of “expansionism,” revealing how Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, and Zachary Taylor massacred Indians to “open” land to slavery and oligarchic fortunes.

President by Massacre examines the way in which presidential hopefuls through the first half of the nineteenth century parlayed militarily mounted land grabs into “Indian-hating” political capital to attain the highest office in the United States. The text zeroes in on three eras of U.S. “expansionism” as it led to the massacre of Indians to “open” land to African slavery while luring lower European classes into racism's promise to raise “white” above “red” and “black.”

This book inquires deeply into the existence of the affected Muskogee (“Creek”), Shawnee, Sauk, Meskwaki (“Fox”), and Seminole, before and after invasion, showing what it meant to them to have been so displaced and to have lost a large percentage of their members in the process. It additionally addresses land seizures from these and the Tecumseh, Tenskwatawa, Black Hawk, and Osceola tribes.

President by Massacre is written for undergraduate and graduate readers who are interested in the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, U.S. slavery, and the settler politics of U.S. expansionism.
Pro Wrestling
Authors: Freedman Lew
Published: August 2023

This book provides readers with an abundance of information and historical perspective as well as entertaining and memorable anecdotes about professional wrestling. Readers will also learn unusual snippets of trivia that will enhance their comprehension of the sport.

This authoritative work on the history and culture of professional wrestling features the biggest names in the wrestling world since the sport emerged on the American sporting landscape. It comprises short biographies of all of the key players in the sport’s evolution and rise to popularity—from old-timers to barrier breakers to household names such as Hulk Hogan, The Rock, Andre the Giant, and more—and includes not only men but also many women who have made a name in the sport.

Surveying professional wrestling from its roots, dating centuries, to the modern era, pre–20th century and into the 21st century, the work tells the transformational stories of prominent wrestlers and the sport as a whole, in many cases bringing out the humor and outrageousness in the nature of an activity that has always straddled the line between show business and sport.
Punishing the Vulnerable
Authors: Wade-Olson Jeremiah
Published: August 2023

Few studies look at the treatment of those inside America’s prisons. Discussing race discrimination alongside gender, ethnic, and religious discrimination in contemporary American prisons, this book finds that correctional staff are swayed by stereotypes in their treatment of inmates

The American Dream is that anyone who works hard enough can be successful. It is a dream premised on equal opportunity; however, millions of racial, ethnic, religious, and gender minorities have found their opportunities for success limited—even in prison. What accounts for the discriminatory treatment of people who are already imprisoned? Relying on national data and interviews conducted by the author, this book argues that American prisons are not a tool for justice but a tool for the persecution of the weak by the powerful.

The book details how African American, American Indian, and Hispanic inmates receive harsher punishments, including solitary confinement, and fewer rehabilitative programs, such as substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling. It also examines other injustices, including how female inmates suffer from a lack of rehabilitative services, Muslim inmates are placed in solitary confinement for practicing their religious beliefs, American Indians are disproportionately punished, and undocumented immigrants are forced from prison to prison in the middle of the night.
Queer Cinema in America
Authors: Malone Aubrey
Published: August 2023

This reference helps readers navigate the perilous odyssey those of an LGBTQ orientation had to face in an age less enlightened than our own, when an attraction to members of the same gender could lead to horrendous abuse.

Just as American society has changed dramatically from decade to decade, so has queer cinema. Taking us from a time when LGBTQ characters were often represented as either caricatures or figures of farce, this lively yet authoritative reference explores the sea change ushered in by such stars as Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s and '40s, androgynous figures such as Montgomery Clift, James Dean, and Marlon Brando in the '50s, and closeted gay men such as Rock Hudson and Liberace, whose double lives were exposed by the scourge of AIDS.

Included are alphabetically arranged entries on stars, directors, films, themes, and other topics related to queer cinema in America, including films and persons from outside the U.S. who nonetheless figured prominently in America popular culture. Entries cite works for further reading, sidebars provide snippets of interesting trivia, a timeline highlights key events, and a selected, general, end-of-work bibliography cites the most important major works on the topic.
Race and Ethnic Relations on Campus
Authors: Bailey Eric
Published: August 2023

Can college students confront race relations issues directly and make positive changes? Yes, they can. This book provides a fresh, practical approach to addressing these issues—individually and collectively—to ignite a positive revolution in race and ethnic relations.

As racial and ethnic incidents continue to occur at college campuses across the nation, an esteemed African American professor who teaches in the heart of a region that has seen some of the most volatile racial incidents in American history breaks the uneasy silence to respond to growing concerns from undergraduate students. In Race and Ethnic Relations on Campus: Understanding, Empowerment, and Solutions for College Students, Eric J. Bailey presents a new approach to addressing and better understanding the major controversial issues associated with race and ethnic relations for today's college students.

This book confronts commonplace race relations issues directly and sets forth a completely different way of addressing these problems that empowers today's college students to take charge and start to effect change—to do something about racially charged conflict rather than to simply talk about it. The chapters describe how race and ethnic relations issues typically arise on college campuses, share insight into how national incidents affect college students' reactions to incidents on their own campus, and identify the negative consequences of poor race relations as well as describe the positive effects of good race relations.
Realizing the Civil Rights Dream
Authors: Bedell Kenneth B.
Published: August 2023

This book explains why America can realize the civil rights dream in the 21st century—if U.S. citizens take actions as individuals as well as work together for equality.

It has been more than 53 years since Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech. Why has the United States still not been able to make King’s dream a reality after a half a century of effort and progress? Is there still hope of full participation for all in America?

In Realizing the Civil Rights Dream: Diagnosing and Treating American Racism, author Kenneth B. Bedell proposes a civil rights dream that grows out of American history and speaks to the 21st-century reality. He makes the case that by adopting a larger perspective of the role of racism in preserving U.S. social, cultural, economic, and political institutions and practices, Americans can understand why it has been so difficult to fulfill the promises of the 1960s civil rights dream. Bedell describes and applies sociological theories that serve to explain why racism is still prevalent in the United States and identifies the steps that are necessary to overcome racism. The book concludes with proposals for ways to apply social science to realize the civil rights dream and examples of how individuals can take action to make a difference.
The Roots and Consequences of Civil Wars and Revolutions
Authors: Tucker Spencer
Published: August 2023

This book treats 30 important civil wars and revolutions across the world, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, covering a broad swath of recorded history from ancient times to the present.

Human history as a whole results from social changes, technological advances, and evolutions in thinking and religion—all of which often lead to wars and conflicts. Behind each major war are myriad interrelated causes. This book examines 30 of the most significant civil wars and revolutions in recorded history, from ancient times to the modern era, identifying the origins, consequences, and subtle impacts of many of these conflicts that are still being felt today.

A comprehensive overview essay as well as explanations of the causes and consequences of each conflict give readers the context needed to understand the importance of these seminal events. Additional learning tools include a detailed timeline that sets all of the key events in the conflict in the proper context, maps of several of the key battles that help readers visualize the strategies of both sides, and a lengthy bibliography that offers a wealth of options to students looking to investigate any of the conflicts further.
Russian Revolution of 1917
Authors: Kalic Sean N. , Brown Gates M.
Published: August 2023

Combining reference entries and examination of primary documents from the Russian Revolution, this book gives students a better understanding of how and why political forces fought to reshape the Russian empire 100 years ago—and provides keen insights into the Soviet Union that resulted.

This invaluable reference guide provides an understanding of the social, political, and economic forces and events in Russia that led to the 1905 Russian Revolution in which leftists radicals disposed of the Czar and his regime. It addresses key developments such as the formation of the provisional government, the Bolshevik Revolution in October 1917, and the Russian Civil War-connected, evolutionary historical events that fundamentally reshaped Russia into the Soviet Union.

This book serves students and general readers seeking a single source that provides in-depth coverage of the Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War. Beyond the reference entries, the book contains primary documents that cover the key events, people, and issues that emerged during Russia's revolutions and Civil War. These documents give readers a more detailed understanding of how the Bolsheviks used calls for greater "democracy" to gain support for their revolution, how the Bolsheviks used terror and control as means to maintain their power once the Bolshevik Revolution took place, and why the Bolsheviks believed such extreme measures were needed. Also included is a chronology of major events from 1890 through 1923 and a bibliography that serves as a starting point for more directed research.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Authors: Hendricks Nancy
Published: August 2023

This book offers both a biography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second-ever woman appointed to the Supreme Court, and a historical analysis of her impact.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life in American History explores Ginsburg’s path to holding the highest position in the judicial branch of U.S. government as a Supreme Court justice for almost three decades. Readers will learn about the choices, challenges, and triumphs that this remarkable American has lived through, and about the values that shape the United States.

Ginsburg, sometimes referred to as “The Notorious RBG” or “RBG” was a professor of law, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, an advocate for women’s rights, and more, before her tenure as Supreme Court justice. She has weighed in on decisions, such as Bush v. Gore (2000); King v. Burwell (2015); and Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission(2018), that continue to guide lawmaking and politics. Ginsburg’s crossover to stardom was unprecedented, though perhaps not surprising. Where some Americans see the Supreme Court as a decrepit institution, others see Ginsburg as an embodiment of the timeless principles on which America was founded.
Sold My Soul for a Student Loan
Authors: Kirsch Daniel T.
Published: August 2023

American higher education boasts one of the most impressive legacies in the world, but the price of admission for many is now endless debt. As this book shows, increasing educational indebtedness undermines the real value of higher education in our democracy. To help readers understand this dilemma, the book examines how student debt became commonplace and what the long-term effects of such an ongoing reality might be. Sold My Soul for a Student Loan examines this vitally important issue from an unprecedented diversity of perspectives, focusing on the fact that student debt is hindering the ability of millions of people to enter the job market, the housing market, the consumer economy, and the political process.

Among other topics, the book covers the history of consumer debt in the United States, the history of federal policy toward higher education, and political action in response to the issue of student debt. Perhaps most importantly, it explores the new relationship debtor-citizens have to the government as a result of debt, and how that impacts democracy for a new generation.
Space Exploration in the United States
Authors: Gangale Thomas
Published: August 2023

East African, notably, Ethiopian, cuisine is perhaps the most well-known in the States. This volume illuminates West, southern, and Central African cuisine as well to give students and other readers a solid understanding of how the diverse African peoples grow, cook, and eat food and how they celebrate special occasions and ceremonies with special foods. Readers will also learn about African history, religions, and ways of life plus how African and American foodways are related. For example, cooking techniques such as deep frying and ingredients such as peanuts, chili peppers, okra, watermelon, and even cola were introduced to the United States by sub-Sahara Africans who were brought as slaves.

Africa is often presented as a monolith, but this volume treats each region in turn with representative groups and foodways presented in manageable fashion, with a truer picture able to emerge. It is noted that the boundaries of many countries are imposed, so that food culture is more fluid in a region. Commonalities are also presented in the basic format of a meal, with a starch with a sauce or stew and vegetables and perhaps some protein, typically cooked over a fire in a pot supported by three stones. Representative recipes, a timeline, glossary, and evocative photos complete the narrative.
Storytelling around the World
Authors: Čvorović Jelena , Coe Kathryn
Published: August 2023

This book serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in storytelling and in multicultural approaches to the arts. By taking an evolutionary approach, this book begins with a discussion of origin stories and continues through history to stories of the 21st century. The text not only engages the stories themselves, it also explains how individuals from all disciplines, from doctors and lawyers to priests and journalists, use stories to focus their readers' and listeners' attention and influence them.

This text addresses stories and storytelling across both time (thousands of years) and geography, including in-depth descriptions of storytelling practices occurring in more than 40 different cultures around the world. Part I consists of thematic essays, exploring such topics as the history of storytelling, common elements across cultures, different media, lessons stories teach us, and storytelling today. Part II looks at more than 40 different cultures, with entries following the same outline: Overview, Storytellers: Who Tell the Stories, and When, Creation Mythologies, Teaching Tales and Values, and Cultural Preservation. Several tales/tale excerpts accompany each entry.
Trump, Trade, and the End of Globalization
Authors: Jacoby David S.
Published: August 2023

Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to contribute to and benefit from global trade on new terms.

Global trade is heading toward chaos. Globalization has in part been a zero-sum game over the last 20 years, as China's middle and upper classes have grown sharply while Western economies have stagnated. Wealthy countries, most notably the United States and the United Kingdom, are now on the brink of abandoning free trade as it includes both the principles and the theories behind it because their economies cannot compete with those of China and some developing countries. Prevailing protectionist attitudes and policies are based on short-term thinking and will disappoint future generations.

According to author David S. Jacoby, a ""new multilateralism"" can provide a way out of this impending disaster by preserving innovation and growth while also curbing the impact of countries that manipulate currency, disparage the environment, and violate human rights. Jacoby clearly explains how industrialized nations can compete on a basis of differentiated technology and innovation while letting developing countries compete on a basis of manufacturing, components, and materials and makes a strong case for why the West should recommit to global trade.
U.S. Immigration Policy, Ethnicity, and Religion in American History
Authors: LeMay Michael C.
Published: August 2023

This invaluable resource investigates U.S. immigration and policy, making links the ethnic and religious affiliations of immigrants to the United States to trends in immigration, both legal and unauthorized.

U.S. Immigration Policy, Ethnicity, and Religion in American History is rich with data and document excerpts that illuminate the complex relationships among ethnicity, religion, and immigration to the United States over a 200-year period.

The book uniquely organizes the flow of immigration to the United States into seven chapters covering U.S. immigration policy making; the Open Door Era, 1820-1880; the Door Ajar Era, 1880-1920; the Pet Door Era, 1920-1950; the Dutch Door Era, 1950-1985; the Revolving Door Era, 1985-2001; and the Storm Door Era, 2001-2018. Each chapter analyzes trends in ethnicity or national origin and the religious affiliations of immigrant groups in relation to immigration policy during the time period covered.
An Unmitigated Disaster
Authors: Schneider Robert O.
Published: August 2023

This encyclopedia is the perfect guide to the weird, magical, superstitious, and supernatural beliefs of people from all over the world.

This book is devoted to those human beliefs that fall in the "gray zone" between science, religion, and everyday life�call them superstitious, supernatural, magical, or just wrong. In an often incomprehensible world where lightning or plague could end life quickly or drought could condemn a poor family to agonizing death, superstitious beliefs gave people a feeling of understanding or even control. They have continued to shape societies and cultures ever since.

This book covers a range of superstitious, supernatural, and otherwise unusual beliefs from the ancient world to the early 19th century. More than 100 entries explain beliefs, discuss historical evidence, and explain how each belief differs across cultures. This book is a perfect gateway for anyone curious about superstitious and magical beliefs, with topics ranging from the everyday, such as dogs and iron, to legendary figures, such as Hermes Trismegistus and the Yellow Emperor.
The Vikings
Authors: Wolf Kirsten , Mueller-Vollmer Tristan
Published: August 2023

This book explores 11 popular misconceptions about the Vikings. Each chapter looks at a particular misconception, examines how it became popular, discusses what we now believe to be the truth, and provides excerpts from primary source documents.

When people think of the Vikings, they often envision marauding barbarians who lived violent lives. While a number of mistaken beliefs about the Vikings have become engrained in popular culture, they are not grounded in historical facts. This book examines popular misconceptions related to the Vikings and the historical truths that contradict the fictions.

The book discusses 11 mistaken notions about the Vikings, with each fiction treated in its own chapter. Topics include whether the Vikings wore horned helmets, whether they were unhygienic, whether they had primitive weapons, whether they drank out of skull cups, and more. Each chapter examines how the misconception proliferated and discusses what we now believe to be the facts contradicting the fictions. Excerpts from primary source documents help readers to understand how the misconceptions came to be throughout history and provide evidence for the historical truths.
Violent Extremists
Authors: Mockaitis Thomas R.
Published: August 2023

Written for the general reader as well as the professional, this succinct but comprehensive work examines the hybrid nature of the two violent extremist movements threatening the United States: Islamist extremism and white nationalism.

Scholarship as well as popular discourse on terrorism often focuses disproportionately on specific groups without paying sufficient attention to the ideology that motivates them. This book emphasizes understanding and countering the ideology that fuels extremism over preoccupation with specific organizations such as Al Qaeda or ISIS. It sets contemporary terrorist threats in perspective, avoiding fear-mongering and political rhetoric.

The book examines the nature of violent extremism today in all its forms, including lone wolves and cyber threats. Focusing on the threats posed by both international and domestic terrorism, it analyzes each in depth as a multidimensional hybrid phenomenon: each threat exists as an ideology, as distinct groups espousing that ideology, and as a network of followers. Short, easy-to-read chapters take readers through the subject matter in a clear, methodical manner. Written in an accessible style by an author who has studied terrorism for more than 30 years and provided extensive media coverage on the subject, the work is a valuable addition to the literature on violent extremism.
When Ideology Trumps Science
Authors: Wolters Erika Allen , Steel Brent S.
Published: August 2023

This book reveals how embedded beliefs more so than a lack of scientific knowledge and understanding are creating a cognitive bias toward information that coincides with personal beliefs rather than scientific consensus-and that this anti-science bias exists among liberals as well as conservatives.

In 2010, an outbreak of whooping cough in California infected more than 8,000 people, resulting in the hospitalization of more than 800 people and the death of 10 infants. In 2015, an outbreak of the measles in Disneyland infected more than 125 people. Both the whooping cough and the measles are vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) that have been largely nonexistent in the United States for decades. As these cases demonstrate, individuals who prioritize ideology or personal beliefs above scientific consensus can impinge on society at large-and they illustrate how rejecting science has unfortunate results for public health and for the environment.

When Ideology Trumps Science examines how proponents of scientific findings and the scientists responsible for conducting and communicating the applicable research to decision makers are encountering direct challenges to scientific consensus. Using examples from high-stakes policy debates centered on hot-button controversies such as climate change, GMO foods, immunization, stem cell research, abstinence-only education, and birth control, authors Wolters and Steel document how the contested nature of contemporary perspectives on science leads to the possibility that policymakers will not take science into account when making decisions that affect the general population. In addition, the book identifies ways in which liberals and conservatives have both contested issues of science when consensus diverges from their ideological positions and values. It is a compelling must-read for public policy students and practitioners.