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Developing Spatial Skills in Children in Early Education Using Guided Painting Techniques
Authors: Astudillo Cobos Alexandra Cecilia , Ramos Ramos Pamela Stephania , Monge Doicela Jenny Adriana , Cruz Morales Evelyn Carolina , Loján Heredia Lorena Elizabeth , Unaucho Bonilla Enma Virginia
Published: February 2025

This study addresses the insufficiency in spatial awareness development in children aged 4 to 5, identified through a diagnostic assessment conducted in an educational institution. The objective of this research was to implement a pedagogical program based on painting techniques aimed at improving children's ability to visually organize objects, adjust proportions, and understand spatial relationships. A mixed methodology was used, combining guided practical activities and qualitative analysis of children's skill progression. The main results show a significant improvement in organizing visual elements, adjusting proportions, and enhanced manual dexterity in handling artistic tools. Repetition-based activities and model observation effectively bridged the gap between theory and practice, confirming the importance of guided practice in learning spatial skills. This program is a valuable tool for cognitive development in early childhood, supported by theories such as Vygotsky’s and Piaget’s, which emphasize the role of active interaction with the environment for cognitive growth.
Generative Chatbots in the Era of Library 5.0: A Dilemma for Libraries?
Authors: Oluchi Emmanuel Vivien , Peter Ameh Mabel , Oladokun Bolaji David
Published: February 2025

Introduction: The advent of Library 5.0 integrates advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and augmented reality to create inclusive and user-centric experiences. Objective: This study explored the role of generative chatbots, powered by AI, in transforming library operations within this framework. Method: This study employed a narrative review to examine the role of generative chatbots in rendering library services in the disruptive era. Findings: Findings revealed that generative chatbots offer personalized, accessible, and efficient services by automating routine tasks, providing resource recommendations, and enhancing user engagement. Their integration aligns with the principles of Library 5.0, which emphasize sustainability, inclusivity, and innovation. However, the adoption of generative chatbots poses challenges, including concerns about data privacy, security, and the risk of over-reliance on automation. Conclusion: This paper indicated strategies for integrating generative chatbots effectively, such as robust data protection measures, staff training, and the establishment of ethical practices. It proposed for a balanced approach that leverages chatbots' strengths while preserving libraries' relational and transformative aspects. The findings further indicated the importance of aligning innovation with traditional library values to ensure the continued relevance and accessibility of library services in the digital age.
Long and Short-Run Relationship Analysis of Monetary Policy On Economic Growth in Morocco: An ARDL Model Approach
Authors: Benkhaira Jihane , El Hassani Hafid
Published: February 2025

Introduction: This study examines the relationship between Morocco's monetary policies from 1991 to 2022 and its economic progress. The analysis examines both short- and long-term dynamics using an AutoRegressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, taking into account the economic disturbances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: The research employs the ARDL model and the Granger causality test to assess the causal relationships and the influence of key monetary policy instruments on economic performance. The analysis leverages a robust dataset spanning three decades to ensure the validity and reliability of the results.Results: The findings demonstrate a significant impact of monetary policy measures on Morocco’s economic activity, both in the short term and the long term. The Granger causality test reveals a bidirectional relationship between the money supply and GDP, highlighting the mutual influence between these variables. Additionally, the analysis underscores the economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis, shedding light on vulnerabilities and areas requiring policy intervention.Conclusions: This research contributes to the existing body of literature by providing an in-depth analysis of the interaction between monetary policy and economic growth in Morocco. Moreover, it offers timely insights into the implications of external shocks, such as the COVID-19 crisis, thereby equipping policymakers with actionable evidence to formulate resilient economic strategies.
Human Sexuality: Logical Fallacies and the Shotgun Aim of Arguments from Nature
Authors: Davidson Gregg
Published: February 2025

Observations from nature employed to challenge a traditional model of binary human sex, fixed at conception, typically draw on the diversity of sex expression and plasticity in the animal kingdom, variable fetal developmental pathways in humans that result in intersex conditions, or purported minor sexual dimorphism in humans. This article draws attention to logical fallacies unconsciously employed when projecting observations of biological phenomena to what should be affirmed, or what is possible, for humans. A recent publication by three Christian researchers, encapsulating multiple aspects of arguments from nature, serves as an expedient example for critique.
ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS IN CONTRACTS ESTABLISHING SECURITY INTERESTS – A MOLDOVAN LAW PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Cazac Octavian A.
Published: February 2025

Moldova is a Model Law jurisdiction in statute, but it still has work to do to become a fully Model Law complaint jurisdiction in practice. Still, the availability of and friendliness to arbitration ensures a legal framework favourable to international trade, and especially to international lending to the Moldovan economy. A key factor is the recognition of asymmetric dispute resolution agreements in loan agreements and in supporting security agreements.
Nursing the canine patient with negative pressure pulmonary oedema
Authors: Barry Lydia , Pothecary Susannah
Published: February 2025

Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema can occur in canine patients as a result of
various events. Post-obstructive oedema can occur post choking and results in a rapid
accumulation of fluid in the extravascular spaces of the lung. Arterial blood gas
analysis and intense patient monitoring are vital to determine the need for further
intervention. Treatment can include ventilation, oxygen therapy and medication
Managing in-patient stress A case study and nursing care analysis
Authors: Hirst Paula
Published: February 2025

This case study and nursing care analysis explores the treatment and nursing
interventions for a hospitalised dog that showed signs of significant stress. The
patient was admitted for a computed tomography scan, followed by an anal sacculectomy
the following day. The patient did not exhibit signs of stress during the initial
consultation, nor was it identified as a potential problem by the owners. However, the
patient quickly showed signs of stress on admission. The veterinary nurses, veterinary
surgeon, anaesthetist and other team members worked together to develop, implement and
adapt a stress management plan to support the patient while in hospital. The case is
evaluated and additional learnings shared.
Nursing care of the equine proliferative enteropathy patient
Authors: Feighery Samantha
Published: February 2025

Lawsonia intracellularis causes proliferative enteropathy in horses and
in various other species, such as pigs. Affected horses often present to a
clinic with diarrhoea along with other clinical signs. This article
discusses the treatment and nursing of a 6-month-old Thoroughbred foal with
equine proliferative enteropathy, including nutrition, fluid therapy,
medications and general nursing care.
Educação Profissional e Tecnológica e Educação Ambiental: a TI Verde como possível mediadora de uma formação humana integral
Authors: JESUS LUCAS ANTONIO FEITOSA DE , SANTOS JULIANE DOS
Published: February 2025

A Educação Profissional e Tecnológica (EPT) se constitui em um modelo de ensino voltado à construção de competências e habilidades técnico-científicas indispensáveis à inserção do aluno no mundo trabalho, objetivando tanto a qualificação social e profissional, como também a compreensão dos fundamentos da cultura geral integrados aos saberes técnicos. A formação humana integral, base da EPT, norteia os processos formativos emancipatórios que conduzem conteúdos pedagógicos, organizando-os a partir de sua utilidade social e conforme sua contribuição para a tomada de consciência. Dentre esses conteúdos, as vertentes da Educação Ambiental apresentam-se como relevantes na capacitação dos discentes não só para a atuação profissional, mas também para a cidadania. Dessas vertentes, a Tecnologia da Informação (TI) Verde mostra-se como um complexo temático integrador capaz de fomentar um entendimento orgânico entre ciência, tecnologia, sociedade e ambiente, propiciando ao aluno uma leitura ampliada da realidade. Sob esse ângulo, o presente artigo consiste em uma pesquisa básica de caráter exploratório, na qual os levantamentos bibliográfico e documental propõem uma discussão teórica sobre as aproximações epistemológicas e legais que respaldam a TI Verde como possibilidade para a formação humana integral. As considerações finais indicam os caminhos a serem seguidos para concretizar a convergência teórica descrita.
IoT dan Pengolahan Citra untuk Sistem Pakan Otomatis Udang dalam Kolam Bioflok
Authors: Justam Justam , Hasanuddin M , Mubarak Husni , Rahmah Rahmah , Nurjanah Titin
Published: February 2025

Pemberian pakan dalam budidaya udang vaname sangat penting karena mempengaruhi pertumbuhan udang. Saat ini, pengukuran berat rata-rata udang untuk menentukan jumlah pakan dilakukan secara manual, yang memakan waktu dan meningkatkan biaya operasional. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan sistem yang dapat mengestimasi berat rata-rata udang secara otomatis. Penelitian ini mengimplementasikan teknologi pengolahan citra digital untuk mengestimasi berat rata-rata udang vaname berdasarkan citra udang yang diambil. Fitur-fitur citra, seperti jumlah piksel, digunakan untuk estimasi berat rata-rata udang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa regresi linier dengan Mean Absolute Error (MAE) sebesar 0,7752 dan regresi polinomial dengan MAE sebesar 0,6869 dapat digunakan untuk estimasi berat udang vaname. Selain itu, penggunaan metode Mask R-CNN terbukti efektif dalam mendeteksi dan menghitung jumlah udang dengan MAE sebesar 0,373. Penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa pemberian pakan sesuai takaran yang dihitung berdasarkan estimasi berat udang dapat meningkatkan efisiensi dalam budidaya udang vaname. Sistem ini memberikan solusi cepat dan akurat untuk memperbaiki proses pemberian pakan, mengurangi biaya operasional, serta mengurangi risiko cedera bagi pembudidaya
Perbandingan Kinerja YOLO vs Faster R-CNN untuk Deteksi & Estimasi Berat Ikan
Authors: Justam Justam , Malik Abdul , Erlita Erlita , Mangellak Deo , Yuyun Yuyun
Published: February 2025

Ikan kerapu dan ikan kakap memiliki nilai ekonomi tinggi di pasar global, sehingga identifikasi jenis dan estimasi beratnya menjadi aspek penting dalam perdagangan. Metode manual yang umum digunakan memerlukan waktu lama dan tenaga kerja besar. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini membandingkan performa dua model deep learning, yaitu YOLO dan Faster R-CNN, dalam mendeteksi jenis dan mengestimasi berat ikan. Dataset terdiri dari 2.991 citra yang terbagi dalam 18 kelas dan diperluas melalui augmentasi menjadi 6.843 citra. Proses deteksi menggunakan detection threshold 0,8, dengan evaluasi berdasarkan precision, recall, accuracy, serta Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) untuk estimasi berat. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa model YOLO memiliki precision, recall, dan accuracy masing-masing sebesar 0,98, 0,98, dan 0,96, sedangkan Faster R-CNN mencapai 0,97, 0,98, dan 0,95. Untuk estimasi berat, MAPE YOLO pada citra sebesar 2,42% dan pada video 3,66%, sementara Faster R-CNN memiliki MAPE 14,62% pada citra dan 13,59% pada video. Dengan demikian, model YOLO menunjukkan kinerja lebih baik dibandingkan Faster R-CNN dalam mendeteksi jenis dan mengestimasi berat ikan
Studi Pengetahuan Mahasiswa Tentang Dampak Makanan Cepat Saji di Universitas Almarisah Madani
Authors: Fitri Adriani  , Lilis Suryani  , Musfira Dahlan  , Ningsi Angraeni  , Miranty S
Published: February 2025

Fast food is a top choice because it is convenient, time-saving, and can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere. In addition, it is served in a hygienic environment and is considered a prestigious and modern food, especially among young people. In Indonesia, fast food consumption is increasing, based on research from the Directorate of Public Nutrition, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, it was recorded that in 2000, out of a total population of 210 million, around 76.7 million were overweight and more than 9.8 million were obese. This study aims to determine the level of understanding of students about the impact of fast food consumption in the DIII Midwifery Study Programme at Almarisah Madani University. The method used in this research is qualitative research with a total sample of 48 people selected using the total sampling technique. The results showed that of the 48 respondents, 43 students (89.58%) had a good level of understanding, 4 students (8.33%) had sufficient understanding, and 1 student (2.09%) had less understanding. Thus, the majority of students have good knowledge about the impact of fast food consumption.
Diversity and Community in the Academy
Authors: Wolf-Devine Celia
Published: February 2025

In the wake of court rulings that have forced university administrators to reevaluate affirmative action policies, this balanced, thoughtful book examines three typical defenses of those policies: that affirmative action compensates for past discrimination; that it provides role models and ensures diversity; and that it corrects for systemic bias against women and racial minorities. Wolf-Devine finds that none of these arguments justifies adopting affirmative action across the board, and she argues, contrary to most opponents of the policy, that some circumstances make affirmative action appropriate. Analyzing the cultural, economic, and political contexts in which affirmative action has been debated, she suggests ways to get around the current impasse over the issue without abandoning a commitment to social justice. The depth and balance of the book are enhanced by an appendix containing articles by noted legal expert George Rutherglen, distinguished philosopher James Rachels, and independent scholar Richard Rodriguez.
Reading Their Way
Authors: Donat Dorothy J.
Published: February 2025

Increasing reading achievement is a universal goal of educators. This book fulfills the goal as it explains a balanced literacy program for kindergarten through third grades that incorporates research-based components, utilizing the best of the phonics and whole language approaches. Donat presents reading instruction strategies, scheduling/grouping options, assessments, evaluations, recommended materials/resources, and details sound and spelling patterns at each grade level. Written in a style that ensures quick, easy reading, this book will help educators design time schedules that are most effective for learning while allowing for creativity. Teachers will find an abundance of ideas for immediate implementation in their classrooms and school administrators will enjoy the guidance it gives in developing the quality literacy programs they desire for their schools. Also a great resource for use in early reading development courses at the university level.
Jackie Coogan: the World's Boy King
Authors: Cary Diana Serra
Published: February 2025

Discovered by Charlie Chaplin in 1919, four-year-old Jackie Coogan soared to overnight stardom for his title role in the silent masterpiece, The Kid. A string of successes followed, including Peck's Bad Boy, Oliver Twist, and A Boy of Flanders, earning Coogan a fortune of four million dollars. Dubbed 'The Millionaire Kid' by the press, he later had to sue his parents in a futile attempt to recover his squandered fortune. His later years were marked with penury and the cruel diminishment of his childhood fame. As an adult, he found work in character roles and gained unexpected but fleeting fame as 'Uncle Fester' in the series The Addams Family. He continued to make guest appearances on television until his death in 1984. In Jackie Coogan: The World's Boy King, Diana Serra Cary reveals the little-known and even less understood private life of this famous child star and his dysfunctional family. She looks at the highs and lows of an actor who reached the height of fame before ten and whose subsequent career took an inevitable fall. Cary also examines the conduct of Coogan's parents, whose behavior served as an unfortunate model for countless others who sought fame and fortune through their children's success. The author, a major child star (the former Baby Peggy), employs her own hard-won insight to explore the career and family woes of another in this fascinating account about one of the greatest child stars of all time. Includes more than 30 photos.
Tally's Corner
Authors: Liebow Elliot
Published: February 2025

The first edition of Tally's Corner, a sociological classic selling more than one million copies, was the first compelling response to the culture of poverty thesis—that the poor are different and, according to conservatives, morally inferior—and alternative explanations that many African Americans are caught in a tangle of pathology owing to the absence of black men in families. The debate has raged up to the present day. Yet Liebow's shadow theory of values—especially the values of poor, urban, black men—remains the single most parsimonious account of the reasons why the behavior of the poor appears to be at odds with the values of the American mainstream.

While Elliot Liebow's vivid narrative of "street-corner" black men remains unchanged, the new introductions to this long-awaited revised edition bring the book up to date. Wilson and Lemert describe the debates since 1965 and situate Liebow's classic text in respect to current theories of urban poverty and race. They account for what Liebow might have seen had he studied the street corner today after welfare has been virtually ended and the drug economy had taken its toll. They also take stock of how the new global economy is a source of added strain on the urban poor. Discussion of field methods since the 1960s rounds out the book's new coverage.
China in Search of a Harmonious Society
Authors:   Guo And Guo
Published: February 2025

The problems of corruption, social injustice, public unrest, disparity in income and regional development, shortage of energy and resources, unemployment, aging population, inadequate social and economic safety network, pollution, etc., are poised to jeopardize political stability and cast a shadow on the moral foundation of economic reform. How to cope with these new problems is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the twenty-first century. The new generation of leadership under Hu Jintao has begun to search for solutions and directions. 'Building a harmonious society' based on a 'scientific view of development' has become a new catch phrase in political and academic discourse in China and a newly adopted program by the Chinese government. It is in this context that this edited volume brings together a group of China scholars to discuss the concept and goal of building a harmonious society. This book will be of interest to professors and students of China studies, as well as policy makers and researchers.
Leadership in a Changing World
Authors: Klein Robert H.
Published: February 2025

This book addresses the major problems of leadership in groups, organizations, and societies in the twenty-first century, when rapid change, complex dilemmas, and earth-shattering consequences affect the daily lives of people in the diverse contexts of social institutions, the corporate world, domestic politics, and international terrorism and conflict. The volume convenes a group of distinguished scholars, consultants, and leaders who address significant contemporary dilemmas that test the skills and knowledge of all concerned individuals. Benjamin Disraeli said, 'I am their leader; therefore I must follow them.' This book speaks directly to that intimate connection between leaders and followers.
On Thin Ice
Authors: Zellen Barry
Published: February 2025

On Thin Ice explores the relationship between the Inuit and the modern state in the vast but lightly populated North American Arctic. It chronicles the aspiration of the Inuit to participate in the formation and implementation of diplomatic and national security policies across the Arctic region and to contribute to the reconceptualization of Arctic Security, including the redefinition of the core values inherent in northern defense policy. With the warming of the Earth's climate, the Arctic rim states have paid increasing attention to the commercial opportunities, strategic challenges, and environmental risks of climate change. As the long isolation of the Arctic comes to an end, the Inuit who are indigenous to the region are showing tremendous diplomatic and political skills as they continue to work with the more populous states that assert sovereign control over the Arctic in an effort to mutually assert joint sovereignty across the region Published on the 50th anniversary of Ken Waltz's classic Man, the State and War, Zellen's On Thin Ice is at once a tribute to Waltz's elucidation of the three levels of analysis as well as an enhancement of his famous 'Three Images,' with the addition of a new 'Fourth Image' to describe a tribal level of analysis. This model remains salient in not only the Arctic where modern state sovereignty remains limited, but in many other conflict zones where tribal peoples retain many attributes of their indigenous sovereignty.
Identity and Schooling among the Naxi
Authors: Yu Haibo
Published: February 2025

Identity and Schooling among the Naxi examines the identity construction of Naxi students in Lijiang No.1 Senior Secondary School in China, focusing on the changing roles of school, community, and family in the identity construction of the students. Through participant observation, interviews, and student essays, Yu finds that Naxi students of the school retain a strong Naxi identity while also managing to fit into mainstream culture through a process she characterizes as 'harmonious creative identity engagement'. Three main forces affecting the identity construction of the Naxi students are highlighted: the state and the school, Naxi intellectuals, and socialization in the family and community. As an institution of the state, the school conveys national ideology and instills a sense of ethnic unity and an understanding of the culture of the Chinese nation. However, the school also takes an active role in ethnic identity construction of the Naxi students. At the same time, Naxi intellectuals, through their research publications and responses to state policies, preserve and revitalize Naxi culture. Socialization within the community and family allows the Naxi students to learn about their heritage. These factors result in both an asserted and assigned identity of the Naxi.
Envisioning Media Power
Authors: Christophers Brett
Published: February 2025

Envisioning Media Power develops an original geographical perspective on the nature and exercise of power in the international television economy. It uses theories of political economy as the basis for a comparative empirical examination of the UK and New Zealand television markets, while closely considering these markets' respective relationships with the US market and its globally-influential media corporations. In fleshing out this geographical perspective, the book critically addresses the power to produce, reproduce, and extract profit from territorialized media markets. To understand such powers, the book examines processes of creation and dissemination of industry knowledge, structures of industry governance, and the locational characteristics of television's operational economy. Through its rigorous and creative combination of conceptual insights with empirical substance, Envisioning Media Power both illuminates the fabric of television's international space economy, and ultimately offers a unique theoretic argument - suggesting that power, knowledge and geography are inseparable not only from one another, but from the process of accumulation of media capital.
The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now
Authors: García Triana Mauro , Eng Herrera Pedro
Published: February 2025

This book deals with Chinese immigrants' role in the struggle for Cuban liberation and in Cuba's twentieth-century revolutionary social movement; the history of the Chinese economy in Cuba; and the Chinese contribution to Cuban music, painting, food, sport, and language. The centerpiece of the book is a translation of a study by Mauro Garc'a Triana and Pedro Eng Herrera on the history of the Chinese presence in Cuba. Over many years, Garc'a and Eng have collaborated closely on scholarly research on the Chinese contribution to Cuban life and politics, although their work is not widely known. Both are well equipped for such an enterprise: Eng as a Cuban of Chinese descent and a participant in the ethnic-Chinese revolutionary movement in Cuba, starting in the 1950s; Garc'a as a participant in the struggle against Batista and Cuban Ambassador to China during the period of the Cultural Revolution. The study is supplemented by an extensive collection of archival photographs and of paintings on Cuban-Chinese themes by Pedro Eng, who is not just a chronicler of the community but a well-known worker-artist who paints in a style described by commentators as 'naive.' The volume has three appendices: excerpts from the Cuba Commission's 1877 report on Chinese emigration to Cuba; the rebel leader Gonzalo de Quesada y Ar-stegui's pamphlet 'The Chinese and Cuban Independence,' translated from his book Mi primera ofrenda (My first offering), first published in 1892; and the chapter on 'Coolie Life in Cuba' from Duvon Clough Corbitt's Study of the Chinese in Cuba, 1847-1947 (Wilmore 1971).
Human Killing Machines
Authors: Lankford Adam
Published: February 2025

They usually start out as ordinary people, doing their best to deal with mixed messages in a complex world. What they donOt realize is that they may be the target of a violent system that is building an obedient workforce. One day theyOre enjoying a few laughs with buddies, and seemingly the next day, they wake up as human killing machines. And they allowed it to happen. Addressing one of the most serious threats to the world today, Human Killing Machines applies the model of systematic indoctrination to case studies of brutality in Iran, Nazi Germany, Al Qaeda, and Abu Ghraib. The book reveals how these transformations take place_how systems redefine morality to turn ordinary people into torturers, terrorists, and genocidal killers. Analyzing the key differences between these cases also helps to identify the safeguards which limit violence. Lankford demonstrates the weaknesses of indoctrination, the ways heroic individuals have resisted its influence, and the potential for countermeasures. Based on these examples, he offers recommendations for how we can begin to reform the U.S. military and increase its accountability, reduce Al Qaeda terroristsO commitment to their missions, and spark an awakening in Iran so that the oppressive regime goes out with a whimper_not with a bang.
Reading Japan Cool
Authors: Ingulsrud John E. , Allen Kate
Published: February 2025

Japanese animation, video games, and manga have attracted fans around the world. The characters, the stories, and the sensibilities that come out of these cultural products are together called Japan Cool. This is not a sudden fad, but is rooted in manga—Japanese comics—which since the mid-1940s have developed in an exponential way. In spite of a gradual decline in readership, manga still commands over a third of the publishing output. The volume of manga works that is being produced and has been through history is enormous. There are manga publications that attract readers of all ages and genders. The diversity in content attracts readers well into adulthood. Surveys on reading practices have found that almost all Japanese people read manga or have done so at some point in their lives. The skills of reading manga are learned by readers themselves, but learned in the context of other readers and in tandem with school learning. Manga reading practices are sustained by the practices of other readers, and manga content therefore serves as a topic of conversation for both families and friends. Moreover, manga is one of the largest sources of content for media production in film, television, and video games. Manga literacy, the practices of the readers, the diversity of titles, and the sheer number of works provide the basis for the movement recognized as Japan Cool. Reading Japan Cool is directed at an audience of students of Japanese studies, discourse analysts, educators, parents, and manga readers.
Language and Collective Mobilization
Authors: Hashim Nadra O.
Published: February 2025

Language and Collective Mobilization analyzes the origins of communal conflict in five phases of Zanzibar's modern history. The first phase examines the implementation of British colonial control, focusing on the conversion of Zanzibar's subsistence farming economy to a cash-crop plantation complex.This first phase of colonial rule disrupted a variety of indigenous political and social institutions which traditionally promoted peace and stability. During subsequent phases of colonial rule, the British government devised political, economic and educational policies that promoted elite Arab rule at the expense of the majority Swahili- speaking population. Colonial authorities rendered illegal any attempts by Swahilis to organize political resistance, a rule which exacerbated anti-Arab animosity. Colonial rule ended in 1964, when Swahili-speaking Zanzibaris led a violent revolution against English command and Arab control. Having forced a variety of wealthy Arab and Indian communities off the island, Swahili revolutionaries allowed a small number of Indian merchants and a few Shirazi farmers to remain. Less than twenty years after the revolution, in this fifth phase of Zanzibar's political history, partisan conflict between the Shirazi and Swahili populations threatens to unleash a new rash of violence. The social climate mirrors the first phase of British rule, where economic stratification deepens and political tensions grow. The analysis offered in this book will find an audience in students, scholars, journalists, and policymakers interested in understanding so-called 'ethnic' conflict in Africa.
The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur
Authors: Sidahmed Abdel Salam , Soderlund Walter C. , Briggs Donald E.
Published: February 2025

Long-simmering conflict in the Sudanese region of Darfur came to a boil in the spring of 2003 and became a focus of American media attention in September 2004. After the genocide in Rwanda the international community developed a new way to deal with genocide-the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine which legitimized intervention in case of egregious loss of human life. Despite this new doctrine, it took over five years of conflict in Darfur before the U. N. began intervening. The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur: The Role of Mass Media, traces the development of international intervention in domestic conflict, culminating in the concept of 'Responsibility to Protect' in 2001. The authors explain the background and complexity of the crisis besetting Darfur, and document U.S. media coverage of the crisis in terms of framing that would mobilize public opinion behind international intervention. The book traces evolution in international norms regarding state sovereignty and human rights that led to the articulation of 'Responsibility to Protect' and its subsequent adoption by the international community in 2005. It provides an understanding of the complex nature of the Darfur crises, in a way that was seriously lacking in media coverage. The authors also analyze the affects media coverage of the crisis had on the world's reaction, particularly in the U.S. Specifically it looks at television coverage of the crisis, and the newspaper coverage, particularly through The New York Times. Finally, the authors ask if 'Responsibility to Protect' was helpful in Darfur, and if it will be in the future for other countries.
Zones of Twilight
Authors: DiPaolo Amanda
Published: February 2025

The Bill of Rights was designed to protect the American public from encroachments of liberty by the federal government. During times of war, the president often spearheads efforts to limit rights in the name of national security. When these cases make their way through the federal courts system, it is expected that the judiciary would use rights-based language in their adjudication of cases dealing with such rights-based claims. Zones of Twilight shows that the courts actually use the separation of powers to decide these cases. In other words, the courts look to see if Congress has authorized the president to limit the liberties in question. More often than not, if Congress is on board, so are the federal courts. Although the common conception is that the courts give the president a blank check during war, it is in fact Congress that has received that blank check. Zones of Twilight looks at four reoccurring issues during times of war where the courts have had to decide cases where the executive has limited individual freedoms: military detentions, warrantless electronic surveillance, emergency economic powers, and free speech.
Learning to Be Chinese American
Authors: Du Liang
Published: February 2025

Learning to Be Chinese American aims at exploring the complicated identity production process among Chinese immigrants in the United States in relation to the rapidly changing global and local contexts. Based on original ethnographic material collected in an upper-middle class Chinese American community, the author argues for the need to move beyond the framework of traditional nation-state boundaries in order to examine the identity production process of contemporary Chinese Americans. In doing so, we can better understand how this particular group, in response to changing economic and social conditions, actively takes part in the production of their unique ethnic identities through local institutions such as community-based organizations and ethnic education. This book expands the scope of existing literature on identity production among immigrants of color in both empirical and methodological terms.
Iraq
Authors: White Craig M.
Published: February 2025

Iraq: The Moral Reckoning applies classic just war theory to the U.S. decision to go to war in 2003. That theory, which evolved over several millennia, is a simple, profound tool for evaluating the rightness and wisdom of starting a war. The Bush administration and its supporters referred directly and indirectly to the theory in making a pro-war case to the world. The theory provides three core moral criteria for a just war: sovereign authority, just cause, and right intention (which includes an aim of peace). It adds three practical criteria: proportionality of ends, last resort, and reasonable chance of success. For a just war, each criterion should be substantially met. Since war is destructive and each country is presumed to have the right to live in peace, the evidence in favor of war must be clearly stronger than evidence against it. For each criterion, Iraq: The Moral Reckoning painstakingly weighs Bush administration statements, or those of its supporters, against evidence available at the time. A wide range of viewpoints and evidence is considered, and contrary arguments are refuted. One full chapter is given to neoconservative arguments on just war theory and its application from prominent war supporters. Each criterion, except sovereign authority, is shown not to have been met. The book concludes with a discussion of the implications of an unjust war for the United States and the world. The intensive weighing of each criterion against the facts and the balanced approach make the book unique. By demonstrating a comprehensive application of the theory to one war, it not only sets a new standard for evaluating the 2003 Iraq war, but also shows how present and future wars can be better evaluated in moral and practical terms, based on knowledge available at the time.
The "Inscrutably Chinese" Church
Authors: Faries Nathan
Published: February 2025

The first half of the twenty-first century promises to be a time of great change for the Christian church in the PeopleOs Republic of China. The situation is complex and fluid, and the information gap between those on the inside and those outside of China is still significant, though shrinking. The OInscrutably ChineseO Church moves readers nearer to the Chinese Christian experience, as Nathan Faries helps foreign readers to see with greater clarity just how Chinese Christians view their government and themselves in relation to those ruling powers. There still exists a measure of inscrutability about China and its complex relationship with religion that must be explained to the outsider. It is this gap in understanding_between insider points of view within China and those outsiders seeking knowledge about the Christian faith in China_that Faries seeks to close.
The Perfect Response
Authors: Woodward Gary C.
Published: February 2025

The Perfect Response is a lucid account of the social origins of fluency from a scholar recognized as 'a leading analyst of the dramaturgical dimensions of politics.' In this imaginative study Gary C. Woodward creates and elucidates the idea of 'The Rhetorical Personality, using a deft blend of communication theory, social history and rhetorical criticism. With unusual capacities for expressiveness, persuasiveness, and sensitivity, Rhetorical Personalities thrive in settings that call for communication that will transcend differences and engage others. They typically have a heightened sense of their own persuasive power, a skill for 'reading' audiences, and the capacity to function effectively in unfamiliar settings. Each chapter of The Perfect Response probes the nature of these uniquely social persons from a different perspective: through the sympathetic characters of a prolific Hollywood filmmaker; by examining the nature of the social isolation in individuals with autism-spectrum disorders; through cross-cultural comparisons; and by assessing seminal and recent social science research on key benchmarks of rhetorical skill, such as 'high self monitoring,' 'other-direction,' and 'the capacity for engagement with others.' Focusing on public figures that range from comedian Steve Martin to political leaders as diverse as Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, Woodward builds a detailed 'conceptual map' for profiling the kinds of individuals who naturally maximize the possibilities of communication in public settings.
Tanzanian Women in Their Own Words
Authors: Feinstein Sheryl , D'Errico Nicole C.
Published: February 2025

Tanzanian Women in Their Own Words is a compilation of oral histories by Tanzanian women living with disabilities or chronic illnesses. Beginning with their earliest childhood memories, the narrators weave their life stories through adulthood, telling of the hardships and support systems in their daily lives. A rich knowledge of Tanzanian culture is embedded in each story; for instance the pivotal role tribal affiliation, polygamy, and poverty play in society is addressed. HIV/AIDS, cancer, polio, female circumcision, and TB are just a few of the health issues covered; Feinstein and D'Errico make a concerted effort to include the major medical challenges facing this developing country, including an interview with an albino woman that introduces the little discussed atrocity of albinos being murdered for body parts to be used in ritual medicine practices. In spite of the abuse and exclusion many of the women suffer, eventually each learns to live in harmony with her reality. This makes their lives inspiring and gives perspective to those facing physical challenges. Tanzanian Women in Their Own Words encourages readers to consider issues of health care, transportation, ignorance, polygamy, gender discrimination, and rural isolation. Through learning about the health challenges faced by Tanzanian women, students are introduced to the lifeways and concerns of Tanzanian culture, the challenges faced by many developing countries, and the intimate and evocative level of detail that can only be discovered through intensive ethnographic fieldwork.
The Global Village Revisited
Authors: Dixon Kathleen
Published: February 2025

Cultural studies scholarship on the television talk show, especially the 'audience discussion' genre, was guardedly hopeful about its democratic or feminist potential. In this exciting new volume, Kathleen Dixon investigates the relationship between the talk genre and democracy, but through a new emphasis on art, broadly defined. The Global Village Revisited: Art, Politics, and Television Talk Shows explores three case studies from Belgium, Bulgaria, and the United States, and reveals how these cases interanimate to produces a new view of the talk show as a global phenomenon, and as a negotiation among the forces of late capitalism, the unnamed but still palpable audience, and the individual rhetors, artists, and technicians who make the shows. Dixon treats the globalization of media and culture as a dynamic process that yields different results according to time and place. While the way in which television talk shows serve democracy may be hard to define precisely, The Global Village Revisited demonstrates the importance and necessity of this question in cultural studies.
A Short History of My Philosophy
Authors: Heller Agnes
Published: February 2025

A Short History of My Philosophy is an autobiographic account of Agnes Heller's intellectual and academic career. While the narration mainly traces the development of ideas, we also learn how they occurred in the context of challenging life circumstances. Agnes Heller presents the life of her ideas is four stages: the first, 'years of apprenticeship,' details both the pre- and post-Hungarian revolution period during which she studied under György Lukács; the second, 'years of dialogue,' describes the relationships of the 'Budapest school' in terms of their shared work and contributions; the third, 'years of building and intervention,' gives insight into important works written while living in Australia, along with Agnes Heller's political engagements during this period; and finally, the fourth, 'years of wandering,' describes the various projects Agnes Heller has undertaken as a world-traveler at conferences since the departure of her late husband, Ferenc Fehér.
Embodied Moral Psychology and Confucian Philosophy
Authors: Seok Bongrae
Published: February 2025

This is a book about the body and its amazing contribution to the moral mind. The author focuses on the important roles the body plays in moral cognition. What happens to us when we observe moral violations, make moral judgments and engage in moral actions? How does the body affect our moral decisions and shape our moral dispositions? Can embodied moral psychology be consistently pursued as a viable alternative to disembodied traditions of moral philosophy? Is there any school of philosophy where the body is discussed as the underlying foundation of moral judgment and action? To answer these questions, the author analyzes Confucian philosophy as an intriguing and insightful example of embodied moral psychology.
Spaceships and Politics
Authors: Feldman Leslie Dale
Published: February 2025

Spaceships and Politics: The Political Theory of Rod Serling examines the political themes in The Twilight Zone. In this unique show, Rod Serling used fantasy and the supernatural to explore political ideas such as capital punishment, the individual and the state, war, conformity, the state of nature, prejudice, and alienation. He used aliens and machines to understand human nature. While the themes in The Twilight Zone often reflected political concerns of the time, like the Cold War and post-industrial technology, the messages had broader political implications. This book looks at Serling's mechanistic view of the world and emphasis on fear through Hobbesian themes like diffidence and automata.
The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy
Authors: Welsh Scott
Published: February 2025

Citizens, political theorists, and politicians alike insist that political or partisan motives get in the way of real democracy. Real democracy, we are convinced, is embodied by an ability to form collective judgments in the interest of the whole. The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy: How Deliberative Ideals Undermine Democratic Politics, by Scott Welsh, argues instead that it is our easy rejection of political motives, individual interests, and the rhetorical pursuit of power that poses the greatest danger to democracy. Our rejection of politics understood as a rhetorical contest for power is dangerous because democracy ultimately rests upon the perceived public legitimacy of public, political challenges to authority and the subsequent reconstitution of authority amid the impossibility of collective judgment. Hence, rather than searching for allegedly more authentic democracy, rooted in the pursuit of ever-illusive collective judgments, we must find ways to come to terms with the persistence of rhetorical, political contests for power as the essence of democracy itself. Welsh argues that the impossibility of any kind of public judgment is the fact that democracy must face. Given the impossibility of public judgment, rhetorical competitions for political power are not merely poor substitutes for an allegedly more authentic democratic practice, but constitute the essence of democracy itself. The Rhetorical Surface of Democracy is an iconoclastic investigation of the democratic process and public discourse.
Becoming Nietzsche
Authors: Swift Paul A.
Published: February 2025

Becoming Nietzsche is an essential book for understanding Nietzsche's philosophical genealogy from 1866 to 1868, a phase that is punctuated by the influence of Friedrich Lange and a surprising rejection of Schopenhauer's theory of the will. During this phase, Nietzsche focuses on the scientific and artistic status of teleological judgments and their relevance for thinking about organic life and representation. Paul A. Swift deftly connects Nietzsche's philology with the development of his theory of human understanding by providing scholarly analysis and short original translations of Nietzsche's early work on Democritus, Schopenhauer, and Kant. A first of its kind study suitable for Nietzsche specialists, historians of philosophy, and newcomers who have broad interests in the humanities, Becoming Nietzsche investigates how Democritus's rejection of teleology and Kant's analysis of reflective judgment directly influenced Nietzsche's aesthetic perspectivism in the 1860s.
Branding the Teleself
Authors: Hakanen Ernest A.
Published: February 2025

Branding the Teleself is a discourse on the standard history social scientific study of media effects with the purpose of revealing changes in how our selves have been reconceived in its study and how the discourse generated further important changes in the self, and how our everyday selves shape and are shaped by social, economic, and political structures. It uncovers a self that has developed through various stages to become a new self that Ernest A. Hakanen dubs the teleself, one that knowingly delivers itself to the media for the sake of the global market place. The teleself is a brand, and this identity is a product that could be differentiated to a degree from other products, and the self is mere packaging that gives the illusion of product differentiation. This is the illusory power of names and naming.