Human Rights Books: February 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Public Finance Administration or Seeking Higher Ground

Public Finance Administration

Author: B J Reed

A unique, clearly written, and logically organized volume, Public Finance Administration, Second Edition provides a comprehensive focus on the management of public funds. Ideal for the nonexpert with a public administration background, this easy-to-read new edition is updated in content and examples. Authors B. J. Reed and John W. Swain begin with a broad introduction to public finance administration, including its relationship to public budgeting, the practice of public sector accounting, and the economic concepts of money and value. Next, they cover revenues and expenditures, including how they are administered and the importance of forecasting and cost analysis. Later chapters deal with such technical areas as managing cash flow, investment, debts, risk, purchasing, capital budgets, and the financial components of human resource management. The volume includes a look at the evaluative side of public finance such as auditing, assessing financial conditions, and the emerging use of development finance. In addition, the authors point to relevant web sites on the Internet for more information on public finance administration. Filling a need for courses in public finance administration, this volume provides a public administration based approach to the subject with a highly practical orientation.

Booknews

A textbook for class or self-study by readers with a background in public administration but not necessarily in finance. Describes the day-to-day handling of money belonging to government agencies or non-profit organizations, and the related technical support activities, rather than the political aspects of budgeting. The date of the first edition is not noted; the second updates the contents and examples, appends discussion questions to the chapters, and provides a Web site linked to Internet places relevant to specific chapters. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	Budgeting and Finance Administration	11
3	Public-Sector Accounting	20
4	Money and Values: Monetary Values	54
5	Public Revenues	72
6	Revenue Administration	97
7	Forecasting and Estimating	114
8	Cost Analysis	135
9	Expenditure Administration	169
10	Purchasing	182
11	Cash Management	204
12	Investment Administration	219
13	Capital Budgeting	235
14	Public Debt Administration	245
15	Risk Management	269
16	Personnel and Pension Administration	285
17	Auditing	301
18	Assessing Financial Conditions	316
19	Financing Economic Development	332
	Index	349
	About the Authors	369

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Seeking Higher Ground: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader

Author: Manning Marabl

Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.

Friday, February 20, 2009

The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy or Copyrights Paradox

The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy

Author: Joel Blau

The first edition of The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy reinvented the standard social welfare policy text to speak to students in a vital new way. This second edition builds on its strengths, with a more accessible graphic design and a thorough update of the effects of recent political and legislative changes on social welfare programs.
The book begins by discussing how social problems are constructed. After an analysis of social welfare policy, its purposes, and functions, a unique policy model bolsters the text's overarching progressive narrative. Through this model, students learn how five key social forces-ideology, politics, history, economics, and social movements-interact both to create and to change the social welfare system. By applying this model to five critical social welfare policy issues-income security, employment, housing, health, and food-the text demonstrates to students that every kind of social work practice embodies a social welfare policy. The model is also telling in identifying the triggers of social change and the effects of race, class, and gender.
By applying the policy model to the latest developments in social welfare, the chapter-long case studies in this second edition equip students with knowledge about social welfare policy and the tools for comparative analysis. With this knowledge, students begin to understand that both the whole and the parts of the social welfare system affect what they actually do as social workers. Once they grasp this concept, they'll understand why it is so important to learn social welfare policy.
The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy 2E captures the fluidity and change inherent in social policy like noother textbook. Its approach remains the most invigorating, forward-thinking one available. Highlights from this edition include:
* Revised data in text, charts, and graphs show how government policies are proving the points made throughout the chapters
*Exhaustive statistics are included about every major social program's budget, benefits, and participants
*Underlying policy model has been updated in response to the evolving political environment
*Content and writing style are appropriate to both bachelor's- and master's-level programs
*More graphics and attractive new two-color interior design make debates easier to grasp and the book easier to navigate
Visit www.oup.com/us/dynamics for access to the instructor's manual and test bank.

Book about: Not Your Mothers Cookbook or The Edible Tao

Copyright's Paradox

Author: Neil Weinstock Netanel

The United States Supreme Court famously labeled copyright "the engine of free expression" because it provides a vital economic incentive for much of the literature, commentary, music, art, and film that makes up our public discourse. Yet today's copyright law also does the opposite--it is often used to quash news reporting, political commentary, church dissent, historical scholarship, cultural critique, and artistic expression.
In Copyright's Paradox, Neil Weinstock Netanel explores the tensions between copyright law and free speech, revealing how copyright can impose unacceptable burdens on expression. Netanel provides concrete illustrations of how copyright often prevents speakers from effectively conveying their message, tracing this conflict across both traditional and digital media and considering current controversies such as the remix and copying culture rampant on YouTube and MySpace, hip-hop music and digital sampling, and the Google Book Search litigation. The author juxtaposes the dramatic expansion of copyright holders' proprietary control against the individual's newly found ability to digitally cut, paste, edit, remix, and distribute sound recordings, movies, TV programs, graphics, and texts the world over. He tests whether, in light of these developments and others, copyright still serves as a vital engine of free expression and he assesses how copyright does--and does not--burden speech. Taking First Amendment values as his lodestar, Netanel argues that copyright should be limited to how it can best promote robust debate and expressive diversity, and he presents a blueprint for how that can be accomplished.
Copyright and free speech will always stand in sometension. But there are ways in which copyright can continue to serve as an engine of free expression while leaving ample room for speakers to build on copyrighted works to convey their message, express their personal commitments, and create new art. This book shows us how.

Introduction: A "Largely Ignored Paradox"     3
From Mein Kampf to Google     13
What Is Freedom of Speech? (And How Does It Bear on Copyright?)     30
Copyright's Ungainly Expansion     54
Is Copyright "the Engine of Free Expression"?     81
Copyright's Free Speech Burdens     109
The Propertarian Counter-Argument     154
Copyright and the First Amendment     169
Remaking Copyright in the First Amendment's Image     195
Notes     219
Index     269

Thursday, February 19, 2009

What to Do when the Shit Hits the Fan or What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World

What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

Author: Dave Black

Would you know how to prepare for an unforeseen emergency, or handle an unexpected disaster? With real-world considerations in mind, disaster preparedness consultant David Black shows us how to stay alive when tragedy strikes. His step-by-step actions can help us make it safely through a variety of crises, from catastrophic weather to terrorism to civil unrest. Black presents tailor-made plans for individuals, businesses, organizations, small groups, and communities to follow, in all regions of the country and broken down by type of emergency and environment. In addition, he provides a hierarchy for response including communication, healthcare, food, water, and shelter in the absence of institutions and commercially available services and supplies.

New interesting textbook: Nantuckets Bounty or Cookin with Honey

What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World

Author: M L Rossi

What's the difference between Khomeini and Khaddafi? How can you tell a Tutsi from a Hutu? Is life really any better in Qatar? Learn the answers to these questions and more in What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World.

What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World, an entertaining guide to political science, current events, foreign affairs, and history is filled with:

*Straightforward explanations
*Cross-referenced entries
*Handy pronunciation guides
*Illustrations and maps

What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World is the complete guide to what's happening at a time when knowledge about events on an international scale has never been more important.

About the Author:

Melissa Rossi is an award-winning veteran journalist who has penned articles for Newsweek, Newsday, Esquire, George, MSNBC, The New York Observer, and, until recently, wrote a regular column for National Geographic Traveler. She has written extensively about Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and has lived abroad for many years.

Ann Hart - KLIATT

Inspired by September 11, in the author's words, "this book aims to provide you with: a contextual mapping of the world's geopolitical hot spots and a familiarity with the names, terms and ideas you need to know to decipher global events." Part almanac, part narrative, injected with subtle humor and commentary, it is informative, non-scholarly and formatted for a sound bite-accustomed audience, making the information easy to find. Forty-five topics, countries or regions are grouped by prominence in global politics under the headings: "Tickers," "Slow Tickers," "Talkers," and "The Big Picture." Touching on every world region, it mostly deals with the Middle East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and some Latin and South American countries. The role of the United States, positive or negative, is always included. An Afterword discourages complacency and discusses reader participation in the geo-political situation. Rossi's experience as a journalist living abroad is a reassuring measure of her authority on her subjects. Her Korea chapter completely agreed with a Today Show feature aired on May 19, 2003. She includes small maps, photos, a glossary, bibliography, list of resources, notes and an index. As a reference tool, this is not as comprehensive as traditional almanacs in facts on economy, education, and history and geography, but it is a must-have for supplementing the current events curriculum. This type of work is outdated as soon as it is published (we have experienced the Iraqi War since), but it will continue to be extremely valuable in understanding the issues. Recommended for every literate and thinking American citizen. KLIATT Codes: JSA—Recommended for junior and seniorhigh school students, advanced students, and adults. 2003, Penguin Putnam, Plume, 382p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. index.,

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Three Approaches to Abortion or Spies for Hire

Three Approaches to Abortion: A Compassionate and Thoughtful Guide to the Most Controversial Issue Today

Author: Peter Kreeft

The popular author and professor Peter Kreeft tackles the most controversial issue of our times in his always unique and compassionate style. He presents approaches to the abortion issue from a logical and psychological explanation of the pro-life position. Kreeft hopes that clear reason, rather than force, will help convince people of the truth about abortion and the need to protect innocent human life. Using a dialogical method he presents the objective logical arguments against abortion, the subjective, personal motives of the pro-life movement, and how these two factors influence the dialogue between the two sides of the abortion issue.

Book about: The Rise of Modern Business in Great Britain the United States and Japan Second Edition Revised and Updated or Professional Communication Series

Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing

Author: Tim Shorrock

In Spies for Hire, investigative reporter Tim Shorrock lifts the veil off a major story the government doesn't want us to know about -- the massive outsourcing of top secret intelligence activities to private-sector contractors.

Running spy networks overseas. Tracking down terrorists in the Middle East. Interrogating enemy prisoners. Analyzing data from spy satellites and intercepted phone calls. All of these are vital intelligence tasks that traditionally have been performed by government officials accountable to Congress and the American people. But that is no longer the case.

Starting during the Clinton administration, when intelligence budgets were cut drastically and privatization of government services became national policy, and expanding dramatically in the wake of 9/11, when the CIA and other agencies were frantically looking to hire analysts and linguists, the Intelligence Community has been relying more and more on corporations to perform sensitive tasks heretofore considered to be exclusively the work of federal employees. This outsourcing of intelligence activities is now a $50 billion-a-year business that consumes up to 70 percent of the U.S. intelligence budget. And it's a business that the government has tried hard to keep under wraps.

Drawing on interviews with key players in the Intelligence-Industrial Complex, contractors' annual reports and public filings with the government, and on-the-spot reporting from intelligence industry conferences and investor briefings, Spies for Hire provides the first behind-the-scenes look at this new way of spying. Shorrock shows how corporations such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, CACIInternational, and IBM have become full partners with the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Pentagon in their most sensitive foreign and domestic operations. He explores how this partnership has led to wasteful spending and threatens to erode the privacy protections and congressional oversight so important to American democracy.

Shorrock exposes the kinds of spy work the private sector is doing, such as interrogating prisoners in Iraq, managing covert operations, and collaborating with the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mails. And he casts light on a "shadow Intelligence Community" made up of former top intelligence officials who are now employed by companies that do this spy work, such as former CIA directors George Tenet and James Woolsey. Shorrock also traces the rise of Michael McConnell from his days as head of the NSA to being a top executive at Booz Allen Hamilton to returning to government as the nation's chief spymaster.

From CIA covert actions to NSA eavesdropping, from Abu Ghraib to Guantánamo, from the Pentagon's techno-driven war in Iraq to the coming global battles over information dominance and control of cyberspace, contractors are doing it all. Spies for Hire goes behind today's headlines to highlight how private corporations are aiding the growth of a new and frightening national surveillance state.

Publishers Weekly

Even James Bond is temping these days. According to investigative journalist Shorrock, the CIA and other intelligence agencies now have more contractors working for them than they do spies of their own. Often former staff hired back at double or triple their former government salaries, these private contractors do everything from fighting in Afghanistan to interrogating prisoners, aiming spy satellites and supervising secret agents. Shorrock gives a comprehensive-at times eye-glazing-rundown of the players in the industry, and his book is valuable for its detailed panorama of 21st-century intelligence work. He uncovers serious abuses-contractor CACI International figured prominently in the Abu Ghraib outrages-and nagging concerns about corrupt ties between intelligence officials and private corporations, industry lobbying for a national surveillance state, the withering of the intelligence agencies' in-house capacities and the displacement of an ethos of public service by a profit motive. However, the bulk of the outsourcing Shorrock unearths is rather pedestrian, involving the management of mundane IT systems and various administrative services, and this exposé insinuates more skullduggery than it demonstrates. (May)

Kirkus Reviews

Private corporations employing former high-ranking federal government and military officials are making huge profits from secret contracts with the CIA, NSA and various baronies in the Defense Department, avers freelance journalist Shorrock. In his first book, the author penetrates the covert worlds of corporations with names like CACI International Inc., Mantech International and Booz Allen Hamilton, as well as government agencies spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars with no accountability. Dozens of previous titles have examined U.S. failures of information collection and analysis, especially leading up to and after 9/11. Shorrock excavates new dirt by focusing on the business of intelligence: the bottom line in dollars at the private corporations that win government contracts, often without competitive bidding or even public disclosure. The author does a remarkable job of learning as much as he can: gaining entry into conventions of defense contractors usually closed to journalists; sitting through the hearings of congressional committees whose members are regularly stonewalled by the government agencies they are supposed to oversee; reading through partially declassified documents. Peppered with acronyms, descriptions of highly technical hardware and hundreds of unfamiliar names both corporate and human, the book can be difficult to read, but Shorrock's prose is lucid, his passionate brief for open government inspiring. Occasionally, he describes fiascoes already known to the public, such as the nasty interrogation techniques at Abu Ghraib, that illuminate the shadowy role of private corporations performing highly profitable contracted duties once handled by governmentemployees. Shorrock forcefully makes the case that only members of Congress, ostensibly accountable to the citizens who elected them, can halt the inefficiencies and occasional outright financial corruption emanating from the private contractor/intelligence agency nexus. A sterling example of why investigative journalists are valuable during an era of deep, broad and unconscionable government secrecy. Agent: John Ware/John Ware Literary Agency

Monday, February 16, 2009

Antiquities Under Siege or International Political Economy

Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War

Author: Lawrence Rothfield

As Saddam Hussein's government fell in April 2003, news accounts detailed the pillage of Iraq's National Museum. The museum's looting grabbed headlines worldwide, and public attention briefly focused on Iraq's threatened cultural heritage. Less dramatic, though far more devastating, was the subsequent epidemic of looting at thousands of archaeological sites around the country. Illegal digging on a massive scale continues to this day, virtually unchecked; Iraq's ten thousand officially recognized sites are being destroyed at a rate of roughly 10 percent per year.

This book contains the first full published account of the disasters that have befallen Iraq's cultural heritage, and it analyzes why the array of laws and international conventions, the advocacy efforts of cultural heritage organizations, and the military planning and implementation of cultural protection operations all failed, and continue to fail, to prevent massive and irreversible loss. Looking forward, the book identifies new planning procedures, policy mechanisms, and implementation strategies capable of succeeding, so the mistakes of Iraq will not be replicated in other regions in crisis whose cultural heritages are at risk. Both archaeologists and policymakers will benefit from this detailed study.

Book review: Principles of Information Systems or Stratagems and Spoils

International Political Economy: An Intellectual History

Author: Benjamin J Cohen

The field of international political economy gained prominence in the early 1970s--when the Arab oil embargo and other crises ended the postwar era of virtually unhindered economic growth in the United States and Europe--and today is an essential part of both political science and economics. This book offers the first comprehensive examination of this important field's development, the contrasting worldviews of its American and British schools, and the different ways scholars have sought to meet the challenges posed by an ever more complex and interdependent world economy.

Benjamin Cohen explains the critical role played by the early "intellectual entrepreneurs," a generation of pioneering scholars determined to bridge the gap between international economics and international politics. Among them were brilliant thinkers like Robert Keohane, Susan Strange, and others whose legacies endure to the present day. Cohen shows how their personalities and the historical contexts in which they worked influenced how the field evolved. He examines the distinctly different insights of the American and British schools and addresses issues that have been central to the field's development, including systemic transformation, system governance, and the place of the sovereign state in formal analysis. The definitive intellectual history of international political economy, this book is the ideal volume for IPE scholars and those interested in learning more about the field.

List of Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Abbreviations     xiii
Introduction     1
The American School     16
The British School     44
A Really Big Question     66
The Control Gap     95
The Mystery of the State     118
What Have We Learned?     142
New Bridges?     169
References     179
Index     199

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Women of the Harvest or Democratic Education

Women of the Harvest: Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers

Author: Holly L Bollinger

Their vocations may vary from alpacas and vineyards to organic vegetables and medicinal herbs, but the women of Women of the Harvest: Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers share one common thread—a deep connection to the land and to nature borne of their love for farming. Through the profiles of these seventeen amazing women from all over the United States, you will feel that bond—the warm sun beating on your face; your hands in the cool, moist dirt; tending and nurturing plants; raising animals. May the stories of Women of the Harvest inspire you to cultivate your dreams!

“Women who give in to their farm fantasies (I’ve never met a woman yet who hasn’t, at some point in her life, had a farm fantasy) are in for a sensory journey like none other. Digging in the soil makes you whole. It’s as simple and as complicated as that.
As our numbers grow, so do the abundance of opportunities and ideas. Sit back, read, and be inspired. There’s a whole new frontier awaiting us, but it starts here, armed with the inspiration of women farmers who’ve already landed their dream.”
—MaryJane Butters, founder of MaryJanesFarm and author of MaryJane’s Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook

Contents
Foreword by MaryJane Butters [to come]
Introduction
Chapter 1: Patricia Orlowitz, Washington, D.C.
Chapter 2: Lini Mazumdar, Londonderry, Vermont
Chapter 3: Donna Betts, Whipple, Ohio
Chapter 4: Sarah Polyock, Chetek, Wisconsin
Chapter 5: Eloise Stewart, Pinetta, Florida
Chapter 6: Laura Adams, Cedar Key, Florida
Chapter 7: Rose Koenig, Gainesville, Florida
Chapter 8: Jessica Norfleet, Newberry, Florida
Chapter 9: Jana Sweets, Tucson, Arizona
Chapter 10: Nancy Wilson, Fossil, Oregon
Chapter 11: Carolyn Lattin, Olympia, Washington
Chapter 12: Julie Safley, Hillsboro, Oregon
Chapter 13: Michelle Bienick, Applegate, Oregon
Chapter 14: Emma Jean Cervantes, La Mesa, New Mexico
Chapter 15: Maud Powell, Jacksonville, Oregon
Chapter 16: Maria Largaespada, Jacksonville, Oregon
Chapter 17: Peggy Case, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Index

Interesting book: Thyme or The Family Table

Democratic Education

Author: Amy Gutmann

Who should have the authority to shape the education of citizens in a democracy? This is the central question posed by Amy Gutmann in the first book-length study of the democratic theory of education. The author tackles a wide range of issues, from the democratic case against book banning to the role of teachers' unions in education, as well as the vexed questions of public support for private schools and affirmative action in college admissions.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Theology of the Hammer or A Death in Brazil

The Theology of the Hammer

Author: Millard Fuller

The Fullers sold their business, donated all the money to charity, and went in search of a new dream. Twenty years later, Fuller and his wife are sharing that dream: Habitat for Humantity Interna-tional.

Publishers Weekly

The founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International, Millard Fuller, here shares his concept of ``hammer theology'' and his dream of eliminating poverty-ridden housing worldwide. Interweaving Christian scripture with his narrative, Fuller tells of the dramatic changes Habitat's hands-on ministry has effected in the lives both of the recipients of the organization's quality housing and of the volunteers who build it. He also writes autobiographically of his own spiritual journey, explaining how he came to start Habitat's phenomenal grassroots ministry. One is left, upon completing the book, with an almost mind-boggling sense of just how far-reaching, substantial and laudable Habitat has become. (May)

Books about: Ten Days of Birthright Israel or An Unbroken Agony

A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions

Author: Peter Robb

Deliciously sensuous and fascinating, Robb renders in vivid detail the intoxicating pleasures of Brazil’s food, music, literature, and landscape as he travels not only cross country but also back in time—from the days of slavery to modern day political intrigue and murder. Spellbinding and revelatory, Peter Robb paints a multi-layered portrait of Brazil as a country of intoxicating and passionate extremes.

New York Times

A Death in Brazil is not strictly about travel. It deals with Brazil's history, landscapes, society, culture, food and the baroque flamboyance of its political life...Mr. Robb writes about his themes not as a scholar or analyst but as if he were trekking through them hungrily, strenuously and sometimes at risk.—Richard Eder

The New Yorker

One night twenty years ago in Rio de Janeiro, the author was attacked by a knife-wielding burglar, who then broke down and stayed until dawn, unburdening his soul. Robb became fascinated with Brazil, and here offers a seductive synthesis of history, gastronomy, literature, pop culture, and current events. He is most drawn to the landscape of the northeast. Once home to communities of escaped slaves, the region has, more recently, produced such figures as the disgraced President Fernando Collor de Mello, who was impeached in 1992, and Luis (Lula) Inácio da Silva, a former metalworker who was elected President a decade later. Between the mouthwatering dishes and caipirinhas, Robb explores the extreme contrasts of wealth and poverty, beauty and brutality—tens of thousands of violent deaths each year—in what he considers the “most thrilling country in the Western Hemisphere.”

Publishers Weekly

The death of the title refers to a recent event, but Times Literary Supplement writer Robb gets his mysterious subtitle most directly from Machado de Assis, a 19th-century Brazilian novelist considered at length for his ability to weave discussion of the nation's racial and economic disparities into his wildly popular serial fictions for women's magazines. The term's origins, however, are biblical; First and Second Chronicles were called "Omissions" because they contained information left out of the preceding Books of Kings. Although Robb tries to fill in some of the gaps in recent Brazilian history, he doesn't so much uncover new data on the spectacularly corrupt 1990-1992 presidency of Fernando Collor as pull together some of the many disparate sources. Collor's rise and fall, and the murder of his chief henchman, form a solid backbone for the book, but one from which Robb frequently wanders to ruminate on centuries of Brazilian history filled with eroticism and violent upheaval. He also recounts his own travels through modern Brazil, devoting as much attention to the sensual delights of buchada de bode (stuffed goat's stomach) as he does to a threatening encounter with the military police. The overall result is a bit of a jumble, but it's a delightful jumble: a Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with a Latin beat. At various points, Robb compares the unfolding Collor scandal to the soap opera staples of Brazilian television, and he's managed to capture the story's lurid surrealism with a deft, erudite touch. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

The motivation for Robb's latest work is unclear; perhaps he was in pursuit of a story as absorbing and darkly disturbing as his Midnight in Sicily, which he certainly found. Robb left Naples for Brazil's northeastern territory of Pernambuco, where he restricted his travels to the towns of Recife, Maceio, and Palmares, a viper's triangle of Brazil's corrupt ruling elite and home of Fernando Collor de Mello, who in 1990 became Brazil's first democratically elected president in 29 years (he would resign two years later over charges of corruption). Using this historic event as a touchstone, Robb weaves a narrative consisting of three threads: a montage of historical flashbacks of the region; an account of his investigations of government deceit, chicanery, and murder from 1989 to the recent election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ("Lula"); and a description of his travels and encounters. What the reader discovers is that the book's title is intentionally disingenuous-there have been thousands of deaths in Brazil over the years, beginning with the massacre of indigenous tribes and resistance groups to the current "disappearance" of political dissenters and street urchins. Robb's revelations of political nepotism, intrigue, and passion read like a horribly real soap opera. Recommended for all libraries.-Lonnie Weatherby, McLennan Lib., McGill Univ., Montreal Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Under intellectual scrutiny from a part-time resident, the world's fifth largest country comes alive as "the oddest and most thrilling" in our hemisphere. Readers who pick this up expecting a travel guide will have to look beyond open sewers befouling pristine beaches and bags of garbage flung from apartment windows into the street where urchins sleep in cardboard boxes-and those are the lucky ones-to find Brazil's real allure. But Robb (M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio, 2000, etc.) does find it, and it runs sensuously deep and mysterious. The biggest mystery: Why is a country of such beautiful people with such variegated lushness still constantly gashed by violence, cruelty, and corruption? The source, Robb offers, is a gap between richest and poorest "six times greater than countries like China, India, and Pakistan" and perhaps unequaled anywhere. He tracks Brazil's culture of concentrated personal power and wealth from the colonial era, finding a strain of conspiratorial racism perversely at odds with a society where slavery was officially banned in 1888 and racial mixing has been energetically pursued for half a millennium. His "researches," which include an attempt (after a few Scotches in a bar) to confront a political thug suspected of several murders, reveal how a government deformed by influence peddling, corruption, and a menacing military has managed to ignore the most basic needs of traditionally disenfranchised constituents. Robb, however, views current President Lula da Silva as something of a messiah in a country where pursuit of sensual pleasures and a big lunch has thus far thwarted development of a public conscience. Fortunately for adventurous readers, a researcher ofmysteries also has to take time to nourish body and soul with things like grilled needlefish or the sumptuous polyglot bean stew called feijoada, washed down with Antarctic beer chilled to the point of freezing. An affectionate, probing cultural portrait, as stark as it is entertaining.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime or Economics of Monetary Union 7e

Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime: An Introduction

Author: Marjie T Britz

Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime: An Introduction explores the current state of computer crime within the United States. Beginning with the 1970's, this work traces the history of technological crime, and identifies areas ripe for exploitation from technology savvy deviants. This book also evaluates forensic practices and software in light of government legislation, while providing a thorough analysis of emerging case law in a jurisprudential climate. Finally, this book outlines comprehensive guidelines for the development of computer forensic laboratories, the creation of computer crime task forces, and search and seizures of electronic equipment.

Book review: Cafe Food at Home or Chicken Etc

Economics of Monetary Union 7e

Author: Paul De Grauw

The seventh edition of 'Economics of Monetary Union' provides a concise analysis of the theories and policies relating to monetary union. De Grauwe analyses the costs and benefits associated with having one currency as well as the practical workings and current issues involved with the Euro.
In the first part of the book the author considers the implications of joining a monetary union through discussion based on an economic cost-benefit analysis. The second part of the book looks at the reality of monetary unions by analysing Europe's experiences, such as how the European Central Bank was designed to conduct a single monetary policy.
The seventh edition has been revised to include more discussion of monetary unions outside Europe and, to reflect this fast-moving area, updated coverage of new member states in transition and an updated discussion of the stability pact.
Online Resource Centre
An online resource centre, featuring supplements for lecturers including PowerPoint slides and an instructor manual, has been updated for this edition.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Racism in the United States or Christianity and American Democracy

Racism in the United States: Implications for the Helping Professions

Author: Joshua Miller

With this fascinating text, you will start to analyze the social and psychological dynamics of racism and the implications it will carry for you as helping professional. Authors Joshua Miller and Ann Marie Garran investigate the many facets of racism in the United States, examining how racism exists not only outside of us, but inside of us as well. Human service workers must confront and challenge racism in both these areas. Those in the helping professions are ethically obligated to work for a society of fairness and social justice and to provide culturally responsive services to all clients, ensuring equal access and quality. The authors demonstrate that it is insufficient to solely focus on social structures, services, institutional practices, or on changing other people. They show that we must also look within and explore our own biases and blind spots which influence how we view ourselves and those whom we are committed to helping.

Preface     xvii
Acknowledgment     xxii
Introduction: Racism in the United States: Implications for the Helping Professions     xx
Background: Social Identity and Situating Ourselves     1
Social Identity     4
Situating Ourselves     5
Power, Privilege, and Social Identity     7
Comfort Zones, Learning Edges, Triggers, and Creating a Context for Learning     9
Setting Guidelines     10
Journal Writing     10
Creating a Safe Environment     11
Conclusion     11
Social Identity     11
Exploring Triggers     12
Racial Identity Formation     12
What Is Racism?     13
How Race and Racism Have Been Conceptualized     15
Historical Underpinnings     16
The Western Concept of Race     16
Theories about Racism     17
Ethnicity Theories     18
Race Relations Theories     19
Theories of Prejudice     20
Structural Theories of Racism     23
Critical Race Theory     25
The Contours of Racism     28
Levels of Racism     28
Direct and Indirect Racism     29
Intentional and Unintentional Racism     30
Sites of Racism     30
Frequency and Magnitude of Racism     30
The Spectrum of Racism     30
Intrapersonal     31
Interpersonal     32
Intergroup     32
Institutional     32
Official and State     32
Extreme, State Sanctioned     33
Conclusion     33
Applying the Spectrum of Racism     33
A Brief History of Racism in the United States and Implications for the Helping Professions     34
The Racial Contract     36
Native Americans     36
African Americans     38
Latinos/Hispanics     41
Asian Americans     44
Factors Common to Anti-Immigrant Racism     46
White Ethnic Groups     47
Push and Pull Factors     47
Discrimination Against White Ethnic Groups     48
Ethnicity and Race     49
Liminality     51
Racism and the Helping Professions in Historical Perspective     52
Progressive Era     52
The New Deal     55
The Civil Rights Movement and the Great Society     57
Conclusion     59
Differential Group Experience     60
The Web of Institutional Racism     61
The Nature of the Web of Racism     63
Residential Racism: Neighborhoods and Housing     66
Educational Racism: Public, Private, and Higher Education     68
Employment Racism     70
Racism and Wealth Accumulation and Upward Mobility     71
Environmental and Health Racism     73
Mental Health Racism     75
Access     75
Services Offered     75
Who Provides Treatment     76
The Structure of Services     76
Theoretical Biases     76
Racism in Clinical Encounters     77
Racism in the Criminal Justice System     78
Political Racism     80
Media Racism     83
Implications of the Web of Racism for the Helping Professions     84
Conclusion     86
The Web of Racism and Passports of Privilege     86
Why Is It so Difficult for People with Privilege to See Racism?     87
Consciousness     88
Invisible Knapsacks of Privilege     90
Socialization into White Privilege     91
The Role of the Family     92
The Discourse of Denigration and the Creation of Other     93
Renounced Targets     93
Triangulation     94
Stereotypes and What Can Be Done about Them     95
Sources of Resistance     95
Consequences of Unexamined Stereotypes     96
Confronting Stereotypes     98
Conclusion     101
Personal Audit     101
Confronting Stereotypes     102
Social Identity Formation and Group Membership     103
Identity     104
Racial and Ethnic Identity Theory     106
Multiracial/Biracial Identity Development     110
Theoretical Assumptions     111
Conceptual Expansions of Ethnic and Racial Identity Theory     111
Multidimensional Social Identity Development     112
Assumptions     114
Axes of Social Identity     115
Dimensions     116
Lifespan Context     117
Environmental Context     117
Resolutions/Stances     118
Social Identity Development Phases     119
Targeted Identity     121
Agent Identity     123
Identity and Intergroup Relations     125
What Can Prevent or Alleviate Intergroup Conflict?     127
Implications for the Helping Professions     129
Conclusion     130
Multidimensional Social Identity Exercise     131
Intersectionality, Racism and Other Forms of Social Oppression     134
Common Aspects of Social Oppression     135
Tilly's Model of Categorical Inequalities     135
Bell's Features of Social Oppression     136
Racism and Class Oppression     137
Race and Class Visibility     139
Race, Class, and Politics     141
Interaction of Race and Class Today     142
Racism and Sexism     143
Social Consequences of Racism and Sexism     145
Social Roles and Social Identity     146
Racism and Heterosexism     148
Heterosexism     149
The Interaction of Racism and Heterosexism     151
Immigration and Racism     153
Dynamics of Immigration     154
Significant Legislation     156
Immigration and Racism Today     156
Conclusion     161
Intersectionality     161
Racial Dialogue: Talking about Race and Racism     163
Why Undertake Racial Dialogues?     165
Why Is Racial Dialogue so Challenging?     166
Conducting Successful Racial Dialogues     168
Important Dimensions of Dialogue     171
Models and Stages of Intergroup Dialogue     172
Managing Effective Racial Dialogues     175
Racial Reconciliation and Inter-Racial Justice     180
Recognition     180
Responsibility     180
Reconstruction     180
Reparation     181
Conclusion     181
Preparing for Dialogue     182
Responses to Racism in the Community     183
Millville     184
Snapshots of Millville Residents     185
Racism in Millville     186
The Dynamics of Racism in Communities     187
Structural/Institutional Racism     187
Political Power     188
Social Identity and Group Membership     190
The Phenomenology of Community Racism     191
Social Cohesion and Community Integrity     192
Responding to Racism in the Community     194
Public Dialogue     194
Re-Storying the Community     195
Structural Interventions     196
Generating Social Capital in the Quest for Community Integrity     198
Anti-Racism Work in the Community     200
Assessment and Prioritization     200
Working with Existing Groups and Organizations     202
Working in Coalitions     203
Disruptive Strategies     204
Participatory Efforts     205
Self-Care     206
Conclusion     207
Mapping Your Community     207
Confronting Racism in Agencies and Organizations     209
Terminology     210
Types of Organizations     211
How Racism Is Manifested in Social Service Organizations     212
Policies     212
Interpersonal Relationships     215
Organizational Power     215
Resources Devoted to Anti-Racism     217
Developmental Models of Organizational Change     218
The Process of Becoming an Anti-Racism Organization     222
Mission Statement     223
Project Group     223
Assessment and Prioritization     224
An Anti-Racism Audit     224
Conclusion     225
Anti-Racism Agency Assessment     225
Cross-Racial Clinical Work      226
First Steps     228
Social Identity     228
Culture, Values, and Worldview     229
Power     231
Legacies of Racism Seen in Clinical Work     232
Anger     232
Rage     232
Guilt     233
Shame     233
Stress and Trauma     234
Grief and Mourning     234
Theoretical Biases     235
Barriers to Effective Cross-Racial Clinical Work     236
Internalized Racism     236
Inattention to Power and Privilege     237
Defensive Racial Dynamics     237
Guidelines for Effective Cross-Racial Clinical Work     239
Working with Social Identity     239
Focusing on Strengths     240
Listening and Observing     240
Working with Racial Transference and Counter-Transference     241
Ability to Tolerate and Respond to Strong Affect     242
Situating Clients in Their Historical and Social Context     243
Mirroring and Empathy     243
Bringing up Issues of Race and Racism     244
Responding to Bias     245
Issues for Clinicians Who Identify as White     246
Issues for Clinicians Who Identify as People of Color or Multiracial     247
Supervision and Consultation     247
Structural and Environmental Issues     249
Environment     249
Access     249
Staffing and Board Representation     250
Conclusion     250
Crossed Racial Identity between Worker and Client     250
Exploring Emotions     251
Teaching about Racism     252
Examples     255
Regina     255
Alicia     256
Michael     256
Course and Class Structure     257
Classroom Climate     259
Classroom Safety     260
Classroom Norms     261
Caucus Groups     262
Instructor Self-Awareness     263
Resistance     264
Supporting Anti-Racism Teaching     265
Understanding Students     266
Teaching Strategies and Techniques     267
Exercises     268
Interviewing in Fairs     269
Maintaining Balance     269
Availability of Teachers     270
Feeling Stuck     271
Conclusion     273
Exercise 12.1     273
Dismantling Racism: Creating the Web of Resistance     275
Creating the Web of Resistance     277
Core Values     277
The Intrapersonal Realm: Introspection and Education     279
The Interpersonal Realm: Engaging in Dialogue/Working in Coalitions     280
The Organizational Realm: Creating Anti-Racism Organizations     281
The Community Realm: Creating Inclusive Communities     281
Being Heard: The Realm of Discourse and Culture     281
The Political and Social Realm: Laws, Institutions, and Practices     282
Maintaining Motivation     285
Self-Care     285
Self-Compassion     286
Avoiding Humiliating Others     286
Working Together     287
Taking the Long View     287
Valuing the Process as Well as the Product     287
Growing as Activists     288
Eternal Vigilance     288
Anti-Racism Activist Self-Audit     289
Confronting Racism Without Humiliating Others     289
Study Circles Dialogues     291
Steps to Successful Intergroup Conversation: A Critical-Dialogic Model     292
Issues to Consider When Confronting Institutional Racism     294
Activities Toward Becoming an Anti-Racist Organization     295
Cultural Values and Worldviews     297
Culturally Influenced Behaviors     299
Questions about Cross-Cultural Contacts     300
Further Reading about Cross-Racial/Cultural Clinical Practice     301
Imaginary Letter     303
References     305
Index     320

Christianity and American Democracy

Author: Hugh Heclo

Christianity, not religion in general, has been important for American democracy. With this bold thesis, Hugh Heclo offers a panoramic view of how Christianity and democracy have shaped each other.

Heclo shows that amid deeply felt religious differences, a Protestant colonial society gradually convinced itself of the truly Christian reasons for, as well as the enlightened political advantages of, religious liberty. By the mid-twentieth century, American democracy and Christianity appeared locked in a mutual embrace. But it was a problematic union vulnerable to fundamental challenge in the Sixties. Despite the subsequent rise of the religious right and glib talk of a conservative Republican theocracy, Heclo sees a longer-term, reciprocal estrangement between Christianity and American democracy.

Responding to his challenging argument, Mary Jo Bane, Michael Kazin, and Alan Wolfe criticize, qualify, and amend it. Heclo's rejoinder suggests why both secularists and Christians should worry about a coming rupture between the Christian and democratic faiths. The result is a lively debate about a momentous tension in American public life.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Export Import Procedures and Documentation or Women Empowered

Export/Import Procedures and Documentation

Author: Thomas E Johnson

Export/Import Procedures and Documentation is for the manufacturer importing raw materials or exporting products, distributors and agents, trading companies, bankers and attorneys, freight forwarders, customs brokers, transportation executives and employees, and many others working in this important segment of the business world. Virtually every piece of information you need is right here. With the help of this essential guidebook, your employees will gain confidence in dealing with difficult export/import situations - they'll always have tested, proven answers close at hand. Your company executives will know exactly what to do in such areas as pricing, solving disputes, dealing with officials, and more. Export/Import Procedures and Documentation can help you reduce export/import transaction costs by targeting and eliminating common problems. Its wealth of explanations and helpful suggestions is virtually guaranteed to save your company time and money in the competitive international arena. The second edition is the most complete, up-to-date resource you can get, covering vital new export/import developments, the impact of NAFTA, the many challenges wrought by the European Economic Community treaty, and the profound transformation in export controls in eastern Europe and Russia. Combining indispensable new information with tried and true standards, the second edition of Export/Import Procedures and Documentation is a resource that belongs on the desk of every export/import specialist.

Booknews

This combination desktop reference, training manual, and resource for some 100 forms and documents pertinent to import/export business matters is updated (last edition, 1994) to cover new regulations and protocols. The volume's nine chapters are divided into four major sections: organizing for export and import operations; procedures and documentation for exporting; procedures and documentation for importing; and specialized exporting and importing. Abundant appendices list pertinent rules, agreements, and other documents. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

The fourth edition of the reference for export/import professionals is revised to include new forms and instructions, new US Customs Service checklists, and new Automated Export System procedures. It overviews the entire export/import process and provides ready-to-use forms with instructions, cost-saving shortcuts, and tips on building a better operation. A training manual for new employees is included, plus a quick course on advanced techniques for more experienced professionals. There is also a glossary of 250 international trade terms. New to this edition is a section on e-commerce in international marketing, listings for export and import software, and a list of Web sites for 94 export and import agencies and information sources. Johnson is a partner in an international trade law firm. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Women Empowered: Inspiring Change in the Emerging World

Author: Phil Borges

The accomplishments of ordinary women in developing and war-ravaged countries who have broken through the barriers of oppression to make a positive difference in their communities is brilliantly told through radiant photography and riveting profiles. The heroic examples set by these women, whose bravery and determination enabled them to move beyond victimization to leadership, speak to the universal themes of courage, empowerment, and human rights. As part of CARE's campaign to empower women everywhere, Women Empowered reveals how determined women of all ages have effectively turned their struggles into triumphs.

Foreword   Madeleine K. Albright     6
Stirring the Fire   Phil Borges     10
The Women Portraits of Empowerment     14
Community Voice   Christy Turlington Burns     42
Protecting the Environment   Wangari Maathai     70
Improving health   Susan L. Ivey     71
Economic Opportunity   Sheila C. Johnson     93
Epilogue   Helene D. Gayle     110

Monday, February 9, 2009

Public and Its Problems or Deception and Abuse at the Fed

Public and Its Problems

Author: John Dewey

In this classic statement of Dewey's social and political philosophy, he clarifies the meaning and implications of such concepts as "the public", "the state", "the government", and repeatedly demonstrates the interrelationships between fact and theory.

Book about: GoldMine 8 For Dummies or Beginning Database Design

Deception and Abuse at the Fed: Henry B. Gonzalez Battles Alan Greenspan's Bank

Author: Robert D Auerbach

The Federal Reserve-the central bank of the United States-is the most powerful peacetime bureaucracy in the federal government. Under the chairmanship of Alan Greenspan (1987-2006), the Fed achieved near mythical status for its part in managing the economy, and Greenspan was lauded as a genius. Few seemed to notice or care that Fed officials operated secretly with almost no public accountability. There was a courageous exception to this lack of oversight, however: Henry B. Gonzalez (D-TX)-chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services (banking) Committee.

In Deception and Abuse at the Fed, Robert Auerbach, a former banking committee investigator, recounts major instances of Fed mismanagement and abuse of power that were exposed by Rep. Gonzalez, including: Blocking Congress and the public from holding powerful Fed officials accountable by falsely declaring-for 17 years-it had no transcripts of its meetings; Manipulating the stock and bond markets in 1994 under cover of a preemptive strike against inflation; Allowing {dollar}5.5 billion to be sent to Saddam Hussein from a small Atlanta branch of a foreign bank-the result of faulty bank examination practices by the Fed; Stonewalling Congressional investigations and misleading the Washington Post about the {dollar}6,300 found on the Watergate burglars.

Auerbach provides documentation of these and other abuses at the Fed, which confirms Rep. Gonzalez's belief that no government agency should be allowed to operate with the secrecy and independence in which the Federal Reserve has shrouded itself. Auerbach concludes with recommendations for specific, broad-ranging reforms that will make the Fed accountable to thegovernment and the people of the United States.

Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Twenty Years Crisis 1919 1939 or Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration

The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

Author: E H Carr

E. H. Carr's classic work on international relations, published in 1939, was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the 20th century. The issues and themes he developed continue to have relevance to modern day concerns with power and its distribution in the international system. Michael Cox's critical introduction provides the reader with background information about the author, the context for the book, and its main themes and contemporary relevance.

R.W. Seton-Watson

Brilliantly reasoned.

Library Journal

In Carr's 1939 title, one of the first serious studies in the area of international relations, he discusses theories of society, the nature of politics, the military, and more. This edition has been updated by Michael Cox, a professor of international politics at the University of Wales, Aberstwyth, where Carr himself was a professor decades earlier. This is more for the academic crowd. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
	A Brief Guide to the Writings of E. H. Carr
	A Guide to the Secondary Literature on E. H. Carr
	From the First to the Second Editions of The Twenty Years' Crisis: A Case of Self-censorship?
	Glossary of Names
	Chronology
	Preface to the 1981 Printing
	Preface to Second Edition
	Preface to First Edition
Pt. 1	The Science of International Politics
1	The Beginning of a Science	3
2	Utopia and Reality	12
Pt. 2	The International Crisis
3	The Utopian Background	25
4	The Harmony of Interests	42
5	The Realist Critique	62
6	The Limitations of Realism	84
Pt. 3	Politics, Power and Morality
7	The Nature of Politics	91
8	Power in International Politics	97
(a)	Military Power	102
(b)	Economic Power	105
(c)	Power over Opinion	120
9	Morality in International Politics	135
Pt. 4	Laws and Change
10	The Foundations of Law	159
11	The Sanctity of Treaties	168
12	The Judicial Settlement of International Disputes	178
13	Peaceful Change	191
	Conclusion
14	The Prospects of a New International Order	209
	Index	221

Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration

Author: Theodore J Stein

The strong nexus between law and social work is beyond dispute: the law informs day-to-day social work practice and administration, and social workers are employed by the courts. Moreover, they work collaboratively with attorneys in legal aid offices, public defenders'offices, and other law enforcement settings, interviewing clients, preparing reports for use in court, interpreting social science information, and providing consultation on how best to approach client problems. This book addresses the relationship between the professions of social work and law and helps social workers develop the knowledge necessary to practice in a legal environment. The author focuses on how the law affects the day-to-day practice of social work; the creation, administration, and operation of social service agencies; and the ways in which social workers and attorneys collaborate to serve the public.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

A Tale of Two Utopias or Saving the Constitution from Lawyers

A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968

Author: Paul Berman

A Tale of Two Utopias is the story of the generation of 1968 - not the whole story, (which could never squeeze into a single book), but four representative episodes. It is the story of student radicalism in the years around 1968 - in America and around the world. The story of gay liberation and of modern identity politics - from their origins in the American New Left to the present. The story of the '68ers in the Eastern bloc - and how in 1989, in Czechoslovakia, the '68ers overthrew Communism. And it is the story of the thinkers in America and in France who have lived through these events, the leftism of 1968 and the liberal revolutions that broke out in 1989 - and have debated their meaning. Andre Glucksmann and the New Philosophers of Paris, Tom Hayden and Students for a Democratic Society, the Gay Liberation Front, Frank Zappa, Vaclav Havel and the Velvet Revolution, Francis Fukuyama and his "End of History" - those are the faces and figures of A Tale of Two Utopias.

Philip Leggiere

There's certainly no dearth of accounts of the 1960s, written from wildy diverse perspectives, grinding a host of ideological axes. Like a television re-run in endless syndication -- melodrama, comedy, farce or tragedy, take your pick -- the '60s live on, their legacy fodder for very '90s-style culture wars.

Most of these accounts are content to recycle stock images from collective memory. Rare is the history that views the '60s in exacting relation to what came before and what has followed. Rarer still is one that can critically reconstruct the consciousness of the time. In his new book A Tale of Two Utopias, social critic Paul Berman attempts to fill that gap by delivering an eclectic and often absorbing analysis of the international student New Left. Prolix and often unwieldy in its ambitiousness, A Tale of Two Utopias is not the place to go if you're looking for a light and lively narrative history, a 1960s complement to, say, David Halberstam's The Fifties. Despite its focus on the white youth rebellions of the era, it's not really the place to find a comprehensive treatment of the anti-war movement, rock culture or "sexual revolution" either.

What Berman does offer is a probing, if occasionally ponderous, meditation on the intellectual zeitgeist behind the insurgencies and near revolutions of 1968 (utopian moment number 1). And he speculates on that moment's influence on the wave of real revolutions (utopian moment number 2) in Eastern Europe in 1989. The ferment of 1968 was, according to Berman, the product of "a revolutionary exhilaration," inimical in spirit to "settled doctrinal orthodoxies and national boundaries." Berman attempts to evoke this evanescent spirit and to analyze its later manifestations in such phenomena as the Gay Liberation movement, the "New Social History," the Sandinistas, the works of Francis (The End of History) Fukuyama, French "post-Marxist" philosopher Andre Glucksman and the political alliance of Frank Zappa and Vaclav Havel.

Berman's literary gifts, however, are rarely as impressive as his talents as a historian and theorist. A Tale of Utopias is an intermittently brilliant work -- the critique of Fukuyama's work is particularly fine -- that forces readers to wade through some unnecessarily choppy and academic prose. -- Salon

Publishers Weekly

Long identified with the left, Berman (editor of Debating P.C.) writes with ambition and savvy about an impossibly broad subject: the left's journey from its multiple 1968 revolutionsnot merely the student and cultural uprisings, but the world attack on Western imperialism and the counterattack, within the communist bloc, against the entrenched dictatorships. Though he does not take on topics like feminism or race, Berman's global reachhe discusses generational splits in left-wing movements from Mexico to Francemakes his book intriguing and provocative. He then assays "the gay awakening," charting the Stonewall-era assumption of group identity to the rise of world gay consciousness. Next, he shifts to discuss Vaclav Havel, who he argues exemplified a movement not for socialist reconstruction but for personal integrity and became influenced by the French "'68er" Andr Glucksmann, who scored Western peaceniks for underestimating the oppression and expansionism of the Soviet Union. Finally, in the wake of the 1989 revolutions against communism, Berman tests Glucksmann's pessimism about progress with conservative Francis Fukuyama's "end of history" thesis about the inevitable success of Western democracy. Thanks to his biographical exegesis of Glucksmann's thought, Berman finds the Frenchman more convincing and, somewhat chastened, suggests the route from 1968 to 1989 should leave the world "humble, skeptical, anxious, afraid, shaken." Author tour. (July)

Kirkus Reviews

A provocative but desultory history, ultimately adding up to little, in which Berman (ed., Blacks and Jews, 1994, etc.) compares the radical political movements in 1968 with the liberal democratic revolution of 1989 in Europe.

Assassinations, riots, and the Vietnam War marred American public life in 1968; it was also a year of creative tension in public affairs, politics, and the arts, and saw the rise of radical student movements from Paris to Berkeley, aimed at transforming society. Berman traces several of the more distinctive movements (Tom Hayden's Students for a Democratic Society, the gay liberation movement, and the Paris Maoists) and contrasts them with the peaceful anti-Communist "revolution" of 1989 that resulted in the collapse of pro-Soviet regimes throughout Europe. While conceding the infinite variety of the radical impulse, Berman categorizes the movements of 1968 into four groups: (1) the "New Left" insurrections against institutionalized racism and sexism, and against middle-class values, originating in universities and driven by students and academics; (2) the development of a new, liberated spiritual sensibility, composed of insights derived from various Eastern religious traditions and other sources; (3) revolutions against right-wing dictatorships (e.g., Vietnam, Latin America); and (4) revolutions against left-wing dictatorships (e.g., Czechoslovakia). The period's upheavals had a lasting impact on Western societies, resulting in greater freedom for women, minorities, and gays, and liberalizing fashions and lifestyles. In the East (to which Berman devotes less attention), the legacy of the suppressed Prague Spring and decades of backwardness was a yearning for Western democracy and a market economy. In tantalizing but tangential essays, Berman throws in the Stonewall Riot, the 1990 visit of Frank Zappa to Czechoslovakia, and Francis Fukuyama's musings on the "end of history," with nebulous results.

An intelligent and well-reasoned effort, but Berman tries to cover too much ground; there are enough ideas here for five books and too little development for one.

Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning

Author: Robert J Spitzer

This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation. The adversarial, advocacy-based American legal system is well suited to American justice, in which one-sided arguments collide to produce a just outcome. But when applied to constitutional theorizing, the result is selective analysis, overheated rhetoric, distorted facts, and overstated conclusions. Such wayward theorizing finds its way into print in the nation's over 600 law journals - professional publications run by law students, not faculty or other professionals - and peer review is almost never used to evaluate worthiness. The consequences of this system are examined through three timely cases: the presidential veto, the "unitary theory" of the president's commander-in-chief power, and the Second Amendment's "right to bear arms." In each case, law reviews were the breeding ground for defective theories that won false legitimacy and political currency. This book concludes with recommendations for reform.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Teaching the Trees or More Damned Lies and Statistics how Numbers Confuse Public Issues

Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest

Author: Joan Maloof

In this collection of natural-history essays, biologist Joan Maloof embarks on a series of lively, fact-filled expeditions into forests of the eastern United States. Through Maloof's engaging, conversational style, each essay offers a lesson in stewardship as it explores the interwoven connections between a tree species and the animals and insects whose lives depend on it - and who, in-turn, work to ensure the tree's survival.

Publishers Weekly

Trees, the dominant life form of most undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems, get a fitting tribute in this engaging collection of eco-meditations. In each short chapter, Salisbury University naturalist Maloof profiles each familiar tree-from the mighty oak to the humble holly-in the forests near her Maryland home and explores its "magical web of relationships" with the plants, insects, birds, mammals, fungi and people who rely on it. Along the way she gently voices her environmentalist convictions, deploring the clear-cutting of mature forests and their replacement with monoculture pine plantations, urging the use of recycled paper and jousting with county officials who want to cut down a local forest for the timber proceeds (she stymies them by declaring it a "September 11th Memorial Forest" and draping the trees with tags bearing the names of the dead from Ground Zero). Lyrical overtones are provided by sprinkled-in snippets of poetry by Rilke, and illustrations by the 18th-century artist John Abbott add a lovely visual touch. The resulting mix of scientific lore and acute personal observation makes for a beguiling walk in the woods. 18 illus. (July 5) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

New interesting textbook: Casos en Dirección de Seguridad Social

More Damned Lies and Statistics - how Numbers Confuse Public Issues

Author: Joel Best

In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk," Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, deaths at the World Trade Center, college ratings, the risks of divorce, racial profiling, and fatalities caused by falling coconuts. More Damned Lies and Statistics encourages all of us to think in a more sophisticated and skeptical manner about how statistics are used to promote causes, create fear, and advance particular points of view.
Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues: missing numbers are relevant but overlooked; confusing numbers bewilder when they should inform; scary numbers play to our fears about the present and the future; authoritative numbers demand respect they don't deserve; magical numbers promise unrealistic, simple solutions to complex problems; and contentious numbers become the focus of data duels and stat wars. The author's use of pertinent, socially important examples documents the life-altering consequences of understanding or misunderstanding statistical information. He demystifies statistical measures by explaining in straightforward prose how decisions are made about what to count and what not to count, what assumptions getmade, and which figures are brought to our attention.
Best identifies different sorts of numbers that shape how we think about public issues. Entertaining, enlightening, and very timely, this book offers a basis for critical thinking about the numbers we encounter and a reminder that when it comes to the news, people count--in more ways than one.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Childbirth in the Global Village or Innocent Abroad

Childbirth in the Global Village

Author: Dawn Hillier

In this new book, Dawn Hillier compares the experiences of mothers and midwives in America and England with those in Africa and Malaysia. Through vivid descriptions of actual births and careful examination of the local, national and international contexts in which they take place, she explores the roles of culture, policy and the academy in the promotion of political ideals about how human beings should come into this world. Childbirth in the Global Village will resonate with the experiences of midwives everywhere and makes a strong case for redesigning the midwifery curriculum to reflect the interconnectedness of childbirth, midwifery education and practice around the globe.

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Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East

Author: Martin Indyk

Making peace in the long-troubled Middle East is likely to be one of the top priorities of the next American president. He will need to take account of the important lessons from past attempts, which are described and analyzed here in a gripping book by a renowned expert who served twice as U.S. ambassador to Israel and as Middle East adviser to President Clinton.

Martin Indyk draws on his many years of intense involvement in the region to provide the inside story of the last time the United States employed sustained diplomacy to end the Arab-Israeli conflict and change the behavior of rogue regimes in Iraq and Iran.

Innocent Abroad is an insightful history and a poignant memoir. Indyk provides a fascinating examination of the ironic consequences when American naïveté meets Middle Eastern cynicism in the region's political bazaars. He dissects the very different strategies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to explain why they both faced such difficulties remaking the Middle East in their images of a more peaceful or democratic place. He provides new details of the breakdown of the Arab-Israeli peace talks at Camp David, of the CIA's failure to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and of Clinton's attempts to negotiate with Iran's president.

Indyk takes us inside the Oval Office, the Situation Room, the palaces of Arab potentates, and the offices of Israeli prime ministers. He draws intimate portraits of the American, Israeli, and Arab leaders he worked with, including Israel's Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon; the PLO's Yasser Arafat; Egypt's Hosni Mubarak; and Syria's Hafez al-Asad. He describes in vivid detail high-level meetings, demonstrating howdifficult it is for American presidents to understand the motives and intentions of Middle Eastern leaders and how easy it is for them to miss those rare moments when these leaders are willing to act in ways that can produce breakthroughs to peace.

Innocent Abroad is an extraordinarily candid and enthralling account, crucially important in grasping the obstacles that have confounded the efforts of recent presidents. As a new administration takes power, this experienced diplomat distills the lessons of past failures to chart a new way forward that will be required reading.

Publishers Weekly

Missteps and missed opportunities proliferate in this gripping insider history of Middle Eastern diplomacy during the Clinton administration. Indyk, former ambassador to Israel, examines the contradictions inherent in Clinton's Iraq policy with a remarkable level of self-criticism and brings a nuanced perspective to his analysis of Iraq's alleged WMD programs and the reasons for and against war. The book emphasizes Clinton's initial strategic focus on Syrian-Israeli relations, and the author's discussion of Syria runs parallel to his central narrative about the Israel-Palestine conflict, which traces the tumultuous eight years from the hopeful handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in 1993 through the beginning of the second intifada. The author achieves an impressive balance of scale, packing a tremendous amount of anecdotal information throughout, creating a portrait of diplomacy that reveals the influence of countless small details, from ceremonial gifts to friendly kisses, on world affairs. At the same time, the book surveys the enduring challenges that plagued the Clinton team's efforts to bring peace to the region, making insightful connections between the history in which the author participated and the present state of the region. (Jan.)

Kirkus Reviews

A vivid insider's account of the Clinton administration's Middle East statecraft. Where Patrick Tyler's excellent A World of Trouble (2008) spreads over six decades, Indyk drills down, focusing on a single administration's Middle East diplomacy. From his positions as National Security Council member and two-time ambassador to Israel, Indyk closely observed the personalities and myriad political considerations that drove Middle East policymaking from 1992 to 2000. His in-the-room recollections of major players like Syria's Asad, Jordan's King Hussein, Egypt's Mubarak and PLO Chairman Arafat, as well as Israeli leaders Rabin, Peres, Netanyahu, Barak and Sharon add color and dimension to his meticulous reconstruction of the intricacies of high-level diplomacy. Clinton set out to leave well enough alone in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, to enforce a "dual containment" of Iraq and Iran and to broker an Arab-Israeli peace, first by achieving a breakthrough with Syria. Though he enjoyed some successes (an unexpected peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, for example) the strategy for the most part unraveled. Indyk hints at Clinton's lack of unwavering principle and political discipline, but he attributes the diplomatic failure largely to the resistance of Arab leaders to change, Israeli political rivalries, Palestinian dysfunctionalism and periodic outbursts of violence and terror that sabotaged any chance for peace. Nevertheless, the author also squarely blames American ignorance, naivete and idealism, examples of which abound here, all comically summarized by a botched instance of presidential gift-giving to Jordan's king and queen. Sympathetic to the earnest efforts of his foreign-policycolleagues-Warren Christopher, Madeleine Albright, Sandy Berger, Anthony Lake, Dennis Ross and Strobe Talbott-Indyk reserves his scorn for the succeeding Bush administration's abandonment of the excruciatingly difficult peace process he so memorably describes. An important cautionary tale-required reading for the next president. Agent: Gloria Loomis/Watkins Loomis

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Attack On America or The United Nations and Changing World Politics

Attack On America: New York, Jerusalem, and the Role of Terrorism in the Last Days

Author: John Hage

In March of 2001, John Hagee published The Battle for Jerusalem, which warned that the escalating conflict in the Middle East would reach American shores and the American people would not be spared from the violence. On September 11, that horrible prediction came true. Attack on America brings that book up to the minute, answering questions that have risen from the tragedy, including: Why has this happened to America? How should America respond? Is there biblical prophecy that forewarned of this attack? Hagee, a respected Middle East scholar, uses his extensive knowledge of current affairs, history, and biblical teachings to craft the comprehensive book on both what has happened and the centuries old-conflict behind it. He also takes a hard look at what this new step in the struggle will mean for America-and the world-in the days and years to come.

Interesting textbook: Lei de Comércio de Negócios e Online Contemporânea:Legal, Internet, Ambientes Éticos, e Globais

The United Nations and Changing World Politics, Vol. 5

Author: Thomas G Weiss

With updates throughout, this newly revised fifth edition serves as the definitive text for courses dealing with the United Nations. Built around three critical themes in international relations-international peace and security, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and building peace through sustainable development-The United Nations and Changing World Politics, fifth edition, guides students through the complexity of politics and history of the UN. Students of all levels will learn what the UN is, how it operates, and what its relationships are with the universe of external actors and institutions, from sovereign states to the plethora of nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations now playing important roles in world politics. This new edition is fully revised to take into account recent events, including the aftermath of September 11th and the war on terrorism, the war in Iraq, the first deliberations of the International Criminal Court, and the largest-ever world summit on the occasion of the UN’s sixtieth anniversary.

Monday, February 2, 2009

The Choices Justices Make or Theodore Roosevelt

The Choices Justices Make

Author: Lee Epstein

The Choices Justices Make argues convincingly that Supreme Court justices are policy-makers who strategically select courses of action by weighing not only their own preferences but also the actions they expect from their colleagues on the Court, Congress, and the president.

Enriched with unique data, stories, and internal documents culled from four justices' private papers, this book makes a strong case for the factors that hold sway on justices as they decide which cases to accept, how to vote in conference, and how to word their written opinions.

Charles Sheldon

THE CHOICES JUSTICES MAKE is essential reading for all of us interested in Supreme Court decision-making. The provenance of this intriguing study is Walter Murphy's ELEMENTS OF JUDICIAL STRATEGY published in 1964. As you may recall, Murphy supported his intuitive contentions that the justices behaved in strategic sorts of ways with quotes from court memoranda and personal papers of the justices. (See Murphy's novel THE VICAR OF CHRIST, Macmillan, 1979 for another use of his data.) Following his lead and guided by the rational choice model, Epstein and Knight gather aggregate data from justices' personal papers to confirm what Murphy had suggested. Members of the nation's high bench behave strategically. The justices' ability to achieve policy goals depends upon their perception of the preferences of other Justices, of the "choices they expect [their colleagues] to make, and of the institutional context in which they act." Law, then, as set by the Supreme Court becomes "the long term product of short-term strategic decision-making." The authors argue that relying on "votes" or the attitudinal model to understand high court behavior is not wrong but rather is incomplete. More is involved than justices responding to ideological values. Assuming their goal is to instill the law with their policy preferences, the actions justices take toward this goal are strategic actions. To support their several assertions the authors rely on information gleaned from the private papers of Justices Brennan, Marshall and Powell supplemented by previous research on the Court. The decisional process, from accepting review, conference discussions and tentative votes, opinion assignment and writing, draft opinion circulation, to final filing of the signed opinions is fraught with evidence of strategic interactions between justices. As an example, in CRAIG v. BOREN (429 US 190,1976) Brennan assumes the opinion drafting responsibilities for the Court. He prefers application of the strict scrutiny test regarding a gender classification. However, as a result of conference discussions and tentative votes, he knows that he cannot muster a majority for the more demanding test. If he pushes for his strict scrutiny preference a majority of his colleagues may be driven into the least demanding rational basis test, which for Brennan is unacceptable. His final draft gains the needed votes for the intermediate or heightened scrutiny test after accommodating the concerns of some of his colleagues. Although not gaining his preferred goal, his strategy has prevented the Court from adopting the least demanding test for gender classification. The authors convincingly show that these kinds of strategic choices are quite common. Can we be sure that justices are nearly always pursuing policy goals when they display strategic behavior? In addition to relying on previous studies regarding the pursuit of policy, the authors screened the conference notes of Brennan and Powell for policy oriented remarks. Nearly half the remarks were indications of preferred policy. For example, Stevens remarked on the HISHON case (gender discrimination in law firm partnerships) during conference that "A partner is not an employee. . . . But clearly prohibited is policy not to hire blacks or women." Also over two-thirds of the memoranda exchanged during opinion circulation were directed toward policy. Their review leads the authors to conclude that "Although justices occasionally pursue other goals and the occasional justice never pursues policy, most justices in most cases seek to establish law as close as possible to their own policy preferences." To confirm strategic behavior the authors look for "distinct" and "discrete" evidence that justices are engaged in political choices. The justices' papers are screened for signs of bargaining, thinking ahead, "manipulating the agenda, and engaging in sophisticated opinion writing." Bargaining is common throughout the process. The ultimate weapon in granting concessions on whether to hear a case is a dissenting opinion. According to Justice Stevens: "Occasionally a written statement of reasons for granting certiorari is more persuasive than the Justice's oral contribution to the Conference." Bargaining over the merits of a case is readily evident. An example among many: Powell sent O'Connor this memo along with his opinion draft. "Here is the first draft . . . .As I need you for a Court, and also because of your experience and special interest, I send the draft to you before circulating it. I had in mind, of course, the two concerns that you have expressed to me." A tabulation of substantive bargaining memoranda shows an average of nearly nine memos in each of the 125 landmark cases decided in the 1983 term and an average of nearly four in each of the total of 157 decisions for the term. Because of his role as Chief Justice and because of his policy preferences, Burger provides amble evidence of attempts to manipulate the agenda of the Court. As you might imagine, Douglas calls him to task for his sometimes blatant manipulations. The authors document the numerous changes in draft opinions to support their contention that the politics of opinion writing is a common form of strategic behavior Institutions (internal norms, rules and procedures and external considerations) also structure the strategic behavior of the justices. The "rule of four" and opinion writing assignments constitute the internal structures within which the justices act and relations with Congress (separation of powers) and the public (legitimacy) are the external institutions that guide the justices' strategic thinking. The choices involved in ROE v. WADE (1973) provide the authors with a case study of manipulating opinion assignments for strategic reasons. However, ROE was not an exception. The justices care about who assigns and to whom an opinion is assigned for it provides them with opportunities for strategic behavior. Not only are the justices constrained by the internal norms and rules but are expected to pay heed to Congress and to the American public. The authors begin their analysis with a review of the politics surrounding MARBURY and MCCARDLE to show the Court being checked by the president or Congress. The authors add further evidence of the importance of separation of powers from a number of other studies. Stare decisis proves to be a strong norm for maintaining public legitimacy. The point of the authors again is that both internal and external structures supply some predictability to the justice's behavior, prompting strategic choices. We are not told how new justices become socialized into strategic behavior, whether the Court bureaucracy plays a restraining role, whether lower courts help set the agenda, what strategies may be used during oral arguments in open court, and what part the law clerks play in the process. Nonetheless there is more than enough material to challenge our thinking on Court politics. Epstein and Knight have provided us with an intriguing framework for analyzing Supreme Court's role in policy making. However, they admit that what remains is the goal "to understand how [strategic] choices come together to explain the substantive content of law. The authors provide the means to check their data, through their internet website. They also build nicely on existing scholarship on the Supreme Court. Nearly every page has a footnote, expanding further on their assertions and answering questions that arise. Also the endnotes provide a valuable bibliography for further study. The book should be read by all of us who are interested in the politics of Supreme Court decision-making.

New interesting book: Easy Everyday or Cranberry Companion

Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness

Author: Joshua David Hawley

Often dismissed by scholars as an opportunistic politician whose ideas lacked historical import, Theodore Roosevelt has been underestimated as a thinker. But to disdain Roosevelt’s politics is to overlook his important and lasting contributions to the shape of modern America, says the author of this compelling new study of the 26th president of the United States. Joshua Hawley examines Roosevelt’s political thought more deeply than ever before to arrive at a fully revised understanding of his legacy: Roosevelt galvanized a twenty-year period of national reform that permanently altered American politics and Americans’ expectations for government, social progress, and presidents.

The book explores the historical context of Theodore Roosevelt’s politics, its intellectual sources, its practice, and its effect on his era and our own. Hawley finds that Roosevelt developed a coherent political science centered on the theme of righteousness, and this “warrior republicanism” was what made the progressive era possible. The debates of Roosevelt’s era were driven largely by his ideas, and from those debates emerged the grammar of our contemporary politics. Casting new light on the fertility and breadth of Roosevelt’s thought, Hawley reveals the full extent of his achievement in twentieth-century intellectual history.

Foreword   David M. Kennedy     xi
Preface     xv
In the Father's House     1
A Small, Ornithological Boy     20
Race and Destiny     32
The Code of a Warrior     48
Apostle of Expansion     75
The Fate of Coming Years     91
Master-Spirit     115
Warrior Republicanism     138
The Progress of a Progressive     163
A Prophet's Return     190
Battle for the Lord     207
The Valley of Vision     235
Epilogue     260
Author's Note     269
Notes     271
Index     307

	The Dream of a New Society	7
	The Moral History of the Baby Boom Generation	21
	The Gay Awakening	123
	Zappa and Havel	195
	Backward Glance at the End of History	254
	Note on Sources	341
	Index	345

	Preface : people count
1	Missing numbers	1
2	Confusing numbers	26
3	Scary numbers	63
4	Authoritative numbers	91
5	Magical numbers	116
6	Contentious numbers	144
7	Toward statistical literacy?	170

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Public Finance Administration

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Seeking Higher Ground: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader

Friday, February 20, 2009

The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy

Copyright's Paradox

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

What to Do When the Shit Hits the Fan

What Every American Should Know about the Rest of the World

Ann Hart - KLIATT

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Three Approaches to Abortion: A Compassionate and Thoughtful Guide to the Most Controversial Issue Today

Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Antiquities Under Siege: Cultural Heritage Protection after the Iraq War

International Political Economy: An Intellectual History

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Women of the Harvest: Inspiring Stories of Contemporary Farmers

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Democratic Education

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Theology of the Hammer

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A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions

New York Times

The New Yorker

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Computer Forensics and Cyber Crime: An Introduction

Economics of Monetary Union 7e

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Racism in the United States: Implications for the Helping Professions

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Christianity and American Democracy

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Export/Import Procedures and Documentation

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Women Empowered: Inspiring Change in the Emerging World

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Public and Its Problems

Deception and Abuse at the Fed: Henry B. Gonzalez Battles Alan Greenspan's Bank

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations

R.W. Seton-Watson

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Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration

Saturday, February 7, 2009

A Tale of Two Utopias: The Political Journey of the Generation of 1968

Philip Leggiere

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Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest

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More Damned Lies and Statistics - how Numbers Confuse Public Issues

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Childbirth in the Global Village

Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Attack On America: New York, Jerusalem, and the Role of Terrorism in the Last Days

The United Nations and Changing World Politics, Vol. 5

Monday, February 2, 2009