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  • The Republic of Therapy

    Triage and Sovereignty in West Africa’s Time of AIDS

    door Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Arjun Appadurai, Jean L. Comaroff, Judith Farquhar ...
    Serie series Body, Commodity, Text
    The Republic of Therapy tells the story of the global response to the HIV epidemic from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa. Drawing on his experiences as a physician and anthropologist in Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire, Vinh-Kim Nguyen focuses on the period between 1994, when effective antiretroviral treatments for HIV were discovered, and ... Meer lezen

    22,67 €

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  • A Fair Country

    Telling Truths About Canada

    door John Ralston Saul ...
    In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an ... Meer lezen

    11,76 €

  • Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?

    from The Righteous Mind

    door Jonathan Haidt ...
    Serie series A Vintage Short
    As America descends deeper into polarization and paralysis, social psychologist Jonathan Haidthas done the seemingly impossible—he has explained the origins of morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to everyone on the political spectrum.Drawing on twenty-five years of groundbreaking research, Haidt shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions ... Meer lezen

    1,02 €

  • Colorblind

    The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity

    door Tim Wise ...
    Serie series City Lights Open Media
    How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era.Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to ... Meer lezen

    15,57 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • First Nations Education Policy in Canada

    Progress or Gridlock?

    door Jerry Paquette, Gérald Fallon ...
    How can First Nations schools in Canada offer a curriculum that is at once authentically and deeply Aboriginal while comparable in content, quality, and standards to provincial and territorial education? First Nations Education Policy in Canada is a critical analysis of policy developments affecting First Nations education since 1986 and a series of recommendations for future policy changes.Jerry ... Meer lezen

    35,50 €

  • The Human Right to Health (Norton Global Ethics Series)

    door Jonathan Wolff ...
    Serie series Norton Global Ethics Series
    “A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus ReviewsFew topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan ... Meer lezen

    10,91 €

  • The Public intellectual in Canada

    door Nelson Wiseman ...
    This illuminating, entertaining, and timely volume examines the place and impact of public intellectuals in our rapidly changing and diverse society. Boasting an all-star cast of contributors – including some of Canada’s most prominent writers, journalists, and academics – it probes the role of public discourse and intellectual persuasion in shaping Canada’s past, present, and future.The Public ... Meer lezen

    30,31 €

  • Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition

    Bewerkt door Miriam Smith ...
    Group Politics and Social Movements in Canada, Second Edition updates and expands its exploration of a wide range of organized group and social movement activity in Canadian politics. Particularly distinctive is the inclusion of Quebec nationalism and Aboriginal politics. Many other areas of collective activity are also included: the Occupy movement and anti-poverty organizing, ethnocultural ... Meer lezen

    29,03 €

  • Metrics

    What Counts in Global Health

    door Vincanne Adams ...
    Serie series Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
    This volume's contributors evaluate the accomplishments, limits, and consequences of using quantitative metrics in global health. Whether analyzing maternal mortality rates, the relationships between political goals and metrics data, or the links between health outcomes and a program's fiscal support, the contributors question the ability of metrics to solve global health problems. They capture a ... Meer lezen

    22,67 €

  • Public Justice and the Anthropology of Law

    door Ronald Niezen ...
    Serie series New Departures in Anthropology
    In this powerful, timely study Ronald Niezen examines the processes by which cultural concepts are conceived and collective rights are defended in international law. Niezen argues that cultivating support on behalf of those experiencing human rights violations often calls for strategic representations of injustice and suffering to distant audiences. The positive impulse behind public responses to ... Meer lezen

    33,40 €

  • AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face

    Inequality, Morality, and Social Change in Nigeria

    door Daniel Jordan Smith ...
    AIDS and Africa are indelibly linked in popular consciousness, but despite widespread awareness of the epidemic, much of the story remains hidden beneath a superficial focus on condoms, sex workers, and antiretrovirals. Africa gets lost in this equation, Daniel Jordan Smith argues, transformed into a mere vehicle to explain AIDS, and in AIDS Doesn't Show Its Face, he offers a powerful reversal, ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Sexual Diversity in Africa

    Politics, Theory, and Citizenship

    door S.N. Nyeck, Marc Epprecht ...
    How does one address homophobia without threatening majority rule democracy and freedoms of speech and faith? How does one "Africanize" sexuality research, empirically and theoretically, in an environment that is not necessarily welcoming to African scholars?In Sexual Diversity in Africa, contributors critically engage with current debates about sexuality and gender identity, as well as with ... Meer lezen

    26,70 €