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A compelling story of how ordinary Ukrainians saved their nation.
With Russian shells raining on Kyiv and tanks closing in, American
forces prepared to evacuate Ukraine's leader. Just three years
earlier, his apparent main qualification had been playing a
president on TV. But Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly retorted, 'I
need ammunition, not a ride.' Ukrainian forces won the battle for
Kyiv, ensuring their country's independence even as a longer war
began for the southeast. You cannot understand the historic events
of 2022 without understanding Zelensky. But the Zelensky effect is
less about the man himself than about the civic nation he embodies:
what makes Zelensky most extraordinary in war is his very
ordinariness as a Ukrainian. The Zelensky Effect explains this
paradox, exploring Ukraine's national history to show how its
now-iconic president reflects the hopes and frustrations of the
country's first 'independence generation'. Interweaving social and
political background with compelling episodes from Zelensky's life
and career, this is the story of Ukraine told through the journey
of one man who has come to symbolise his country.
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In His Name
E Hale
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The Zelensky Effect
Olga Onuch, Henry E. Hale
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A compelling story of how ordinary Ukrainians saved their nation.
With Russian shells raining on Kyiv and tanks closing in, American
forces prepared to evacuate Ukraine’s leader. Just three years
earlier, his apparent main qualification had been playing a
president on TV. But Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly retorted, ‘I
need ammunition, not a ride.’ Ukrainian forces won the battle for
Kyiv, ensuring their country’s independence even as a longer war
began for the southeast. You cannot understand the historic events
of 2022 without understanding Zelensky. But the Zelensky effect is
less about the man himself than about the civic nation he embodies:
what makes Zelensky most extraordinary in war is his very
ordinariness as a Ukrainian. The Zelensky Effect explains this
paradox, exploring Ukraine’s national history to show how its
now-iconic president reflects the hopes and frustrations of the
country’s first ‘independence generation’. Interweaving
social and political background with compelling episodes from
Zelensky’s life and career, this is the story of Ukraine told
through the journey of one man who has come to symbolise his
country.
Recounting briefly of the historical events of importance to the
people of the town of Wallingford, CT from its founding in 1680 to
the celebration of the tricentennial in 1970.
The 10th edition of this go-to-text offers critical discussion of
contemporary Russian politics and its fundamental principles. It
covers established topics such as executive leadership, parties and
elections, and also newer issues of national identity, protest, and
Russia and Greater Eurasia. Taking a bottom-up approach,
Developments in Russian Politics analyses the political system in
which Putin’s influence can be understood and covers frequently
overlooked topics like informal economy, climate change, and
gender. The book is organised around the informal politics of
hybrid regimes and authoritarianism and accounts for how Russian
history impacts contemporary politics in counterintuitive ways,
addressing notions of hybrid warfare, disinformation, and election
meddling. The chapters have a modular quality, and are designed to
correspond to course teaching. Compiled by an international team of
specialists and offering key questions, further reading suggestions
and a list of up-to-date repositories of video material, the
edition will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students a
from across the world. Key features - Offers critical discussion of
contemporary issues in Russian politics - Written by an
international team of leading experts - All chapters thoroughly
revised for coverage of newer developments in national identity,
protest, and Russia and Greater Eurasia
Whether it is patients' anxiety at being in the physician's office,
psychiatric disorders that may impair attention and concentration,
skepticism at the effectiveness of medication, or the physician's
own busyness, there are varied reasons why patients may not request
all of the information they need about a psychiatric medication
that is being prescribed or why physicians may not provide it. What
Your Patients Need to Know About Psychiatric Medications, Third
Edition, remedies this problem by offering clear, accurate, and
accessible information on more than 70 medications from all of the
major medication classes, from antianxiety medications such as
diazepam and lorazepam, to antidepressants such as fluoxetine and
sertraline, to stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder such as dexmethylphenidate and oral methylphenidate.
Updated to reflect new medications that have come into the
marketplace and changes to the dosing, format, and methods of
prescription of existing medications, the book evaluates each
medication in eight categories: * General information* Dosing
information* Common side effects* Adverse reactions and
precautions* Risk in during pregnancy and breast-feeding* Potential
drug interactions* Overdose* Treatment summary With its
quick-reference format, What Your Patients Need to Know About
Psychiatric Medications, Third Edition, is not just an invaluable
resource for clinical social workers, clinical psychiatrists,
psychiatric nurses and residents, and community and psychiatric
pharmacists. It is also a source of accessible, jargon-free
guidance for patients, who can leave the physician's office with
tangible material about their specific medication, which they can
retain and refer to later.
Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry focuses on the assessment,
diagnosis, and treatment of the full spectrum of neuropsychiatric
disorders, as well as those conditions that have significant
neuropsychiatric components.
With the help of this highly practical manual, clinicians are
empowered to evaluate patients and treat the neuropsychiatric
aspects of a host of disorders. The manual: - Sets forth a concise,
step-by-step approach to assessing patients, by beginning with the
indications for a neuropsychological evaluation, and progressing
through the patient interview, physical examination, and measures
that are useful diagnostic indicators, such as psychological
testing and structural and functional neuroimaging.- Offers
complete physiological and epidemiological information about each
condition, by providing much-needed context and helping the
clinician to identify the focal neurological symptoms to look for,
potential contributing factors, and the course a disease is likely
to follow.- Covers the general neuropsychiatric and
neuropsychological considerations the clinician must take into
account when attempting to understand the factors that influence
presenting symptoms and behavioral changes. For example,
intracranial pressure can be and elusive consequence of central
nervous system (CNS) tumors and has been implicated in behavior
changes such as apathy and depression.- Aids the clinician in
making a clinical diagnosis through the precise evaluation of a
patient's neurological and psychiatric signs and symptoms, through
taking a careful history, and through a directed physical
examination the patient.- Addresses the full range of available
treatment options, including psychopharmacological,
psychotherapeutic, and cognitive rehabilitation modalities. -
Presents an utterly up-to-date chapter on psychopharmacological
treatment of patients with neuropsychiatric disorders, and includes
an abundance of tables that compare indications, efficacy, and side
effect profiles for the full range of drugs that are likely to be
prescribed.
While acknowledging the ongoing dialogue on the nature of
neuropsychiatry, Clinical Manual of Neuropsychiatry focuses on the
paramount duty of the physician, whether psychiatrist or
neurologist: to understand each patient's underlying disease and to
ease the suffering it causes. This meticulously referenced,
thoughtfully illustrated, and elegantly structured volume deserves
a place in both the beginning and seasoned clinician's library.
For many years, the American Psychiatric Glossary has been the
standard reference for psychiatrists, residents, psychiatric social
workers, and other mental health professionals. Last published 8
years ago, it enjoyed unparalleled dominance in the mental health
market. Now comes The Language of Mental Health: A Glossary of
Psychiatric Terms, which is designed not only to replace its
predecessor but also to improve upon its offerings and bring the
content firmly into the twenty-first century.
This comprehensive, user-friendly reference boasts an abundance
of features, both time-tested and new, as follows: - The number of
Glossary definitions has been increased by 25%, and coverage has
been expanded to include terms specific to newer psychiatric
subspecialties, such as geriatric psychiatry, addiction psychiatry,
psychosomatic medicine, and child and adolescent psychiatry.- The
section on "Medications Used in Psychiatry" is expanded and up to
date. Medications are organized by drug class (e.g.,
antidepressants), subclass (e.g., selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors), trade name (e.g., Prozac), and generic name (e.g.,
fluoxetine).- The section on "Psychiatric Measures" is robust and
detailed. For example, the entry under "Neuropsychiatric Measures
for Cognitive Disorders" lists nearly a dozen assessments, along
with their acronyms or abbreviations.- The section on "Mental
Health Resources" includes vital descriptions and current contact
information for dozens of organizations. The Web addresses are
especially useful for those seeking immediate assistance or access
to information.
Although the reference maintains the level of theoretical,
diagnostic, and therapeutic accuracy one would expect from a book
for clinicians, it will also prove useful to advocacy groups,
attorneys, and mental health patients and their families. Compact
enough to slip into a pocket or briefcase, yet substantial enough
to withstand frequent consultations and extended study, The
Language of Mental Health is a worthy successor to the American
Psychiatric Glossary and is the only reference of its caliber and
completeness on the market.
Beyond the Euromaidan examines the prospects for advancing reform
in Ukraine in the wake of the February 2014 Euromaidan revolution
and Russian invasion. It examines six crucial areas where reform is
needed: deep internal identity divisions, corruption, the
constitution, the judiciary, plutocratic "oligarchs," and the
economy. On each of these topics, the book provides one chapter
that focuses on Ukraine's own experience and one chapter that
examines the issue in the broader context of international
practice. Placing Ukraine in comparative perspective shows that
many of the country's problems are not unique and that other
countries have been able to address many of the issues currently
confronting Ukraine. As with the constitution, there are no easy
answers, but careful analysis shows that some solutions are better
than others. Ultimately, the authors propose a series of reforms
that can help Ukraine make the best of a bad situation. The book
stresses the need to focus on reforms that might not have immediate
effect, but that comparative experience shows can solve fundamental
contextual challenges. Finally, the book shows that pressures from
outside Ukraine can have a strong positive influence on reform
efforts inside the country.
Russia poses a major puzzle for theorists of party development.
Virtually every classic work takes parties to be inevitable and
essential to electoral competition, but Russia remains highly
nonpartisan more than fifteen years after Gorbachev first launched
his democratizing reforms. The problem is that theories of party
development lack a "control case," almost always focusing on cases
where parties have already developed and almost never examining
countries where independent politicians are the norm. This book
focuses on Russia as just such a control case. It mobilizes fresh
public opinion surveys, interviews with leading Russian
politicians, careful tracking of multiple campaigns, and analysis
of national and regional voting patterns to show why Russia stands
out. Russia's historically influenced combination of federalism and
"superpresidentialism," coupled with a postcommunist redistribution
of resources to regional political machines and "oligarchic"
financial-industrial groups, produced and sustained powerful "party
substitutes" that have largely squeezed Russia's real parties out
of the "electoral market," damaging Russia's democratic
development.
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