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This highly praised book undertakes an in-depth case study of
contemporary protests to illustrate not only the challenges to
building civil society in Jamaica but also the requirement for the
current scholarship to reconcile its moral and thematic
ambivalence. It is an important book for collections in political
science, sociology, anthropology, and media studies/communications,
especially given the increasing interest in understanding popular
protests, violent social movements, resistance cultures as well as
radical political culture, democracy and civil society across the
developing and developed world. The book will also hold wide appeal
among policy makers, political actors, activists, civil society
practitioners, and specialists in international development as a
result of its strong focus on civil society. This will also be an
excellent text for undergraduate students and above, particular
those studying international relations.
He was an emotional wreck. Jack was remembering his vows on his
wedding day that Pastor Wayne had said over them,"We ask of you
Lord, to look over their union & make it one that will last
forever, either here in the mortal or in the spirit-." Jack knew he
had a journey ahead of him without Sam, but he would always keep
her spirit alive through him. He would be inspired by her memories
to go on, especially now having their son to remind him of her
warmth each day. Just at that moment his thoughts of Sam had been
broken.... Written by Breanna Gibson
Viruses that are pathogenic to beneficial insects and other
arthropods cause millions of dollars of damage every year to
industries, such as sericulture, apiculture, and aquaculture (e.g.
infecting honeybees and silk worms). On the other hand, viruses
that are pathogenic to insect pests can be exploited as attractive
biological control agents. Another fascinating feature of these
viruses is that some, e.g. baculoviruses, have been commercially
exploited for use as gene expression and delivery vectors in both
insect and mammalian cells. All of these factors have led to an
explosion in the amount of research into insect viruses in recent
years, generating impressive quantities of information on the
molecular and cellular biology of these viruses. This timely book
reviews the exciting new developments in the field of insect
virology. Written by internationally renowned insect virologists,
the chapters review the current molecular biology of all the major
groups of insect pathogenic viruse
He rang the door bell, instantly the door opened, for her to say,
"Enzo is that you?" "No, my name is Jack Cash." "What is it I can
do for you miss?" "I seek revenge and retribution on what was done
to my husband..."He was killed, beaten and mutilated." Jack asked,
"What is the precinct doing about this?" "An investigation was done
and they came to the conclusion that the name of King Huffa from
South Africa, where he has Diplomatic Immunity is behind all of
this." Jack knew he needed UN approval to go after this one, so he
texted a request, at that moment she told, "Jack, I want
retribution from all those involved, for that I give you a million
dollars, for your fee, is also a million dollars, for this I know
you get. " As she was looking at Jack, she said, "You could be a
splitting image of my former husband? You have a lot of
resemblances." Jack asked, "Who was that?" "His name was Enzo
Bonn."
At the end of the Cold War, Jack Cash finds himself sitting in a
prison with no hope of parole. It appears that this super spy and
international bounty hunter's days of intelligence gathering are
over. Nicknamed Parthian Stranger by his inmates, Jack spends his
days trying to figure out how to escape the prison where he has
been hidden for the last twenty years. Everything is about to
change for Jack when he awakens one morning to discover he is alone
in the penitentiary. With no guards in sight, Jack makes his way up
the prison walls and out to freedom. Now on the run, Jack is in a
fight for his life and will stop at nothing-even if it means
murdering anyone who gets in his way. But after he meets Sara
Sanders, a victim of a stalker who enlists his help, he has no idea
that the CIA is closing in an attempt to help him. Suddenly the
life of a Parthian Stranger turns in an unexpected direction that
leads him straight into a dangerous situation where he must pull
out all the stops to not only save his own life, but also the lives
of others.
Jack turned slowly to toss his gun at the sheriff's feet, to hear,
"Now you put your hands on top of your head and kneel down." He
looked down to see the pearl handed gun, as the sheriff knelt down
and said, "In these parts, outside of North Memphis is my
territory." "Hold it right there," said a command voice, then added
"Don't you dare touch that weapon, you are under arrest. As Jack
got up to see, it was Danger, with a smile to and said "like that?'
"Yeah like that," as Jack picks up his gun, holsters it, and shows
the sheriff his badge, and then puts it away. Jack said "Now you
were saying sheriff, it's your way which is?" "I want my attorney."
said the sheriff.
The English Jacobin Novel on Rights, Property and the Law is a
study of the radical novel's critique of the evolving social
contract in the 1790s. Focusing on selected novels by Thomas
Holcroft, Charlotte Smith, Elizabeth Inchbald, Robert Bage, William
Godwin, Mary Hays, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Maria Edgeworth, this
book examines narrative investigations into the intricate
relationships between theories of rights, the requirements of
proprietorship in civil society, and the construction of the legal
subject. MARKET 1: Eighteenth-century Studies; Romantic scholars
and students MARKET 2: General readers interested in law and
literature, and the development of the novel
Researchers now recognize that above- and belowground communities
are indirectly linked to one another, often by plant-mediated
mechanisms. To date, however, there has been no single
multi-authored edited volume on the subject. This book remedies
that gap, and offers state-of-the art insights into basic and
applied research on aboveground-belowground interactions and their
functional consequences. Drawing on a diverse pool of global
expertise, the authors present diverse approaches that span a range
of scales and levels of complexity. The respective chapters provide
in-depth information on the current state of research, and outline
future prospects in the field of aboveground-belowground community
ecology. In particular, the book's goal is to expand readers'
knowledge of the evolutionary, community and ecosystem consequences
of aboveground-belowground interactions, making it essential
reading for all biologists, graduate students and advanced
undergraduates working in this rapidly expanding field. It touches
on multiple research fields including ecology, botany, zoology,
entomology, microbiology and the related applied areas of
biodiversity management and conservation.
Johnson argues that Aristotle's Politics needs to be understood as
a 'two-layered' treatise - the first being Aristotle's political
theory, and the second as a set of questions for statesmen and
politicians. Employing this model, the book sets about to provide a
reconceptualization of Politics as a multi-layered, canonical work.
Reshaping the British Constitution provides a vigorous critique of
the deformations of Britain's customary constitution and why it
could not effectively stem the growth of a centralized political
authority. On this foundation it provides a critical description
and assessment of recent constitutional changes including
devolution, House of Lords reform, human rights and the
encroachment of the European Union. Nevil Johnson suggests that
since the reform programme has rested on pragmatic political
expediency rather than on coherent thinking about constitutional
principles, it is likely to strengthen the familiar deformations of
the customary constitution.
Molecular Biology of Assemblies and Machines presents a
comprehensive narrative describing the structures of macromolecular
complexes and how they assemble and interact. Richly illustrated,
it is written for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and
researchers in biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biology,
biophysics, cell biology, and microbiology, and will also appeal to
those in chemistry, immunology, and medicine. Essentially all major
biological activities are performed by assemblies of macromolecules
(proteins, RNA, and DNA) acting in concert. These assemblies are
dynamic and many are endowed with machine-like properties. This
unique book explores the molecular mechanisms employed at the
critical level between individual macromolecules and cells and
organelles.
This collection of classic papers in shock compression science makes available not only some of the most important classic papers on shock waves by Poisson, Rankine, Earnshaw, Riemann, and Hugoniot, which remain important references, but also some pathbreaking papers from the 1940s and 1950s on shocks in solids and fluids by such theorists as Bethe, and Weyl. Although their ideas and results remain of current interest, many of these papers have been hard to find, since the journals in which they were published are not available in many libraries. The editors have also translated papers written in French to make them accessible to a wider audience. This collection is thus not only a valuable historical resource but also a vital reference for those working in the field.
Agency in Constrained Academic Contexts examines how social agents
construct autonomous spaces in the context of neoliberal education.
The contributors to this edited collection consider the ways that
educators, students, and families assert agency, claim space, and
thereby reshape the constraints imposed by the durability of the
academic institutions of which they are a part.
The concept of deviance is complex, given that norms vary
considerably across groups, times, and places. Society tends to
primarily recognize traditional portraits of deviants such as
street-offenders and drug addicts. The label "deviant" is commonly
cast upon society's undesirables, but this socially constructed
image often overlooks subtler-and arguably more dangerous-deviance.
Physician malfeasance is an especially problematic form, given that
medical professionals garner trust, autonomy, and prestige from
society, which allows them to operate outside of the public eye.
This book responds to a growing number of concerns regarding
deviant physician actions such as physically and sexually abusive
behaviors, fabricating medical findings and records, and taking
advantage of patients (e.g., filing fraudulent Medicaid claims). It
explores theoretical explanations for physician deviance, and goes
on to consider potential responses such as Medicaid Fraud Control
Units, the Questionable Doctors database, and the ability of
doctors to police themselves. The unique perspective offered in
this book informs discussions of white-collar crime and deviance
and has important implications for researchers, policymakers, and
students involved in criminal justice and public policy.
This book aims to reach an understanding of how the mind carries
out three sorts of thinking -- deduction, induction, and creation
-- to consider what goes right and what goes wrong, and to explore
computational models of these sorts of thinking. Written for
students of the mind -- psychologists, computer scientists,
philosophers, linguists, and other cognitive scientists -- it also
provides general readers with a self-contained account of human and
machine thinking. The author presents his point of view, rather
than a review, as simply as possible so that no technical
background is required. Like the field of research itself, it calls
for hard thinking about thinking.
Over the past three decades, there has been a rapid development of
research on human thinking and reasoning. This volume provides a
comprehensive review of this topic by looking at the important
contributions Paolo Legrenzi has made to the field, by bridging the
gap from Gestalt ideas to modern cognitive psychology. The
contributors, including some of the most distinguished scholars of
reasoning and thinking in Europe and the USA, reflect upon the ways
in which he has influenced and inspired their own research, and
contributed to modern approaches to human inference. This volume
draws on both traditional and new topics in reasoning and thinking
to provide a wide-ranging survey of human thought. It covers
creativity, problem-solving, the linguistic and social aspects of
reasoning and judgement, and the social and emotional aspects of
decision making through telling examples, such as the cognitive
mechanisms underlying consumers' attitudes towards herbal
medicines. It considers a series of key questions, such as how do
individuals who are unfamiliar with logic reason? And how do they
make choices if they are unfamiliar with the probability calculus
and decision theory? The discussions are placed throughout within a
wider research context and the contributors consider the
implications of their research for the field as a whole, making the
volume an essential reference for anyone investigating the
processes that underlies our thinking, reasoning, and
decision-making in everyday life.
Research is vital in moving the field of family therapy forward,
but the myriad of possibilities inherent in working with systems
and individuals can overwhelm even the most seasoned researcher.
Advanced Methods in Family Therapy Research is the best resource to
address the day-to-day questions that researchers have as they
investigate couples and families, and the best source for learning
long-term theory and methodology. The contributors of this volume
share their wisdom on a wide variety of topics including validity
concerns, measuring interpersonal process and relational change,
dyadic data analysis (demonstrated through a sample research
study), mixed methods studies, and recruitment and retention. The
volume contains one of the most detailed descriptions of data
collections and covers interviewing, using questionnaires, and
observing brain activity. Also addressed are suggestions to
meaningfully reduce cultural bias, to conduct ethical research,
and, in the Health Services Research chapter, to examine
interventions for clients in various income brackets. A separate,
ground-breaking chapter also addresses psychophysiological research
in a couple and family therapeutic context. As an added benefit,
readers will learn how to become informed consumers of journal
articles and studies, how to produce quality, publishable research,
and how to write fundable grant proposals. Each chapter provides a
clear and detailed guide for students, researchers, and
professionals, and as a whole Advanced Methods in Family Therapy
Research advances the field by teaching readers how to provide
evidence that marriage and family therapy not only relieves
symptoms, but also effects behavioral change in all family members.
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