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A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory
concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always
favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute
among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government
should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent
of state ownership of the means of production, redistribution of
wealth and income through the tax code and transfer programs, and
the extent of government regulation.
One of N. Scott Arnold's goals is to give an accurate
characterization of both modern liberalism and classical
liberalism, explaining along the way why libertarianism is not the
only form that classical liberalism can take. The main focus of
Arnold's book, however, concerns regulation--specifically, the
modern liberal regulatory agenda as it has taken shape in
contemporary American society. This is the set of regulatory
regimes favored by all modern liberals and opposed by all classical
liberals. It includes contemporary employment law in all its
manifestations, health and safety regulation, and land use
regulation. The heart of the book consists of a systematic
evaluation of arguments for and against all the items on this
agenda. It turns out that there are good arguments on both sides
for most of these regulatory regimes. Because of this, and because
someone's vision of the proper scope of government will ultimately
prevail, some procedural requirements that all liberals could agree
to must be satisfied for one side to impose legitimately its values
on the polity at large. These procedural requirements are
identified, argued for, and then applied to the elements of the
modern liberal regulatory agenda. Arnold argues that many, though
not all, of these elements have been illegitimately imposed on
American society.
Long a leading figure in American literature, N. Scott Momaday is
perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning House Made of
Dawn and his celebration of his Kiowa ancestry, The Way to Rainy
Mountain. Momaday has also made his mark in theater through two
plays and a screenplay. Published here for the first time, they
display his signature talent for interweaving oral and literary
traditions.The Indolent Boys recounts the 1891 tragedy of runaways
from the Kiowa Boarding School who froze to death while trying to
return to their families. The play explores the consequences, for
Indian students and their white teachers, of the federal program to
""kill the Indian and save the Man."" A joyous counterpoint to this
tragedy, Children of the Sun is a short children's play that
explains the people's relationship to the sun. The Moon in Two
Windows, a screenplay set in the early 1900s, centers on the
children of defeated Indian tribes, who are forced into
assimilation at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where the U.S. government
established the first off-reservation boarding school. Belonging
with the best of Momaday's classic writing, these plays are works
of a mature craftsman that preserve the mythic and cultural
tradition of unique tribal communities in the face of an
increasingly homogeneous society.
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing
peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in
scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has
now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty,
nevertheless security continues to drive and shape the laws and
policy regime which governs the region. Antarctic Security in the
Twenty-First Century: Legal and Policy Perspectives assess
Antarctic security from multiple legal and policy perspectives.
This book reviews the existing security construct in Antarctica,
critically assesses its status in the early part of the
Twenty-First century and considers how Antarctic security may be
viewed in both the immediate and distant future. The book assesses
emerging new security threats, including the impact of climate
change and the issues arising from increased human traffic to
Antarctica by scientists, tourists, and mariners. The authors call
into question whether the existing Antarctic security construct
framed around the Antarctic Treaty remains viable, or whether new
Antarctic paradigms are necessary for the future governance of the
region. The contributions to this volume engage with a security
discourse which has expanded beyond the traditional military domain
to include notions of security from the perspective of economics,
the environment and bio-security. This book provides a contemporary
and innovative approach to Antarctic issues which will be of
interest to scholars of international law, international relations,
security studies and political science as well as policy makers,
lawyers and government officials with an interest in the region.
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing
peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in
scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has
now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty,
nevertheless security continues to drive and shape the laws and
policy regime which governs the region. Antarctic Security in the
Twenty-First Century: Legal and Policy Perspectives assess
Antarctic security from multiple legal and policy perspectives.
This book reviews the existing security construct in Antarctica,
critically assesses its status in the early part of the
Twenty-First century and considers how Antarctic security may be
viewed in both the immediate and distant future. The book assesses
emerging new security threats, including the impact of climate
change and the issues arising from increased human traffic to
Antarctica by scientists, tourists, and mariners. The authors call
into question whether the existing Antarctic security construct
framed around the Antarctic Treaty remains viable, or whether new
Antarctic paradigms are necessary for the future governance of the
region. The contributions to this volume engage with a security
discourse which has expanded beyond the traditional military domain
to include notions of security from the perspective of economics,
the environment and bio-security. This book provides a contemporary
and innovative approach to Antarctic issues which will be of
interest to scholars of international law, international relations,
security studies and political science as well as policy makers,
lawyers and government officials with an interest in the region.
"These are the poems of a master poet. . . . When you read these
poems, you will learn to hear deeply the sound a soul makes as it
sings about the mystery of dreaming and becoming." - Joy Harjo,
Mvskoke Nation, U.S. Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize winner and
celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant
collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native
American oral tradition. One of the most important and unique
voices in American letters, distinguished poet, novelist, artist,
teacher, and storyteller N. Scott Momaday was born into the Kiowa
tribe and grew up on Indian reservations in the Southwest. The
customs and traditions that influenced his upbringing-most notably
the Native American oral tradition-are the centerpiece of his work.
This luminous collection demonstrates Momaday's mastery and love of
language and the matters closest to his heart. To Momaday, words
are sacred; language is power. Spanning nearly fifty years, the
poems gathered here illuminate the human condition, Momaday's
connection to his Kiowa roots, and his spiritual relationship to
the American landscape. The title poem, "The Death of Sitting Bear"
is a celebration of heritage and a memorial to the great Kiowa
warrior and chief. "I feel his presence close by in my blood and
imagination," Momaday writes, "and I sing him an honor song." Here,
too, are meditations on mortality, love, and loss, as well as
reflections on the incomparable and holy landscape of the
Southwest. The Death of Sitting Bear evokes the essence of human
experience and speaks to us all.
"[Momaday] must be ranked among the greatest of our contemporary
writers."-American Scholar "Momaday's poems are rich with
description, lush with dreaming, and filled with magic." - Library
Journal (starred review) From Pulitzer Prize winner and revered
literary master N. Scott Momaday, a beautiful and enchanting new
poetry collection, at once a celebration of language, imagination,
and the human spirit. "Language and the imagination work hand in
hand, and together they enable us to reveal us to ourselves in
story. That is indeed a magical process. . . . We imagine and we
dream, and we translate our dreams into language." -from the
Preface A singular voice in American letters, Momaday's love of
language and storytelling are on full display in this brilliant new
collection comprising one hundred sketches or "dream
drawings"-furnishings of the mind-as he calls them. Influenced by
his Native American heritage and its oral storytelling traditions,
here are prose poems about nature, animals, warriors, and hunters,
as well as meditations that explore themes of love, loss, time, and
memory. Each piece, full of wisdom and wonder, showcases Momaday's
extraordinary lyrical talent, the breadth of his imagination, and
the transformative power of his writing. Dream Drawings is also
illustrated with a selection of black-and-white paintings by
Momaday that capture the spirit of his prose. Poignant, inspired,
and timeless, this is a collection that will nourish the soul.
This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles
and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the
field of international environmental law. Commencing with
foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then
exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and
finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it
features chapters by leading experts in the field of international
environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put
forward a truly global approach to the subject. The book is split
into five parts: * The foundations of international environmental
law covering the principles of international environmental law,
standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development,
issues of public participation and environmental rights and
compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.
* The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most
critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity,
wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine
pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and
climate change. * Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of
the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, South East
Asia, the polar regions and small island states. * Cross-cutting
issues and multidisciplinary developments, drawing from multiple
other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and
Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing,
investment, criminology, technology and energy. * Contemporary
challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes
which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine
plastic debris and future directions in international environmental
law. Containing chapters on the most critical developments in
environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and
authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for
students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.
This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of
theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is
centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians, and
investigates them in their historical context, exploring what sort
of a theologian Bucer was. The lectures are examined to find out
how they represent Bucer's method of teaching and "doing" theology,
and shed light on the relationship between biblical exegesis and
theological formulation as he understood it. Divided into two
interconnected parts, the book first sets the historical context
for the lectures, including a broad sketch of scholastic method in
theology and the biblical humanist critique of that method. It then
closely examines Bucer's practice in the Cambridge lectures, to
show the extent to which he was a theologian of the biblical
humanist school, influenced by the method Erasmus set forth in the
Ratio Verae Theologiae in which true theology begins, ends, and is
best "done" as an exercise in the exegesis of the Word of God.
This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles
and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the
field of international environmental law. Commencing with
foundational elements, progressing on to discrete sub-fields, then
exploring regional cooperative approaches, cross-cutting issues and
finally emerging challenges for international environmental law, it
features chapters by leading experts in the field of international
environmental law, drawn from a range of countries in order to put
forward a truly global approach to the subject. The book is split
into five parts: * The foundations of international environmental
law covering the principles of international environmental law,
standards and voluntary commitments, sustainable development,
issues of public participation and environmental rights and
compliance, state responsibility, liability and dispute settlement.
* The key instruments and governance arrangements across the most
critical areas of international environmental law: biodiversity,
wildlife, freshwater, forestry and soils, fisheries, marine
pollution, chemicals and waste, air and atmospheric pollution and
climate change. * Crucial developments in seven distinct regions of
the world: Africa, Europe, North America, Latin America, South East
Asia, the polar regions and small island states. * Cross-cutting
issues and multidisciplinary developments, drawing from multiple
other fields of law and beyond to address human rights and
Indigenous rights, war and armed conflict, trade, financing,
investment, criminology, technology and energy. * Contemporary
challenges and the emerging international environmental law regimes
which address these: the changing climate, forced migration, marine
plastic debris and future directions in international environmental
law. Containing chapters on the most critical developments in
environmental law in recent years, this comprehensive and
authoritative book makes for an essential reference work for
students, scholars and practitioners working in the field.
A special 50th anniversary edition of the magnificent Pulitzer
Prize-winning classic from N. Scott Momaday, with a new preface by
the author A young Native American, Abel has come home from war to
find himself caught between two worlds. The first is the world of
his grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the
harsh beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of
his people. But the other world--modern, industrial America--pulls
at Abel, demanding his loyalty, claiming his soul, and goading him
into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and disgust.
Beautifully rendered and deeply affecting, House Made of Dawn has
moved and inspired readers and writers for the last fifty years. It
remains, in the words of The Paris Review, "both a masterpiece
about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native
American literature."
This book describes Martin Bucer (1491-1551) as a teacher of
theology, focusing on his time as Regius Professor of Divinity at
the University of Cambridge between 1549 and 1551. The book is
centered on his 1550 Cambridge lectures on Ephesians, and
investigates them in their historical context, exploring what sort
of a theologian Bucer was. The lectures are examined to find out
how they represent Bucer's method of teaching and "doing" theology,
and shed light on the relationship between biblical exegesis and
theological formulation as he understood it. Divided into two
interconnected parts, the book first sets the historical context
for the lectures, including a broad sketch of scholastic method in
theology and the biblical humanist critique of that method. It then
closely examines Bucer's practice in the Cambridge lectures, to
show the extent to which he was a theologian of the biblical
humanist school, influenced by the method Erasmus set forth in the
Ratio Verae Theologiae in which true theology begins, ends, and is
best "done" as an exercise in the exegesis of the Word of God.
A major question for liberal politics and liberal political theory
concerns the proper scope of government. Liberalism has always
favored limited government, but there has been wide-ranging dispute
among liberals about just how extensive the scope of government
should be. Included in this dispute are questions about the extent
of state ownership of the means of production, redistribution of
wealth and income through the tax code and transfer programs, and
the extent of government regulation.
One of N. Scott Arnold's goals is to give an accurate
characterization of both modern liberalism and classical
liberalism, explaining along the way why libertarianism is not the
only form that classical liberalism can take. The main focus of
Arnold's book, however, concerns regulation--specifically, the
modern liberal regulatory agenda as it has taken shape in
contemporary American society. This is the set of regulatory
regimes favored by all modern liberals and opposed by all classical
liberals. It includes contemporary employment law in all its
manifestations, health and safety regulation, and land use
regulation. The heart of the book consists of a systematic
evaluation of arguments for and against all the items on this
agenda. It turns out that there are good arguments on both sides
for most of these regulatory regimes. Because of this, and because
someone's vision of the proper scope of government will ultimately
prevail, some procedural requirements that all liberals could agree
to must be satisfied for one side to impose legitimately its values
on the polity at large. These procedural requirements are
identified, argued for, and then applied to the elements of the
modern liberal regulatory agenda. Arnold argues that many, though
not all, of these elements have been illegitimately imposed on
American society.
Pediatric Surgery, 7th Edition - edited by Arnold G. Coran, Anthony
Caldamone, N. Scott Adzick, Thomas M. Krummel, Jean-Martin Laberge,
and Robert Shamberger - features comprehensive, up-to-date guidance
on all aspects of childhood surgery, including congenital
malformations, tumors, trauma, and urologic problems. Apply the
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece set against the landscape of
the American Southwest. 'Superb' New York Times A young Native
American, Abel has come home to New Mexico from war to find himself
caught between two worlds. The first is the world of his
grandfather's, wedding him to the rhythm of the seasons, the harsh
beauty of the land, and the ancient rites and traditions of his
people. But the other world - modern, industrial America - pulls at
Abel, demanding his loyalty, claiming his soul, and goading him
into a destructive, compulsive cycle of depravity and despair. An
American classic, House Made of Dawn is simultaneously a tragic and
hopeful tale about a stranger in his native land, finding his way
back to all that is familiar and sacred.
Dazzling. . . . In glittering prose, Momaday recalls stories passed
down through generations, illuminating the earth as a sacrosanct
place of wonder and abundance. At once a celebration and a warning,
Earth Keeper is an impassioned defense of all that our endangered
planet stands to lose. -- Esquire A magnificent testament to the
earth, from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet N. Scott
Momaday. One of the most distinguished voices in American letters,
N. Scott Momaday has devoted much of his life to celebrating and
preserving Native American culture, especially its oral tradition.
A member of the Kiowa tribe who was born and grew up on Indian
reservations throughout the Southwest, Momaday has an intimate
connection to the land he knows well and loves deeply. In Earth
Keeper: Reflections on the American Land, he reflects on his native
ground and its influence on his people. "When I think about my life
and the lives of my ancestors, I am inevitably led to the
conviction that I, and they, belong to the American land. This is a
declaration of belonging. And it is an offering to the earth." he
writes. Momaday recalls stories of his childhood, stories that have
been passed down through generations, stories that reveal a
profound and sacred connection to the American landscape and a
reverence for the natural world. In this moving and lyrical work,
he offers an homage and a warning. Momaday reminds us that the
Earth is a sacred place of wonder and beauty; a source of strength
and healing that must be protected before it's too late. As he so
eloquently yet simply expresses, we must all be keepers of the
Earth.
The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism offers a comparative evaluation of market socialism and a free enterprise system. It argues that a market socialist system would be responsible for widespread and systematic exploitation that is precluded or minimized in a free enterprise system. This analysis draws on recent work on the economics of contracts and organizations. Arnold locates his analysis in the larger context of the capitalism/socialism debate.
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