How did Caribbean rituals helped form new currents in the performing and visual arts of the United States? This book answers this question through an examination of the Caribbean-inspired dance creations of dancer/choreographer Katherine Dunham and the experimental films of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren.

There is fascination and suspicion about the wealthy. Yet there is a dearth of material in which the wealthy speak for themselves about the meaning of their lives. "Gospels of Wealth" provides such narrative material. This book is a novel venture in social science. It is the first book to have a broad range of wealthy individuals recount their lives in detail, and, importantly, the first to formulate a sociology of wealth that goes beyond conventional, power-elite, Marxist, and status-group theories.

The authors begin with an analytical framework for studying the biographical narratives of the wealthy. Next, 12 contemporary Americans directly and vividly recount how financial and spiritual aspects of their lives unfold and invariably intertwine. A concluding section explores rules for interpreting the truth of moral biographies and for undertaking a critical assessment of such narratives. The book's theoretical framework and first-person accounts will appeal to general readers as well as researchers in sociology, American studies, philanthropy, economic life, and cultural studies.

The recent financial crisis has generated many structural changes within the economy. Many issues are ongoing, and the question of how to recover from the crisis, and how to avoid another one, are continually addressed by scholars and practitioners everywhere. Where there is much discussion within academic and practitioner circles, there is not always adequate interaction between these schools of research. This book provides a thorough overview of the recent financial crisis from the perspective of both industry practitioners and academics specialising in the area. The first part provides practitioner insight on the crisis, and explores the causes and effects and of the recession, European public financing, ECB monetary policy and the Euro, the repression of financial markets, and financial stability. Part two focuses on the case of Greece, as a country still heavily impacted by the crisis, which has undergone various unorthodox policies imposed by the IMF, the ECB the EU. The third part provides insight from researchers and academics, covering an array of Economic theories and revealing new economics architectures available for the future. With informed views from both financial industry practitioners and academics, this book discusses current issues and implementable solutions for a faster post-crisis recovery.

This book explores the issue of private sector over-indebtedness following the recent financial crisis. It addresses the various challenges for policymakers, investors and economic agents affected by applied remedial policies as the private non-financial sector in Europe continues to face increased challenges in servicing its debt, with the problem mainly concentrated in several countries in the EU periphery and Eastern Europe. Chapters from expert contributors address reduced investment as firms concentrate on deleveraging and repairing their balance sheets, curtailed consumer spending, depressed collateral values and weak credit creation. They examine effective policies to facilitate private sector debt restructuring which may involve significant upfront costs in terms of time to implement and committed budgetary resources, as well as necessary reforms required to improve the broader institutional framework and judicial capacity. The book also explores the issue of over indebtedness in the household sector, contributing to the literature in establishing best practice principles for household debt.

Les contributions de cet ouvrage collectif envisagent les modifications de l'espace et l'evolution de leur perception dans l'aire mediterraneenne. Elles adoptent une perspective resolument inter- et pluridisciplinaire, privilegiant des approches aussi bien diachroniques que synchroniques autour de l'espace mediterraneen dans son acception la plus large. Ces approches interdisciplinaires posent un regard croise sur ces inventions ou re- inventions de l'espace : elles examinent les mutations spatiales dans une approche historique, archeologique et anthropologique aussi bien que litteraire ou philoso- phique et sociologique, dans un prolongement temporel etendu et a travers des rea- lites culturelles diverses. Ruptures et continuites, transpositions, territorialites com- munes et mouvement des espaces repartissent les dix-huit textes en quatre parties. Cet ouvrage se caracterise par son processus reflechi d'integration de plusieurs disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales autour d'une thematique commune appliquee a un espace de reference signifiant cree par quelques millenaires de pre- sence de cultures differentes. L'eclairage nouveau se situe au croisement de toutes ces disciplines qui peuvent apporter a travers leurs contributions specifiques une vision globale et transhistorique de la Mediterranee dans sa physionomie actuelle. L'avantage principal de cette proposition reside dans le dialogue actif entre les dis- ciplines et la synergie scientifique fondee sur les echanges d'outils conceptuels et methodologiques appropries.

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers of the International Youth Conference on Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technologies (YETI-2021), held in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, on April 22-23, 2021. For the third time around, the conference brings together students and early career scientists, serving to disseminate the current trends and advances in electronics, telecommunications, optical, and information technologies. A series of workshops and poster sessions focusing, in particular, on the theoretical and practical challenges in nanotechnologies, photonics, signal processing, and telecommunications allow to establish contacts between potential partners, share new ideas, and start new collaborations. The conference is held in an online format, thus considerably expanding its geographical reach and offering an even wider scope of discussion.

Home rule powers are essential parts of the American governing process, but they vary widely from state to state. This authoritative reference work examines the powers and functions of municipalities and counties that operate under home rule within each state. For example, the ability of a local municipality to raise taxes, annex land, or impose regulations is determined by their home rule powers from the states.

This volume provides a reliable reference work for researchers and students -- a single source that readers can trust for current and accurate information about:
-- The actions that local governments can -- and cannot -- pursue
-- States where power is centralized at the capital and where it is not
-- How home rule varies within each state by governmental function
-- Trends in important issues such as taxes, land annexation, and citizen access.

Home Rule in America was directed by Dale Krane of the department of public administration, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Platon N. Rigos, department of government and international affairs, University of South Florida; and Melvin Hill, the Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia.

The editors organized the book in three parts: an overview of American home rule, including its history; a state-by-state description of home rule authority; and a comparative appendix that allows readers a quick reference source of powers by state.

A scholar or governmental expert was selected in each state to prepare the state descriptions. Each chapter follows the same outline of content that allows easy comparison between states.

In an era of power and responsibilities devolving from the national government to states andlocalities, the use of home rule powers has become increasingly important to the health of American government and federalism. Researchers and interested citizens will benefit from this new comprehensive reference.

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