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By:Vensus A. George
Published on 2000 by CRVP
ISBN 9781565181458
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Showing posts with label Social Science. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 9, 2018
The Experience of Being as Goal of Human Existence
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Human Rights Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
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By:Kathleen A. Staudt,Tony Payan,Z. Anthony Kruszewski
Published on 2009 by University of Arizona Press
ISBN 9780816528721
Synopsis
Much political oratory has been devoted to safeguarding AmericaÕs boundary with Mexico, but policies that militarize the border and criminalize immigrants have overshadowed the regionÕs widespread violence against women, the increase in crossing deaths, and the lingering poverty that spurs people to set out on dangerous northward treks. This book addresses those concerns by focusing on gender-based violence, security, and human rights from the perspective of women who live with both violence and poverty. From the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, scholars from both sides of the 2,000-mile border reflect expertise in disciplines ranging from international relations to criminal justice, conveying a more complex picture of the region than that presented in other studies. Initial chapters offer an overview of routine sexual assaults on women migrants, the harassment of Central American immigrants at the hands of authorities and residents, corruption and counterfeiting along the border, and near-death experiences of border crossers. Subsequent chapters then connect analysis with solutions in the form of institutional change, social movement activism, policy reform, and the spread of international norms that respect human rights as well as good governance. These chapters show how all facets of the border situationÑglobalization, NAFTA, economic inequality, organized crime, political corruption, rampant patriarchyÑpromote gendered violence and other expressions of hyper-masculinity. They also show that U.S. immigration policy exacerbates the problems of border violenceÑin marked contrast to the border policies of European countries. By focusing on womenÕs everyday experiences in order to understand human security issues, these contributions offer broad-based alternative approaches and solutions that address everyday violence and inattention to public safety, inequalities, poverty, and human rights. And by presenting a social and democratic international feminist framework to address these issues, they offer the opportunity to transform todayÕs security debate in constructive ways.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Human Rights
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By:Adamantia Pollis,Peter Schwab
Published on 2000-01-01 by Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 9781555879792
Synopsis
This collection reflects two decades of developments in human rights scholarship, revisiting the debate between universalists and cultural relativists and also engaging new notions of third generation rights.
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Human Rights
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By:Adamantia Pollis,Peter Schwab
Published on 2000-01-01 by Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 9781555879792
Synopsis
This collection reflects two decades of developments in human rights scholarship, revisiting the debate between universalists and cultural relativists and also engaging new notions of third generation rights.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Women's Rights, Human Rights
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By:Julie Peters,Andrea Wolper
Published on 1995 by Psychology Press
ISBN 9780415909952
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This text argues that women's rights are violated in many ways everyday but these violations are ignored. It claims that the mere extension of exisiting human rights protection to women is insufficient: women's rights must be understood as human rights
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Being Humans
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By:Neil Roughley
Published on 2000 by Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 9783110169744
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Kant claimed that the principal topics of philosophy all converge on one question: Was ist der Mensch? Starting with the main claim that conceptions of the human play a significant structuring role in theory construction, the contributors in this volume(renowned scholars from various disciplines - philosophy, anthropology, psychology, literary studies) investigate the roles that conceptions of the human play both in philosophy and in other human and social sciences.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Methods in Human Growth Research
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By:Roland C. Hauspie,Noël Cameron,Luciano Molinari
Published on 2004-06-24 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9781139451680
Synopsis
In order to gain an understanding of the dynamics of human individual and average growth patterns it is essential that the right methods are selected. There are a variety of methods available to analyse individual growth patterns, to estimate variation in different growth measures in populations and to relate genetic and environmental factors to individual and average growth. This 2004 volume provides an overview of modern techniques for the assessment and collection of growth data and methods of analysis for individual and population growth data. The book contains the basic mathematical and statistical tools required to understand the concepts of the methods under discussion and worked examples of analyses, but it is neither a mathematical treatise, nor a recipe book for growth data analysis. Aimed at junior and senior researchers involved in the analysis of human growth data, this book will be an essential reference for anthropologists, auxologists and paediatricians.
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Optimal Human Relations
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By:C. David Mortensen
Published on 2011-12-31 by Transaction Publishers
ISBN 9781412812283
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This volume deals with the human desire to live the good life, defined as seeking that which |is good, optimal, or ultimately desirable.| While there may be different ways of achieving this goal, the pathways are similar in some ways. In exploring the ways in which these paths cross, Mortensen asserts that an ability to sustain optimal human relations--that is, healthy communication, interpersonal compatibility, and prosocial influence--is a standard against which the good life can be measured. Optimal Human Relations explores the favorable conditions for human beings to live the best possible way of life imaginable; it both argues the case for and documents recent advances in the study of social influences on everyday life. Social influences help to develop an expansive sense of intrinsic motivation in daily encounters with others. While optimal relations are not easily achieved or maintained, it is through healthy relationships that one may pursue pleasure and happiness--even meaning, importance, and significance with valued companions. The cultivation of physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual health through these relations generates an enhanced sense of well-being, growth, and maturity. Mature individuals are more likely to maintain optimal relations by counting daily blessings more than lamenting routine burdens. This inspirational conception of |the good life| invites productive inquiry into the conditions responsible for the pursuit of optimal conditions, fulfilled expectations, and a rich, vital, way of life. It is through this lens that Mortensen measures the good life, pointing to these aspects of human communication as a litmus test of the relative importance of individualistic and collective orientations. Along the way, the reader discovers who and what we are in relation to the quality of the world in which we reside alongside those who journey with us.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential
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By:Ted Chu
Published on 2014-03-01 by Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 9781579830236
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For millennia, great thinkers have contemplated the meaning and purpose of human existence; but while most assumed that humanity was the end point of creation or the pinnacle of evolution, Ted Chu makes the provocative claim that the human race may in fact be a means rather than an end—that humankind will give rise to evolutionary successors. In this wide-ranging and authoritative work, Chu reexamines the question of human purpose in light of the extraordinary developments of science and technology. Arguing that a deep understanding of our place in the universe is required to navigate the magnitude of the choices that lie ahead, he surveys human wisdom from both East and West, traces the evolutionary trajectory that has led to this point, and explores the potentials emerging on the scientific frontier. The book addresses the legitimate fears and concerns of “playing God” but embraces the possibility of transcending biological forms and becoming or creating entirely new life-forms.
Sunday, September 23, 2018
The Political Sociology of Human Rights
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By:Kate Nash
Published on 2015-07-30 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521197496
Synopsis
A sociological approach to human rights, showing how rights language is used to address structural injustices around the world.
Friday, September 21, 2018
Feast
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By:Martin Jones
Published on 2007 by Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 9780199209019
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The human tendency to sit together peacefully over food is an extraordinary phenomenon, and one which many species find impossible. It is also a phenomenon with far-reaching consequences for the environment and human social evolution. So how did this strange and powerful behaviour come about? In Feast, Martin Jones uses the latest archaeological methods to illuminate how humans came to share food and how the human meal has developed. From the earliest evidence of human consumption around half a million years ago to the era of the TV dinner, this fascinating account unfolds the history of the human meal and its impact on human society and the ecology of the planet.
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Human Rights, is it Any of Your Business?
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By:Peter Frankental,Frances House
Published on 2000 by Amnesty International
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This important book offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the subject of business and human rights. It is targeted at company managers and addresses the human rights issues and dilemmas that affect companies across their operations.
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies
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By:Timothy A. Kohler,George G. Gumerman
Published on 2000-02-10 by Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780195351194
Synopsis
As part of the SFI series, this book presents the most up-to-date research in the study of human and primate societies, presenting recent advances in software and algorithms for modeling societies. It also addresses case studies that have applied agent-based modeling approaches in archaeology, cultural anthropology, primatology, and sociology. Many things set this book apart from any other on modeling in the social sciences, including the emphasis on small-scale societies and the attempts to maximize realism in the modeling efforts applied to social problems and questions. It is an ideal book for professionals in archaeology or cultural anthropology as well as a valuable tool for those studying primatology or computer science.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
The Evolution of Human Societies
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By:Allen W. Johnson,Timothy K. Earle
Published on 2000 by Stanford University Press
ISBN 9780804740326
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Combining original theoretical ideas and interpretation with ethnographic evidence, Johnson and Earle seek to describe and account for the development of complex human societies. A wealth of case studies are referred to throughout and these are used to support arguments for the proposed causes, mechanisms and patterns of change and for the factors involved, such as technological change, population growth, warfare, the exchange of goods. This second edition sees a complete re-writing of the theoretical chapters, taking account of recent research, plus a new chapter on changes since the Industrial Revolution and the globalisation of society.
Human Evolution
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By:Bernard Grant Campbell
Published on 1967 by Transaction Publishers
ISBN 9780202366623
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In this new fourth edition, Campbell has revised and updated his classic introduction to the field. Human Evolution synthesizes the major findings of modern research and theory and presents a complete and integrated account of the evolution of human beings. New developments in microbiology and recent fossil records are incorporated into the enormous range of this volume, with the resulting text as lucid and comprehensive as earlier editions. The fourth edition retains the thematic structure and organization of the third, with its cogent treatment of human variability and speciation, primate locomotion, and nonverbal communication and the evolution of language, supported by more than 150 detailed illustrations and an expanded and updated glossary and bibliography. As in prior editions, the book treats evolution as a concomitant development of the main behavioral and functional complexes of the genus Homo among them motor control and locomotion, mastication and digestion, the senses and reproduction. It analyzes each complex in terms of its changing function, and continually stresses how the separate complexes evolve interdependently over the long course of the human journey. All these aspects are placed within the context of contemporary evolutionary and genetic theory, analyses of the varied extensions of the fossil record, and contemporary primatology and comparative morphology. The result is a primary text for undergraduate and graduate courses, one that will also serve as required reading for anthropologists, biologists, and nonspecialists with an interest in human evolution. |Synthesizes the conventional academic thought into a textbook or detailed account for lay readers. Along the chronological narrative are discussions of progress in homeostasis, the primate radiation, locomotion and the hindlimb, function and structure of the head, reproduction and social structure, and culture and society.| Book News Bernard Campbell has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard and Cambridge, and has taught and conducted research in Eastern and Southern Africa. He was professor of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1970-76. Dr. Campbell is author/coauthor of Sexual Selection and the Descent of Man; Human Ecology (second edition, Aldine); Humankind Emerging and the definitive three-volume Catalogue of Fossil Hominids.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Being Human
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By:Margaret Scotford Archer
Published on 2000-12-28 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9780521795647
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A revindication of the concept of humanity and the primacy of practice over language.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Human Arrangements
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By:Allan G. Johnson
Published on 1995-09-01 by McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
ISBN 9780697281142
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|Human Arrangements: An Introduction to Sociology| gives a clear introduction to the field, and focuses on four basic components-culture, social structure, population, and ecological factors-and their relationship to the diverse areas of sociological investigation.
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
The History of Human Rights
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By:Micheline Ishay
Published on 2008-06-02 by Univ of California Press
ISBN 9780520934917
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Micheline Ishay recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages in a book that brilliantly synthesizes historical and intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization. As she chronicles the clash of social movements, ideas, and armies that have played a part in this struggle, Ishay illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved from one era to the next through texts, cultural traditions, and creative expression. Writing with verve and extraordinary range, she develops a framework for understanding contemporary issues from the debate over globalization to the intervention in Kosovo to the climate for human rights after September 11, 2001. The only comprehensive history of human rights available, the book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with humankind's quest for justice and dignity. Ishay structures her chapters around six core questions that have shaped human rights debate and scholarship: What are the origins of human rights? Why did the European vision of human rights triumph over those of other civilizations? Has socialism made a lasting contribution to the legacy of human rights? Are human rights universal or culturally bound? Must human rights be sacrificed to the demands of national security? Is globalization eroding or advancing human rights? As she explores these questions, Ishay also incorporates notable documents—writings, speeches, and political statements—from activists, writers, and thinkers throughout history.
The Archaeology of Human Bones
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By:Simon Mays
Published on 1998 by Taylor & Francis
ISBN 9780415174077
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The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to what can be learnt from the scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites.
Monday, July 9, 2018
The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness
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By:Erich Fromm
Published on 2013-02-26 by Open Road Media
ISBN 9781480401938
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A study of aggression from the renowned social psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author of The Art of Loving and Escape from Freedom. Throughout history, humans have shown an incredible talent for destruction as well as creation. Aggression has driven us to great heights and brutal lows. In The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, renowned social psychologist Erich Fromm discusses the differences between forms of aggression typical for animals and two very specific forms of destructiveness that can only be found in human beings: sadism and necrophilic destructiveness. His case studies span zoo animals, necrophiliacs, and the psychobiographies of notorious figures such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Through his broad scholarship, Fromm offers a comprehensive exploration of the human impulse for violence. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erich Fromm including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
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