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Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt im und durch Sport: Bildung für Vielfalt und Nachhaltige Entwicklung (Bildung und Sport #25)
by Berndt Tausch Petra Gieß-StüberGesellschaften, die durch globale Entwicklungen, Migration und sozialen Wandel geprägt sind, stehen vor Herausforderungen, die den Zusammenhalt und Nachhaltige Entwicklung beeinflussen. Das Buch bietet eine Sammlung von Fachtexten, die aus sozialwissenschaftlichen, psychologischen und migrationspädagogischen Ansätzen abgeleitet sind. Für Akteur*innen der Sportpolitik definiert es strukturelle Voraussetzungen für ein ganzheitliches sportbezogenes Bildungsverständnis. Pädagog*innen in unterschiedlichen Sportsettings erhalten wichtige Impulse, um Bildungsprozesse systematisch anzuregen und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt durch Sport zu fördern. Wenn der Sport eine Ressource für soziale Kontakte, die Erfahrung von Zugehörigkeit und erfülltes Freizeitleben für Alle sein soll, dann sind transformatorische Prozesse notwendig. Die Beiträge zeigen auf, wie durch Organisationsentwicklung, Netzwerke und Bildungslandschaften, vielfaltsgerechte Sportdidaktik sowie durch Qualifizierung im Kontext von Sport for Development (SfD)-Programmen die Transformation gelingen kann.
Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt und Migration: Theoretische Konzepte und empirische Befunde
by Frederik SchäferIm Rahmen der „Flüchtlingskrise“ ab 2015 war vielerorts die Rede davon, dass die Polarisierung zu einer Erosion des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts in Deutschland geführt habe und entsprechend gegengesteuert werden müsse. Dabei geht die diskursive Präsenz des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts jedoch nicht mit begrifflicher Klarheit einher, auch nicht auf der wissenschaftlichen Ebene. Um dem Diskurs mehr Substanz zu verleihen, untersucht Frederik Schäfer in dieser Arbeit den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt in Deutschland sowie den Konnex zur Migrations- und Flüchtlingsthematik, indem er den Fokus sowohl auf die politische Theorie als auch auf die Analyse qualitativer Experteninterviews richtet. Die Verknüpfung von Theorie und Empirie zeigt, dass hinsichtlich des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts kollektivistische sowie individualistische Zugänge im politischen Alltag nur eine geringe Relevanz haben. Vielmehr werden gemeinsame Werte weitgehend als konstitutiv für den Zusammenhalt wahrgenommen. Konkret haben sich Engagement und Begegnung sowie Arbeit als zentrale Faktoren des Zusammenhalts herauskristallisiert. Zudem zeigt das Buch, dass die Debatte um Migration und Flüchtlinge mitunter an der zugrunde liegenden Problematik vorbeigeht – vor allem in Sachsen lässt sich der polarisierte Konflikt als eine Chiffre für historisch bedingte Ungerechtigkeitswahrnehmungen verstehen.
Gesellschaftspolitisches Engagement in Zeiten von Trump & Co.: Chancen und Risiken für Unternehmen (essentials)
by Stefanie Molthagen-SchnöringStefanie Molthagen-Schnöring analysiert in diesem essential, warum und wie sich Unternehmen zu gesellschaftspolitischen Problemstellungen, z. B. Digitalisierung, gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe, Integration, positionieren. Sie fragt, wie sich dieses Engagement zu etablierten Aktivitäten wie Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Affairs und Unternehmenskommunikation/Marketing verhält und wie es in interne und externe (Kommunikations-)Prozesse eingebettet ist. Dabei beleuchtet sie Chancen und Risiken einer gesellschaftspolitischen Positionierung durch Unternehmen und betrachtet die Reaktionen wichtiger Stakeholder. Die Autorin arbeitet mit Beispielen und Stimmen von Expertinnen und Experten aus der Praxis.
Gesprächsführung in der Sozialen Arbeit: Grundlagen und Gestaltungshilfen (Basiswissen Soziale Arbeit #9)
by Wolfgang WidulleKompetente Gesprächsführung stellt für alle psychosozialen Berufe eine professionelle Kernkompetenz dar und wird in der Sozialen Arbeit zum eigentlichen Nadelöhr für jede Professionalität. Krisensituationen, Unfreiwilligkeit, Komplexität und Entscheidungsdruck oder auch nur die Alltagsorientierung der Hilfen schaffen spezifische Herausforderungen für gelingende Gespräche in der Klientenarbeit. Das Buch erarbeitet und vermittelt Grundlagen für Gesprächsführung und für spezifische Gesprächsformen in der Sozialen Arbeit.
Gestión de la marca Montevideo (2005-2008): La creación del primer manual de identidad corporativa
by Gonzalo EyherabideUn estudio sobre el primer manual de estilo gráfico de la Intendencia de Montevideo. Hace doce años, la Intendencia de Montevideo lanzó una nueva marca ciudad e instrumentó un Programa Visual de Identidad Institucional basado en la creación de un equipo de gestión integrado por profesionales de la comunicación, y el desarrollo y puesta en práctica del primer manual de identidad corporativa generalista de un gobierno en Uruguay.El presente estudio consiste en una relatoría de la gestión del cambio que implicó dicha innovación. Se trata de la descripción y análisis sobre cómo se creó el clima para el cambio, de qué forma se propició el compromiso a diferentes niveles de la organización, y qué estrategia y herramientas se emplearon para implementar y mantener en el tiempo esta transformación.
Gestures of Concern (a Cultural Politics book)
by Chris IngrahamIn Gestures of Concern Chris Ingraham shows that while gestures such as sending a “Get Well” card may not be instrumentally effective, they do exert an intrinsically affective force on a field of social relations. From liking, sharing, posting, or swiping to watching a TED Talk or wearing an “I Voted” sticker, such gestures operate as much through affective registers as they do through overt symbolic action. Ingraham demonstrates that gestures of concern are central to establishing the necessary conditions for larger social or political change because they give the everyday aesthetic and rhetorical practices of public life the capacity to attain some socially legible momentum. Rather than supporting the notion that vociferous public communication is the best means for political and social change, Ingraham advances the idea that concerned gestures can help to build the affective communities that orient us to one another with an imaginable future in mind. Ultimately, he shows how acts that many may consider trivial or banal are integral to establishing those background conditions capable of fostering more inclusive social or political change.
Gesundheit als gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe: Das Konzept Health in All Policies und seine Umsetzung in Deutschland
by Katharina Böhm Stefan Bräunling Raimund Geene Heike KöcklerDieser Band ist das erste Standardwerk zum Thema Health in All Policies (HiAP) in Deutschland. Das Buch beschreibt Idee und Grundanliegen sowie Kernmerkmale von HiAP und skizziert die gesetzlichen und politischen Rahmenbedingungen sowie die aktuelle Umsetzung. Es schildert die Perspektive unterschiedlicher Politikfelder (z.B. Bildung, Umwelt, Verkehr) auf Gesundheit und gibt einen Einblick in Potentiale, Hindernisse und Chancen einer gesamtgesellschaftlichen Berücksichtigung. Der Sammelband enthält zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele der Umsetzung von HiAP und zeigt auf, wie Gesundheit zu einem wesentlichen Leitbild in allen Politikbereichen werden kann.
Gesundheit und Wirtschaftswachstum
by Stephan Meyer Mattias G. FischerDer Schutz der Gesundheit verlangt medizinischen Fortschritt. Allerdings werden damit verbundene Ausgabensteigerungen häufig als Fehlentwicklung wahrgenommen. Autoren aus Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Medizinethik sowie medizinischer und juristischer Praxis stellen diese Sichtweise auf den Prüfstand. Sie fragen nach den volkswirtschaftlichen Wachstumseffekten eines innovationsfreundlichen Gesundheitssystems, nach der Zahlungsbereitschaft der Versicherten und dem Stellenwert des Gutes Gesundheit aus Sicht der Bevölkerung.
Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland: Eine Chronologie der Gesundheitsreformen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
by Falk IllingDie Gesundheitspolitik ist eines der unübersichtlichsten Politikfelder in Deutschland. Das Buch strukturiert und ordnet die Fülle an Gesetzgebungsmaßnahmen. Es bietet einen prägnanten Überblick der wichtigsten gesundheitspolitischen Weichenstellungen und Reformen - von der Gründung der Bundesrepublik bis zur aktuellen Gesundheitspolitik. Dabei beschränkt es sich nicht auf den chronologischen und komprimierten Abriss gesundheitspolitischer Entscheidungen. Zugleich werden die jeweiligen Gesetze zu den vorherigen und nachfolgenden Reformen in Beziehung gesetzt. Darüber hinaus erläutert es die politische Debatte, ordnet die Initiativen in den Kontext ein und stellt Querverbindungen zwischen den Legislaturperioden und Gesetzen her. Die Neuauflage des Buches geht insbesondere auf die Veränderungen durch die Corona-Pandemie und auf die Gesundheitspolitik der Großen Koalition von 2017 bis 2021 ein.
Gesundheitspolitik: Eine Einführung
by Kathrin LoerDieses Lehrbuch ist eine kompakte Einführung in die Gesundheitspolitik in Deutschland. Gesundheitspolitik betrifft jeden: Im Alltag zeigt sich dies durch das Vertrauen von Menschen darauf, dass sie im Krankheitsfall oder nach einem Unfall medizinisch versorgt werden, dass sie weiter ihr Gehalt bekommen, wenn sie wegen einer Erkrankung nicht arbeiten können oder dass die Krankenkasse den regelmäßigen Sportkurs bezuschusst. Dies jedenfalls stellt – in der Regel – die typische Situation in Deutschland dar. Dahinter stehen eine Vielzahl gesundheitspolitischer Entscheidungen, die immer wieder neu getroffen werden und durch verschiedene politische Aushandlungsprozesse geprägt sind. Es ist spannend, hinter diese komplexen Kulissen zu schauen: Genau das will dieses Buch mit seinen Leser*innen tun. Zusätzliche Fragen per App: Laden Sie die Springer Nature Flashcards-App kostenlos herunter und nutzen Sie exklusives Zusatzmaterial, um Ihr Wissen zu prüfen.
Gesù Cristo è la mia guardia del corpo
by Fernando FigueroaCiò che puoi imparare da un esperto della sicurezza a proposito della protezione divina di Dio. Abbiamo assistito a un aumento della violenza nel mondo - incidenti terroristici, disordini, atti di aggressione, violenza domestica, sparatorie sulle masse, violenza tra bande, rapimenti e attentati. Questo libro è stato scritto per te di modo che tu possa "non aver paura" e riposare rassicurato nella DIVINA PROTEZIONE di Dio. Il pubblico principale per questo libro consiste di coloro che operano nei campi della sicurezza e della polizia, per far loro sapere che mentre stanno proteggendo gli altri, Gesù è là a proteggerli. Questo libro può essere letto anche da chi non è agente di protezione. Mentre leggerai, giungerai a comprendere che Dio è la tua personale guardia del corpo.
Get In: The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
by Patrick Maguire Gabriel PogrundTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power.'The book about Keir Starmer we have all been waiting for' TIM SHIPMAN'Stuffed full of scoops . . . revealing who's really in charge' LAURA KUENSSBERG'A remarkable piece of journalism' RORY STEWARTFrom electoral wipeout in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a blistering exposé of the most significant and ruthless political transformation in a generation.At its heart is Morgan McSweeney, a mastermind of political subterfuge and author of a strategy to eviscerate the party, bury the left and rebuild it as a vote-winning machine. In Starmer he saw the perfect vessel for his vision: a man with no political identity but burning with ambition and a single all-consuming principle: to win.Drawing on unrivalled access throughout the party and extensive leaks of internal party documents and WhatsApp messages, Get In shows how together they betrayed and marginalised Corbyn and his followers, then forged a path in which promises, and at times principles, were readily discarded in pursuit of power.Richly peopled with the major figures of Labour present and past, this is the coming-of-age story of Britain's government. In an era in which faith in politics has plummeted, this is how to game your way to the ultimate prize. But what on earth do you do when you get there?‘A rattling tale terrifically well told . . . extremely well-sourced . . . dramatic detail’ Andrew Rawnsley, Observer‘Fast-paced . . . cutting one-liners . . . it reads as if the authors were alongside McSweeney and Starmer’ Jason Cowley, Sunday Times‘Fascinating . . . devastating . . . full of lively stories’ Andrew Marr, New Statesman‘Unsparing . . . brilliant . . . so many golden nuggets’ Michael Gove, Spectator‘Revealing . . . pacy . . . dispassionate but informed . . . a cracking read’ Financial Times‘A gripping story of raw politics and ruthless men’ Helen Lewis'Revealing . . . compelling' Anne McElvoy, Evening Standard'Extraordinarily detailed and sometimes bloodstained' Tom Baldwin, Guardian'As excruciating as it is insightful' Economist‘A superb work of contemporary history which defines the Starmer premiership’ Peter Oborne'If you have questions about Starmer’s budding reign . . . expect many of them to be answered' Kara Kennedy, Telegraph ****‘Compelling’ John Harris, Guardian‘Fascinating’ Andrew Grice, Independent
Get Involved!: Stories of Bahamian Civil Society (Critical Caribbean Studies)
by Kim Williams-PulferPhilanthropy is commonly depicted as a universal practice and is either valued for supporting community transformation or critiqued for limiting social justice. However, dominant definitions and even popular connotations tend to privilege wealthy Western approaches. Using the Caribbean as a rich site of observance and concentrating on the island nation-state of The Bahamas, Get Involved! uncovers the hidden and under-documented activities of “philanthropy from below,” revealing a broader conception of philanthropy and civil society, especially within Black and other historically marginalized populations. Kim Williams-Pulfer draws on narrative analysis from enslavement to the current post-post-colonial moment, depicting the repertoires and practices of primarily Afro-Bahamians through the stories emerging from history (including the transnational observations of Zora Neale Hurston, social movements, and political and social institution building), the arts (from Junkanoo, literature, and visual practices), to the lived experiences of contemporary civil society leaders. Get Involved! shows the long history and continued significance of civil society and philanthropic engagement in The Bahamas, the circum-Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora. Junkanoo is the national cultural festival of The Bahamas. It fosters a sense of community pride, identity, companionship, spirituality and unity. Watch a video about Junknoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMpMesNb1Q&t=14s
Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe
by Jesse WattersCan the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country? <p><p> When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him: <p><p> First, he liked these people. <p><p> Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn’t need legislation. They needed a therapist. <p><p> In Get It Together, the number one New York Times bestselling author and Fox News primetime host takes on Wokeism in a way no one else has. Through a series of (sometimes very) personal interviews with some of the most radical activists in the country, Watters discovers that these activists may be overlooking the most important change they need to make—within themselves. <p><p> From activists working for climate change salvation, Black supremacy, and social justice to a professional cuddler and a transwoman who identifies as a wolf, Watters shows how many well-intentioned Americans have bought into causes invented and run by people who are illogical, emotional, and ill-informed. <p><p> Through their stories, Watters uncovers common threads—childhood traumas, broken relationships, and a lack of introspection. What if the people obsessed with the end of the world are just hurting from how this one has treated them? What if that, rather than ideological disagreements, is the deeper root of our country’s political divide? <p><p> Funny, fresh, and fascinating, Get It Together is sure to spark important conversations, and to inspire us to see one another not as political opponents, but as real and broken human beings. <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>
Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization
by Brad WilcoxA Next Big Idea Club Must-ReadWhat's the recipe for happiness? If you listen to liberal elites or red pill influencers, you'd say it's making money, living for yourself, and staying single without kids—and you'd be wrong. Nothing predicts happiness better than a good marriage. According to new research by the University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox, our kids and communities—not to mention our civilization as a whole—are much more likely to flourish when the state of our unions is strong. Despite this, record numbers of Americans are not succeeding at getting or staying married.In this hard-hitting book, Wilcox reveals the anti-family messages and policies coming out of Hollywood, Washington, the media, academia, and corporate America that have weakened marriage. Along the way, he knocks down a number of myths they’ve propagated. He reveals:• Both men and women who get and stay married accumulate much greater wealth than people who don’t marry.• Married men and women with families report more meaningful lives, compared with their single and childless peers.• Couples who take a “we-before-me” approach to married life—by, for instance, sharing joint checking accounts—are happier and less divorce-prone than couples who do not.• Couples who forge “family-first” marriages—characterized by frequent date nights, family fun time, and chores done with the kids—enjoy the happiest marriages.Wilcox spotlights four groups—Asian American, Conservative, Faithful, and Strivers—who have built strong, stable marriages by defying the me-first messages of our elites in favor of a family-first way of life. This is a book for anyone who wants to understand why, even as fewer men and women tie the knot, America’s most fundamental institution matters for our civilization more than ever. And for men and women looking to establish strong, stable, and happy unions for themselves and their children, Get Married reveals the road forward.
Get Me Carlucci: A Daughter Recounts Her Father's Legacy of Service
by Kristin Carlucci Weed Frank Carlucci"Frank Carlucci is living proof to all of us and to the world that 'only in America' is more than just an easy clichÉ: it's a great ringing truth." —President Ronald Reagan Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci III served six presidents, traveled the world on behalf of his country, and ultimately rose to prominence as Secretary of Defense. Through every chapter of his extraordinary and varied career, American leaders had a common refrain: "Get Me Carlucci!" Get Me Carlucci combines Carlucci's own words with interviews from his contemporaries and context from his daughter, Kristin Carlucci Weed, who completes her late father's story while keeping his "characteristic deadpan humor and tell-it-like-it-is sensibility, no frills and no fuss." While Carlucci did not seek the spotlight, his work shaped the world. As a young Foreign Service Officer, he weathered the turmoil and excitement of the Congo Crisis of the 1960s, and as Ambassador to Portugal in the 1970s, he played a crucial role in the country's transition to democracy. With a dynamic mind and a knack for building relationships, Carlucci then returned to the U.S. to serve in Washington. As Deputy Director of the CIA, National Security Advisor, and eventually Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Regan, he defined American Cold War policy. Starting with Carlucci's childhood and early military days, Get Me Carlucci is a unique look at the wide-ranging career of one of the twentieth century's most important behind-the-scenes actors. "The President thought the world of him," said Carlucci's friend and mentee Colin Powell. "I thought the world of him." Carlucci's story is one of service, hard work, and true statesmanship as the grandson of an Italian stonecutter becomes an indispensable voice at the highest levels of American government.
Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform
by Debbie HinesA deeply revealing exposé of the American prosecutorial system and its historic and present racial inequities—and how we can transform the system to one of fairness and justice.In Get Off My Neck, Debbie Hines draws on her unique perspective as a trial lawyer, former Baltimore prosecutor, and assistant attorney general for the State of Maryland to argue that US prosecutors, as the most powerful players in the criminal justice system, systematically target and criminalize Black people. Hines describes her disillusionment as a young Black woman who initially entered the profession with the goal of helping victims of crimes, only to discover herself aiding and abetting a system that prizes plea bargaining, speedy conviction, and excessive punishment above all else. In this book, she offers concrete, specific, and hopeful solutions for just how we can come together in a common purpose for criminal justice and racial justice reform.Get Off My Neck explains that the racial inequities in the prosecutorial system are built into our country&’s DNA. What&’s more, they are the direct result of a history that has conditioned Americans to perceive the Black body as insignificant at best and dangerous at worst. Unlike other books that discuss the prosecutor&’s office and change from inside the office, Hines offers a proactive approach to fixing our broken prosecutorial system through a broad-based alliance of reform-minded prosecutors, activists, allies, communities, and racial justice organizations—all working together to end the racist treatment of Black people.Told intimately through personal, family, and client narratives, Get Off My Neck is not only a deeply sobering account of our criminal justice system and its devastating impact on Black children, youth, and adults but also a practical and inspiring roadmap for how we can start doing better right now.
Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action)
by Amanda MarcotteFor those who like their politics blunt, raw, and uncompromising comes Get Opinionated-a guide to the issues you care about: environmentalism, reproductive rights and access, taxes and public wealth, GLBTQ rights, health care, the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, and the Culture Wars.Get Opinionated will help you find your political voice and galvanize you into action-or at least help you understand which issues you care about (or which ones most piss you off)-and why.
Get Out and Vote!: How You Can Shape the Future (Orca Think #8)
by Elizabeth MacLeodExplore the past, present and future of voting around the world, and why it's one of the most important things we can do as citizens. In Get Out and Vote!, discover how voting affects everyone's life, what election day looks like, why some people don’t cast a ballot and more. Did you know a ping-pong ball once decided an election or that the government in Ancient Greece voted by shouting? From elections and politics to voter suppression and accessible ballots, there is so much to explore when it comes to voting. With profiles of young people who are making the vote count, this book will empower young people of all backgrounds to make their voices heard.
Get Out the Vote: How to Increase Voter Turnout
by Donald P. Green Alan S. GerberThe most important element in every election is getting voters to the polls-these get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts make the difference between winning and losing office. With the first two editions of Get Out the Vote, Donald P. Green and Alan S. Gerber broke ground by introducing a new scientific approach to the challenge of voter mobilization that profoundly influenced how campaigns operate. Get Out the Vote has become the reference text for those who manage campaigns and study voter mobilization.In this expanded and updated edition, Green and Gerber incorporate data from more than 100 new studies, which shed new light on the costeffectiveness and efficiency of various campaign tactics, including door-to-door canvassing, email, direct mail, and telephone calls. Two new chapters focus on the effectiveness of registration drives and messaging tactics. The new Get Out the Vote will be available as the country gears up for the 2016 presidential campaign. This readable, practical guide on voter mobilization is sure to be an important resource for consultants, candidates, and grassroots organizations, as well as a valuable teaching tool in courses on campaigns and elections.
Get Things Moving!: FDR, Wayne Coy, and the Office for Emergency Management, 1941-1943
by Mordecai LeeShortly after Hitler's armies invaded Western Europe in May of 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt activated a new agency within the Executive Office of the President called the Office for Emergency Management (OEM). The OEM went on to house many prewar and wartime agencies created to manage the country's arms production buildup and economic mobilization. After World War II a consensus by historians quickly gelled that OEM was unimportant, viewing it as a mere administrative holding company and legalistic convenience for the emergency agencies. Similarly they have dismissed the importance of the Liaison Officer for Emergency Management (LOEM), viewing the position as merely a liaison channel between OEM agencies and the White House. Mordecai Lee presents a revisionist history of OEM, focusing mostly on the record of the longest serving LOEM, Wayne Coy. Drawing upon largely unexamined archival sources, including the Roosevelt and Truman Presidential Libraries and the National Archives, Lee gives a precise account of what Coy actually did and, contrary to the conventional wisdom, concludes he was an important senior leader in the Roosevelt White House, engaging in management, policy, and politics.
Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law
by Alan DershowitzIn Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law, Alan Dershowitz—#1 New York Times bestselling author and one of America&’s most respected legal scholars—analyses the unremitting efforts by political opponents of Donald Trump to &“get&” him—to stop him from running in 2024—at any cost. Alan Dershowitz has been called &“one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America&” by Politico and &“the nation&’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights&” by Newsweek. Get Trump makes clear that unconstitutional efforts to stop Trump from retaking the presidency challenge the very foundations of our liberty: due process, right to counsel, and free speech. Those who justify these dangerous departures from the rule of law argue that the threat posed by a second Trump presidency is &“different&” and &“immediate,&” while the departures from constitutional norms are longer term and more abstract. Dershowitz explains that defenders of Trump&’s constitutional rights—even those like him who strongly oppose Trump politically—are sought to be silenced; their free speech rights attacked, their integrity questioned, and their careers threatened. Much of the media substitutes advocacy against Trump for objective reporting, while many in academia petition and propagandize against rights they previously valued—all in the interest of getting Trump. The essence of justice is that it must be equally applicable to all, Dershowitz notes. No one is above the law but digging to find crimes in order to influence an election does not constitute the equal application of the law. In order to assure equal application in comparable situations, he proposes two criteria for indicting a likely candidate of the opposing party: the Richard Nixon standard and the Hillary Clinton standard—and most recently, the Joe Biden standard. Get Trump warns that regardless of whether this anti-democratic effort to stop Trump from running succeeds or fails, it is likely to create dangerous precedents that will lie around like loaded weapons ready to be deployed against other controversial candidates, officials, or citizens about whom it can be argued that the danger they pose &“is different.&”
Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite
by Bruce E. Levine"Are Americans a Broken People?" Levine, a practicing clinical psychologist and frequent writer on political matters, asked in a 2009 web article, meditating on the problem of American political passivity in the face of attacks on their liberties and their economic well-being. In this work, he expands on that article, exploring the cultural and psychological reasons many Americans feel politically demoralized and considering the means of regaining the individual self-respect and collective self-confidence that are prerequisites for building mass democratic politics (based on a populism transcending right/left divisions) that can overcome the current control of the American political system by elites. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Get Well, Good Knight
by Shelley Moore ThomasThe much-heralded Good Knight is back--only this time his three little dragon friends are sick in bed. Their scaly foreheads are hot and their noses are drip-drip-dripping. They feel awful. The Good Knight comes to the rescue again! He brings them some slimy, grimy soup from the wizard to make them feel better. But the dragons wont touch it. What is a Good Knight to do?
Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: From Slavery to Black Lives Matter
by Bruce E. Johansen Adebowale AkandeThe death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States’ history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvin’s knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. Before the U.S. Civil War, slaves were routinely beaten to death for disobeying orders or running away, then often lynched. In roughly two centuries, Blacks have achieved nominal freedom. But, as this book’s opening chapter and expert essays that follow indicate, freedom has been conditional based on inequity of wealth, social, and legal discrimination. None of this is new in the United States; what is new is the number of people rising up in protest, a figure in the millions around the world after Floyd’s murder.This book supplies a readable, scholarly account of recent issues in race and racism in the United States that will be useful for general readers, undergraduate students, and their professors. It will be useful in many fields, including Black studies, other ethnic pursuits, United States history, law, criminal justice, intercultural communication, et al. The work contains a powerful historical narrative followed by several important, essays on subjects including George Floyd’s murder, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and many other victims of systematic racism.