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Queering the Chilean Way
by Carl FischerThis book examines and critiques the fact that Chile's claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite aggressively, in a heterosexual, and primarily male, ideal. Despite the many shifts Chilean economics and politics have undergone over the past fifty years, the country's view of itself as a "model" in contrast to other Latin American countries has remained constant. By deploying an artistic, literary, and cinematic archive of queer figures from this period, this book draws parallels among the exceptionalisms of Chile's economic discourse, the subjects deemed most (and least) apt to embody it, and the maneuvers of its cultural production between local and global ideas of gender and politics to delineate its place in the world. Queering the Chilean Way thus sheds light on the sexual, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of exceptionalism--at its heart, a discourse of exclusion that often comprises a major element of nationalism--in Chile and throughout the Americas.
Queering Urbanism: Insurgent Spaces in the Fight for Justice
by Stathis G. YerosA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Conflicts about space and access to resources have shaped queer histories from at least 1965 to the present. As spaces associated with middle-class homosexuality enter mainstream urbanity in the United States, cultural assimilation increasingly erases insurgent aspects of these social movements. This gentrification itself leads to queer displacement. Combining urban history, architectural critique, and queer and trans theories, Queering Urbanism traces these phenomena through the history of a network of sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. Within that urban landscape, Stathis Yeros investigates how queer people appropriated existing spaces, how they expressed their distinct identities through aesthetic forms, and why they mobilized the language of citizenship to shape place and secure space. Here the legacies of LGBTQ+ rights activism meet contemporary debates about the right to housing and urban life.
QUEM É VOCÊ? Ella A Princesa Encantada
by Rosaria L. Calafati Osvaldo CruzUma bela estória sobre uma princesa careca que aprende a acreditar em si mesma! Em um lindo reino, escondido além da Floresta Encantada, vivia uma jovem princesa chamada Ella. Muito diferente das outras princesas: Ella não tinha cabelo. Na maioria das vezes tenta esconder a cabeça com tiaras, lenços bandanas e chapéus; e também não gosta de se olhar no espelho. A Princesa Ella constantemente sonha um dia explorar além das imponentes portas do castelo. No entanto, para fazer isso, ela precisa atravessar o Salão Real, mas há tantos espelhos temidos nas paredes. Esses espelhos são os guardiões da fortaleza e não deixam ninguém passar a menos que a pessoa seja reconhecida. Junte-se à Princesa Ella em sua primeira aventura pelo Salão Real! Por que os espelhos não conhecem Ella? O que a pequena terá que fazer para sair de seu quarto e explorar Floresta Encantada?
"Querdenker": Ein Überblick (essentials)
by Stefan GoertzEinführend werden die Ideologieelemente der „Querdenker“ besprochen, dort auch die Ergebnisse der ersten empirischen Studien zu „Querdenkern“ und Teilnehmern an Corona-Demonstrationen. Verschwörungserzählungen sind ein (potenzieller) Radikalisierungsfaktor und spielen für die Bewegung der „Querdenker“ eine wichtige Rolle. So werden verschiedene aktuelle internationale Verschwörungserzählungen von „Querdenkern“ aufgegriffen, darunter auch die antisemitische Verschwörungserzählung „QAnon“. In Reaktion auf die „Querdenker“-Bewegung haben die deutschen Verfassungsschutzbehörden einen neuen Phänomenbereich von Extremismus festgestellt, die „verfassungsschutzrelevante Delegitimierung des Staates“. Bei der Analyse der Szene der „Querdenker“ muss differenziert werden, weil eine komplexe Mischung aus Radikalismus, Verschwörungserzählungen und Extremismus festzustellen ist.
Queremos mota
by Nacho Lozano“La 4T incluye una política de drogas de cuarta.” Fue una promesa de campaña, pero la legalización de la mariguana no ha llegado. Fue un compromiso público, pero la amnistía a consumidores encarcelados no se concretó. Fue un lema mil veces repetido, pero la política antidrogas sigue idéntica. No es sólo una omisión o un simple olvido. Es una traición que afecta a decenas de miles de mexicanos y que se ensaña con las mujeres. Es un cálculo político que cierra la puerta a posibilidades médicas, comerciales y lúdicas, y que pone al país en desventaja. Es una decisión consciente que perpetúa la guerra y la muerte. En esta obra, Nacho Lozano explica la gravedad de la situación y sus implicaciones. Sin dramatismos, pero sin morderse la lengua, nos cuenta todo lo que los mexicanos estamos perdiendo y los escenarios que se nos vienen encima si no hay un cambio pronto. Con los datos más recientes, los argumentos más lúcidos y la inteligencia más afilada, eleva la voz y exige: ¡Queremos mota!
Queridos enemigos
by Ema CibottiDe Beresford a Maradona, la verdadera historia de las relaciones entre ingleses y argentinos. Invasiones inglesas, usurpación de las Malvinas, Vuelta de Obligado, pacto Roca-Runciman, debate de las carnes... ¿los ingleses siempre quisieron dominarnos? Si hubieran triunfado en 1806, ¿estaríamos igual o mejor que países como Canadá o Australia, como muchos sostienen? ¿Amigos o enemigos? ¿Odiadios por colonialistas o admirados por su solvencia, eficacia y corrección social? Aprendimos desde chicos que Inglaterra -como nombramos comúnmente al Reino Unido- es nuestra enemiga y que desde 1806 hasta ahora siempre lo ha sido. Pero si esa creencia fuera cierta, ¿patriotas como Mariano Moreno o Manuel Belgrano habrían tejido alianzas con ellos?, ¿San Martín habría aceptado la ayuda de la comunidad británica radicada en estas tierras o ponderado la conducta del ministro inglés George Canning? Cuando Rosas decidió exiliarse en Gran Bretaña, ¿ignoraba que pocos años antes él mismo se había enfrentado armas en mano contra la flota "pirata" anglofrancesa? Basada en una investigación veraz y rigurosa, la historiadora Ema Cibotti demuestra que la sociedad argentina no vio siempre a los ingleses como corsarios ambiciosos, y que, a pesar de las nefastas intervenciones de 1806 y 1982, nunca dejaron de conformar una de las comunidades de residentes extranjeros más importantes de nuestro país, si no en número, en empuje e influencia. Contra las interpretaciones lineales y simplistas de nuestra historia, Queridos enemigos nos invita a soltar las cadenas que nos atan a una visión desfigurada de nuestro pasado para encarar responsablemente el tiempo que nos toca vivir.
Quesadillas: A Novel
by Juan Pablo VillalobosA brilliant new comic novel from "a linguistic virtuoso" (José Antonio Aguado, Diari de Terrassa)It's the 1980s in Lagos de Moreno—a town where there are more cows than people, and more priests than cows—and a poor family struggles to overcome the bizarre dangers of living in Mexico. The father, a high-school civics teacher, insists on practicing and teaching the art of the insult, while the mother prepares hundreds of quesadillas to serve to their numerous progeny: Aristotle, Orestes, Archilochus, Callimachus, Electra, Castor, and Pollux. Confined to their home, the family bears witness to the revolt against the Institutional Revolutionary Party and their umpteenth electoral fraud. This political upheaval is only the beginning of Orestes's adventures and his uproarious crusade against the boredom of rustic life and the tyranny of his older brother. Both profoundly moving and wildly funny, Mexican author Juan Pablo Villalobos's Quesadillas is a satiric masterpiece, chock-full of inseminated cows, Polish immigrants, religious pilgrims, alien spacecraft, psychedelic watermelons, and many, many "your mama" insults.
The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World
by Daniel YerginSelected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year. In this gripping account of the quest for the energy that our world needs, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change. It is a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. From the jammed streets of Beijing to the shores of the Caspian Sea, from the conflicts in the Mideast to Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley, Yergin takes us into the decisions that are shaping our future. The drama of oil-the struggle for access, the battle for control, the insecurity of supply, the consequences of use, its impact on the global economy, and the geopolitics that dominate it--continues to profoundly affect our world. Yergin tells the inside stories of the oil market and the surge in oil prices, the race to control the resources of the former Soviet empire, and the massive mergers that transformed the landscape of world oil. He tackles the toughest questions: Will we run out of oil? Are China and the United States destined to come into conflict over oil? How will a turbulent Middle East affect the future of oil supply? Yergin also reveals the surprising and sometimes tumultuous history of nuclear and coal, electricity, and the "shale gale" of natural gas, and how each fits into the larger marketplace. He brings climate change into unique perspective by offering an unprecedented history of how the field of climate study went from the concern of a handful of nineteenth- century scientists preoccupied with a new Ice Age into one of the most significant issues of our times. He leads us through the rebirth of renewable energies and explores the distinctive stories of wind, solar, and biofuels. He offers a perspective on the return of the electric car, which some are betting will be necessary for a growing global economy. The Quest presents an extraordinary range of characters and dramatic stories that illustrate the principles that will shape a robust and flexible energy security system for the decades to come. Energy is humbling in its scope, but our future requires that we deeply understand this global quest that is truly reshaping our world.
The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization
by John LapidusThis book deals with the quest for a divided welfare state in Sweden. The prime example is the rapid rise of private health insurance, which now constitutes a parallel system characterized by state subsidies for some and not for others. This functions as a kind of reverse means-testing, whereby primarily the upper classes get state support for new types of welfare consumption. Innovatively, Lapidus explains how such a parallel system requires not only direct and statutory state support but also indirect support, for example, from infrastructure built for the public health system. He goes on to examine how semi-private welfare funding is dependent on private provision and how the so-called 'hidden welfare state' gradually erodes the visible and former universal welfare state model, in direct contrast to its own stated goals. Who benefits from privatized welfare? How are the privatization of delivery and the privatization of funding linked? How does this impact public willingness to pay tax? All of these questions and more are discussed in this accessible volume.
The Quest For A Just World Order
by Samuel S KimIn response to a growing sense of dissatisfaction with the state of the world and the state of international relations research, Professor Kim has taken an alternative approach to the study of contemporary world politics. Specifically, he has adopted and expanded the cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, and transnational approach developed by the World Order Models Project (WOMP), an enterprise committed to the realization of peace, economic equality and well-being, social justice, and ecological balance. Systemic in scope and interdisciplinary in methodology, The Quest for a Just World Order explains and projects the issues, patterns, and trends of world politics, giving special attention to the attitudinal, normative, behavioral, and institutional problems involved in the politics of system transformation. Professor Kim also attempts to remedy a number of problematic features of traditional approaches, including a value-neutral orientation; fragmentation and overspecialization; overemphasis on national actors, the superpowers, and stability; and the Hobbesian image of world politics. Part 1 presents a conceptual framework for developing a normative theory of world order. Each of the four chapters in Part 2 examines a specific global crisis in depth, working within the framework laid out in Part 1. In Part 3 a variety of desirable and feasible transition strategies are proposed, and Professor Kim assesses the prospects for achieving a just and humane world order system by the end of this century.
The Quest for a New International Aid Architecture: The Turkish Experience
by Hatice KarahanThis book examines Turkey’s success within international development cooperation and how this could create a framework for a new international aid architecture. Turkey has become a world leader in humanitarian assistance and shared an extraordinary burden in official development assistance (ODA). Its achievements are used to highlight the global failure to meet aid commitments and the increasingly permanent humanitarian problems seen in certain regions. A particular focus is given to Turkey’s diplomatic and humanitarian actions, its contribution to regional stability and development, and creating a holistic aid perspective. The book aims to provide the reader with an understanding of Turkey’s significant value-added contribution to the international aid architecture, gives an outline for international cooperation, and contributes to ongoing discussions within development economics, political science, and international relations.
The Quest for a United Germany
by Ferenc A. VáliOriginally published in 1967. The ramifications of the German problem and its intricate nature make its comprehensive presentation within the limits of a manageable volume a matter of painful selection and difficult apportionment.
The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin's Russia I
by Ivo MijnssenThis book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization.
The Quest for an Ideal Youth in Putin's Russia I: Back to Our Future! History, Modernity, and Patriotism according to Nashi, 2005-2013 (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society #114)
by Ivo MijnssenThis book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self-realization.
The Quest for Community: A Study In The Ethics Of Order And Freedom (Ics Series In Self-governance Ser.)
by Robert NisbetOne of the leading thinkers to emerge in the postwar conservative intellectual revival was the sociologist Robert Nisbet. His book The Quest for Community, published in 1953, stands as one of the most persuasive accounts of the dilemmas confronting modern society.Nearly a half century before Robert Putnam documented the atomization of society in Bowling Alone, Nisbet argued that the rise of the powerful modern state had eroded the sources of community--the family, the neighborhood, the church, the guild. Alienation and loneliness inevitably resulted. But as the traditional ties that bind fell away, the human impulse toward community led people to turn even more to the government itself, allowing statism--even totalitarianism--to flourish.ISI Books is proud to present this new edition of Nisbet's magnum opus, featuring a brilliant introduction by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and three critical essays. Published at a time when our communal life has only grown weaker and when many Americans display cultish enthusiasm for a charismatic president, this new edition of The Quest for Community shows that Nisbet's insights are as relevant today as ever.
The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom
by Robert NisbetOne of the leading thinkers to emerge in the postwar conservative intellectual revival was the sociologist Robert Nisbet. His book The Quest for Community, published in 1953, stands as one of the most persuasive accounts of the dilemmas confronting modern society. Nearly a half century before Robert Putnam documented the atomization of society in Bowling Alone, Nisbet argued that the rise of the powerful modern state had eroded the sources of community—the family, the neighborhood, the church, the guild. Alienation and loneliness inevitably resulted. But as the traditional ties that bind fell away, the human impulse toward community led people to turn even more to the government itself, allowing statism—even totalitarianism—to flourish. This edition of Nisbet&’s magnum opus features a brilliant introduction by New York Times columnist Ross Douthat and three critical essays. Published at a time when our communal life has only grown weaker and when many Americans display cultish enthusiasm for a charismatic president, this new edition of The Quest for Community shows that Nisbet&’s insights are as relevant today as ever.
The Quest for Constitutionalism: South Africa since 1994
by Veronica Federico Hugh CorderThis volume provides a timely assessment on the progress made towards the achievement of a constitutional democracy in South Africa. The chapters collectively present an in-depth analysis of the development of the legal system and of the implications of the Constitution for the social configuration of power. To what extent has the vision of constitutionalism contained in the Constitution been realised? Primarily concerned with the impact of laws and the salience of their existence and enforcement for South Africans, the work highlights the importance of placing the constitutional regime in its historical, cultural, social, economic and political context. The book further recognises the importance of the South African constitutional provisions for transnational or globalised constitutionalism more broadly. It contains contributions from South African scholars, as well as European authors, bringing in new analytical angles and adding a specific comparative dimension. Through the prism of South Africa, the authors discuss the innovative character of constitutional and legal provisions in terms of both constitution-making and law-making processes and their contents. This book provides analysis that will be relevant to scholars, students and practitioners, specifically those interested in International Relations, Law, Sociology of Law, and African Studies, as well as socio-political comparative studies.
The Quest For Cosmic Justice: The 1996 Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture (Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture Ser.)
by Thomas SowellOne of the few subjects on which we all seem to agree is the need for justice. Whatever moral principle each of us believes in, we call justice. Therefore, we are only talking in a circle when we say that we advocate justice, unless we specify just what conception of justice we have in mind. This is especially so today, when so many advocate what they call "social justice"often with great passion, but with no definition. This book seeks to do just that and by offering readers not only well-defined explanations but also detailed theories, it hopes to shed light on central issues of cosmic justice in a world torn apart by social prejudices and falsities.
Quest for Democracy: Liberalism in the Modern Arab World
by Line KhatibSince the uprisings of 2010 and 2011, it has often been assumed that the politics of the Arab-speaking world is dominated, and will continue to be dominated, by orthodox Islamic thought and authoritarian politics. Challenging these assumptions, Line Khatib explores the current liberal movement in the region, examining its activists and intellectuals, their work, and the strengths and weaknesses of the movement as a whole. By investigating the underground and overlooked actors and activists of liberal activism, Khatib problematizes the ways in which Arab liberalism has been dismissed as an insignificant sociopolitical force, or a mere reaction to Western formulations of liberal politics. Instead, she demonstrates how Arab liberalism is a homegrown phenomenon that has influenced the politics of the region since the nineteenth century. Shedding new light on an understudied movement, Khatib provokes a re-evaluation of the existing literature and offers new ways of conceptualizing the future of liberalism and democracy in the modern Arab world.
The Quest for Drug Control: Politics and Federal Policy in a Period of Increasing Substance Abuse, 1963-1981
by David F. Musto Pamela KorsmeyerBetween 1960 and 1980 various administrations attempted to deal with a rising tide of illicit drug use that was unprecedented in U. S. history. This valuable book provides a close look at the politics and bureaucracy of drug control policy during those years, showing how they changed during the presidencies of Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and how much current federal drug-control policies owe to those earlier efforts. David F. Musto, M. D. , and Pamela Korsmeyer base their analysis on a unique collection of 5,000 pages of White House documents from the period, all of which are included on a searchable CD-ROM that accompanies the book. These documents reveal the intense debates that took place over drug policy. They show, for example, that staffers and cabinet officers who were charged with narcotics policy were often influenced by the cultural currents of their times, and when the public reacted in an extreme fashion to rising drug use, officials were disinclined to adopt modified policies that might have been more realistic. Musto and Korsmeyer's investigation into the decision-making processes that shaped past drug control efforts in the United States provides essential background as creative approaches to the drug problem are sought for the future.
Quest for Equality in Freedom
by Francis M. WilhoitThis book describes and analyzes the gravest crisis now facing constitutional democracy: the fundamental conflict between liberal and egalitarian values. Particularly stressed in this analysis are such aspects of the crisis as its origins, ideological tensions, and public policy ramifications.
The Quest for Good Governance:
by Alina Mungiu-PippidiWhy do some societies manage to control corruption so that it manifests itself only occasionally, while other societies remain systemically corrupt? This book is about how societies reach that point when integrity becomes the norm and corruption the exception in regard to how public affairs are run and public resources are allocated. It primarily asks what lessons we have learned from historical and contemporary experiences in developing corruption control, which can aid policy-makers and civil societies in steering and expediting this process. Few states now remain without either an anticorruption agency or an Ombudsman, yet no statistical evidence can be found that they actually induce progress. Using both historical and contemporary studies and easy to understand statistics, Alina Mungiu-Pippidi looks at how to diagnose, measure and change governance so that those entrusted with power and authority manage to defend public resources.
The Quest for Human Longevity: Science, Business, and Public Policy
by Lewis D. Solomon"Many scientists today are working to retard the aging process in humans so as to increase both life expectancy and the quality of life. Over the past decade impressive results have been achieved in targeting the mechanisms and pathways of aging. In The Quest for Human Longevity, Lewis D. Solomon considers these scientific studies by exploring the principal biomedical anti-aging techniques. The book also considers cutting edge research on mental enhancements and assesses the scientific doubts of skeptics. The Quest for Human Longevity is also about business. Solomon examines eight corporations pursuing various age-related interventions, profiling their scientific founders and top executives, and examining personnel, intellectual property, and financing for each firm. Academic scientists form the link between research and commerce. Solomon notes that the involvement of university scientists and researchers follows one of two models. The first is a traditional model in which scientists leave academia to work for a corporation or remain in academia and obtain business support for their research. The second is a modern model in which scientists use their intellectual property as a catalyst for acquiring equity interests in the firms they organize. Critics have pointed to the dangers of commercialized science, but Solomon's analysis, on balance, finds that the benefits outweigh the costs and that problems of secrecy and conflicts of interest can be addressed. If scientists succeed in unlocking the secrets of aging and developing drugs or therapies that will allow us to live decades longer, the consequences for society will include profound social, political, economic, and ethical questions. Solomon deals with the public policy aspects of significant life extension and looks at the conflict between those who advocate the acceptance of mortality and the partisans of life. The Quest for Human Longevity will be of interest to policymakers, sociologists, scientists, and studen"
A Quest for Humanity
by Menno BoldtIn A Quest for Humanity, Menno Boldt presents a persuasive new framework for achieving a human social order in the global age. Boldt explores the concept of 'the good society' as a world in which every person can realize their potential for humanity through liberty, social justice, and equal human dignity.A Quest for Humanity innovatively positions globalization as a deterministic phenomenon of expanding interdependence and shared knowledge -- resulting in ever-larger economic and political jurisdictions, but also creating social and psychological links between peoples across the world. Boldt challenges mainstream certainty that Western democracy and constitutional human rights are the exemplary doctrines for the global good society. With a fresh vision designed to inspire a universal acknowledgement of human dignity, A Quest for Humanity powerfully affirms the value of each human being.