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Levantones, narcofosas y falsos positivos
by José RevelesEn el contexto de los atroces saldos que ha dejado la "guerra contra el narcotráfico" en nuestro país, José Reveles documenta con gran oficio periodístico una impactante serie de casos sobre levantones, narcofosas y falsos positivos. "En México la corrupción política al más alto nivel es el principal motor de la violencia encarnizada y de las violaciones masivas de los derechos humanos, fenómenos que José Reveles presenta en este libro con el más fino detalle." Edgardo Buscaglia Los saldos de la guerra contra el crimen organizado en México ya han alcanzado la categoría de tragedia: el país se ha convertido en una tumba colectiva de sus propios ciudadanos. Frente a este desolador panorama, en el presente libro se buscan explicaciones: por qué tanta muerte, tantos entierros clandestinos, tantos desaparecidos. Por medio de testimonios de primera mano y análisis de expertos, José Reveles pone en evidencia no sólo que el Estado mexicano ha sido rebasado por las corporaciones delictivas, también que cada día la población civil es más vulnerable a la violencia desmedida. Abundan las víctimas inocentes: los asesinados en retenes militares, en bares, en centros de rehabilitación o en fiestas familiares; los levantados y los falsos positivos (culpables fabricados). A partir de datos apabullantes sobre la realidad criminal, esta investigación periodística advierte sobre la aparición de escuadrones de exterminio y limpieza social, describe abusos de soldados y marinos, nombra a los perpetradores y confirma el establecimiento de una política que arrastra a la muerte a muchos "prescindibles", "desechables" y personas comunes que "pasaban por ahí". Después de terribles hechos como la masacre de 72 indocumentados en San Fernando, Tamaulipas, ocurrida en 2010, impactó el hallazgo de cuantiosos cadáveres en las llamadas narcofosas; peor aún, en estas páginas se demuestra que hay varios cientos más diseminados a lo largo del territorio nacional. José Reveles, autor de El cártel incómodo, asegura que el verdadero infierno apenas se vislumbra.
Levantones. Historias reales de desaparecidos y víctimas del narco
by Javier Valdez CárdenasUn libro conmovedor y profundamente sincero, Javier Valdez Cárdenas detalla el momento en que las víctimas son tomadas por asalto y ejecutadas, con la misma fuerza descriptiva relata las averiguaciones con la policía y los momentos en que los cuerpos son encontrados sin vida. De Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Premio Internacional a la Libertad de Expresión, autor de Miss Narco y Los morros del narco. Levantones es una obra imprescindible para entender aún más el contexto del narcotráfico y también aspectos sombríos de nuestra condición humana. Para nadie es un secreto que las acciones del narcotráfico han llenado de sangre, crimen y maldad a la sociedad mexicana. Diariamente crecen las cifras de muertos, desaparecidos, levantados y víctimas de esta lucha de poder sangrienta e implacable. Javier Valdez Cárdenas, periodista de Sinaloa y quien conoce las entrañas de estos hechos terribles, entrega en Levantones una serie de crónicas y reportajes sobre hombres que viven de estas actividades ilícitas a salto de mata, madres y esposas que suplican justicia por sus hijos y esposos desaparecidos, ciudadanos cuyo destino les impuso trágicamente el lugar equivocado y, ante todo, ofrece la voz amarga, dolorida de seres anónimos que recorren los ministerios públicos, los forenses, cementerios y calles de sus entidades en busca de sus hijos, hombres y mujeres que lloran a sus muertos, imploran justicia y padecen cotidianamente el dolor que la guerra del narco ha sembrado en el país. Pocos testimonios en nuestro periodismo contemporáneo revelan con tanta fidelidad el dolor humano, la orfandad y el desamparo, pero Javier Valdez Cárdenas tiene una virtud aún mayor que comparte en sus páginas: al encontrarse frente a frente con los seres desdichados extrae del sufrimiento también los anhelos por hallar a sus hijos o hermanos; su pluma atrapa breves destellos de ilusión de quienes desean encontrar con vida a sus seres queridos y, lo más increíble, expresa con enorme fuerza la gran capacidad de los seres humanos que luchan hasta el final por saber la verdad.
Level 1 Introduction to Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's Settings
by Corinne Barker Emma WardMake real progress with this introduction which guides you through your course with easy-to-read language and helpful images.Suitable for all awarding bodies and written by experts currently teaching Level 1 students, this book provides detailed support by following the specification clearly and simply. It covers all mandatory and nine optional units across both Health & Social Care and Early Years and is suitable for the Award, Certificate and Diploma. The colourful design, easy-to-read language and helpful images will ensure the relevant knowledge is easily accessed. - Generate all the required evidence by using the links between assessment criteria and activities- Stay on top of new concepts with definitions, summaries, examples and a glossary- Matches the specification completely with strong links to the assessment criteria throughout.
Level 1 Introduction to Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's Settings, Second Edition
by Corinne Barker Emma WardMake real progress with the brand-new, updated edition of this introductory guide.Written in easy-to-read language, this guide has a refreshed design, updated tasks and activities, and a focus on matching and signposting the specification.Suitable for all awarding bodies and written by experts, it will reflect the most recent legislation presented in a colourful design with helpful images to ensure the relevant knowledge is easily accessed.- Now includes addidional five optional units- Clear signposting to the qualification specification criteria- Updated legislation included and explained- New tasks and activities
Level 1 Introduction to Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's Settings, Second Edition
by Corinne Barker Emma WardMake real progress with the brand-new, updated edition of this introductory guide. Written in easy-to-read language, this guide has a refreshed design, updated tasks and activities, and a focus on matching and signposting the specification.Suitable for all awarding bodies and written by experts, it will reflect the most recent legislation presented in a colourful design with helpful images to ensure the relevant knowledge is easily accessed.- Now includes addidional five optional units- Clear signposting to the qualification specification criteria- Updated legislation included and explained- New tasks and activities
Level 1/Level 2 Cambridge National in Child Development (J809): Second Edition
by Miranda WalkerTrust highly experienced author, Miranda Walker to guide you through the refreshed Cambridge National Level 1/Level 2 in Child Development (for first teaching in September 2022). This brand-new edition will strengthen your understanding of the content and boost the skills required to tackle the NEA with confidence.This Student Textbook is: > Comprehensive - gain in-depth knowledge of the examined unit with clear explanations of every concept and topic, plus improve understanding of the non-examined units with easy-to-follow chapters. > Accessible, reliable and trusted - structured to match the specification and provide the information required to build knowledge, understanding and skills. > Designed to support you - boost confidence when tackling the internal and external assessment with plenty of activities to test and consolidate knowledge. > Our go-to guide - the expert author has carefully designed tasks and activities to build skillset in order to aid progression and questions to assess understanding.
Level 2 Health & Social Care Diploma Evidence Guide
by Maria Ferreiro PeteiroEnsure you have all the help you need inbetween assessor visits with this easy-to-use quick-reference guide for assessment.Covering more optional units than any textbook, this easy-to-understand guide for the Health and Social Care Diploma explains in simple terms what competencies you need to demonstrate and how to generate all the required knowledge-evidence for your course. With brief, one-page summaries for every assessment criterion and guidance on how to gather your evidence, this resource will help you when your assessor is not available.- Keep it simple for your learners with this one-page summary per assessment criterion, covering knowledge and competence.- Covers far more optional units than any textbook.- We've kept the price down to ensure accessibility for all learners - if they only have one resource, make sure it is this one.
Level 2 Health & Social Care Diploma Evidence Guide
by Maria Ferreiro PeteiroEnsure you have all the help you need inbetween assessor visits with this easy-to-use quick-reference guide for assessment. Covering more optional units than any textbook, this easy-to-understand guide for the Health and Social Care Diploma explains in simple terms what competencies you need to demonstrate and how to generate all the required knowledge-evidence for your course. With brief, one-page summaries for every assessment criterion and guidance on how to gather your evidence, this resource will help you when your assessor is not available. - Keep it simple for your learners with this one-page summary per assessment criterion, covering knowledge and competence. - Covers far more optional units than any textbook. - We've kept the price down to ensure accessibility for all learners - if they only have one resource, make sure it is this one.
Level 4: Industrial Ecology (Pearson English Graded Readers Ser.)
by Wangari MaathiPearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading. Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities. Through the imagination of some of the world’s greatest authors, the English language comes to life in the pages of our Readers. Students have the pleasure and satisfaction of reading these stories in English, and at the same time develop a broader vocabulary, greater comprehension and reading fluency, improved grammar, and greater confidence and ability to express themselves.
Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
by Alex de LaceyGrime music has been central to British youth culture since the beginning of the 21st century. Performed by MCs and DJs, it is an Afrodiasporic form that developed on street corners, on pirate radio and at raves. Level Up: Live Performance and Creative Process in Grime Music offers the first long-form ethnographic study of grime practice; it questions how and why artists do what they do; and it asks what this can tell us about creative process and improvisation more widely. Based on research conducted in London’s grime scene—facilitated by the author’s long-standing role as a DJ and broadcaster—this book explores the form’s emergence before taking a magnifying glass to the contemporary scene and its performance protocol, exploring the practice of key artists and their crews living and working in the city. The resultant model of creative interaction provides a comprehensive mapping of collective social learning in London’s informal cityscape, offering new ways to conceptualise improvisatory practice within ensembles.
Leveled Texts for Social Studies: Early America
by Debra J. HouselStep into early America and explore 15 differentiated social studies texts with topics ranging from exploring the New World to The Bill of Rights. Leveled Texts for Social Studies: Early America is an award-winning resource designed to help all students grasp important historical people and events through high-interest text written at four different reading levels. Each text is presented in a two-page format and complemented with comprehension questions written at each reading level. Give all students access to the curriculum and build content-area literacy skills with these seamlessly differentiated texts
Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society #10)
by Stanley J. TambiahEthno-nationalist conflicts are rampant today, causing immense human loss. Stanley J. Tambiah is concerned with the nature of the ethno-nationalist explosions that have disfigured so many regions of the world in recent years. He focuses primarily on collective violence in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India. He situates these riots in the larger political, economic, and religious contexts in which they took place and also examines the strategic actions and motivations of their principal agents. In applying a wide range of social theory to the problems of ethnic and religious violence, Tambiah pays close attention to the history and culture of the region.On one level this provocative book is a scrupulously detailed anthropological and historical study, but on another it is an attempt to understand the social and political changes needed for a more humane order, not just in South Asia, but throughout the world.
Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change
by Jonathan Wistow Luke TelfordThis book contributes to emerging debates about Levelling Up the UK Economy, considering these alongside the nature of, and trends in, both the political economy and spatial disparities. Drawing on a complex systems framing, the book pulls together a range of evidence to provide insights about the agenda from macro, meso and micro levels of analyses, including utilising qualitative data from a small scoping study with Directors of Regeneration across several ‘left behind’ places and 25 residents of ‘left behind’ Redcar & Cleveland in Teesside. The book outlines phases in capitalism’s development, particularly the shift from post-war capitalism to a post-industrial and neoliberal society and the implications for spatial inequalities. The 2022 Levelling Up White Paper is analysed alongside a focus on the role of local government relative to the agenda. The book offers an empirical case study of ‘left behind’ Redcar & Cleveland, exposing deindustrialisation, insecure employment, crime, anti-social behaviour and sentiments on a North South divide and Levelling Up. We suggest that only a transformative change in the political economy, including significant and sustained investment at different spatial levels, is likely to achieve the ambition to Level Up.
Leveraging
by David M. AndersonThis book considers the current domestic and global political and economic landscape and will show that there are three different but related kinds of leverage that together have emerged as the dominant strategy in economics, politics and international relations. The economic crisis of 2008-09 was called by most economists a crisis of "over-leverage. " Yet no one has argued that there has also been a leverage crisis or at least a "leverage challenge," in other aspects of life. The This book argues that there is a "leverage mean" in between the extremes of too little leverage and too much leverage that provides the basis for resolving the various crises and challenges. This book, which grows out of a Brookings Institution paper "The Age of Leverage," will analyze bargaining leverage, resource leverage and economic investment leverage and should draw the attention of students and teachers in political and economic philosophy.
Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop
by Workshop on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries CommitteeA report on Leveraging Longitudinal Data in Developing Countries
Leveraging Mega-Event Legacies
by Jonathan GrixThis is a multi-disciplinary contribution to the burgeoning literature on and around mega-events in general and sports mega-events in particular. The volume is not specifically about mega-events or their management, but rather how such events act as a lens through which a number of important and critical questions about the decisions to host, the host nation, its society and the politics of culture, sport and leisure more broadly can be dealt with. In doing so this book seeks to build on, and out from initial work on (sports) mega events by acknowledging the major shift towards ‘emerging’ states awarded such events since 2006 and incorporating the latest advances in research that have taken place in recent years. For example, debates about what constitutes a ‘mega-event’, what is meant by a ‘legacy’, what is ‘soft power’ and so on are dealt with from a team of leading academics from a variety of academic disciplines. This book was previously published as a special issue of Leisure Studies.
Leveraging Migration for Africa
by William Shaw Dilip Ratha Sanket Mohapatra Sonia Plaza Ça Lar Özden Abebe ShimelesA joint effort led by the African Development Bank and the World Bank, 'Leveraging Migration for Africa' is the first comprehensive publication on harnessing migration, remittances, and other diaspora resources for the development of Africa. It comes at a time when countries in Africa and elsewhere are grappling with difficult choices on how to manage migration. Policy makers can help leverage the contributions of migrants to the development of Africa, reduce remittance costs, improve the efficiency of remittance markets in both origin and destination countries, and address the needs of the origin countries without restricting the emigration of high-skilled professionals. Innovative financing mechanisms such as issuance of diaspora bonds and securitization of future remittance flows can help finance big-ticket projects, such as railways, roads, power plants, and institutions of higher learning that will, step by step, help to transform Africa. This volume contributes to a greater understanding of migration and its potential role in Africa's development.
Leviathans at the Gold Mine: Creating Indigenous and Corporate Actors in Papua New Guinea
by Alex GolubLeviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnographic account of the relationship between the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea, and the large international gold mine operating on their land. It was not until 1939 that Australian territorial patrols reached the Ipili. By 1990, the third largest gold mine on the planet was operating in their valley. Alex Golub examines how "the mine" and "the Ipili" were brought into being in relation to one another, and how certain individuals were authorized to speak for the mine and others to speak for the Ipili. Considering the relative success of the Ipili in their negotiations with a multinational corporation, Golub argues that a unique conjuncture of personal relationships and political circumstances created a propitious moment during which the dynamic and fluid nature of Ipili culture could be used to full advantage. As that moment faded away, social problems in the valley increased. The Ipili now struggle with the extreme social dislocation brought about by the massive influx of migrants and money into their valley.
Levinas and the Other in Narratives of Facial Disfigurement: Singing through the Mask
by Gudrun M. GrabherOffering readings of a range of fictional and biographical texts, including work by Richard Selzer, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Gaston Leroux, Willa Cather, Natalie Kusz, and Lucy Grealy, this book examines reactions to facially disfigured people on the basis of Emmanuel Levinas’ ethics of the face. Drawing on Levinas’ concern with the holistic dimension of the face as an encounter with the other’s "whole person" and the sense of moral obligation that this instils in us—a sense that disfigurement disrupts by drawing our attention to the disfigurement as a "spectacle" and threatening to limit our view of that individual—the author explores how we react to the facially disfigured and how we ought to react.
Levinas, Ethics, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Norman K. SwazoThis book engages with the philosophical thought of French-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. It studies some of his Talmudic readings and his concern for a Jewish “universal ethics.” It does so in relation to the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the moral imperatives that apply to the conduct of the State of Israel and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) vis-a-vis the Palestinian people. The book not only looks at what Levinas understands about the moral “universality” of the Talmud but also applies this understanding to the assessment of the IDF military operations ongoing in Gaza since October 7, 2023. In this way, the author makes a distinction between the moral teaching of rabbinic Judaism to which Levinas appeals for its universality (on the one hand) and the ideology of political Zionism (on the other hand) to which Levinas subscribed, hence moral critique of the latter required in view of this moral teaching.A unique contribution, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of European philosophy, Jewish ethics, religious studies, Talmudic studies, and contemporary moral philosophy, as well as those interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Levy County, Florida (Black America Series)
by Carolyn CohensDriving along Levy County highways, one can always see crops of corn, watermelons, peanuts, cantaloupes, and vegetables. The county contains the cities of Cedar Key, noted for its romantic atmosphere and annual seafood and art festivals; Chiefland, a small town with a friendly atmosphere; and Rosewood, noted today for its tours and markers dedicated to those who tragically lost their lives.
Lewd Looks: American Sexploitation Cinema in the 1960s
by Elena GorfinkelOne of the most fascinating phenomena of 1960s film culture is the emergence of American sexploitation films—salacious indies made on the margins of Hollywood. Hundreds of such films were produced and shown on both urban and small-town screens over the course of the decade. Yet despite their vital importance to the film scene, and though they are now understood as a gateway to the emergence of publicly exhibited hardcore pornography in the early 1970s, these films have been largely overlooked by scholars.Defined by low budgets, quick production times, unknown actors, strategic uses of nudity, and a sensationalist obsession with unbridled female sexuality, sexploitation films provide a unique window into a tumultuous period in American culture and sexual politics. In Lewd Looks, Elena Gorfinkel examines the social and legal developments that made sexploitation films possible: their aesthetics, their regulation, and their audiences. Gorfinkel explores the ways sexploitation films changed how spectators encountered and made sense of the sexualized body and set the stage for the adult film industry of today. Lewd Looks recovers a lost chapter in the history of independent cinema and American culture—a subject that will engross readers interested in media, sexuality, gender, and the 1960s. Gorfinkel investigates the films and their contexts with scholarly depth and vivid storytelling, producing a new account of the obscene image, screen sex, and adult film and media.
Lewd Women and Wicked Witches: A Study of the Dynamics of Male Domination
by Marianne HesterIn the sixteenth century and seventeenth centuries it was women who were almost exclusively persecuted as witches. However, the witch craze has been subjected to surprisingly little feminist analysis. In Lewd Women and Wicked Witches, Marianne Hester reviews and develops revolutionary feminist thinking. Accordingly, she shows how witches can be seen as victims of the oppression of a male dominated society.Concentrating on English source material, the author shows how witch-hunts may be seen as an historically specific example of male dominance. Relying on an eroticised construct of women's inferiority, they were part of the ongoing attempt by men to maintain their power over women.
Lewis And Clark In Their Own Words
by Janey LevyThe journey of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark across the newly acquired Louisiana Territory from 1804 to 1806 was truly extraordinary. It's best explained using the journals of these two explorers. In this book, primary source materials were carefully chosen to highlight the most interesting and exciting parts of the adventure. An Eyewitness to History book.
Lewis Henry Morgan's Comparisons: Reassessing Terminology, Anarchy and Worldview in Indigenous Societies of America, Australia and Highland Middle India
by Georg PfefferAbout 150 years ago L. H. Morgan compared relationship terminologies, societal forms, and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective, the book will re-examine, confirm and criticize, Morgan’s findings to conclude that reciprocal affinal relations determine most ‘classificatory’ terminologies and regulate many non-state societies, their property notions, and their rituals. Apart from references to American and Australian features, such holistic socio-cultural constructs will be exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little-known contemporary indigenous societies in highland Middle India, altogether comprising many millions of members.