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R.J. Rummel: An Assessment of His Many Contributions
by Nils Petter GleditschThis book is open access under a CC BY license. The book provides a critical and constructive assessment of the many contributions to social science and politics made by Professor R. J. Rummel. Rummel was a prolific writer and an important teacher and mentor to a number of people who in turn have made their mark on the profession. His work has always been controversial. But after the end of the Cold War, his views on genocide and the democratic peace in particular have gained wide recognition in the profession. He was also a pioneer in the use of statistical methods in international relations. His work in not easily classified in the traditional categories of international relations research (realism, idealism, and constructivism). He was by no means a pacifist and his views on the US-Soviet arms race led him to be classified as a hawk. But his work on the democratic peace has become extremely influential among liberal IR scholars and peace researchers. Above all, he was a libertarian.
RABIA, LA (EBOOK)
by R. Gonzalez Arzac"En ese momento, el pueblo no le pedía cambios al Gobierno. Sólo quería "que se vayan todos". Yo no conozco en la historia otro momento en el que la sociedad haya sobrepasado de esa manera a la dirigencia política." Luis Zamora Un problema con las noticias suele ser el de la cristalización de los instantes: los hechos suceden y ya está. De dónde vienen? Cómo sigue todo? Ah, no! No nos pidan tanto!!! Rodolfo González Arzac es periodista y toma en La rabia la decisión de no recordar las jornadas sangrientas, tristísimas del 19 y 20 de diciembre de 2001 sólo como un helicóptero, una consigna y una cifra absurda de muertos, sino como un punto de inflexión en la historia del país, un punto grueso pero a fin de cuentas parte de una línea y, sobre todo, hecho de muchos puntos más pequeños, de vidas que como nunca se acercaron a la muerte, al escalón más bajo del existir. Son 26 las historias que a su modo se truncaron y siguieron, y que representan a las de millones de argentinos. Eso es La rabia: el retrato de aquellos días furiosos contado como se debe, sin dejar de lado todo lo que pasó (lo que nos pasó) desde entonces.
RAND Review: July-August 2016
by The RAND CorporationThis issue highlights the stress of military deployments and resilience of military families; RAND research on cybercrime, network defense, and data breaches; the 40th anniversary of RAND’s landmark Health Insurance Experiment; and more.
RAND Review: July-August 2018
by RAND CorporationThis issue spotlights RAND’s Gun Policy in America initiative and RAND’s evaluation of Housing for Health, a Los Angeles County program that has moved some of its most chronically homeless and vulnerable residents into permanent housing.
RAND Review: March-April 2018
by RAND CorporationThis issue features a Q&A with Michael Rich, Soledad O’Brien, and Francis Fukuyama on the perils of truth decay, and a story on the trend toward unretirement among U.S. workers. The Voices column features Gulrez Shah Azhar on environmental refugees.
RAND Review: March-April 2019
by RAND CorporationThis issue explores resilience and adaptation strategies researchers can pursue to address the impacts of climate change; security challenges posed by artificial intelligence and the speed at which technology is transforming society; and more.
RAND Review: May-June 2017
by RAND CorporationThis issue highlights recent RAND research on suicide prevention; on the scope of the humanitarian and security crisis in the Mediterranean region; and on what RAND is doing to improve the security and well-being of people throughout the Middle East.
RAND Review: May-June 2019
by RAND CorporationThis issue describes RAND research efforts to help schoolkids suffering from trauma; to help health care providers get better, more meaningful feedback; and to use technology to improve the lives of displaced people throughout the world.
RAND Review: November-December 2016
by The RAND CorporationThis issue highlights the policy issues facing the next U.S. president; the problem of food, energy, and water scarcity throughout the world; and the connection between violence against women and murder.
RAND Review: November-December 2017
by The RAND CorporationThis issue highlights recent RAND research on post-9/11 military caregivers; RAND-Lex, a computer program built at RAND that can analyze huge data sets of text; and the implications of climate change on Arctic cooperation.
RAND Review: November-December 2019
by RAND CorporationThis issue spotlights research on veteran suicide; liability implications of driverless cars; and new approaches to improving the post-incarceration experience. The Giving column highlights a million-dollar gift to fund research on homeless veterans.
RAND Review: September-October 2016
by The RAND CorporationThis issue highlights transgender personnel in the U.S. military; promising evidence on personalized learning in U.S. classrooms; a Q&A on gaming and public policy; excerpts from John Lewis’ Pardee RAND commencement address, and more.
RAND Review: September-October 2018
by RAND CorporationThis issue spotlights RAND’s research on social and emotional learning; workforce development in Appalachia; and the effects of marijuana ads on adolescents and young adults.
RAND Review: September-October 2019
by RAND CorporationThis issue spotlights a wargame designed for young women interested in national security; ethics in scientific research, particularly in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning; and community citizen science.
REACH and the Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology: Preventing and Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Nanomaterials (Routledge Studies in Environment and Health)
by Nertila KurajREACH and the Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology presents a thorough and comprehensive legal analysis on the status of nanoscale chemicals under the EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction) regulation, asking whether it effectively safeguards human health and environmental protection. This book examines the European Commission’s claim that REACH offers the best possible framework for the risk management of nanomaterials. Through a detailed and meticulous analysis of the four phases of REACH, Kuraj assesses the capacity of the Regulation to protect human health and the environment against the potential harms associated with exposure to nanomaterials, and draws attention to the ways in which the specificities of nanoscale chemicals are (not) tackled by the current REACH framework. Overall, this book is an innovative and timely contribution to the ongoing debate on how to best address the unprecedented risks posed by the growing pursuit of nanotechnological innovation by the EU and global policy agenda. REACH and the Environmental Regulation of Nanotechnology will be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of environmental law and policy, environmental governance, science and technology studies, and environment and health.
README.txt: A Memoir
by Chelsea ManningAn intimate, revealing memoir from one of the most important activists of our time. In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the United States Army in Iraq, disclosed classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. The army sentenced Manning to thirty-five years in military prison, charging her with twenty-two counts relating to the unauthorized possession and distribution of classified military documents. The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity as a woman and began to transition. In 2017, President Barack Obama commuted her sentence and she was released from prison. In README.txt, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman. She reveals her challenging childhood, her struggles as an adolescent, what led her to join the military, and the fierce pride she took in her work. We also learn the details of how and why she made the decision to send classified military documents to WikiLeaks. This powerful, observant memoir will stand as one of the definitive testaments of the digital age.
REORIENTATION: LEO STRAUSS IN THE 1930s
by Martin D. Yaffe Richard S. RudermanThe first comprehensive effort to examine Strauss's astonishingly wide-ranging writings of the 1930s (some of which have only recently been made available to English-speaking readers, including several herein) with a view to their unifying theme of recovering classical political philosophy.
RFK: His Words for Our Times
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.An inspiring collection of Robert Francis Kennedy’s most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures.Twenty-five years after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, RFK: His Words for Our Times, a celebration of Kennedy’s life and legacy, was published to enormous acclaim. Now this classic volume has been thoroughly edited and updated. Through his own words we get a direct and intimate perspective on Kennedy’s views on civil rights, social justice, the war in Vietnam, foreign policy, the desirability of peace, the need to eliminate poverty, and the role of hope in American politics.Here, too, is evidence of the impact of those he knew and worked with, including his brother John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Cesar Chavez, among others. The tightly curated collection also includes commentary about RFK’s legacy from major historians and public figures, among them Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Eric Garcetti, William Manchester, Elie Wiesel, and Desmond Tutu. Assembled with the full cooperation of the Kennedy family, RFK: His Words for Our Times is a potent reminder of Robert Kennedy’s ability to imagine a greater America—a faith and vision we could use today.“Themes include civil rights, mistrust of large government, citizen participation in local government, eliminating poverty, and ending the Vietnam War. The speeches demonstrate Kennedy’s skill at connecting with large, enthusiastic audiences with promises of hope and equality.” —Library Journal“A blueprint for the future.” —Vital Speeches
RIP GOP: How the New America Is Dooming the Republicans
by Stanley B. GreenbergA leading pollster and adviser to America’s most important political figures explains why the Republicans will crash in 2020. For decades the GOP has seen itself in an uncompromising struggle against a New America that is increasingly secular, racially diverse, and fueled by immigration. It has fought non-traditional family structures, ripped huge holes in the social safety net, tried to stop women from being independent, and pitted aging rural Evangelicals against the younger, more dynamic cities.Since the 2010 election put the Tea Party in control of the GOP, the party has condemned America to years of fury, polarization and broken government. The election of Donald Trump enabled the Republicans to make things even worse. All seemed lost.But the Republicans have set themselves up for a shattering defeat.In RIP GOP, Stanley Greenberg argues that the 2016 election hurried the party’s imminent demise. Using amazing insights from his focus groups with real people and surprising revelations from his own polls, Greenberg shows why the GOP is losing its defining battle. He explores why the 2018 election, when the New America fought back, was no fluke. And he predicts that in 2020 the party of Lincoln will be left to the survivors, opening America up to a new era of renewal and progress.
RISK: Signposting better choices to more adventurous teaching (Practical Teaching)
by David Gumbrell39 reflections to improve your decision making in the classroom and beyond.Go on! You can do it!Are teachers becoming ever more compliant as a profession? By just quietly getting on with things there is a danger of losing that spark that attracted you to your career in the first place. However, if you feel empowered to take more risks - to take back control of how you teach - then you have the chance to reignite your passion for the job.This book follows on from David Gumbrell’s text LIFT!, arguing that when you are feeling more resilient you have the courage and confidence to take more risks. You can also calculate that risk more rationally, thereby making it less risky and more likely to result in success. As this cycle continues you become more invigorated, more inspired and thus more engaging as a teacher.A beautifully written book with David's characteristic use of rich metaphors and thoughtful narrative. This book will certainly help you make bolder and better decisions in the classroom and beyond. Adrian Bethune.
RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon
by Richard Nixon“Informative, explicit, even suspense-ridden.…An important source for students of the Nixon presidency.” —The New York TimesFormer President Richard Nixon's bestselling autobiography is an intensely personal examination of his life, public career, and White House years. With startling candor, Nixon reveals his beliefs, doubts, and behind-the-scenes decisions, shedding new light on his landmark diplomatic and domestic initiatives, political campaigns, and historic decision to resign from the presidency. Memoirs, spanning Nixon’s formative years through his presidency, reveals the personal side of Richard Nixon. Witness his youth, college years, and wartime experiences, events which would shape his outward philosophies and eventually his presidency—and shape our lives. Follow his meteoric rise to national prominence and the great peaks and depths of his presidency. Throughout his career Richard Nixon made extensive notes about his ideas, conversations, activities, meetings. During his presidency, from November 1971 until April 1973 and again in June and July 1974, he kept an almost daily diary of reflections, analyses, and perceptions. These notes and diary dictations, quoted throughout this book, provide a unique insight into the complexities of the modern presidency and the great issues of American policy and politics.
ROSAS BAJO FUEGO (EBOOK)
by Jorge Daniel GelmanJuan Manuel de Rosas ocupa un lugar central en la historia argentina. Tanto por su papel fundamental en la construcción de un nuevo orden político luego de la revolución de independencia, como por el hecho de que ese mismo orden fuera utilizado a modo de ejemplo, positivo o negativo, para la lucha política hasta el presente. Rosas fue acusado de tirano, asesino, caudillo populista, representante de los intereses de los grandes estancieros o, al revés, reivindicado como defensor de los intereses nacionales y del pueblo. Su polémico protagonismo en las disputas del presente dificultó el estudio más a fondo de su gobierno y el análisis de los medios que utilizó para lograr la instauración de un nuevo orden, tras el fracaso de todos los intentos hechos desde 1810. Este libro se propone desentrañar los mecanismos y las herramientas que fueron claves en la construcción de su poder. Para ello analiza en detalle una coyuntura apasionante, que lo colocó al borde del abismo, acosado simultáneamente por un ataque naval francés que se extendió entre 1838 y 1840, el levantamiento rural de #los Libres del Sur# y una invasión del territorio de Buenos Aires encabezada por su rival unitario Juan Lavalle. El análisis de esta etapa en la que todo parecía posible permite observar cómo se pone en acción un conjunto muy amplio de estructururas y de actores, de un lado y del otro, y a la vez entender cómo logró Rosas vencer a esos enemigos tan poderosos. Siguiendo de cerca este proceso podremos observar también cómo la propia dinámica del enfrentamiento transforma el régimen de Rosas, a la vez que permite imponer la autoridad del Estado sobre otras bases.
RSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India
by Sangit Kumar RagiRSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India analyses the ideas of Gandhi and the RSS to understand how and where they converge on and diverge from each other in key questions that India continues to debate even today. The discourse on Gandhi and the RSS encompasses a fascinating debate in social, civilizational, cultural, political and religious questions which affianced the Indian minds towards nation building, both before and after independence. This book also examines their positions on issues and themes, where they may seem standing on the same page but reflect a tangential dispersion regarding means and methods. It discounts and dispels the predominant view that Gandhi and the RSS are diametrically opposed in their ideas on India and the Indian nation.
RSS and Gandhi: The Idea of India
by Sangit Kumar RagiThis book explores the relationship between Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and discusses their relevance in India’s history and socio-political discourse. It looks back at the Indian independence movement and the key debates and issues that the country was confronted with in the early 1900s that continue to be relevant today. These include the practice of untouchability, tensions and conflicts between communities, the treatment of minorities and the marginalized, debates on the ideology of Hindutva, religious conversion, questions on the cultural and civilizational identity of India, and responses to Western modernity. This book discusses the ideological differences between Gandhi and the RSS while also focusing on areas where they converged. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and academics working in the areas of modern Indian history, political science and philosophy. It will also be interesting to general readers curious about Gandhi and the RSS.
Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg and the Foundation of Jewish Political Thought
by Joseph Isaac LifshitzThis book is a scholarly examination of the political thought of Rabbi Meir (Maharam) of Rothenburg, the most important thirteenth century German Rabbi who was associated with the Pietist movement of the period. From the Maharam's responsa on community matters, a coherent political thought emerges that exercised nearly unprecedented influence on European Jewish communities up to the Jewish Emancipation. Rabbi Meir's extremely sophisticated attempt to balance the demands of the community against those of the individual was facilitated by a characteristic three-tiered structure to his political thought: concrete legal rules supported by value-laden legal principles built upon his general religious ideology. Through a systematic analysis of the Maharam's political thought, Isaac Lifshitz offers an original contribution to Jewish studies, political theory, and the study of legal philosophy. By considering the legal and theological underpinnings of one of Medieval Jewry's most influential figures, it also makes a contribution to the history of ideas in the Medieval period.