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Living with Separation in China: Anthropological Accounts
by Charles StaffordFirst Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Living with Strangers: Bedsits and Boarding Houses in Modern English Life, Literature and Film (Home Ser.)
by Chiara BrigantiLiving with Strangers examines the history and cultural representation of bed-sitting rooms and boarding houses in England from the early twentieth century to the present. Providing a historical overview, the authors explore how these alternative domestic spaces came to provide shelter for a diverse demographic of working women and men, retired army officers, gay people, students, bohemians, writers, artists, performers, migrants and asylum seekers, as well as shady figures and criminals. Drawing on historical records, case studies, and examples from literature, art, and film, the book examines how the prevalence and significance of bedsits and boarding houses in novels, plays, detective stories, Ealing comedies, and contemporary fiction and film produced its own genre of narrative. The nine chapters are written by an international range of established and emerging scholars in the fields of literary studies, art and film history, political theory, queer studies and cultural studies. A lively, highly original study, Living with Strangers makes a significant contribution to the cross-disciplinary field of home studies and provides insight into a crucial aspect of British cultural history. It is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, literary studies, sociology, gender and sexuality studies, film studies and cultural studies.
Living with Television
by Ira D. Glick Sidney J. Levy W. Lloyd Warner Kurt LangThis book is based on extensive field research conducted by the investigators of Social Research Inc., interpreting the result of over 13,000 individuals. Members of TV audiences were studied to analyze their reactions to what TV offered them, in relation to their age, sex, social class, and personal characteristics. This information is here applied to understanding what television programs, performers, and commercials--by general type and also with illustrative case histories--are being watched. This book on first publication in 1962 provided the first clear image of the people in front of their TV sets, who they were, how they differed from each other, their views on sex and violence, boredom and enlightenment, taste and judgment. It tells us about the audiences and our stereotypes and their response to the new medium they could both see and hear. It destroys the myth of the "mass audience" and replaces it with a scientifically derived description of the many audiences for television, including its protesters, its embracers, and its accommodators. Programs looked at range from those still in production forty years later--The Price is Right--to those in perpetual rerun--The Twilight Zone---to those genres, like westerns, that have all but disappeared, and those that still prosper, like soap operas--in this case, 77 Sunset Strip. A section on performer images and their symbolic meanings considers television personas from Bob Hope through Walter Cronkite to Roy Rogers and Pat Boone. The final section analyzes commercials both by type and by placement and what audiences feel about them.
Living with Tourism: Negotiating Identities in a Turkish Village (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility #Vol. 1)
by Hazel TuckerRedefining 'community' and considering the effects tourism has on culture, this detailed book delivers an ethnographic account of both the toured and touring community in Göreme, central Turkey. Hazel Tucker presents an in-depth analysis of the interactions between tourists, the local community and place. She demonstrates the implications that community ownership and participation in tourism have for the politics of representation and identity, and also for the nature of the tourist experience. Dealing with contentious theoretical issues related to globalization and culture, Tucker challenges contemporary thinking relating to tourism authenticity and cultural sustainability, and shows how, together with host communities, tourists themselves are continuously negotiating their own identities and experiences in interaction with the people and places they meet. This fascinating book develops a dynamic notion of culture and tourism sustainability, providing new insights not only for scholars of tourism, but also for those in the areas of anthropology, geography and social studies who wish to gain a deeper understanding of this global phenomenon in the contemporary world.
Living with Transition in Laos: Market Intergration in Southeast Asia (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series #Vol. 5)
by Jonathan RiggLaos - the Lao People's Democratic Republic - is one of the least understood and studied countries of Asia. Its development trajectory is also one of the most interesting, as it moves from state, or perhaps more appropriately subsistence, to market. Based on extensive original research, this book assesses how economic transition and marketisation are being translated into progress (or not) at the local level, and at the resulting impact on poverty, inequality and livelihoods. It concludes that the process of transition in fact contributes to the growth of poverty for some people, and shows how people manage to cope in very unfavourable circumstances.
Living with Whales: Documents and Oral Histories of Native New England Whaling History (Native Americans of the Northeast)
by Nancy Shoemaker<p>Native Americans along the coasts of southern New England and Long Island have had close ties to whales for thousands of years. They made a living from the sea and saw in the world's largest beings special power and meaning. After English settlement in the early seventeenth century, the region's natural bounty of these creatures drew Natives and colonists alike to develop whale hunting on an industrial scale. By the nineteenth century, New England dominated the world in whaling, and Native Americans contributed substantially to whaleship crews. <p>In Living with Whales, Nancy Shoemaker reconstructs the history of Native whaling in New England through a diversity of primary documents: explorers' descriptions of their "first encounters," indentures, deeds, merchants' accounts, Indian overseer reports, crew lists, memoirs, obituaries, and excerpts from journals kept by Native whalemen on their voyages. These materials span the centuries-long rise and fall of the American whalefishery and give insight into the far-reaching impact of whaling on Native North American communities. One chapter even follows a Pequot Native to New Zealand, where many of his Maori descendants still reside today. <p>Whaling has left behind a legacy of ambivalent emotions. In oral histories included in this volume, descendants of Wampanoag and Shinnecock whalemen reflect on how whales, whaling, and the ocean were vital to the survival of coastal Native communities in the Northeast, but at great cost to human life, family life, whales, and the ocean environment.</p>
Living with a Dead Language: My Romance with Latin
by Ann PattyAn entertaining exploration of the richness and relevance of the Latin language and literature, and an inspiring account of finding renewed purpose through learning something new and challenging After thirty-five years as a book editor in New York City, Ann Patty stopped working and moved to the country. Bored, aimless, and lost in the woods, she hoped to challenge her restless, word-loving brain by beginning a serious study of Latin at local colleges. As she begins to make sense of Latin grammar and syntax, her studies open unexpected windows into her own life. The louche poetry of Catullus calls up her early days in 1970s New York, Lucretius elucidates her intractable drivenness and her attraction to Buddhism, while Ovid's verse conjures a delightful dimension to the flora and fauna that surround her. Women in Roman history, and an ancient tomb inscription give her new understanding and empathy for her tragic, long deceased mother. Finally, Virgil reconciles her to her new life--no longer an urban exile, but a rustic scholar, writer and teacher. Along the way, she meets an impassioned cast of characters: professors, students and classicists outside of academia who keep Latin very much alive. Written with humor, heart, and an infectious enthusiasm for words, Patty's book is an object lesson in how learning and literature can transform the past and lead to an unexpected future.From the Hardcover edition.
Living with the Dead: On Death, the Dead, and Immortality (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)
by J. Jeremy WisnewskiThis book explores the moral place of the dead in our lives and in our afterlives. It argues that our lives are saturated by the past intentions and values of the dead, and that we offer the dead a form of modest immortality by fulfilling our obligations to remember them. In the first part of the book, the author examines the scope and limits of our obligations to the dead. Our obligations to respect the wishes of the dead are more substantial than commonly acknowledged, but they can be overridden in a range of cases when they conflict with the vital interests of the living, such as in organ donation and wealth inheritance. By contrast, the author contends that the obligation to remember, at least collectively, cannot be completely overridden. In the second part of the book, the author argues that tradition offers the dead a form of modest immortality—the dead live on insofar as we enact those intentional states with which they most identified. He draws on the Confucian view of ritual to argue that ritual absorption "reincarnates" the dead in the actions of the living. Finally, the author defends a Jamesian account of a pluralistic self that is consistent with the view that we have obligations to the individual dead and that the selves of the dead are pragmatic constructions. Living with the Dead will appeal to scholars and students interested in the philosophy of death, ethics, and cross-cultural philosophy.
Living with the Genie: Essays On Technology And The Quest For Human Mastery
by Alan Lightman Daniel Sarewitz Christina DesserAt a time when scientific and technological breakthroughs keep our eyes focused on the latest software upgrades or the newest cell-phone wizardry, a group of today's most innovative thinkers are looking beyond the horizon to explore both the promise and the peril of our technological future. Human ingenuity has granted us a world of unprecedented personal power -- enabling us to communicate instantaneously with anyone anywhere on the globe, to transport ourselves in both real and virtual worlds to distant places with ease, to fill our bellies with engineered commodities once available to only a privileged elite. Through our technologies, we have sought to free ourselves from the shackles of nature and become its master. Yet science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today, different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically, multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change, with consequences that no one can predict.Living with the Genie explores the origins, nature, and meaning of such change, and our capacity to govern it. As the power of technology continues to accelerate, who, this book asks, will be the master of whom?
Living with the Genie: Essays on Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery
by Alan Lightman Daniel Sarewitz Christina DesserGroup of essays presented in this book provide a short-term and a long-term analysis of technological progress made by the society. The book raises some question regarding living standard. These essays raise some profound philosophical questions on progress and the human condition that the progress embodies.
Living with the Sea: Knowledge, Awareness and Action (Routledge Studies in Human Geography)
by Mike Brown Kimberley PetersThe seas and oceans are currently taking centre stage in academic study and public consciousness. From the plastics littering our seas, to the role of climate change on ocean currents from unequal access of marine resources to the treacherous experiences of seafarers who keep our global economy afloat; now is a crucial time to examine how we live with the sea. This ambitious book brings together an interdisciplinary and international cohort of contributors from within and beyond academia. It offers a range and diversity of insights unlike previous collections. An ‘oceanic turn’ is taking place, with a burgeoning of academic work that takes seriously the place of seas and oceans in understanding socio-cultural and political life, past and present. Yet, there is a significant gap concerning the ways in which we engage with seas and oceans, with a will to enliven action and evoke change. This book explores these challenges, offering insights from spatial planning, architectural design, geography, educational studies, anthropology and cultural studies. An examination through these lenses can help us to better understand human relationships with the seas and oceans, and promote an ethic of care for the future.
Living within a Fair Share Ecological Footprint
by Robert Vale Brenda ValeAccording to many authorities the impact of humanity on the earth is already overshooting the earth’s capacity to supply humanity’s needs. This is an unsustainable position. This book does not focus on the problem but on the solution, by showing what it is like to live within a fair earth share ecological footprint. The authors describe numerical methods used to calculate this, concentrating on low or no cost behaviour change, rather than on potentially expensive technological innovation. They show what people need to do now in regions where their current lifestyle means they are living beyond their ecological means, such as in Europe, North America and Australasia. The calculations focus on outcomes rather than on detailed discussion of the methods used. The main objective is to show that living with a reduced ecological footprint is both possible and not so very different from the way most people currently live in the west. The book clearly demonstrates that change in behaviour now will avoid some very challenging problems in the future. The emphasis is on workable, practical and sustainable solutions based on quantified research, rather than on generalities about overall problems facing humanity.
Living without the Dead: Loss and Redemption in a Jungle Cosmos
by Piers VitebskyJust one generation ago, the Sora tribe in India lived in a world populated by the spirits of their dead, who spoke to them through shamans in trance. Every day, they negotiated their wellbeing in heated arguments or in quiet reflections on their feelings of love, anger, and guilt. Today, young Sora are rejecting the worldview of their ancestors and switching their allegiance to warring sects of fundamentalist Christianity or Hinduism. Communion with ancestors is banned as sacred sites are demolished, female shamans are replaced by male priests, and debate with the dead gives way to prayer to gods. For some, this shift means liberation from jungle spirits through literacy, employment, and democratic politics; others despair for fear of being forgotten after death. How can a society abandon one understanding of reality so suddenly and see the world in a totally different way? Over forty years, anthropologist Piers Vitebsky has shared the lives of shamans, pastors, ancestors, gods, policemen, missionaries, and alphabet worshippers, seeking explanations from social theory, psychoanalysis, and theology. Living without the Dead lays bare today’s crisis of indigenous religions and shows how historical reform can bring new fulfillments—but also new torments and uncertainties. Vitebsky explores the loss of the Sora tradition as one for greater humanity: just as we have been losing our wildernesses, so we have been losing a diverse range of cultural and spiritual possibilities, tribe by tribe. From the award-winning author of The Reindeer People, this is a heartbreaking story of cultural change and the extinction of an irreplaceable world, even while new religious forms come into being to take its place.
Living-With Wisdom: Permaculture and Symbiotic Ethics (Multispecies Encounters)
by Alexander Badman-KingLiving-With Wisdom explores the way in which ancient Greek models of philosophy as an attempt to live ‘the good life’ can and should be realised through the practice of permaculture. Following the thought of Plato and Aristotle, the author places the achievement of wisdom and fulfilment at the centre of the good life, identifying these with the achievement of a complex admixture of virtues, which are dependent on an appreciation of goodness itself. The book then examines the manner in which permaculture – or the practice of sustainable farming or ethical gardening – can provide us with the best opportunity to acquire this ‘moral knowledge’ through the close relationships we can have with other living beings and things. A study of the nature of wisdom and a means of ‘living-with philosophy’, Living-With Wisdom: Permaculture and Symbiotic Ethics reveals that it is by appreciating and sharing in the lives of other organisms that we engage with many dilemmas of life and death and have the opportunity to exercise the virtues. As such, it will appeal to scholars of philosophy, social theory and anthrozoology with interests in virtue ethics, environmental ethics, animal ethics and human-animal relations.
Lizzo’s Black, Female, and Fat Resistance (Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender)
by Niya Pickett Miller Gheni N. PlatenburgCelebrated musician and entertainer Lizzo wowed audiences and left many “feeling good as hell.” Notwithstanding her collective—fat, Black female— identity she catapulted into mainstream success while redefining the social script for body size, race, and gender. This book explores a tale of two narratives: Lizzo’s self-curated, fat-positive identity and the media’s reaction to an unabashedly proud fat, Black woman. This critical analysis examines how Lizzo challenges fatphobia and reconstitutes fat stigmatization into self-empowerment through her strategic use of hyper-embodiment via social media, and the rhetorical distinctions between Lizzo’s self-curated narrative via social media and those offered about her in print media. In part, Lizzo’s bodily flaunting is argued as a significant rhetorical act that emancipates her identity of fatness and reframes the negative tropes of (fat) Black women typically curated in American culture.
Llewellyn's Complete Book of North American Folk Magic: A Landscape of Magic, Mystery, and Tradition
by Cory Thomas HutchesonFrom the cohost of the popular podcast New World Witchery, more than twenty diverse traditions from New England to the West Coast.Drawing on the expertise of twenty-four renowned practitioners, this book features contemporary folk traditions from all over North America. Diverse as the landscapes they thrive on, these authentic practices will expand your worldview and inspire you to enrich your own spirituality. Explore the history, tools, and spiritual beliefs of many different paths of folk magic from Mexico, the United States, and Canada. You'll tour the continent’s rich and varied cultures region by region, taking an insider’s look at more than twenty traditions, including:Appalachian Mountain MagicBrujeria CuranderismoDetroit HoodooFlorida Swamp MagicIrish American Folk MagicItalian American MagicMelungeon Folk MagicNew England Cunning CraftNew Orleans VoodooOzark Folk MagicPennsylvania Powwow & BrauchereiSlavic American Folk MagicSouthern ConjureContributors include:Stephanie Rose Bird • H. Byron Ballard • Starr Casas • Ixtoii Paloma Cervantes • Kenya T. Coviak • J. Allen Cross • Alexander Cummins • Morgan Daimler • Mario Esteban Del Ángel Guevara • Lilith Dorsey • Morrigane Feu • Via Hedera • Cory Thomas Hutcheson • Melissa A. Ivanco-Murray • E. F. E. Lacharity • Dee Norman • Aaron Oberon • Robert Phoenix • Jake Richards • Sandra Santiago • Robert L. Schreiwer • Eliseo “Cheo” Torres • Benebell Wen • Brandon Weston“Rich, engaging, and incredibly diverse, this book gives us irreplaceable and enlightening glimpses into every folk magic you can imagine from the South to the North and all the way out West. A must-have book for any folk practitioner.” —Frankie Castanea, AKA Chaotic Witch Aunt, author of Spells for Change
Llewellyn's Little Book of Unicorns
by Angela A. WixEmbrace the magic of unicorns and find your sparkle with this extraordinary book on rediscovering wonder and happiness.From their historical and modern significance to the two types of unicorn encounters you can experience, Llewellyn's Little Book of Unicorns is packed with ways to find inspiration, heightened creativity, and the playful source of your joy.In this book, you'll find:The historical significance of these fabled creatures and their appeal in modern timesThe two forms of unicorn encounters: Seeing vs LivingThe appearance and characteristics of unicorns and what they mean for you personallyA new understanding of the imaginationTools that unicorn energy uses to get your attention: self-reflection, synchronicity, magnified moments, imagination, beauty, dreams, passions, personal quirks, and your unicorn peopleAdditional unicorn tools of vibrance: color, rainbows, and crystalsHow to be awake to the magic through the practice of mindfulnessWhat it means to believeGuidance on the practice of decluttering and why it's importantHow to find where your sparkle is stuck and reclaim itPractice in learning to be playful againAttention to shadow and how to attend to those darker aspects of selfChakra and energy work through the lens of the unicornWhat it means to "Call in the Unicorn"Llewellyn's Little Book of Unicorns features a variety of methods to connect with unicorn energy, including your imagination, crystals, dreams, chakras, your passions and personal quirks, and the unicorn-like people in your life. Discover what makes you shine from the inside-out, even in the face of difficult life challenges. Through engaging exercises and spiritual techniques, this fun, practical book helps you live your most amazing life.
Llewellyn's Little Book of the Day of the Dead
by Jaime GironésCelebrate the revered Mexican holiday of Día de los Muertos with this beautiful little book. Packed with activities, recipes, spells, and rituals, this pocket-sized guide is a must-have tool for honoring the sacred dead. Author Jaime Gironés shares authentic ways to respectfully enjoy this holiday, from creating an altar to baking pan de muerto (bread of the dead).Sharing his personal experiences and recommendations, Jaime guides you through the Day of the Dead's origins, history, and modern celebrations. Discover how to build an altar, set out your ancestors' favorite foods, and invite the spirits to a feast. Explore the significance of marigolds, sugar skulls, and monarch butterflies. You'll also learn how to say goodbye when celebrations are over. This book provides everything needed to honor the dead and share your love and abundance with them.
Llewellyn's Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011
by LlewellynCelebrate each season of the Witches' year with rituals, recipes, and crafts. Discover new and unique ways to follow the Wheel of the Year and enrich your spiritual life with this essential resource for celebrating the eight sacred Wiccan holidays. From seasonal crafts to time-honored customs, this handy almanac offers an abundance of meaningful ways to empower your own celebrations. Your favorite Wiccan and Pagan authors offer rituals, craft activities, history and lore, plus a variety of family-friendly ideas for discovering the gifts and lessons of each Sabbat and season: Simple recipes for tasty holiday appetizers, entrees, beverages, and desserts; Information on full and new moons and major planetary influences so you can easily plan rituals according to cosmic energies; A journal page for each Sabbat so you can keep a record of memorable events or insights gained Samhain 2010 to Mabon 2011.
Lo personal es político: Textos del feminismo de los setenta
by Marta Lamas Ana Sofía Rodríguez Everaert"¡Liberación! Sí, eso anhelábamos, igual que las miles de jóvenes que hoy inundan las calles refrendando ese deseo al cantar Alerta, alerta, alerta que camina, la lucha feminista por América Latina." -Marta Lamas "Este libro reúne textos de esa época escritos por autoras vinculadas a uno de los grupos más importantes y longevos del feminismo mexicano. Inspiradas por las protestas del año de 1970 en Estados Unidos, poco más de una veintena de mujeres de la Ciudad de México formaron Mujeres en Acción Solidaria (mas). Su primer acto público fue una acción de protesta alrededor de la maternidad como destino manifiesto de las mujeres, en mayo de 1971. A principios de 1974, el grupo se escindió y la mayor parte de sus integrantes formaron el Movimiento de Liberación de la Mujer (mlm) con la intención explícita de identificarse con la corriente internacional que pugnaba por la liberación de la mujer. [...] Aunque son representativos de las ideas de un grupo concreto de feministas mexicanas, los textos contenidos en esta antología restauran la historia de otras mujeres y grupos que se movilizaron alrededor del género en distintas partes de México en distintos momentos. Son puertos de entrada a cientos de experiencias de organización y protesta. Historias que habían sido olvidadas entonces y que lo volvieron a ser después." -Ana Sofía Rodríguez Everaert
Lo que se siente pensar o la cultura como psicología
by Pablo Fernández ChristliebLa cultura es sentir lo que se piensa y pensar lo que se siente. Ya estamos cansados de tanta inteligencia y tan poca sensatez. Esta frase parece ser la crítica, la queja, el motivo, la esperanza y el resumen de esta obra que pone en tela de juicio las aproximaciones que han utilizado las ciencias sociales para entender y transformar la realidad. A lo largo de ella, el autor busca la manera de hacer una teoría colectiva de la conciencia: de los sentimientos, pensamientos, percepción e inteligencia que cada uno tenemos, y la sensatez que hemos perdido. La propia teoría que se expone es la que se utiliza para escribir el libro y, por ello, aquí la teoría no se explica sino que se cuenta como una historia, porque cuando una teoría se narra, cuando se va platicando, nos la creemos, empezamos a formar parte de ella; la sentimos mientras la vamos pensando. Y esto, según el propio planteamiento, no nos hace ni más informados ni más sabihondos sino más cultos. El presente libro habla de esta cultura y, por lo mismo, hace una crítica de la sociedad actual, inculta e insensata, en que vivimos.
Loaded Words
by Marjorie GarberIn Loaded Words the inimitable literary and cultural critic Marjorie Garber invites readers to join her in a rigorous and exuberant exploration of language. What links the pieces included in this vibrant new collection is the author’s contention that all words are inescapably loaded—that is, highly charged, explosive, substantial, intoxicating, fruitful, and overbrimming—and that such loading is what makes language matter.Garber casts her keen eye on terms from knowledge, belief, madness, interruption, genius, and celebrity to humanities, general education, and academia. Included here are an array of stirring essays, from the title piece, with its demonstration of the importance of language to our thinking about the world; to the superb “Mad Lib,” on the concept of madness from Mad magazine to debates between Foucault and Derrida; to pieces on Shakespeare, “the most culturally loaded name of our time,” and the Renaissance.With its wide range of cultural references and engaging style coupled with fresh intellectual inquiry, Loaded Words will draw in and enchant scholars, students, and general readers alike.
Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places
by William CaruthersIn 1926, on the advice of his doctor, former newspaperman William Caruthers, whose writings appeared in most Western magazines during a career spanning more than 25 years, retired to an orange grove near Ontario, California. Once there, he would go on to spend much of his time during the next 25 years in the Death Valley region, witnessing the transition of Death Valley from a prospector’s hunting ground to a mecca for winter tourists.This book, which was first published in 1951, is William Caruthers’ personal narrative of the old days in Death Valley—”of people and places in Panamint Valley, the Amargosa Desert and the big sink at the bottom of America.”A wonderful read.
Lobbying for Social Change
by Willard C. RichanThis step-by-step guide to lobbying covers it all-from the basics for beginners to specific techniques for experienced lobbyists"You and I may never achieve major public office, but we do not need to in order to affect public policy."-Author Willard C. RichanTo effect social change, any lobbyist&’s case must be presented with skill, knowledge, and confidence. This reader-friendly book shows the way. It assumes no prior knowledge of the subject and provides the nuts and bolts of public policy advocacy (lobbying) in non-technical language. Lobbying for Social Change, Third Edition is organized in a way that easily lends itself to use in the classroom as well as by individual or group advocates, and it is packed with clearly presented case material that illustrates the lobbying process in action. This new edition provides updated case material, expanded coverage of electronic media, and two new chapters; one focusing on direct action for fundamental change, and the other presenting a case history of a grassroots lobbying campaign.Part I of Lobbying for Social Change, Third Edition, entitled "The Basics," will show you how to: assess your political resources set an agenda for action understand whom to lobby-and how to gauge their power, motivation, and ability to effect or impede social change gather and use evidence to support your positionPart II, "Practical Applications," gives you nuts-and-bolts information about how lobbying is done. You&’ll learn: how to work directly with policymakers-face-to-face, by mail, by telephone, etc. effective rules for to testifying in a public hearing how to make use of the mass media-writing news releases, participating in panel discussions, what to do when being interviewed (and how to increase your chances of being a repeat guest on talk and news shows), and how to effectively work with print and electronic media, including the Internet ways to take on the system through direct actionPart III, "Case History of a Grassroots Lobbying Campaign," takes you inside an actual campaign (in this case, to amend the impending-at the time-welfare reform bill). You&’ll see how a group of five Philadelphia area social workers and one feminist activist started the Delaware County Coalition to Save Our Safety Net-a coalition that would make a substantial impact on the specifics of welfare in the state of Pennsylvania.This new edition of the classic manual for lobbyists is packed with vital information for lobbying in the new millennium. We urge you to consider making it a part of your personal or teaching collection today!
Lobbying in der Sozialwirtschaft: Eine Einführung (Basiswissen Sozialwirtschaft und Sozialmanagement)
by Günter RiegerDas Lehrbuch bietet eine umfassende, theoriebasierte und praxisnahe Einführung zum Lobbying der Sozialen Arbeit. Soziale Dienste, deren Handlungsbedingungen wesentlich politisch konstituiert sind, brauchen eine professionelle Interessenvertretung. Wer die Qualität Sozialer Arbeit verbessern will, muss auch ihre Politikfähigkeit steigern. Das Lehrbuch analysiert hierzu Grundfragen, Herausforderungen und Dilemmata des Soziallobbyings, erarbeitet Einflusschancen auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen der Politik, untersucht förderliche Bedingungen politischen Wandels und zeigt Wege und Instrumente einer gelingenderen Praxis des Soziallobbyings.