the impact of churches on political behavior an empirical

Forms of Power

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Poggi, Gianfranco, PUBLISHER: Polity Press, Political power is ong>ofong>ten viewed as ong>theong> sole embodiment ong>ofong> 'social power', even while we recognize that social power manifests itself in different forms and institutional spheres. This new book by Gianfranco Poggi suggests that ong>theong> three principal forms ong>ofong> social power - ong>theong> economic, ong>theong> normative/ideological and ong>theong> political - are based on a group's privileged access to and control over different resources. Against this general background, Poggi shows how various embodiments ong>ofong> normative/ideological and economic power have both made claims on political power (considered chiefly as it is embodied in ong>theong> state) and responded in turn to ong>theong> latter's attempt to control or to instrumentalize ong>theong>m. ong>Theong> embodiment ong>ofong> ideological power in religion and in modern intellectual elites is examined in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir relations to ong>theong> state. Poggi also explores both ong>theong> demands laid upon ong>theong> state by ong>theong> business elite and ong>theong> ong>impactong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> state's fiscal policies on ong>theong> economic sphere. ong>Theong> final chapter considers ong>theong> relationship between a state's political class and its military elite, which tends to use ong>theong> resource ong>ofong> organized coercion for its own ends. Forms ong>ofong> Power will be ong>ofong> interest to students and scholars ong>ofong> sociology and politics.

The Limits of Globalization

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Scott, Alan, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Iong>Theong> Limits ong>ofong> Globalization criticizes ong>theong> idea that globalization is an unstoppable historical force in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> which politics are helpless and calls for a renewal ong>ofong> political projects which can defend society against markets. ong>Theong> limitations ong>ofong> ong>theong> globalizing forces operating in ong>theong> world today can best be understood through an analysis ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir concrete manifestations. Using examples from ong>theong> people's art ong>ofong> Potsdammer Platz to ong>theong> ways in which Western cultural icons are reinterpreted in Asian magazines, this collection ong>ofong> essays unpicks ong>theong> rhetoric ong>ofong> globalization in political analysis, cultural ong>theong>ory and urban and economic sociology and exposes ong>theong> myth ong>ofong> ong>theong> global society as in many cases a dangerous exaggeration.

Political Theory: A Thematic Inquiry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wiser, James, PUBLISHER: Wadsworth Publishing Company, This gracefully written, intellectually rigorous book explores ong>theong> major issues ong>ofong> political ong>theong>ory by presenting ong>theong> perspectives ong>ofong> major ong>theong>orists. It gives students necessary historical background while examining basic ong>theong>mes and assessing ong>theong> validity ong>ofong> basic arguments. Written in a clear, direct style, it can be easily understood by students with little previous exposure to political science. Raong>theong>r than simply presenting an abstract or formal discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> major issues ong>ofong> political ong>theong>ory, it examines how ong>theong> issues were understood by specific political thinkers including Plato, Machiavelli, Locke, Hobbes, Marx, Dahl, Popper, Nozick. T.H. Green, and oong>theong>rs. This is a useful ong>theong>matic introduction to political ong>theong>ory that places ong>theong>ory in an interesting historical and intellectual context.

The Rottweiler Today

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elsden, Judy / Elsden, Larry, PUBLISHER: Howell Books, This contemporary view focuses on ong>theong> temperament ong>ofong> ong>theong> Rottweiler and ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> understanding how its mind works. Drawing on thirty years ong>ofong> experience in ong>theong> breed, ong>theong> authors provide a complete guide to character and behavior traits and illustrate ong>theong> correct way to rear, train, and show ong>theong> dog.

Robot Shaping: An Experiment in Behavior Engineering

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dorigo, Marco / Colombetti, Marco, PUBLISHER: Bradford Book, foreword by Lashon Booker To program an autonomous robot to act reliably in a dynamic environment is a complex task. ong>Theong> dynamics ong>ofong> ong>theong> environment are unpredictable, and ong>theong> robots' sensors provide noisy input. A learning autonomous robot, one that can acquire knowledge through interaction with its environment and ong>theong>n adapt its behavior, greatly simplifies ong>theong> designer's work. A learning robot need not be given all ong>ofong> ong>theong> details ong>ofong> its environment, and its sensors and actuators need not be finely tuned. "Robot Shaping" is about designing and building learning autonomous robots. ong>Theong> term "shaping" comes from experimental psychology, where it describes ong>theong> incremental training ong>ofong> animals. ong>Theong> authors propose a new engineering discipline, "behavior engineering," to provide ong>theong> methodologies and tools for creating autonomous robots. ong>Theong>ir techniques are based on classifier systems, a reinforcement learning architecture originated by John Holland, to which ong>theong>y have added several new ideas, such as "mutespec," classifier system "energy," and dynamic population size. In ong>theong> book ong>theong>y present Behavior Analysis and Training (BAT) as an example ong>ofong> a behavior engineering methodology.

Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk about How to Do It

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Trevino, Linda Klebe / Nelson, Kaong>theong>rine A., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, While most business ethics texts focus exclusively on individual decision making--what should an individual do--this resource presents ong>theong> whole business ethics story. Highly realistic, readable, and down-to-earth, it moves from ong>theong> individual to ong>theong> managerial to ong>theong> organizational level, focusing on business ethics in an organizational context to promote an understanding ong>ofong> complex influences on behavior. ong>Theong> new "Fifth Edition" is ong>theong> perfect text for students entering ong>theong> workplace, those seeking to become prong>ofong>essionals in training, communications, compliance, in addition to chief ethics ong>ofong>ficers, corporate counsel, heads ong>ofong> human resources, and senior executives. Acquista Ora

International Action Against Racial Discrimination

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Banton, Michael P., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, An introduction to ong>theong> international law ong>ofong> racial discrimination, this book is ong>theong> first to provide an inside account ong>ofong> how a United Nations human rights treaty body actually works. At ong>theong> same time, it is an introduction to ong>theong> international law ong>ofong> racial discrimination. ong>Theong> book focuses on ong>theong> practical operation and implementation ong>ofong> ong>theong> International Convention on ong>theong> Elimination ong>ofong> All Forms ong>ofong> Racial Discrimination, emphasizing throughout ong>theong> relationship between law and politics.

The Politics of Anxiety in Nineteenth-Century American

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murison, Justine S., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, For much ong>ofong> ong>theong> nineteenth century, ong>theong> nervous system was a medical mystery, inspiring scientific studies and exciting great public interest. Because ong>ofong> this widespread fascination, ong>theong> nerves came to explain ong>theong> means by which mind and body related to each oong>theong>r. By ong>theong> s, ong>theong> nervous system helped Americans express ong>theong> consequences on ong>theong> body, and for society, ong>ofong> major historical changes. Literary writers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Harriet Beecher Stowe, used ong>theong> nerves as a metaphor to re-imagine ong>theong> role ong>ofong> ong>theong> self amidst political, social and religious tumults, including debates about slavery and ong>theong> revivals ong>ofong> ong>theong> Second Great Awakening. Representing ong>theong> 'romance' ong>ofong> ong>theong> nervous system and its cultural ong>impactong> thoughtfully and, at times, critically, ong>theong> fictional experiments ong>ofong> this century helped construct and explore a neurological vision ong>ofong> ong>theong> body and mind. Murison explains ong>theong> ong>impactong> ong>ofong> neurological medicine on nineteenth-century literature and culture. Acquista Ora

Regional Politics: America in a Post-City Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Savitch, H. V. / Vogel, Ronald K., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Bringing togeong>theong>r ong>theong> thoughts ong>ofong> outstanding contributors, Regional Politics presents a comparative study on ong>theong> emerging regional nature ong>ofong> local and urban politics. Recent studies tend to focus on ong>theong> politics and power ong>ofong> internal cities or on suburban areas that have gained incredible strength in ong>theong> past decade. However, this important volume explores how politics work in ong>theong> extended metropolis or "functional city"--which includes and surrounds ong>theong> urban core and whose economy, society, and politics are integrally joined. Contributors center on detailed case studies ong>ofong> 10 cities with a look at ong>theong> development ong>ofong> regional patterns, an analysis ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>impactong> regionalism has on urban politics, and an outline for an overall approach. ong>Theong> comprehensive and state-ong>ofong>-ong>theong>-art expertise presented in this volume makes Regional Politics ideal for planners, policymakers, academics, researchers, and students in ong>theong> areas ong>ofong> urban politics, state and local government, and public policy.

Pufendorf: On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pufendorf, Samuel / Samuel, Pufendorf / Tully, James, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Samuel Pufendorf is one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most important moral and political philosophers ong>ofong> ong>theong> seventeenth century. His ong>theong>ory, which builds on Grotius and Hobbes, was immediately recognized as a classic and taken up by writers as diverse as Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Smith. Over ong>theong> past twenty years ong>theong>re has been a renaissance ong>ofong> Pufendorf scholarship. On ong>theong> Duty ong>ofong> Man and Citizen is Pufendorf's own epitome ong>ofong> his monumental On ong>theong> Law ong>ofong> Nature and ong>ofong> Nations, and it served as a basic text in European universities throughout ong>theong> Enlightenment. This edition has a lucid and historically sensitive translation by Michael Silverthorne, ong>theong> first since ong>theong> early twentieth century. James Tully's introduction sets ong>theong> text in its context, summarizes ong>theong> main arguments, surveys recent literature on Pufendorf, and shows how Pufendorf transformed natural law ong>theong>ory into an independent discipline ong>ofong> juristic political philosophy that dominated reflection on politics until Kant.

The Discretionary Economy: A Normative Theory of Political

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tool, Marc R., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, ong>Theong> Discretionary Economy argues that we do in fact control our own political and economic destinies. As a community, we have discretion over policies that determine wheong>theong>r an economic process adequately provides for ong>theong> necessities ong>ofong> life. We also determine who participates in normative public judgments and wheong>theong>r decisions distinguish between what is and what ought to be. Tool argues that we must continuously organize ong>theong> institutional structures through which economic and political functions in ong>theong> social process are carried on. We must exercise discretion by creating and modifying institutions that coordinate our behavior. To exercise discretion effectively requires that we employ distinctively American economic, political, and philosophical ong>theong>ory. In this volume, ong>theong> pivotal twentieth-century contributors to this encompassing ong>theong>ory ong>ofong> political economy are Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayres, and R. Fagg Foster. This volume presents, in detail, ong>theong>ir analytical and philosophical perspective on social change. A major purpose ong>ofong> this volume is to compare and contrast ong>theong> American tradition with ong>theong> traditions ong>ofong> capitalism, Marxism, and fascism, demonstrating that ong>theong> former can resolve compelling economic and political problems and ong>theong> latter two cannot. This book explains how to identify and analyze social, economic, and political problems confronted in all communities, and how to go about framing and implementing structural adjustments in ong>theong> political economy. It will be ong>ofong> interest to students in non-traditional courses in political economy including institutional economics, contemporary social problems, economics and social policy, methodology, andcontemporary economic thought.

Phineas Redux

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Trollope, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, A gripping tale ong>ofong> political ambition and murder ong>Theong> fourth novel in Trollope's Palliser series, Phineas Redux stands on its own as a compelling work ong>ofong> political intrigue, personal crisis, and romantic jealousy. Phineas Finn lives quietly in Dublin, resigned to ong>theong> fact that his political career is over and coming to terms with ong>theong> death ong>ofong> his wife. He receives an unexpected invitation to return to Parliament, and jumps at ong>theong> chance, whereupon old romances and rivalries are revived. When his adversary, Mr. Bonteen, is murdered, suspicion immediately falls on Finn, and his former friends and lovers seem only to add to his shame.

The Western Heritage: -Present

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kagan, Donald / Turner, Frank M. / Ozment, Steven E., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Present a strong, clear narrative account ong>ofong> ong>theong> central developments in Western history.. ong>Theong> book calls attention to certain critical ong>theong>mes--ong>theong> development ong>ofong> political freedom and constitutional government; ong>theong> shifting relations among religion, society, and ong>theong> state; ong>theong> development ong>ofong> science and technology and ong>theong>ir ong>impactong> on thought and social institutions; and ong>theong> major religious and intellectual currents that have shaped Western culture. Acquista Ora

Living in Ordinary Time: The Letters of Agatha Rosetti

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brein, Maryellen, PUBLISHER: ACTA Publications, Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious prong>ofong>essionals. ong>Theong> American Catholic Experience series is an innovative new collection ong>ofong> books exploring ong>theong> stories ong>ofong> individual Catholics in ong>theong> United States as ong>theong>y reflect on what it has meant as Catholic laity to live out ong>theong>ir faith amidst ong>theong> joys and challenges ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir daily lives?on ong>theong>ir jobs, with ong>theong>ir families and friends, and in ong>theong>ir communities and ong>churchesong>. In Living in Ordinary Time, a historically significant reflection on ong>theong> letters ong>ofong> Agatha Rosetti Hessley, an ordinary Catholic laywoman who wrote about her experiences with ong>theong> post-Vatican II church faithfully each week, MaryEllen O?Brien uncovers ong>theong> lived experience ong>ofong> laypeople in ong>theong> U.S. from to and its relevance to our lives today.

Where Have All the Nurses Gone?: The Impact of the Nursing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Satterly, Faye, PUBLISHER: Promeong>theong>us Books, An in-depth, behind-ong>theong>-scenes account ong>ofong> a healthcare system under stress and ong>theong> declining quality ong>ofong> medical treatment in America.

Takabuki: An Unlikely Revol Paper

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Takabuki, Matsuo, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Hawaii Press, Anyone interested in understanding ong>theong> last fifty years ong>ofong> Hawai'i's economic and political history would do well to examine ong>theong> life ong>ofong> Matsuo "Many" Takabuki. Actively involved in ong>theong> Democratic Party during ong>theong> post-World War II years, Takabuki was among a generation ong>ofong> Americans ong>ofong> Japanese Ancestry to rise to political ong>ofong>fice in ong>theong> s. A confidant ong>ofong> Governor John Burns, a member ong>ofong> ong>theong> Board ong>ofong> Supervisors ong>ofong> ong>theong> City and County ong>ofong> Honolulu, a business associate ong>ofong> developer and financier Chinn Ho, a trustee ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bishop Estate -- Takabuki has been at ong>theong> heart ong>ofong> many ong>ofong> ong>theong> sweeping social, financial, and political changes that have fundamentally altered Hawai'i in ong>theong> last half century. An Unlikely Revolutionary is Takabuki's own story, told in his characteristically straightforward manner, ong>ofong> his life and work as one ong>ofong> ong>theong> "movers and shakers" behind Hawai'i's transformation from an isolated, agriculture-based territory to a highly diverse, competitive modern community.

Victorian Visions of Global Order: Empire and International

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bell, Duncan, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This wide-ranging and original study provides an insight into ong>theong> climate ong>ofong> political thought during ong>theong> lifespan ong>ofong> what was, at this time, ong>theong> most powerful empire in history. A distinguished group ong>ofong> contributors explores ong>theong> way in which thinkers in Britain ong>theong>orised influential views about empire and international relations, exploring topics such as ong>theong> evolution ong>ofong> international law; ong>theong> ways in which ong>theong> world was notionally divided into ong>theong> 'civilised' and ong>theong> 'barbarian'; ong>theong> role ong>ofong> India in shaping visions ong>ofong> civil society; grandiose ideas about a global imperial state; ong>theong> development ong>ofong> an array ong>ofong> radical critiques ong>ofong> empire; ong>theong> varieties ong>ofong> liberal imperialism; and ong>theong> rise and fall ong>ofong> free trade. Togeong>theong>r, ong>theong> chapters form an analysis ong>ofong> political thought in this context; both ong>ofong> ong>theong> famous (Bentham, Mill, Marx, and Hobson) and ong>ofong> those who, whilst influential at ong>theong> time, are all but forgotten today.

Revolutions and the Revolutionary Tradition: In the West

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Parker, David, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Presents eight European case studies including ong>theong> English revolution ong>ofong> , ong>theong> French Revolution and ong>theong> recent revolutions within ong>theong> Soviet Union and Eastern Europe () and examines ong>theong>m not only in ong>theong>ir specific political, economic and social contexts but also as part ong>ofong> ong>theong> wider European revolutionary tradition. A chapter on ong>theong> American Revolution is also included as a revolution which grew out ong>ofong> a European expansionist and a European political culture. David Parker brings togeong>theong>r leading writers on European history, who make a major contribution to ong>theong> controversial debate on ong>theong> role ong>ofong> revolution in ong>theong> development ong>ofong> European history. This is a truly comparative book which includes discussion on each ong>ofong> ong>theong> following key ong>theong>mes: *ong>theong> causes ong>ofong> revolution, including ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> political, social and economic factors *ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> political and philisophical ideas or ideology on ong>theong> revolution *ong>theong> form and process ong>ofong> a revolution, including ong>theong> importance ong>ofong> violence and popular support *ong>theong> outcome ong>ofong> revolution, both short-term and long-term *ong>theong> way revolution is viewed in history particularly since ong>theong> collapse ong>ofong> Communism in Europe As well as providing new historical perspectives on ong>theong> concept ong>ofong> revolution, this book also provides a comparative survey ong>ofong> all ong>theong> major revolutions in ong>theong> West over ong>theong> past 400 years.

And Keep Moving on: The Virginia Campaign, May--June

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grimsley, Mark / Bailey, Anne J. / Simpson, Brooks D., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nebraska Press, "And Keep Moving On" is ong>theong> first book to see ong>theong> Virginia campaign ong>ofong> spring as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee saw it: a single, massive operation stretching hundreds ong>ofong> miles. ong>Theong> story ong>ofong> ong>theong> campaign is also ong>theong> story ong>ofong> ong>theong> demise ong>ofong> two great armies. ong>Theong> scale ong>ofong> casualties and human suffering that ong>theong> campaign inflicted makes it unique in U.S. history. Mark Grimsley's study, however, is not just anoong>theong>r battle book. Grimsley places ong>theong> campaign in ong>theong> political context ong>ofong> ong>theong> presidential election; appraises ong>theong> motivation ong>ofong> soldiers; appreciates ong>theong> ong>impactong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> North's sea power advantage; questions conventional interpretations; and examines ong>theong> interconnections among ong>theong> major battles, subsidiary ong>ofong>fensives, and raids.

Handbook of Landscape Archaeology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David, Bruno / Thomas, Julian, PUBLISHER: Left Coast Press, Over ong>theong> past three decades, "landscape" has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands ong>ofong> archaeology. From ong>theong> processualist study ong>ofong> settlement patterns to ong>theong> phenomenologist's experience ong>ofong> ong>theong> natural world, from human ong>impactong> on past environments to ong>theong> environment's ong>impactong> on human thought, action, and interaction, ong>theong> term has been used. In this volume, for ong>theong> first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition ong>ofong> ong>theong> ideas and practices ong>ofong> landscape archaeology, covering ong>theong> ong>theong>oretical and ong>theong> practical, ong>theong> research and conservation, and encasing ong>theong> term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be ong>theong> benchmark for decades to come. All royalties on this Handbook are donated to ong>theong> World Archaeological Congress.

Understanding Police and Police Work: Psychological Issues

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Yarmey, A. Daniel / Harrison, Marina / Rosenfeld, Lucy, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, According to social psychologist A. Daniel Yarmey, police ong>ofong>ficers find ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir work necessitates that ong>theong>y behave to some extent like applied psychologists. Many police ong>ofong>ficers, ong>ofong> course, do not have any special training in this or any allied field, nor do ong>theong>y have an understanding ong>ofong> what cognitive or social psychology might be able to tell ong>theong>m about ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> those with whom ong>theong>y are likely to deal in ong>theong>ir daily work. Similarly, psychologists are habitually asked by ong>theong> courts to present research regarding eyewitness testimony, forensic evidence, and competency to stand trial, yet psychologists frequently lack any real awareness ong>ofong> policing or ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers. "Understanding Police and Police Work," ong>theong> first systematic an comprehensive review ong>ofong> ong>theong> psychology ong>ofong> police and ong>theong>ir work, focuses on ong>theong> psychological basis ong>ofong> police ong>ofong>ficers' interactions with society. It shows how psychology and oong>theong>r social sciences can contribute to an understanding ong>ofong> police behavior as well as ong>theong> behavior ong>ofong> citizens and oong>theong>r prong>ofong>essionals with whom ong>theong> police are involved.

Contemporary German Youth and Their Elders: A Generational

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watts, Meredith W. / Fischer, Arthur / Fuchs, Werner, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Systematic research on ong>theong> changing experience and social and political characteristics ong>ofong> German youth has been carried out in ong>theong> Federal Republic ong>ofong> Germany on an ongoing basis since ong>theong> early s. Until now, however, ong>theong> results ong>ofong> ong>theong>se long-term studies have not been made available in English. Six volumes ong>ofong> this research--including new analyses prepared especially for this book--are distilled in ong>theong> present work, which ong>ofong>fers a comprehensive and focused portrait ong>ofong> German youth ong>ofong> succeeding postwar generations from to ong>theong> present. Following an introductory survey ong>ofong> ong>theong> scope and ong>theong>mes addressed in ong>theong> study, ong>theong> authors highlight ong>theong> contrasting experiences ong>ofong> youth ong>ofong> ong>theong> s and those who came ong>ofong> age soon after ong>theong> end ong>ofong> World War II. ong>Theong>y examine ong>theong> fundamental constituents ong>ofong> youth as a developmental period, with particular reference to changes in ong>theong> recent era. Attitudinal scales are developed and applied to assessments ong>ofong> variations in social and political orientation among generations and between distinct subgroups ong>ofong> contemporary youth. Differences between young women in ong>theong> early postwar period and ong>theong> "alternative era" ong>ofong> ong>theong> s and s are explored. Focusing on "views ong>ofong> ong>theong> future," ong>theong> final chapter looks at ong>theong> diversity ong>ofong> lifestyles that has become characteristic ong>ofong> youth over ong>theong> last decade and at ong>theong> increasing differentiation between generations. Providng a wealth ong>ofong> new material on an important body ong>ofong> research, this book makes a substantial contribution to ong>theong> study ong>ofong> youth in advanced industrialized nations. An appropriate resource for courses or studies in various disciplines in sociology, geography, political science, and socialhistory.

The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Adams, Gordon, PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, This is ong>theong> first systematic study ong>ofong> ong>theong> relationship between government and defense contractors, examining in detail ong>theong> political ong>impactong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> eight most powerful defense contractors. It details ways in which Boeing, General Dynamics, Grumman, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Rockwell International, and United Technologies influence government, from ong>theong>ir basic contract activity, corporate structure, and research efforts, to ong>theong>ir Washington ong>ofong>fices, Political Action Committee campaign contributions, hiring ong>ofong> government personnel, and membership on federal advisory committees. Adams concludes with specific recommendations for changes in disclosure requirements that would curb some ong>ofong> ong>theong> political power corporations can wield. It also suggests specific ways in which ong>theong> Iron Triangle can be made subject to wider congressional and public scrutiny.

Engaging Augustine on Romans

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tennant, Richard A. / Patte, Daniel / Teselle, Eugene, PUBLISHER: T&T Clark, Although Augustine's ideas about biblical interpretation developed with age and with his deeper church involvement as bishop ong>ofong> Hippo, he never abandoned ong>theong> centrality ong>ofong> biblical interpretation as a pillar ong>ofong> ong>theong> life ong>ofong> Christian faith. This collection, ong>theong> latest volume in ong>theong> series Romans Through History and Cultures, examines in detail ong>theong> methods ong>ofong> Augustine, ong>theong> biblical hermeneut. Paula Fredriksen explores ong>theong> ways that Augustine uses a literal interpretation ong>ofong> ong>theong> Bible to understand ong>theong> role ong>ofong> Israel, Jews, and Judaism in his ong>theong>ology ong>ofong> history. Eugene TeSelle examines ong>theong> inner conflict that Augustine expresses in his sermons on Romans 7 and 8. Simon Gaong>theong>rcole analyzes ong>theong> ways that Augustine reads natural law and restored nature in Romans as a result ong>ofong> his conversion. John Riches looks at ong>theong> ong>impactong> Augustine's readings ong>ofong> Paul have had on Pauline critical studies. About ong>theong> series: Romans Through History and Cultures includes a wealth ong>ofong> information about ong>theong> way Romans has been received throughout ong>theong> history ong>ofong> ong>theong> church and today. Volumes in this series explore ong>theong> ong>impactong> ong>ofong> Romans on ong>theong>ology, on cultural, political, social, and ecclesial life, and on gender relations.

New Century of Biology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kress, W. John / Barrett, Gary W. / Mayr, Ernst, PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Books, In ong>theong> twentieth century, scientists in ong>theong> relatively new field ong>ofong> biology played an important role in exposing ong>theong> threats ong>ofong> environmental degradation, loss ong>ofong> species diversity, habitat fragmentation, scarce energy resources, and human population growth. In ong>theong> essays found in A New Century ong>ofong> Biology, some ong>ofong> ong>theong> world's most notable biologists consider how ong>theong>ir discipline must evolve to address ong>theong>se problems in ong>theong> twenty-first century. ong>Theong> next one hundred years, ong>theong> contributors argue, will likely be dominated by breakthroughs in evolutionary biology and systems ecology, by an increased need for scientists to integrate research, teaching, and service missions, and by problem-solving ventures on greater spatial and temporal scales. Because human activity and increased population will continue to have a prong>ofong>ound ong>impactong> on ong>theong> environment, biologists must define an effective strategy for integrating ong>theong> biological sciences with global economics and human social structure. ong>Theong> eleven contributors are leaders in ong>theong> fields ong>ofong> ecology and evolution, morphology and development, behavior, microbiology, ecosystem energetics and biogeochemistry, biodiversity and conservation biology, and human sciences. While acknowledging ong>theong> real problems ong>theong>ir discipline must address, ong>theong>y ong>ofong>fer an optimistic agenda for ong>theong> future.

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