The Politics Of The Trail
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The Politics Of The Trail
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Author : Oded Lowenheim
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2014-05-14
The Politics Of The Trail written by Oded Lowenheim and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Each day, as Oded Löwenheim commutes by mountain bike along dirt trails and wadis in the hills of Jerusalem to Hebrew University, he feels a strong emotional connection to his surroundings. But for him this connection also generates, paradoxically, feelings and emotions of confusion and estrangement. In The Politics of the Trail, Löwenheim confronts this tension by focusing on his encounters with three places along the trail: the separation fence between Israel and the Palestinians; the ruins of the Palestinian village Qalunya, demolished in 1948; and the trail connecting the largest 9/11 memorial site outside the U.S. with a top-secret nuclear-proof bunker for the Israeli cabinet. He shares the stories of the people he meets along the way and considers how his own subjectivity is shaped by the landscape and culture of conflict. Moreover, he deconstructs, challenges, and resists the concepts and institutions that constitute such a culture and invites conversation about the idea of conflict as a culture.
Senators On The Campaign Trail
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Author : Richard F. Fenno
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 1998-02-01
Senators On The Campaign Trail written by Richard F. Fenno and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-01 with Political Science categories.
This is a book about the politics of representative democracy, written from the perspective of the politicians who make it work. Typically, political scientists study campaigns from the perspective of the voter and for the purpose of explaining election outcomes. But campaigns also need to be studied from the perspective of the candidate, for the purpose of understanding representation. Richard F. Fenno, Jr., traveled with ten U.S. senators as they campaigned in their home states-using what he calls the "drop in/drop out, tag along/hang around" method of research-to present a developmental picture of their activities. His focus here is on three such activities—pursuing a career, campaigning for office, and building constituency connections. Taken together, the three constitute the political underpinnings of representative democracy. Fenno describes the achievement, the testing, and the maintenance of representational relationships. He examines challengers and incumbents, winners and losers, and motivations, strategies, and behaviors; and he reports on differences, similarities, and patterns among them. In studying the candidates' varied careers, campaigns, and connections in stages and sequences and in depth—and in allowing us to hear them reflect on these experiences—Fenno has been able to offer rare insights into campaigns and elections, insights very different from conventional ones that concentrate on the behavior of voters. In its focus on the process of representative democracy, Senators on the Campaign Trail offers a rich, rounded, developmental view of some high-level individuals who work at the business of representation. For scholars, the book suggests some qualitative confirmation and added stimulation in forging generalizations about politicians. For citizens, the book argues for replacing the conventional blanket condemnation of our politicians, so prevalent today, with more discriminating judgments about what they do, and why and to what purpose they do it.
The Dawn Of Eurasia
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Author : Bruno Maçães
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2018-01-25
The Dawn Of Eurasia written by Bruno Maçães and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with Political Science categories.
In this original and timely book, Bruno Maçães argues that the best word for the emerging global order is 'Eurasian', and shows why we need to begin thinking on a super-continental scale. While China and Russia have been quicker to recognise the increasing strategic significance of Eurasia, even Europeans are realizing that their political project is intimately linked to the rest of the supercontinent - and as Maçães shows, they will be stronger for it. Weaving together history, diplomacy and vivid reports from his six-month overland journey across Eurasia from Baku to Samarkand, Vladivostock to Beijing, Maçães provides a fascinating portrait of this shifting geopolitical landscape. As he demonstrates, we can already see the coming Eurasianism in China's bold infrastructure project reopening the historic Silk Road, in the success of cities like Hong Kong and Singapore, in Turkey's increasing global role and in the fact that, revealingly, the United States is redefining its place as between Europe and Asia. An insightful and clarifying book for our turbulent times, The Dawn of Eurasia argues that the artificial separation of the world's largest island cannot hold, and the sooner we realise it, the better.
Notes From The Trail
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Author : Alexandra Kerry
language : en
Publisher: Rodale Books
Release Date : 2008-08-19
Notes From The Trail written by Alexandra Kerry and has been published by Rodale Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The modern race for the presidency has become a national sport. We've seen the baby-kissing, the barbecues, and the photo-ops; news cameras have taken us inside Iowan living rooms leading up to the caucuses, and they've given us a bird's-eye view of the grand halls of political conventions. But what is it like to be on the inside of this spectacle? What happens when the candidate is your closest family member? In her account of her father's bid for the presidency, Alexandra Kerry brings us inside the bubble. Her words and images lend an intimacy to our often overblown politics as she sheds light on some of the contradictions, ironies, and saving graces of our electoral process and our country.
Tangled Roots
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Author : Sarah Mittlefehldt
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Tangled Roots written by Sarah Mittlefehldt and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Nature categories.
The Appalachian Trail, a thin ribbon of wilderness running through the densely populated eastern United States, offers a refuge from modern society and a place apart from human ideas and institutions. But as environmental historian—and thru-hiker—Sarah Mittlefehldt argues, the trail is also a conduit for community engagement and a model for public-private cooperation and environmental stewardship. In Tangled Roots, Mittlefehldt tells the story of the trail’s creation. The project was one of the first in which the National Park Service attempted to create public wilderness space within heavily populated, privately owned lands. Originally a regional grassroots endeavor, under federal leadership the trail project retained unprecedented levels of community involvement. As citizen volunteers came together and entered into conversation with the National Parks Service, boundaries between “local” and “nonlocal,” “public” and “private,” “amateur” and “expert” frequently broke down. Today, as Mittlefehldt tells us, the Appalachian Trail remains an unusual hybrid of public and private efforts and an inspiring success story of environmental protection. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyhuGqbCGc
The Longest Trail
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Author : Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2015-10-27
The Longest Trail written by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with History categories.
Alvin Josephy Jr.’s groundbreaking, popular books and essays advocated for a fair and true historical assessment of Native Americans, and set the course for modern Native American studies. This collection, which includes magazine articles, speeches, a white paper, and introductions and chapters of books, gives a generous and reasoned view of five hundred years of Indian history in North America from first settlements in the East to the long trek of the Nez Perce Indians in the Northwest. The essays deal with the origins of still unresolved troubles with treaties and territories to fishing and land rights, and who should own archeological finds, as well as the ideologies that underpin our Indian policy. Taken together the pieces give a revelatory introduction to American Indian history, a history that continues both to fascinate and inform.
A Trail Of Fire For Political Cinema
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Author : Javier Campo
language : en
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
Release Date : 2019
A Trail Of Fire For Political Cinema written by Javier Campo and has been published by Intellect (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Documentary films categories.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: The Place of The Hour of the Furnaces in World Cinema (and in the Political World) -- Chapter 1: To Invent Our Revolution: An Aesthetic-Political Analysis of The Hour of the Furnaces -- Chapter 2: Fanon and The Hour of the Furnaces -- Chapter 3: A Look from Literature on Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino's The Hour of the Furnaces -- Chapter 4: Popular Music and Political Militancy in The Hour of the Furnaces -- Chapter 5: The Hour of the Furnaces' Sexualized History -- Chapter 6: The Hour of the Furnaces, May 68, and the Pesaro International Film Festival -- Chapter 7: Tracing the Winding Road of The Hour of the Furnaces in the First World -- Chapter 8: Trails of Ink: An Approximation to the Historiography on The Hour of the Furnaces -- Chapter 9: The Dialogue between The Hour of the Furnaces and the Tradition of Argentine Documentary -- Chapter 10: Solanas' Recent Documentaries -- Chapter 11: Experimenting with TV: The Hour of the Furnaces at the Crossroads of Cinematic Experimentalism and Video Art -- Chapter 12: The Hour of the Furnaces as an Essay Film -- Afterthoughts on The Hour of the Furnaces -- Contributors -- Back Cover.
Lee Kuan Yew Blazing The Freedom Trail
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Author : Anthony Oei
language : en
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Lee Kuan Yew Blazing The Freedom Trail written by Anthony Oei and has been published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with History categories.
It was the 1950s, a tumultuous time for post-war Singapore. Disgruntled with the British ruling power, anti-colonial forces were calling for independence. The main contenders were the People’s Action Party (PAP) led by nationalist Lee Kuan Yew and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) headed by Chin Peng. Displaying their political acumen, Lee and his team overcame all adversities to win the people’s mandate. Lee, who became Singapore’s first Prime Minister, orchestrated the movement to build a prosperous and peaceful Singapore. When he stepped down in 1990, he left behind an efficient government, world-class infrastructure, and a thriving economy. When he died in 2015, he left behind a shining Singapore as his legacy. The success story of Singapore as an independent nation is a saga worth telling and preserving for posterity. This book is an updated and revised edition of Days of Thunder: How Lee Kuan Yew Blazed the Freedom Trail (2005). It explores Lee’s leadership during Singapore’s early years and the question: Could Singapore have achieved as much without Lee Kuan Yew: the founding father of modern Singapore?
Breaking Trail
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Author : Len Marchand
language : en
Publisher: Prince George, B.C. : Caitlin Press
Release Date : 2000
Breaking Trail written by Len Marchand and has been published by Prince George, B.C. : Caitlin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
The autobiography of the first native person elected to federal office in Canada.
Jihad
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Author : Gilles Kepel
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2002
Jihad written by Gilles Kepel and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Kepel has traveled throughout the Muslim world gathering documents, interviews, and archival materials, in order to give readers a comprehensive understanding of the scope of Islamist movements, their past, and their present. 7 maps.