Sexism in Politics, Hardcover

How envy, spite, and the pursuit of admiration influence politicsWhy do governments underspend on policies that would make their constituents bette...

Reducere. In this masterful biography, Robert L. Dorman traces the career of William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray from his hardscrabble childhood in post-Civil W...

Savigny examines how the prevalence of sexism and misogyny across the media, entertainment and cultural industries keeps sexist values firmly withi...

Reducere. In 1995, the Kauai Police Department busted a prostitution ring on Hawaii's "Garden Island." KPD detectives transported the women back to KPD headq...

Reducere. A riveting memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate...

Reducere. Why aren't more women at the top of the ivory tower?The academy claims to be a meritocracy, in which the best and brightest graduate students gain ...

Reducere. A "beautifully written" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about t...

DescriptionLong before the followers of Jesus declared him to be the Son of God, Jesus taught his followers that they too were the children of God....

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Reducere. Similar to Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explores another facet of good living by outlining the best governing practices that benefit the majority,...

Reducere. Along with his teacher Plato, Aristotle is generally regarded as one of the most influential ancient thinkers in a number of philosophical fields, ...

Exploring literary possibilities, Politics and Affect reads black women's texts as richly creative documents saturated with sociopolitical value. I...

When and how does money enter politics in different ways, and what consequences does this have? This book explores these questions and offers guida...

Reducere. EVERY STATE is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always act in order to obtain tha...

DescriptionThe present ecological mutation has organized the whole political landscape for the last thirty years. This could explain the deadly coc...

This study presents an alternative story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution by revisiting Egypt's moment of decolonisation in the mid-twentieth centur...

Reducere. Thought and Behavior in Modern Japanese Politics, Hardcover

Seeking to uncover and reaffirm the discourse of truth in public life, Peter Steinberger sets out a conception of politics that is rationalist, con...

A bold, jaunty but intelligent protest against inequality that provides a unique window into the vibrant movement sparked by the juggernaut of stor...

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and pol...

DescriptionA timely and splendidly illustrated global exploration of the complex intersections of fashion and politics from the mid-19th century to...

A collection of essays from the bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates

A collection of essays from the bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, Laura Bates

A collection of essays from the bestselling author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, Laura BatesPublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor(s):...

This new book "SEXIT" is a howl of anguish, of loss, of rage, of defeat, disappointment and rejection. A collective trauma that needs expression an...

A groundbreaking analysis of how the genomic revolution is transforming American society and creating new social divisions-some along racial lines-...

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Reducere. In Latinx Art Arlene D vila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and a...

A compelling portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that shows the intimate connections between her life and work Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of t...

Reducere. During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to "smash the four olds" old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet w...

Reducere. In this book, Birol Başkan explains the variation in attitudes and approaches towards the Muslim Brotherhood across 5 Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait,...

Reducere. In 1993, when it named the first edition of Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in Organizational Leadership an Outstanding Academic Book, Choic...

Reducere. How did a religion whose founding proponents advocated a shocking disregard of earthly ties come to extol the virtues of the "traditional" family? ...

No matter how hard you try, the truth will always come out . . . A survival story about the dangers of silence from multi-award-winning author and ...

Reducere. Feminism can reflect the cultural moment, especially as media appropriate and use feminist messaging and agenda to various ends. Yet media can also...

Reducere. Some engage in politics; others observe it, but the author of this political memoir is among the few that have had the chance to do both. In these ...

Reducere. Defined by a tangled web of deception for more than a century, Northwest Indiana s political culture involved secret handshakes, tapped phone calls...

The reason dolphins have big brains and high intelligence revealed in a 30-year study of a wild dolphin society in Shark Bay, Western AustraliaIn 1...

Reducere. Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisio...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the years between the American Revolution and the U.S. Civil War, as legal and cultural understandings of citizenship became more rac...

Reducere. A collection of studies in which Arendt, from the standpoint of a political philosopher, views the crises of the 1960s and early 1970s as challenge...

In this timely analysis of the economics of access that surround contemporary female celebrity, Hannah Yelin reveals a culture that requires women ...

Reducere. In Phoebe Apperson Hearst: A Life in Power and Politics Alexandra M. Nickliss offers the first biography of one of the Gilded Age's most prominent ...

DescriptionOne of the most popular shows to come out of Shondaland, Shonda Rhimes's production company, is ABC's political drama Scandal (2012-18)-...

This accessible introductory textbook looks at the modern relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they empl...

Reducere. Post's guide to etiquette is both a useful guide for anyone needing improvement, and an interesting read for anyone intrigued by the social standar...

In the last third of the nineteenth century, the discourse on the "Jewish question" in the Habsburg crownlands of Galicia changed fundamentally, as...

Reducere. Across the West, hard-right leaders are surging to power on platforms of ethno-economic nationalism, Christianity, and traditional family values. I...

A bold, revisionist account of the political thought of the Italian Renaissance--from Petrarch to Machiavelli--that reveals the all-important role ...