Download or read book Boxing Pandora written by Timothy William Waters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and provocative challenge to the foundations of our global order: why should national borders be unchangeable? The inviolability of national borders is an unquestioned pillar of the post–World War II international order. Fixed borders are believed to encourage stability, promote pluralism, and discourage nationalism and intolerance. But do they? What if fixed borders create more problems than they solve, and what if permitting borders to change would create more stability and produce more just societies? Legal scholar Timothy Waters examines this possibility, showing how we arrived at a system of rigidly bordered states and how the real danger to peace is not the desire of people to form new states but the capacity of existing states to resist that desire, even with violence. He proposes a practical, democratically legitimate alternative: a right of secession. With crises ongoing in the United Kingdom, Spain, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and many other regions, this reassessment of the foundations of our international order is more relevant than ever.
Download or read book Wherever You Go written by Monique Mulligan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-10-19 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former chef and her husband try to escape painful memories in a small town—but you can’t hide from the world forever . . . “Deeply affecting.” —Vanessa Carnevale, author of My Life for Yours After a life-shattering tragedy, Amy and Matt have resettled in the little community of Blackwood. They want to start fresh, but despite their efforts, shadows still hang over them: Amy struggles with panic attacks, depression, and anger, while Matt feels growing resentment at having to walk on eggshells around his wife. Amy finds a soothing distraction in the Around the World Supper Club—a social group she’s created that brings them together with neighbors each month—while Matt’s quiet desperation grows. When the past finally catches up with them, their newfound sanctuary—and their marriage—is threatened again. Can they survive yet more turmoil? Rich with unexpected characters and extraordinary insight, Wherever You Go is a powerful and ultimately uplifting tale of heartbreaking loss, recovery, and redemption. “Raw and powerful.” —The Book Muse “Monique Mulligan takes us on an emotional rollercoaster in this deeply moving exploration of a marriage in distress. Have tissues ready!” —Lisa Ireland, author of Feels Like Home
Download or read book Democracy on demand written by Matt Qvortrup and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Direct democracy makes you richer. Research shows that the average citizen earns nearly a $1000 for every referendum held, and that a strong correlation exists between the frequency of referendums and a GDP per capita. Referendums can also improve the quality of democracy. So why don’t we see more? Drawing on a three decades of research, Qvortrup presents a definitive statement on the benefits and history referendums, including examples of how this instrument of democracy has been both utilised and abused. The book outlines the history of referendums, explains when politicians have submitted issues to the voters, why these votes have been won or lost - and ultimately why it matters. Uniquely, the book also examines the role of social media in referendum campaigns and make suggestions for improving the process of direct democracy Written in a lucid style by one of the world’s leading experts on referendums, Democracy on demand is a timely reminder of the importance of democracy in our politics, offering new insights into how direct democracy can both improve our lives and at the same time strengthen our societies.
Download or read book Big Bad Wolf written by Ben Clement and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver dreams of being a superhero, but fears it’s utterly impossible because he’s shy, small, and basically afraid of his own shadow. To make matters worse, he is bullied relentlessly by Demonte, a boy in his fourth grade class who is much bigger. Thankfully, his teacher finds a way to end the bullying once and for all. The role-playing exercise she creates transforms the classroom into a world of make-believe, where the bullies are sheep and kids like Oliver are wolves. Lessons are learned when the tables are turned, and Oliver becomes the biggest, baddest wolf of them all.
Download or read book We Are Not One People written by Michael J. Lee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bands, bonds, and affections -- Secession all the way down : libertarians opt out -- "A slave republic" : secession and southern slavery -- White devils and Black separatists -- "Dykes first" : lesbian separatism in America -- Exodus as secession : achieving God's terrestrial kingdom.
Download or read book Pandora s Box written by Frank Wedekind and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pandora s Box written by Alan Davis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pandora’s Box is an alternative-world fiction book that utilizes many true stories and facts from our history. Darth is a young man who finds his soul mate. He courts her, but they are denied being with each other. He is forced out of town and has to venture into the unknown. He comes across many lively and interesting characters along his journey that tell him very intriguing stories. Eventually, he ends up in a spiritual land called Tassajara. Although Tassajara is known for its peaceful atmosphere, there is darkness unbeknownst to Darth headed his way. He will have to use all he has learned to get through the evil that awaits!
Download or read book Pandora s Trap written by Thomas Preston and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How important is presidential personality and leadership style in foreign policy decisions? To answer this question, Thomas Preston takes readers inside the Bush administration's decision making process and use of intelligence to better understand how administration officials justified the Iraq War—and how they sought to avoid blame for the consequences of their actions. Based on extensive interviews with key Bush administration officials, Preston offers students of American foreign policy, presidential decision making, the dynamics of blame avoidance, and future practitioners with an in depth examination of how presidential personality and leadership style impacted Bush's central foreign policy failure. In addition, Preston looks critically at the oft-cited comparisons of Iraq to Lyndon Johnson's leadership during the Vietnam War, exploring where the analogy fits and a number of important differences. He shows how both presidents' styles exacerbated their managerial weaknesses in these cases and the limits of blame avoidance strategies. Importantly, the book provides a cautionary tale for future leaders to consider more carefully the long-term consequences of satisfying their short term policy desires by lifting the lid to any new Pandora's trap.
Download or read book Women in Music written by Karin Pendle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in Music: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography emerging from more than twenty-five years of feminist scholarship on music. This book testifies to the great variety of subjects and approaches represented in over two decades of published writings on women, their work, and the important roles that feminist outlooks have played in formerly male-oriented academic scholarship or journalistic musings on women and music.
Download or read book Pandora s Box written by Jack Henry Markowitz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Summary With the publication of Pandoras Box New Collected Poems the author presents a collection of his more recently written poems. This new volume can be viewed as a book end to his prior collection Please Ask, Do Tell The Collected Poems which represents a collection of some of his favorite poems that were written over a span of 40 years. In his novella Stuff Happens author Jack Henry Markowitz combines elements of fiction and non fiction in a new form he calls Friction - a combination of the fictitious with the real. In The Practice and Other Stories he writes short stories with satiric wit and Jewish humor about working class New York characters he had observed during his growing-up years. With the publication of Bubbie and Zadie Save the Day Markowitz retells a Romanian folk tale that his mother often told to him and his siblings as a rather unusual bed time story The author resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he continues to work and write. See links for more information: www.jhmcommunications.com; http://jckmrkwtz.blogspot.com.
Download or read book Pandora s Star written by Peter F. Hamilton and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2005-01-25 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An imaginative and stunning tale of the perfect future threatened . . . a book of epic proportions not unlike Frank Herbert’s Dune or Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy.”—SFRevu The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars, contains more than six hundred worlds interconnected by a web of transport “tunnels” known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: over one thousand light-years away, a star . . . disappears. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, the Second Chance, a faster-than-light starship commanded by Wilson Kime, a five-times-rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat. Opposed to the mission are the Guardians of Selfhood, led by Bradley Johansson. Shortly after the journey begins, Kime wonders if the crew of the Second Chance has been infiltrated. But soon enough he will have other worries. Halfway across the galaxy, something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth . . . and humanity itself. “Should be high on everyone’s reading list . . . You won’t be able to put it down.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR “Recommended . . . A large cast of characters, each with his own story, brings depth and variety to this far-future saga.”—Library Journal
Download or read book Pandora s Young Men written by Frederick Watson and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pandora s Hope written by Austin Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pandora s Box written by Frank Wedekind and published by Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secession and the Sovereignty Game written by Ryan D. Griffiths and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secession and the Sovereignty Game offers a comprehensive strategic theory for how secessionist movements attempt to win independence. Combining original data analysis, fieldwork, interviews with secessionist leaders, and case studies on Catalonia, the Murrawarri Republic, West Papua, Bougainville, New Caledonia, and Northern Cyprus, Ryan D. Griffiths shows how the rules and informal practices of sovereign recognition create a strategic playing field between existing states and aspiring nations that he terms "the sovereignty game." To win sovereign statehood, all secessionist movements have to maneuver on the same strategic playing field while varying their tactics according to local conditions. To obtain recognition, secessionist movements use tactics of electoral capture, nonviolent civil resistance, and violence. To persuade the home state and the international community, they appeal to normative arguments regarding earned sovereignty, decolonization, the right to choose, inherent sovereignty, and human rights. The pursuit of independence can be enormously disruptive and is quite often violent. By advancing a theory that explains how sovereign recognition has succeeded in the past and is working in the present, and by anticipating the practices of future secessionist movements, Secession and the Sovereignty Game also prescribes solutions that could make the sovereignty game less conflictual.
Download or read book Alban Berg written by Bryan R. Simms and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alban Berg: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer. The second edition will include research published since the publication of the first edition and provide electronic resources.
Download or read book Pandora s Girl written by Janet Woods and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pandora’s life changes when an inheritance forces her to confront her past. She is shocked to discover a daughter born in her teens and believed dead, is very much alive. Aided by her new love, the confronting Welsh psychiatrist Bryn Llewellyn, Pandora is consumed by her need to find the girl—only to be rejected. Tragedy reunites the pair in a painful and uneasy relationship… Contemporary Relationships Novel/Women’s Fiction by Janet Woods; originally published by Robert Hale [UK]
