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The Power Paradox - Anna Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power Paradox - Anna Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power Paradox: A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Anna Bennett insightfully explores Michel Foucault’s work on power and discourse in order to advance conceptual and contextual tools for understanding power dynamics. Through an examination of a range of extremist, terrorist, and counter-terrorist rhetoric, as well as various theories of power, Bennett analyzes the widespread problems associated with assuming that power is only repressive and competitive. This limited view reinforces — often unwittingly — divisive dynamics and stubborn polemics, which serve to continue conflict. By offering a comprehensive and constructive view of power struggles, The Power Paradox argues that power is a relational dynamic. Bennett identifies fascinating contradictions within discourses of power and relational dynamics, acknowledging the enduring quandary of power struggles: we are all implicated within them.

DKK 370.00
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The Power Paradox - Anna Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power Paradox - Anna Bennett - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power Paradox: A Toolkit for Analyzing Conflict and Extremism reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Anna Bennett insightfully explores Michel Foucault’s work on power and discourse in order to advance conceptual and contextual tools for understanding power dynamics. Through an examination of a range of extremist, terrorist, and counter-terrorist rhetoric, as well as various theories of power, Bennett analyzes the widespread problems associated with assuming that power is only repressive and competitive. This limited view reinforces — often unwittingly — divisive dynamics and stubborn polemics, which serve to continue conflict. By offering a comprehensive and constructive view of power struggles, The Power Paradox argues that power is a relational dynamic. Bennett identifies fascinating contradictions within discourses of power and relational dynamics, acknowledging the enduring quandary of power struggles: we are all implicated within them.

DKK 636.00
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Power - Tom H. Hastings - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power - Tom H. Hastings - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In Power, Tom Hastings unpacks the methods, and considers causes and correlatives to violence and nonviolence. Hastings presents an overview of nonviolent power potential, examining it on personal, community, and transnational levels. He provides evidence of theories and historical records of nonviolent power through personal stories and the annals of human kind. Nonviolent alternatives are proposed and considered.

DKK 450.00
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The Theory and Practice of Associative Power - Stephen B. Young - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Theory and Practice of Associative Power - Stephen B. Young - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

To succeed in achieving its national security objectives the United States needs to use Associative Power in place of both Hard Power and Soft Power. Associative Power is the use of joint ventures and alliances to optimize the forms of power brought to bear in conflicts responding with precision to a spectrum of enemy threats, situational challenges, and political opportunities. Associative Power was wisely and successfully used by the United States in the Vietnam War through the CORDS program of counter insurgency and village development to defeat the Viet Cong insurgency and permit the withdrawal of American combat forces. Associative power was not used by the United States—nor was the best counter insurgency practices of CORDS—in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. As a result of this omission, interim outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan did not acceptably accomplish American objectives.

DKK 450.00
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Power and Intimacy in Men's Development - Gordon M. Hart - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power and Intimacy in Men's Development - Gordon M. Hart - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power and Intimacy in Men''s Development focuses on the struggle men face each day to meet their needs for power and intimacy. In their quest for power, many men neglect intimacy, while others manage to achieve a balance between these two forces. In this work, the psychological development of men throughout their twenties, thirties, forties and beyond is described in detail. This development includes analysis of specific individual, family, and societal factors such as marriage, children, career, and divorce and the impact of these factors on the search for power and intimacy. Professionals in the mental health field and men and women who wish to better understand men''s development will find this book a valuable resource. Power and Intimacy in Men''s Development is written in a practical and approachable style that features case studies and critical insights from a practicing psychologist with more than 30 years of experience working with men in both individual and couples therapy.

DKK 406.00
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Word Power - John Fleming - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Word Power - John Fleming - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

It would take years of reading to learn the vocabulary succinctly provided in Word Power. The dictionary contains everything from slang (cool, zulued) to scholarship (soliloquy, archaic smile), to science (azimuth), with some added hokum (Montezuma''s revenge). Each entry is defined, given a pronunciation, and used in four sample sentences. Where possible, synonyms, antonyms, and etymology are provided, as well. With its painstaking selection and pithy examples, Word Power is suitable for students, professionals, and anyone interested in the storied and variegated English language.

DKK 476.00
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Understanding Power through Watergate - Tian Jia Dong - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Understanding Power through Watergate - Tian Jia Dong - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Understanding Power through Watergate uses the Watergate Affair as a case study to highlight the Washington collective power dynamic. Author Tian-jia Dong argues that formal state institutions are effective only when they are embedded in social dynamics. Academics in the fields of political science, American history, and sociology, as well as individuals involved in politics will be interested in this book. This work will also be a valuable supplement to graduate and undergraduate political science and sociology courses.

DKK 423.00
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Understanding Power through Watergate - Tian Jia Dong - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Understanding Power through Watergate - Tian Jia Dong - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Understanding Power through Watergate uses the Watergate Affair as a case to highlight the Washington collective power dynamic. Author Tian-jia Dong argues that formal state institutions only work effectively when they are embedded in social dynamics. Academics in the fields of political science, American history, and sociology will find great interest in this book, as well as people involved in the political process. This work will also be a valuable supplement to graduate and undergraduate political science and sociology courses.

DKK 698.00
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Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities - Carmel Davis - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities - Carmel Davis - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities assesses two mainstays of international relations, balance of power and balance of threat, using the case of US balancing against the Soviet Union in the later Cold War. It also proposes balance of military capabilities, which uses offense-defense theory to argue that countries balance against the ability of others to conquer or compel them.Power, Threat, or Military Capabilities finds that the US was more powerful than the Soviet Union so US behavior is not explained by balance of power. The US did not perceive the Soviet Union as likely to initiate war or to run risks that might lead to war so US behavior is not explained by balance of threat. This book determines that the US was concerned about its ability to defend Europe and the Persian Gulf so US behavior is explained by balance of military capabilities.

DKK 361.00
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Power to the People - Charlyne Berens - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power to the People - Charlyne Berens - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power to the People examines the first session of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, in 1937, to determine whether the Legislature''s structure and rules reflected populism, progressivism, or simply a variant of liberal democracy. The book considers the notion that the one-house, nonpartisan legislature adopted by Nebraska''s citizens is a reflection of the desire for "the people," rather than the elites, to control government. Building on the work of the new institutionalism and applying the principles of social choice, Power to the People argues that the structure and procedures of an institution affect its product as well as the philosophies on which it is founded.

DKK 512.00
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The Power of Iranian Narratives - Laleh Shahideh - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power of Iranian Narratives - Laleh Shahideh - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This book examines how, through the mediation of past history and current cultural and professional experience, selected Iranian professionals who came to the United States after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, created new identities and possibilities for the future. The stories and experiences of these individuals speak of elements that have contributed to Iranians'' view of themselves and their relationship with one another. The study touches upon the conflict between Iranians'' national/cultural and religious identities and explains how individuals'' understanding of power and capacity to act is interrelated with the sequences, continuity, and preservation of historical events. Furthermore, it describes how, through interpretation and re-interpretation of narratives, individuals and communities can reflect upon their understanding and ownership of power and make changes that reconnect and empower them in the future. The power of narrative is a medium to initiate a long overdue dialogue amongst Iranians that could help heal the history of a thousand years.

DKK 423.00
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Power, Autonomy and Division of Labor in Mexican Dual-Earner Families - Irene Casique - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power, Autonomy and Division of Labor in Mexican Dual-Earner Families - Irene Casique - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power, Autonomy and Division of Labor in Mexican Dual-Earner Families examines the levels of decision-making power and autonomy of Mexican married women within the household, and the effect that several individual and context characteristics have on each of these two dimensions of women''s status. By combining quantitative information from a Mexican national Survey and qualitative information from in-depth interviews to members of marital couples, Irene Casique provides a general overview of Mexican women''s status in the household. A central question of this study is whether or not Mexican married women''s economic participation brings about changes on the wife''s relative power and autonomy within the household, as well as on the husband''s contribution to housework and childcare.

DKK 600.00
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The Power of Nations in the 1990s - Ray S. Cline - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

The Power of Nations in the 1990s - Ray S. Cline - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

This study is a strategic assessment of the power of nations in the world of the 1990s and recommendations as to the U.S. strategic role appropriate to that world. Cline has created a formula that describes territorial size, population, economic capability, and military power for strategic purpose and national will. He advocates that in the international arena, the United States should take a defensive strategy, acting overseas only in incidents of overt aggression, and then only in concert with a core group of approximately twenty strategic associate states. The study presents the United States as the only remaining superpower, with the heavy responsibility of keeping democracy alive. Co-published with the United States Global Strategy Council.

DKK 538.00
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Patterns of Power in American Political Fiction - Thomas J. Kemme - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Patterns of Power in American Political Fiction - Thomas J. Kemme - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Political fiction is both a popular and a serious literary genre. Because political fiction is by definition complex, weaving political, historical, social and literary elements into the fabric of fiction, its study and teaching can be challenging. Patterns of Power in American Political Fiction presents a study of power as it manifests itself in ideology, structure, process and personality, and provides political and literary frameworks for critically examining and teaching political fiction. Thomas Kemme presents an approach to politics rooted in the perspectives of political scientists, along with a survey of the skills, qualities, and experiences that contribute to the continued success of a professional politician. Kemme examines classics of political fiction to show how politics and literary art merge to create both popular and serious fiction.

DKK 644.00
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Reason, Conflict, and Power - Jim Rodgers - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Reason, Conflict, and Power - Jim Rodgers - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In Reason, Conflict and Power, Jim Rodgers provides an analytic, general survey of major political and social theorists of the "modern" era, from 1688 to the present. Major political belief systems are described and explained in a manner that is clearly connected to the chief writers of democratic capitalism, socialism, fascism, nationalism, feminism, and environmentalism, from a historical perspective. Patterns of social thought pertaining to large, private and public organizations, social systems, social conflict and behavior are incorporated into this concise examination of great political and social thinkers and their ideas.

DKK 397.00
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Political Power and Ethnic Federalism - Aaron Tesfaye - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Political Power and Ethnic Federalism - Aaron Tesfaye - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

After the collapse of the military regime in 1991, Ethiopia''s successor state, which is led by the Ethiopian Peoples'' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has been faced with the task of putting democratic ideals into practice under conditions of great economic scarcity. Democracy, based on group rights, and decentralization of the country on ethno-lingual criteria are two ideals of the new federal constitution. Political Power and Democratization in Ethiopia examines the problems with Ethiopian democratization efforts and how these problems can be solved.

DKK 530.00
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Political Power and Ethnic Federalism - Aaron Tesfaye - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Political Power and Ethnic Federalism - Aaron Tesfaye - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

After the collapse of the military regime in 1991, Ethiopia''s successor state, which is led by the Ethiopian Peoples'' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), has been faced with the task of putting democratic ideals into practice under conditions of great economic scarcity. Democracy, based on group rights, and decentralization of the country on ethno-lingual criteria are two ideals of the new federal constitution. Political Power and Democratization in Ethiopia examines the problems with Ethiopian democratization efforts and how these problems can be solved.

DKK 821.00
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Unlocking Your Creative Power - Alex Osborn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Unlocking Your Creative Power - Alex Osborn - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Alex Osborn wrote the following: "Emotional drive is self-starting and largely automatic, whether based on hunger, fear, love, or ambition. " "For all of us, a good rule is always to encourage ideas—to encourage speaking up as well as thinking up." "Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking. " "If we set aside a defined period for creative thinking we can best lure the muse." "With enough creative effort, each of us could find the ideas that would smooth out rocky roads!"

DKK 273.00
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Power of Sisterhood - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power of Sisterhood - - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

In 2008, the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life initiated an Apostolic Visitation to examine the quality of life of women religious in the United States. Power of Sisterhood: Women Religious Tell the Story of the Apostolic Visitation serves as an historical record of the event and describes the experience of the women who participated in it. This book, initiated by a group of women in leadership in their communities during this unprecedented time, grew out of a survey that gleaned the essence of the experience from as many congregations of women religious as possible. After framing the Visitation as a story, situating it in an historical and theological context, tracing its chronology, and detailing the experience as revealed in the survey, the book delves into the deeper meaning of the Visitation for women religious as they experienced it and as they move into the future.

DKK 361.00
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Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power - Laura Amazzone - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power - Laura Amazzone - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power is an exploration of the many faces of the Goddess Durga in ancient and contemporary culture. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to goddess temples and natural shrines, to visit shamans and living goddesses in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal, and to India for the annual ten-day Durga Festival. The mythology, rituals, philosophy, and spiritual practices of this distinctly female-centered and millennia-old tradition of Durga offer an alternative model of female potential and empowerment, focusing on peace, healing, spiritual liberation, and realization of inherent divinity.

DKK 229.00
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People Power - Judith N. Desena - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

People Power - Judith N. Desena - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

People Power explores the potential of community organizations to develop political consciousness among working class and poor people. Judith N. DeSena argues that participation in community organizations can empower residents to challenge government and corporations, and attempt to influence the outcome of policy decisions regarding municipal services, and the future of neighborhoods. She contends that the people who participate in these organizations are transformed politically in many ways, including their racial attitudes. DeSena points out that involvement in community organizations challenges the participants'' stereotypical perceptions of race and ethnicity, and may lead to fewer conflicts between cultures in urban locales. Overall community organizations possess the potential to increase participation in the democratic process, while easing common stress between members of the community, and improving the lives of the people living in complex urban environments.

DKK 530.00
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Power and Influence - Chiku Malunga - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power and Influence - Chiku Malunga - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Power and Influence demonstrates how the indigenous wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales can be used to enhance modern life. The timeless wisdom contained in African proverbs and folktales enriches self-development and positive influence. The inspiring results provide deeper understanding of self-development and self-leadership, forming a solid foundation for leadership effectiveness at all levels. This book is among the first to consciously acknowledge and demonstrate the rationale of applying indigenous wisdom to enhance the understanding of disciplines, theories, and practice. African proverbs and folktales express an accumulated wisdom of human relations; add dimensions to practice in ways that are soulful, respectful, practical, and socially embedded. By using African indigenous wisdom, the book contributes towards the much-needed, cross-cultural dialogue among individuals, organizations and societies in this increasingly diversified world.

DKK 361.00
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Read Right! Comprehension Power - Carl E. Johnson - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Read Right! Comprehension Power - Carl E. Johnson - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Originally published by Macmillan in 1971, this reading instruction text is centered around the "Power Construct," a system developed to enable students to fully comprehend the meaning on the printed page in a methodical, step-by-step manner. Working independently, at his own pace, the student is led to discover both the relative importance of one sentence in relationship to another and the interrelationship of ideas within the paragraph, selection, or article. Annotations in the margins guide the reader as he makes these discoveries, and, at the end of each chapter, a "re-cap" section is provided so that the student may review and measure his progress.

DKK 463.00
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Real Power to the People - R.b. Herath - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Real Power to the People - R.b. Herath - Bog - University Press of America - Plusbog.dk

Real Power to the People describes a unique experiment in democracy that took place during 2004-2005. In this experiment, the government of British Columbia gave its citizens the power to take control of its electoral reform process and make a final decision. This new approach to electoral reform was implemented through a citizens'' assembly of 160 randomly selected, nonpartisan British Columbians and a referendum. The citizens'' assembly first studied the different electoral options, listened to the views of their fellow citizens, and recommended a new electoral system for British Columbia. Later, all British Columbians took part in making a final decision on the recommended new system through the referendum. Dr. Herath was directly involved in the process as one of the assembly members. This unique new approach has gathered attention from political pundits all over the world. There are indications that other jurisdictions will adopt it. The Netherlands and Ontario have already begun to do so while there is a growing movement in California to follow suit. The work first introduces the reader to electoral reform in general, the historic context of the new approach, and its implementation. This is followed by an explanation of the six most critical features of the new approach. The work ends with Dr. Herath''s conclusions that include five important lessons to be drawn from this first time application of the new approach and its worldwide applicability.

DKK 476.00
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