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Freedom to Struggle: The Ironies of Colson Whitehead

open access: yesOpen Library of Humanities, 2018
This essay explores the changing role played by the idea of freedom in the fiction of Colson Whitehead. I begin by outlining some of the significations of ‘freedom’ within American culture before and during the period of neoliberal hegemony, placing ...
Adam Kelly
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GROWING GREEN IN US SUBURBIA: Property Value, Race and Domestic Landscaping Aesthetics in Mid‐Century America

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Much of the current popular and academic literature on the provision of green spaces is dominated by the assumption that ‘nature’ is an unalloyed positive, and that socioeconomic and racial exclusion from access to green spaces is a problem of unequal spatial distribution rather than of the form and content of particular urban designs.
Kiera Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Bush doctrine in the Middle East; The US foreign policy towards the Middle East during the George W. Bush presidency

open access: yesObrana a strategie, 2011
The article is focused at the most important elements of the US foreign policy towards the Middle East during the administration of George W. Bush (2001 – 2009). The text has two parts.
Lukáš Hoder, Petr Suchý
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Experience and self‐interest: Diverging responses to global warming

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract People are increasingly feeling global warming's effects through extreme heat and natural disasters. How do these climate shocks affect political attitudes? We argue that the effect of climate‐related experiences depends significantly on self‐interest.
Alexander F. Gazmararian   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Otimismo real ou a vitória de Pirro

open access: yesMeridiano 47, 2017
O presente artigo busca delinear os rumos da Guerra no Iraque, patrocinada pelo governo Bush, após a queda de Saddam Hussein.
VIRGILIO ARRAES
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE RATEL INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE ON MOBILE WARFARE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2015
This article traces the story of how the author and a number of daring young commanders and soldiers had cast aside military textbooks in developing their own military doctrine for mobile warfare, South African style.
Roland de Vries
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Global harms, local profits: How the uneven costs of natural disasters affect support for green political platforms

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green coalitions by raising awareness of environmental degradation, we propose an alternative view: Natural disasters can heighten the perceived trade‐off between economic ...
Silvia Pianta, Paula Rettl
wiley   +1 more source

Breadwinner backlash: The gendered effects of industrial decline

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Low‐skilled men have long been vulnerable to globalization, decarbonization, and other forms of economic disruption. When shocks are realized, women often increase their paid labor to compensate for men's loss of income. We study how layoffs of low‐skilled men and concurrent shifts in workforce composition toward women affect voting.
Richard Clark, Roza Khoban, Noah Zucker
wiley   +1 more source

Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

O Momento da Verdade

open access: yesMeridiano 47, 2011
O presente artigo busca examinas a atual posição norte-americana no que se refere ao Oriente Médio, em especial o Iraque, e seus desdobramentos internacionais.
Cristina Soreanu Pecequilo
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