books by Paradigm Publishers     books:     Paradigm Publishers      The Urban World J. John Palen Paradigm Publishers, 2008 our surroundings this is a great book if you would like to know how the city and others cities have changed . the many changes you will learn about is transportation, the economy, population and anything else ther is to do with the world changes.             Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest John K. Wilson Paradigm Publishers, 2007 The other reviewer is a political operative! How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front) I know John Wilson, and he's written a powerful, relevant, moving book--one that he demonstrated a great deal of perspicacity in conceiving. That other reviewer is a political ...             Re-Engage! American and the World after Bush; An Informed Citizen's Guide Helena Cobban Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Since 9/11, the United States has pursued a foreign policy some have called a control paradigm a unilateral domination of world affairs through military means that tries to keep the lid on insecurity without addressing root causes or protecting human rights. The Bush administration's energetic use of this approach has ripped the fabric of ...             Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism David Cortright Paradigm Publishers, 2006 Very enjoyable and helpful reading on nonviolence I had two misgivings about this book before I began to read it. Both of my misgivings turned out to be unfounded. The first one was that since I have read my fair share of nonviolence books I feared that it would all be repetition. Cortright starts the book with ...             Identities, Boundaries, and Social Ties Charles Tilly Paradigm Publishers, 2006 The newest book by award-winning social scientist Charles Tilly offers a distinctive, coherent account of social processes and individuals' connections to their larger social and political worlds. It is novel in demonstrating the connections between inequality and de-democratization, between identities and social inequality, and between ...             The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era (Media and Power) Janice Peck Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Over the last two decades Oprah Winfrey's journey has taken her from talk show queen to, as Time Magazine has asserted, one of the most important figures in popular culture. Through her talk show, magazine, website, seminars, charity work, and public appearances, her influence in the social, economic, and political arenas of American life is ...             Pedal Power: The Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Public Life J. Harry Wray Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Dr. Wray: a treasure to thousands of DePaul students For those of us lucky enough to have been one of Harry Wray's students, this new book is enthusiastically welcomed, if not overdue. Wray's insight, wit and humor always shine through in his writing. My only complaint is that the American public is not exposed to more ...             Daring to Dream: Toward a Pedagogy of the Unfinished (Series in Critical Narrative) Paulo Freire Paradigm Publishers, 2007 important work of Freire's released late This volume contains the "second letter" in which Freire discusses the political nature of critical pedagogy. This is an important thing to read if you are part of that American contingent of "critical pedagogy" which imagines that Freire is merely proposing a ...             The University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (The Radical Imagination) Henry A. Giroux Paradigm Publishers, 2007 Tour de Force Henry Giroux's latest is a crucial contribution to our understanding of US culture, US politics and US education in an increasingly militarized society. "The University in Chains" is a stunning tour-de-force that rigorously examines the multi-tiered military, ...             Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide Barbara Trepagnier Paradigm Publishers, 2007 Surprising and insightful It's disconcerting to realize that sometimes my best efforts at NOT being racist have been just that. This book helped me realize the necessity of self-examination to expose those ways in which I'm participating in the racial divide, not by obvious acts of prejudice ...             The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism Rosalind S. Chou, Joe R. Feagin Paradigm Publishers, 2008 In this pathbreaking book sociologists Rosalind Chou and Joe Feagin examine, for the first time in depth, racial stereotyping and discrimination daily faced by Asian Americans long viewed by whites as the model minority. Drawing on more than 40 field interviews across the country, they examine the everyday lives of Asian Americans in numerous ...             Social Movements, 1768-2004 Charles Tilly Paradigm Publishers, 2004 Studying social movements requires the study of history Charles Tilly decided to write this book for 2 reasons: he needed something meaningful to do during his approximately 5 month treatment of chemotherapy and secondly, Sidney Tarrow decided to not write a social movement's history. Tilly thinks that a historical ...             Howard Zinn on Democratic Education (Series in Critical Narrative) Howard Zinn, Donaldo Macedo Paradigm Publishers, 2008 Perhaps no other historian has had a more profound and revolutionary impact on American education than Howard Zinn. This is the first book devoted to his views on education and its role in a democratic society. Howard Zinn on Democratic Education describes what is missing from school textbooks and in classrooms - and how we move beyond these ...             Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia ... Douglas Kellner Paradigm Publishers, 2008 From the recent shootings at Virginia Tech University to the tragedies at Columbine and Oklahoma City, certain common traits can be traced. In Guys and Guns Amok, media and cultural critic Douglas Kellner provides a fascinating diagnostic reading of these acts of domestic terrorism. Skillfully connecting each case with male socialization and the ...             The 33-Day War: Israel's War on Hezbollah in Lebanon and Its Consequences Gilbert Achcar, Michel Warschawski Paradigm Publishers, 2007 Short book This book is about Israel's failure in its military and political objectives in Lebanon. The war strengthened Hezbollah, increased its credibility, and undermined the Lebanese government. The Israeli propaganda machine has even given up on spinning this war as a ...          products you might be interested in search for books confronting, consequences, imagination, military-industrial-academic, nonviolence, well-meaning we recommend Surprising and insightful randomly chosen electronics: Viking VI4CU326428DTPL2 CMTL APPROVED DDRI 184PIN DIMM 32MX64 400MHZ CL3