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    Bruno Latour in pieces : an intellectual biography (2014-2015)
    Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse
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    ISBN: 9780823263738
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 PDF (xiii, 175 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Forms of living
    Series Statement: Forms of Living (FUP)
    Series Statement: Forms of Living Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Bruno Latour in Pieces : An Intellectual Biography
    DDC: 340.115
    Keywords: Latour, Bruno ; Law Philosophy ; Law -- Philosophy ; Latour, Bruno ; Law ; Philosophy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Intro -- C o n t e n t s -- A b b r e v i at i o n s f o r F r e q u e n t ly C i t e d W o r k s -- A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s -- Introduction -- Exegesis and Ethnology -- A Philosopher in the Laboratory -- Machines of Tradition -- Pandora and the History of Modernity -- Of Actants, Forces, and Things -- Science and Action -- Questions Concerning Technology -- The Coming Parliament -- Conclusion -- T i m e l i n e -- N o t e s -- B i b l i o g r a p h y -- I n d e x.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""C o n t e n t s""; ""A b b r e v i at i o n s f o r F r e q u e n t ly C i t e d W o r k s""; ""A c k n ow l e d g m e n t s""; ""Introduction""; ""Exegesis and Ethnology""; ""A Philosopher in the Laboratory ""; ""Machines of Tradition""; ""Pandora and the History of Modernity""; ""Of Actants, Forces, and Things""; ""Science and Action""; ""Questions Concerning Technology""; ""The Coming Parliament""; ""Conclusion""; ""T i m e l i n e""; ""N o t e s""; ""B i b l i o g r a p h y""; ""I n d e x""
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085139 , 0833086499 , 0833085131 , 9780833086495
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 152 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Hanauer, Larry Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies
    Keywords: United States Management ; Evaluation ; United States ; National security International cooperation ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; International cooperation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Management ; Evaluation ; Military assistance, American ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Abstract: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-388-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152)
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    Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition : a literature review (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085153 , 0833086731 , 0833085158 , 9780833086730
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 83 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Riposo, Jessie Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition
    Keywords: Armed Forces Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report summarizes a selection of the defense acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of schedule-related problems and various recommendations cited for improving schedules by various authors and organizations. This report does not provide critical analysis or an assessment of the strengths or weaknesses of the claims made in the literature. Rather, it provides a starting point for further research or consideration by government acquisition professionals, oversight organizations, and the analytic community. We identified the following reasons for schedule delays in the literature: (1) the difficulty of managing technical risk (e.g., program complexity, immature technology, and unanticipated technical issues), (2) initial assumptions or expectations that were difficult to fulfill (e.g., schedule estimates, risk control, requirements, and performance assumptions), and (3) funding instability. The most commonly cited recommendations for reducing cycle time and controlling schedule growth in the literature are strategies that manage or reduce technical risk. Some of those recommendations include using incremental fielding or evolutionary acquisition strategies, developing derivative products (rather than brand-new designs), using mature or proven technology (i.e., commercial, off-the-shelf components), maintaining stable funding, and using atypical contracting vehicles
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-455-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83)
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    Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085061 , 0833087150 , 0833085069 , 9780833087157
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 75 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Loredo, Elvira N Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations
    Keywords: U.S. Special Operations Command Finance ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Military planning ; United States ; Military policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Armies ; Finance ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Military planning ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Abstract: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Note: "Prepared for the U.S. Special Operations Command."' , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-360-SOCOM"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75)
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    From stalemate to settlement : lessons for Afghanistan from historical insurgencies that have been resolved through negotiation (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082428 , 0833082426 , 9780833082435 , 0833082442 , 0833082434 , 083308237X , 9780833082374 , 9780833082442
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 73 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR469
    Parallel Title: Print version Clarke, Colin P From stalemate to settlement
    Keywords: Insurgency History ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Insurgency ; Mediation, International ; Peace-building ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Afghanistan ; LAW ; International ; History ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: "In June 2013, the Afghan Taliban opened a political office in Qatar to facilitate peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments. Negotiations between the United States and the group that sheltered al-Qaeda would have been unthinkable 12 years ago, but the reality is that a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan is one of several possible end games under the current U.S. withdrawal plan. Negotiating an end to an insurgency can be a long and arduous process beset by false starts and continued violence, but a comprehensive review of historical cases that ended in settlement shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that can be generalized into a "master narrative." This research examines 13 historical cases of insurgencies that were resolved through negotiated settlement in which neither side (insurgents or counterinsurgents) unambiguously prevailed. Taken together, these cases reveal that the path to negotiated settlement generally proceeds in seven steps in a common sequence. Although this resulting master narrative does not necessarily conform precisely to every conflict brought to resolution through negotiation, it can serve as an important tool to guide the progress of a similar approach to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan as U.S. forces prepare to withdraw."--Provided by publisher
    Note: "This report builds on previous RAND Corporation research on the demonstrated effectiveness of a variety of concepts for counterinsurgency ... at the core of the current research is an analysis of the correlates and conditions of negotiated settlements in historical insurgencies."--Preface , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations : the legal basis for using new sensor technologies for counterdrug operations along the U.S. border (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084941 , 0833085700 , 0833084941 , 9780833085702
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 84 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gonzales, Daniel Improving interagency information sharing using technology demonstrations
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control Technological innovations ; Drug traffic Prevention ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks Management ; Military law ; Civil-military relations ; Drug control ; Drug traffic ; Border security ; Interagency coordination ; Information networks ; Military law ; Information networks ; Management ; Interagency coordination ; Military law ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Law - U.S ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Border security ; Civil-military relations ; United States ; Drug control ; Technological innovations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Abstract: The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed new sensor technologies to support military forces operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. These new capabilities may be useful in counterdrug (CD) operations along the southern U.S. border. DoD has held technology demonstrations to test and demonstrate new technologies along the southern border--because the field conditions along the border closely resemble those in current military theaters of operation and because they can also reveal whether new technologies are useful for CD operations led by domestic law enforcement agencies. However, there are legal questions about whether such technology demonstrations fully comply with U.S. law and whether advanced DoD sensors can legally be used in domestic CD operations when they are operated by U.S. military forces. In this report, the authors examine federal law and DoD policy to answer these questions. Some parts of U.S. law mandate information sharing among federal departments and agencies for national security purposes and direct DoD to play a key role in domestic CD operations in support of U.S. law enforcement agencies, while other parts of the law place restrictions on when the U.S. military may participate in law enforcement operations. Reviewing relevant federal law and DoD policy, the authors conclude that there is no legal reason why a DoD sensor should be excluded from use in an interagency technology demonstration or in an actual CD operation as long as a valid request for support is made by an appropriate law enforcement official and so long as no personally identifiable or private information is collected. The authors recommend DoD policy on domestic CD operations be formally clarified and that an approval process should be established for technology demonstrations with a CD nexus
    Note: "RR551-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "RAND National Security Research Division , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-84)
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    An evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086280 , 0833087134 , 0833086286 , 9780833087133
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 83 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; United States ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Airmen ; Military art and science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Abstract: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-655-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83)
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    Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation : hindering the spread of countermeasures against cruise missile defenses (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087706 , 0833089560 , 0833087703 , 9780833089564
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 51 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Speier, Richard Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation
    Keywords: Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Cruise missiles ; Antimissile missiles ; Technology transfer ; Arms control ; Export controls ; Arms control ; Cruise missiles ; Export controls ; Technology transfer ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Antimissile missiles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Abstract: Preface. -- Summary. -- Acknowledgments. -- Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation. -- The missile technology control regime. -- Items proposed for penaid export controls. -- Implementing penaid export constrols. -- Concluding observations. -- References
    Abstract: The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker's missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment
    Note: "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51)
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    Spillover from the conflict in Syria : an assessment of the factors that aid and impede the spread of violence (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087263 , 0833087924 , 0833087266 , 9780833087928
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 72 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Spillover from the conflict in Syria : an assessment of the factors that aid and impede the spread of violence
    Keywords: Protest movements ; Protest movements ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Protest movements ; History ; Politics and government ; Syria ; Civil War (Syria : 2011- ) ; Syria Politics and government 21st century ; Syria History Civil War, 2011- ; Syria ; Syria ; Electronic books
    Abstract: All roads lead to Damascus and then back out again, but in different directions. The financial and military aid flowing into Syria from patrons and neighbors is intended to determine the outcome of the conflict between a loose confederation of rebel factions and the regime in Damascus. Instead, this outside support has the potential to perpetuate the existing civil war and to ignite larger regional hostilities between Sunni and Shia areas that could reshape the political geography of the Middle East. This report examines the main factors that are likely to contribute to or impede the spread of violence from civil war and insurgency in Syria, and then examines how they apply to Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan
    Abstract: All roads lead to Damascus and then back out again, but in different directions. The financial and military aid flowing into Syria from patrons and neighbors is intended to determine the outcome of the conflict between a loose confederation of rebel factions and the regime in Damascus. Instead, this outside support has the potential to perpetuate the existing civil war and to ignite larger regional hostilities between Sunni and Shia areas that could reshape the political geography of the Middle East. This report examines the main factors that are likely to contribute to or impede the spread of violence from civil war and insurgency in Syria, and then examines how they apply to Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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    The Deployment Life Study : methodological overview and baseline sample description (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079923 , 0833086766 , 0833079921 , 9780833086761
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 82 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Tanielian, Terri L Deployment Life Study
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Longitudinal studies ; Families of military personnel Research ; Families of military personnel ; Families of military personnel ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Longitudinal studies ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Families of military personnel ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Abstract: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
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    A program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080523 , 0833084844 , 0833080520 , 9780833084842
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 42 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND toolkit v.4
    Parallel Title: Print version Ryan, Gery W Program manager's guide for program improvement in ongoing psychological health and traumatic brain injury programs
    Keywords: Medical care Evaluation ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance Management ; Mental health services Evaluation ; Medical care ; Health services administration ; Quality assurance ; Mental health services ; Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Brain ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Veterans Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; Brain Injuries therapy ; Program Evaluation ; Mental Health Services ; Quality Improvement ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Veterans ; Mental health services ; Depression, Mental ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; Brain ; Wounds and injuries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Abstract: Between 2001 and 2011, the U.S. Department of Defense has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in coping with the stressors from a decade of the longstanding conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These programs, which address both psychological health and traumatic brain injury (TBI), number in the hundreds and vary in their size, scope, and target population. To ensure that resources are wisely invested and maximize the benefits of such programs, RAND developed a tool to help assess program performance, consider options for improvement, implement solutions, then assess whether the changes worked, with the intention of helping those responsible for managing or implementing programs to conduct assessments of how well the program is performing and to implement solutions for improving performance. Specifically, the tool is intended to provide practical guidance in program improvement and continuous quality improvement for all programs
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RAND Corporation research report series."--Web page (PDF) , "RR-487/4-OSD."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-42)
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : : Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088598 , 0833089315 , 0833088599 , 9780833089311
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 43 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-870-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082097
    Keywords: Women soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Social surveys ; Soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014
    Abstract: In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : : Top-line estimates for active-duty Coast Guard members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088611 , 0833089234 , 0833088610 , 9780833089236
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 27 pages)
    Series Statement: RR-944-USCG
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty Coast Guard members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082
    Keywords: Soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers Crimes against ; Soldiers ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014"--Website
    Abstract: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014"--Website
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    Stepping into zion : Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the remaking of Jewish identity (2014)
    Tuscaloosa, Ala : University Alabama Press
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    ISBN: 9780817387471 , 0817387471
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Series Statement: Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fernheimer, Janice W Stepping into zion
    DDC: 305.800973
    Keywords: Jews Identity ; Jews Identity ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Jews ; Identity ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question "Who is a Jew?"-- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike"--
    Abstract: "By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question "Who is a Jew?"- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike. Hatzaad Harishon ("The First Step") was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy of black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into Zion, Janice W. Fernheimer examines the history and archives of Hatzaad Harishon to illuminate the definition and borders of Jewish identity, which have critical relevance to Jews of all traditions as well as to non-Jews. Fernheimer focuses on a period when white Jewish identity was in flux and deeply influenced by the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 1964, white and black Jews formed Hatzaad Harishon to foster interaction and unity between black and white Jewish communities. They raised the question of who or what constitutes Jewishness or Jewish identity, and in searching for an answer succeeded-both historically and rhetorically-in gaining increased recognition for black Jews. Fernheimer traces how members of Hatzaad Harishon, who did not share the same set of definitions, were able to create common ground in a process she terms "interruptive invention." Through insightful interpretation of Hatzaad Harishon's archival materials, Fernheimer chronicles the group's successes and failures within the larger rhetorical history of conflicts that emerge when cultural identities shift or expand. Stepping into Zion offers "interruptive invention" as a framework for understanding and changing certain dominant discourses about racial and religious identity, allowing those who may lack institutional power or authority to begin to claim it"--
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    Amelioration and empire : progress and slavery in the plantation Americas (2014)
    Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press
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    ISBN: 9780813936222
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (280 pages)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Jeffersonian America
    Parallel Title: Print version Amelioration and Empire : Progress and Slavery in the Plantation Americas
    DDC: 306.362097
    Keywords: Plantation life History ; Slaves Social conditions ; Slave trade History ; Slavery Political aspects ; History ; Slavery History ; Progress Social aspects ; History ; Antislavery movements History ; Antislavery movements History ; Slavery -- America -- History ; Slavery -- Political aspects -- America -- History ; Slave trade -- America -- History ; Slaves -- America -- Social conditions ; Plantation life -- America -- History ; Progress -- Social aspects -- America -- History ; Antislavery movements -- America -- History ; Slavery ; America ; History ; Slavery ; Political aspects ; America ; History ; Slave trade ; America ; History ; Slaves ; America ; Social conditions ; Plantation life ; America ; History ; Progress ; Social aspects ; America ; History ; Antislavery movements ; America ; History ; Antislavery movements ; Great Britain ; History ; America ; History ; To 1810 ; Great Britain ; Colonies ; America ; History ; Electronic books ; America History To 1810 ; Great Britain Colonies ; History
    Abstract: "This book examines arguments made in the colonial Americas for the gradual mitigation of slavery rather than outright abolition"--Provided by publisher
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionI. Virginia -- "The great improvement and civilization of that race" -- "The desideratum is to diminish the Blacks and increase the Whites" -- II. South Carolina -- "Rising gradations to unlimited freedom" -- "The enormous evil that has haunted the imaginations of men" -- III. The British West Indies -- "We may alleviate, though we cannot cure" -- "A matter of portentous magnitude, and still more portentous -- Difficulty" -- Conclusion: Amelioration and empire, ca. 1845.
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    Death, belief and politics in Central African history (2014)
    Lusaka, Zambia : Lembani Trust
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    ISBN: 9789982680028 , 9982680021
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (xxv, 384 pages) , illustrations.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 393.0967
    Keywords: Death Political aspects ; Africa, Central ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Africa, Central ; Christianity and politics Africa, Central ; Funeral rites and ceremonies Zambia ; Funeral rites and ceremonies Malawi ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Death Political aspects ; Nationalism Religious aspects ; Christianity and politics ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Death & Dying ; Death ; Political aspects ; Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Nationalism ; Religious aspects ; Christianity and politics ; Africa, Central Religious life and customs ; Africa, Central Religious life and customs ; Central Africa ; Malawi ; Zambia ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In this set of essays Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan explore themes in the history of death in Zambia and Malawi from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on extensive archival and oral historical research they examine the impact of Christianity on spiritual beliefs, the racialised politics of death on the colonial Copperbelt, the transformation of burial practices, the histories of suicide and of maternal mortality, and the political life of the corpse
    Description / Table of Contents: AcknowledgementsIntroduction : death -- again? / Walima T. Kalusa and Megan Vaughan -- Translating the soul : death and Catholicism in Northern Zambia / Megan Vaughan -- Sex, death and colonial anthropologists in the inter-war period / Megan Vaughan -- Death, Christianity and African miners : contesting indirect rule on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1935-2013;1962 / Walima T. Kalusa -- Corpses, funerals, imageries of modernity and the making of an African elite identity on the Zambian Copperbelt, 1935-2013;1964 / Walima T. Kalusa -- Politics of the gravesite : funerals, nationalism and the reinvention of the cemetery on the Zambian Copperbelt / Walima T. Kalusa -- The killing of Lilian Margaret Burton and black and white nationalisms in northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in the 1960s / Walima T. Kalusa -- Suicide : a hidden history / Megan Vaughan -- Maternal mortality in Malawi : history and moral responsibility / Megan Vaughan -- Big houses for the dead : burying Presidents Banda and Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi / Megan Vaughan -- Select bibliography.
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    Extremism in America (2014)
    Gainesville : University Press of Florida
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    ISBN: 9780813048543 , 0813048540
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (336 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Michael, George, 1961- Extremism in America
    DDC: 303.484
    Keywords: Right and left (Political science) United States ; Ideology United States ; Social movements United States ; Radicalism United States ; Right and left (Political science) ; Ideology ; Social movements ; Radicalism ; Radicalism ; Right and left (Political science) ; Social movements ; Ideology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Ideology ; Radicalism ; Right and left (Political science) ; Social movements ; HISTORY / United States / General ; United States ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Gathers essays by area specialists to provide an assessment of contemporary American extremism, exploring the views of each group in context and examining the tension between civil liberties and possible threats to society
    Description / Table of Contents: The Tea Party and the far right: fellow travelers? / George Michael"Hell yes, we're fighting!" revolutionary anarchism's call for destruction and creation / Jose Pedro Zúquete -- The new Black Panther Party, black nationalism, and the tangled legacy of COINTELPRO / J. Mulloy -- The Chicano separatist movement / Donald W. Trivett -- Islamic extremism in the United States / James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz -- Terrorism by Jewish extremists in the United States / James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz -- The Christian identity movement / George Michael -- Antiabortion extremism and violence in the United States / Aaron Winter -- The radical environmental and animal liberation movements / Donald R. Liddick -- Misidentified and misunderstood: extremists and extremist groups incarcerated in U.S. correctional facilities / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Terrorism and extremism in the United States: a historical overview / Christopher Hewitt -- Conclusion: the outlook for extremism in the twenty-first century / George Michael.
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    Experimenting with social norms : fairness and punishment in cross-cultural perspective (2014)
    New York : Russell Sage Foundation
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    ISBN: 1610448405 , 9781610448406
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Experimenting with social norms
    DDC: 303.3/7
    Keywords: Experimental economics Cross-cultural studies ; Game theory Cross-cultural studies Social aspects ; Social norms Cross-cultural studies ; Economics Cross-cultural studies Sociological aspects ; Economics ; Sociological aspects ; Experimental economics ; Social norms ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General ; Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Informed by a pioneering set of cross-cultural data, Experimenting with Social Norms, advances our understanding of the evolution of human cooperation and the expansion of complex societies. Innovative and ambitious, the book synthesizes and unprecedent analysis of social behavior from an immense range of human societies."
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    On the margins of a minority : leprosy, madness, and disability among the jews of medieval europe (2014)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814339329 , 0814339328
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shoham-Steiner, Ephraim On the Margins of a Minority : Leprosy, Madness, and Disability among the Jews of Medieval Europe
    DDC: 305.9080940902
    Keywords: Marginality, Social Religious aspects ; History ; To 1500 ; Marginality, Social History ; To 1500 ; Europe, Northern ; Jews History ; To 1500 ; Europe, Northern ; Marginality, Social History To 1500 ; Jews History To 1500 ; Marginality, Social Religious aspects To 1500 ; History ; Jews History To 1500 ; Marginality, Social Religious aspects To 1500 ; History ; Marginality, Social History To 1500 ; Jews History ; To 1500 ; Europe, Northern ; Marginality, Social History ; To 1500 ; Europe, Northern ; Marginality, Social Religious aspects ; History ; To 1500 ; Europe, Northern ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Jews ; Marginality, Social ; Marginality, Social ; Religious aspects ; History ; Northern Europe ; Electronic books ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Leprosy as a Concept -- 2. Social Attitudes toward Lepers -- 3. What Is Madness? -- 4. Social Attitudes toward the Insane -- 5. The Physically Impaired -- 6. Disability in Sacred and Private Space -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
    Abstract: Drawing on material from the late-tenth- to fifteenth-centuries, examines how Jews further marginalized by illness or disability were regarded by both Christian and Jewish communities
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    Anti-modernism : radical revisions of collective identity (2014)
    New York : Central European University Press
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    ISBN: 9789633860953 , 9633860954
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770-1945): texts and commentaries VOLUME IV
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Anti-modernism
    DDC: 305.800943
    Keywords: Group identity Balkan Peninsula ; Group identity Europe, Central ; National characteristics ; Group identity ; Group identity ; Group identity ; National characteristics ; Group identity ; National characteristics ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Group identity ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Ideologies ; Nationalism & Patriotism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; Balkan Peninsula ; Central Europe ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Approaching anti-modernism / Balázs Trencsenyi and Sorin Antohi -- Integral nationalism -- The crisis of the European conscience -- In search of a national ontology -- Conservative redefinitions of tradition and modernity -- The anti-modernist revolution -- Basic secondary literature on identity discourses in Central and Southeast Europe -- Glossary.
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionApproaching anti-modernism / Balázs Trencsenyi and Sorin Antohi -- Integral nationalism -- The crisis of the European conscience -- In search of a national ontology -- Conservative redefinitions of tradition and modernity -- The anti-modernist revolution -- Basic secondary literature on identity discourses in Central and Southeast Europe -- Glossary.
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    Gender on the edge : transgender, gay, and other Pacific islanders (2014)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press
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    ISBN: 9780824840198
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 306.76/8
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    Keywords: Transgender ; Geschlechterrolle ; Sex role ; Gays ; Transgender people ; Ozeanien ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Unsettling assumptions : tradition, gender, drag (2014)
    Boulder, Colorado : Utah State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780874218985
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Unsettling Assumptions : Tradition, Gender, Drag
    DDC: 305.3
    Keywords: Folklore ; Manners and customs ; Queer theory ; Sex role ; Gender identity ; Gender expression ; Folklore ; Gender expression ; Gender identity ; Manners and customs ; Queer theory ; Sex role ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "In Unsettling Assumptions, editors Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye link gender studies with traditional and popular culture studies to examine how tradition and gender can intersect to unsettle assumptions about culture and its study.Contributors explore the intersections of traditional expressive culture and sex/gender systems by challenging their conventional constructions, using sex/gender as a lens to question, investigate, or upset concepts like family, ethics, and authenticity. Individual essays consider myriad topics such as Thanksgiving turkeys, rockabilly and bar fights, Chinese tales of female ghosts, selkie stories, a noisy Mennonite New Year's celebration, the Distaff Gospels, Kentucky tobacco farmers, international adoptions, and more.In Unsettling Assumptions, expressive culture emerges as fundamental both to our sense of belonging to a family, an occupation, or friendship group and, most notably, to identity performativity. Within larger contexts, these works offer a better understanding of cultural attitudes like misogyny, homophobia, and racism as well as the construction and negotiation of power"--
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Contents""; ""Thematic Clusters""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction / Pauline Greenhill and Diane Tye""; ""Chapter 1. Three Dark-Brown Maidens and the Brommtopp: (De)Constructing Masculinities in Southern Manitoba Mennonite Mumming / Marcie Fehr and Pauline Greenhill""; ""Chapter 2. Cutting a Thousand Sticks of Tobacco Makes a Boy a Man: Traditionalized Performances of Masculinity in Occupational Contexts / Ann K. Ferrell""; ""Chapter 3. "If Thou Be Woman, Be Now Man!" "The Shift of Sex" as Transsexual Imagination / Pauline Greenhill and Emilie Anderson-Grégoire""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Chapter 4. From Peeping Swans to Little Cinderellas: The Queer Tradition of the Brothers Grimm in American Cinema / Kendra Magnus-Johnston""""Chapter 5. Global Flows in Coastal Contact Zones: Selkie Lore in Neil Jordan's Ondine and Solveig Eggerz's Seal Woman / Kirsten Møllegaard""; ""Chapter 6. "Let's All Get Dixie Fried": Rockabilly, Masculinity, and Homosociality / Patrick B. Mullen""; ""Chapter 7. Man to Man: Placing Masculinity in a Legend Performed for Jean-François Bladé / William G. Pooley""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Chapter 8. Sexing the Turkey: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality at Thanksgiving / LuAnne Roth""""Chapter 9. Listening to Stories, Negotiating Responsibility: Exploring the Ethics of International Adoption through Narrative Analysis / Patricia Sawin""; ""Chapter 10. "What's under the Kilt?" Intersections of Ethnic and Gender Performativity / Diane Tye""; ""Chapter 11. "Composed for the Honor and Glory of the Ladies": Folklore and Medieval Women's Sexuality in The Distaff Gospels / Theresa A. Vaughan""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Chapter 12. "Just Like Coming to a Foreign Country:" Dutch Drag on a Danish Island / Anne B. Wallen""""Chapter 13. Encountering Ghost Princesses in Sou shen ji: Rereading Classical Chinese Ghost Wife Zhiguai Tales / Wenjuan Xie""; ""Bibliography""; ""Filmography""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""
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    Performing indigeneity : global histories and contemporary experiences (2014)
    Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
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    ISBN: 9780803271951 , 9780803256866 , 9780803274150 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0803274157 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780803274150
    Edition: ISBN 0803274157
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.8
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    Keywords: Geschichte ; Indigenes Volk ; Ethnische Identität ; Öffentlichkeit ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: "This engaging collection of essays discusses the complexities of "being" indigenous in public spaces. Laura R. Graham and H. Glenn Penny bring together a set of highly recognized junior and senior scholars, including indigenous scholars, from a variety of fields to provoke critical thinking about the many ways in which individuals and social groups construct and display unique identities around the world. The case studies in Performing Indigeneity underscore the social, historical, and immediate contextual factors at play when indigenous people make decisions about when, how, why, and who can "be" indigenous in public spaces. Performing Indigeneity invites readers to consider how groups and individuals think about performance and display and focuses attention on the ways that public spheres, both indigenous and nonindigenous ones, have received these performances. The essays demonstrate that performance and display are essential to the creation and persistence of indigeneity, while also presenting the conundrum that in many cases "indigeneity" excludes some of the voices or identities that the category purports to represent. "--...
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    Storyworlds across media : toward a media-conscious narratology (2014)
    Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
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    ISBN: 9780803255326 , 0803255322 , 9780803255333
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Frontiers of narrative
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 302.2301/4
    RVK:
    EC 2090
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    GO 20900
    Keywords: Erzähltheorie ; Bewusstsein ; Medien ; Videospiel ; Film ; Comic ; Mass media and language ; Storytelling in mass media ; Discourse analysis, Narrative ; Narration (Rhetoric) ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/31010
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    Transnational traditions : new perspectives on American Jewish history (2014)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814338612 , 9780814338629 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780814338629
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.8924073
    RVK:
    NY 4900
    Keywords: Geschichte ; Juden ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Jane Addams in the classroom (2014)
    Urbana : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252038662 , 9780252080258 , 9780252096600 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0252096606 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780252096600
    Edition: ISBN 0252096606
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 306.432
    RVK:
    DS 3130
    Keywords: Addams, Jane ; Pädagogik ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Diversity, social justice, and inclusive excellence : transdisciplinary and global perspectives (2014)
    Albany : State University of New York Press
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    ISBN: 9781438451633 , 9781438451640 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9781438451640
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.800973
    Keywords: Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Pluralistische Gesellschaft ; Ausgrenzung ; Identität ; Behinderung ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Geschlechterrolle ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/32765
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    Cape Cod : an environmental history of a fragile ecosystem (2014)
    Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
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    ISBN: 9781613763377 , 1613763379
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Series Statement: Environmental history of the Northeast
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cumbler, John T Cape Cod
    DDC: 304.20974492
    Keywords: Nature Effect of human beings on ; Massachusetts ; Cape Cod ; Human ecology History ; Massachusetts ; Cape Cod ; Human ecology History ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Human ecology History ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; SCIENCE ; Environmental Science ; Ecology ; Human ecology ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; History ; Electronic books ; Cape Cod (Mass.) Environmental conditions ; Massachusetts ; Cape Cod ; Cape Cod (Mass.) Environmental conditions ; Cape Cod (Mass.) Environmental conditions ; Massachusetts ; Cape Cod ; Electronic books History
    Abstract: The ice, the crow, and the plague : before European exploration -- From continental drift to nomadic land use -- Fire, fishing, and farming of native peoples -- The era of local resource production and extraction : settlement to the start of the twentieth century -- On the way to an amphibious society -- Mining the bounty of nature -- The decline of the established economy -- Dependence on distant resources, and revenue from recreation : early twentieth century to the present -- Trains, cars, cottages, and restaurants -- The golden age of tourism -- Problems in paradise
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    Civic and uncivic values in Kosovo : history, politics, and value transformation (2014)
    Budapest : Central European University Press
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    ISBN: 9789633860748 , 9633860741 , 9789633860731
    Language: English
    Pages: pages cm
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
    DDC: 303.3/72094971
    Keywords: Geschichte ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General ; Ethnic relations ; Law / Social aspects ; Liberalism ; Politics and government ; Social change ; Social conditions ; Social values ; Geschichte ; Gesellschaft ; Politik ; Recht ; Law Social aspects ; History ; Liberalism History ; Social change History ; Social values History ; Demokratisierung ; Wertwandel ; Kosovo ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kosovo ; Demokratisierung ; Wertwandel ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Civic and uncivic values in Kosovo : an introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet (NTNU) -- Part One. History -- A short history of Kosovar Albanians' struggle for independence, 1878-1998 / Roberto Morozzo della Rocca (University of Rome) -- Debates about the history of Kosovo / Oliver Schmitt (University of Vienna) -- British policy towards the Kosova Liberation Army, 1996-2000 / James Pettifer (University of Oxford) -- The uprising and NATO's intervention, 1998-1999 / Zachary Irwin (Penn State, Erie) -- The international presence in Kosovo, 1999-2008 / Johanna Deimel (Südosteuropa Gesellschaft, Munich) -- Part Two. Politics -- The development of the political system, since February 2008 / Altug Günal (Ege University) -- The Serbs of Kosovo / Florian Bieber (University of Graz) -- "Our men will not have amnesia" : civic engagement, emancipation, and gendered public in Kosovo / Nita Luci and Linda Gusia (both University of Prishtina) -- Solving the issue of the north of Kosovo and international cooperation / Dusan Janjic (University of Belgrade) -- Part Three. Values and value transformation -- Kosova, 1912-2000, in the history textbooks of Kosova and Serbia / Shkëlzen Gashi (University of Prishtina) -- Civic values in Kosovo within a European perspective / Kristen Ringdal (NTNU) -- Differences in values between and among Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo / Albert Simkus (NTNU) and Shemsi Krasniqi (University of Prishtina) -- Political support in Kosovo / Karin Dyrstad (SINTEF, Trondheim) -- Conclusion -- Kosovo as an international problem / Anton Bebler (University of Ljubljana) -- Can dialogue make a difference? The experience of the Nansen Dialogue Network / Steinar Bryn (Nansen Academy, Lillehammer) -- Understanding the roots and consequences of instability in Kosovo : a conclusion / Sabrina P. Ramet (NTNU) and Albert Simkus (NTNU) -- About the editors and contributors
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    Extremism in America (2014)
    Gainesville : University Press of Florida
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    ISBN: 9780813044972 , 9780813048543 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0813048540 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780813048543
    Edition: ISBN 0813048540
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    DDC: 303.48/4
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    Keywords: Radikalismus ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Gathers essays by area specialists to provide an assessment of contemporary American extremism, exploring the views of each group in context and examining the tension between civil liberties and possible threats to society.
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    Social theory and regional studies in the global age (2014)
    Albany : State University of New York Press
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    ISBN: 9781438451596 , 9781438451619 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9781438451619
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    Series Statement: Pangaea II : global/local studies
    DDC: 301
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    Keywords: Globalisierung ; Soziologie ; Landeskunde ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/32764
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    Transnational traditions : new perspectives on American Jewish history (2014)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814338629
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Transnational Traditions : New Perspectives on American Jewish History
    DDC: 973/.04924
    Keywords: Jews History ; Jewish diaspora History ; Jews -- United States -- Identity ; Jews -- United States -- Politics and government ; Jews -- United States -- History ; Jews ; United States ; Identity ; Jews ; United States ; Politics and government ; Jews ; United States ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: An Anglophone Diaspora -- 1. The Sacrifices of the Isaacs: The Diffusion of New Models of Religious Leadership in the English-Speaking Jewish World -- 2. Roaming the Rim: How Rabbis, Convicts, and Fortune Seekers Shaped Pacific Coast Jewry -- 3. Creating Transnational Connections: Australia and California -- PART II: From Europe to America and Back Again -- 4. Currents and Currency: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers" and the Transnational Business of Mass Migration, 1873-1914 -- 5. A Taste of Freedom: American Yiddish Publications in Imperial Russia -- PART III: The Immigrant as Transnational -- 6. "German Jews?" Reassessing the History of Nineteenth-Century Jewish Immigrants in the United States -- 7. The Gypsy in Them: Imagined Transnationalism amid New York City's Little Rumania -- 8. No American Goldene Medina: Harbin Jews between Russia, China, and Israel, 1899-2014 -- PART IV: Creating New Homelands in Argentina, America, and Israel -- 9. Cultivating Jewish Farmers in the United States and Argentina -- 10. Transforming Identities: Bene Israel Immigrants in Israel and the United States -- 11. Transnational Aspirations: The Founding of American Kibbutzim, 1940s, 1970s -- Contributors -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: An Anglophone Diaspora; 1. The Sacrifices of the Isaacs: The Diffusion of New Models of Religious Leadership in the English-Speaking Jewish World; 2. Roaming the Rim: How Rabbis, Convicts, and Fortune Seekers Shaped Pacific Coast Jewry; 3. Creating Transnational Connections: Australia and California; PART II: From Europe to America and Back Again; 4. Currents and Currency: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers" and the Transnational Business of Mass Migration, 1873-1914
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. A Taste of Freedom: American Yiddish Publications in Imperial RussiaPART III: The Immigrant as Transnational; 6. "German Jews?" Reassessing the History of Nineteenth-Century Jewish Immigrants in the United States; 7. The Gypsy in Them: Imagined Transnationalism amid New York City's Little Rumania; 8. No American Goldene Medina: Harbin Jews between Russia, China, and Israel, 1899-2014; PART IV: Creating New Homelands in Argentina, America, and Israel; 9. Cultivating Jewish Farmers in the United States and Argentina
    Description / Table of Contents: 10. Transforming Identities: Bene Israel Immigrants in Israel and the United States11. Transnational Aspirations: The Founding of American Kibbutzim, 1940s, 1970s; Contributors; Index
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    Gender and law in the Japanese imperium (2014)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʿi Press
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    ISBN: 0824839196 , 9780824839192
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Parallel Title: Print version Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium
    DDC: 305.420952
    RVK:
    NQ 5755
    RVK:
    NQ 9020
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    NW 8100
    Keywords: Women's rights Case studies ; Congresses ; Domestic relations Case studies ; Congresses ; Sex and law Case studies ; Congresses ; Prostitution Case studies Law and legislation ; Congresses ; Women Case studies Legal status, laws, etc ; Congresses ; Women''s rights -- Japan -- Case studies ; Domestic relations -- Japan -- Case studies ; Prostitution -- Law and legislation -- Japan -- Case studies ; Sex and law -- Japan -- Case studies ; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan -- Case studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on East Asian Names and Terms -- Introduction -- Part I. Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights -- Chapter 1. The Maria Luz Incident: Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes -- Chapter 2. Disputing Rights: The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan -- Part II. Crime, Punishment, and Gender -- Chapter 3. Gender in the Arena of the Courts: The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan -- Chapter 4. Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868-1948 -- Chapter 5. Of Pity and Poison: Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan -- Chapter 6. Burning Down the House: Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928 -- Part III. Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family -- Chapter 7. Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze: Gender, "Old Customs," and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism -- Chapter 8. Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries -- Chapter 9. A New Perspective on the "Name-Changing Policy" in Korea -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Maria Luz incident and international justicefor Chinese coolies and Japanese prostitutes / Douglas Howland -- Disputing rights: the debate over anti-prostitution legislation in 1950s Japan / Sally A. Hastings -- Gender in the arena of the courts: the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in early Meiji Japan / Susan L. Burns -- Adultery and gender equality in modern Japan: 1868-1948 / Harald Fuess -- Of pity and poison: imprisoning women in modern Japan / Daniel Botsman -- Burning down the house: gender and jury in a Tokyo courtroom, 1928 / Darryl Flaherty -- Sim-pua under the colonial gaze: gender, "old customs," and the law in Taiwan under Japanese imperialism / Chao-ju Chen -- Japanese colonialism, gender, and household registration: legal construction of boundaries / Barbara J. Brooks -- An attempt to integrate the Korean family with the Japanese: a new perspective on the "name-changing policy" in Korea / Motokazu Matsutani.
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    Aesthetics of sorrow : the wailing culture of yemenite-jewish women (2014)
    Detroit : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814339756 , 0814339751
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 450 pages)
    Series Statement: Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology
    Parallel Title: Print version Aesthetics of sorrow
    DDC: 393.909450902
    Keywords: Jews, Yemeni Funeral customs and rites ; Israel ; Weepers (Mourners) Israel ; Jewish mourning customs Israel ; Jewish women Israel ; Weepers (Mourners) ; Jewish mourning customs ; Jewish women ; Jews, Yemeni Funeral customs and rites ; Jewish women ; Jewish mourning customs ; Weepers (Mourners) ; Jews, Yemeni Funeral customs and rites ; Jews, Yemeni Customs and practices ; Israel ; Mourning customs Israel ; Weepers (Mourners) Israel ; Jewish mourning customs ; Jewish women ; Weepers (Mourners) ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Death & Dying ; Israel ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Wailing : a topic that defies research -- Johara : mother of the wailers -- Giving words -- The performance stage -- Melancholic power -- Mission -- Epilogue : the lament of the printed words
    Description / Table of Contents: Wailing : a topic that defies researchJohara : mother of the wailers -- Giving words -- The performance stage -- Melancholic power -- Mission -- Epilogue : the lament of the printed words.
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    Elements of success : how type of secondary education credential helps predict enlistee attrition (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084248 , 0833085220 , 0833084240 , 9780833085221
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 47 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-374-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Burkhauser, Susan Elements of success
    Keywords: Military discharge ; Education, Secondary Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Education, Secondary ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; Education, Secondary ; Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Recruiting and enlistment ; United States Armed Forces ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
    Abstract: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
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    Dubious gastronomy : the cultural politics of eating Asian in the USA (2014)
    Honolulu : University of Hawaiʿi Press
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    ISBN: 082483920X , 9780824839208
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (x, 290 pages.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Series Statement: Food in Asia and the Pacific
    Series Statement: Food in Asia and the Pacific Ser.
    Parallel Title: Print version Dubious Gastronomy : The Cultural Politics of Eating Asian in the USA
    DDC: 394.1/20973
    RVK:
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    Keywords: Food habits ; Food in popular culture ; Gastronomy ; Cooking, Asian ; Food in popular culture -- United States ; Gastronomy -- United States ; Food habits -- United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. INAUTHENTIC GASTRONOMY -- 1. California Roll -- 2. Chinese Take- Out -- Part II. DISREPUTABLE GASTRONOMY -- 3. Kimchi -- 4. Dogmeat -- Part III. ARTIFICIAL GASTRONOMY -- 5. Monosodium Glutamate -- 6. SPAM -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Food Terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. INAUTHENTIC GASTRONOMY""; ""1. California Roll""; ""2. Chinese Take- Out""; ""Part II. DISREPUTABLE GASTRONOMY""; ""3. Kimchi""; ""4. Dogmeat""; ""Part III. ARTIFICIAL GASTRONOMY""; ""5. Monosodium Glutamate""; ""6. SPAM""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Food Terms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
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    Through the window : kinship and elopement in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2014)
    New York : Central European University Press
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    ISBN: 9789633860618
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 305.40949742
    RVK:
    KF 6541
    Keywords: Bosnians Marriage customs and rites ; Marriage customs and rites ; Women ; Marriage ; Elopement ; Electronic books
    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/36152
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    Happily sometimes after : discovering stories from twelve generations of an american family (2014)
    Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
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    ISBN: 9781613763469 , 1613763468
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (320 p.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tucher, Andie Happily sometimes after
    DDC: 305.20973
    Keywords: Tucher, Andie Family ; Woodson family ; Tucher, Andie Family ; Woodson family ; Tucher, Andie Family ; Tucher, Andie ; Woodson family ; Oral tradition United States ; Intergenerational relations United States ; Pioneers Biography ; United States ; Pioneers Biography ; Kentucky ; Oral tradition ; Intergenerational relations ; Pioneers Biography ; Pioneers Biography ; Oral tradition ; Intergenerational relations ; Pioneers Biography ; Pioneers Biography ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; General ; Families ; Intergenerational relations ; Oral tradition ; Philosophy ; Pioneers ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Biographies ; Genealogy ; History ; Kentucky Biography ; United States Biography ; United States Genealogy ; United States History ; Philosophy ; United States History ; Philosophy ; Kentucky Biography ; United States Biography ; United States Genealogy ; United States History ; Philosophy ; Kentucky Biography ; United States Biography ; United States Genealogy ; Kentucky ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Seeking paradise in the new world -- Camelot in the tobacco fields -- Declaring independence -- The kentucky pioneers speak out -- The civil war, real and unreal -- Damned yankees -- Grandmother grace
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    Grimms' tales around the globe : the dynamics of their international reception (2014)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814339213
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: 1st edition
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    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.20943
    Keywords: Kinder- und Hausmärchen Influence ; Kinder- und Hausmärchen ; Fairy tales Cross-cultural studies ; Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863 ; Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859 ; Grimm, Jacob ; 1785-1863 ; Grimm, Wilhelm ; 1786-1859 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Cultural Resistance and Assimilation -- 1. No-Name Tales: Early Croatian Translations of the Grimms' Tales -- 2. Polishing the Grimms' Tales for a Polish Audience: Die Kinder- und Hausmärchen in Poland -- 3. The Grimms' Fairy Tales in Spain: Translation, Reception, and Ideology -- 4. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm in Colombia: A Bibliographical History -- 5. "They are still eating well and living well": The Grimms' Tales in Early Colonial Korea -- 6. The Influence of the Grimms' Fairy Tales on the Folk Literature Movement in China (1918-1943) -- 7. The Grimm Brothers' Kahaniyan: Hindi Resurrections of the Tales in Modern India by Harikrishna Devsare -- 8. Before and after the "Grimm Boom": Reinterpretations of the Grimms' Tales in Contemporary Japan -- II. Reframings, Paratexts, and Multimedia Translations -- 9. Translating in the "Tongue of Perrault": The Reception of the Kinder- und Hausmärchen in France -- 10. Skeptics and Enthusiasts: Nineteenth-Century Prefaces to the Grimms' Tales in English Translation -- 11. German Stories/British Illustrations: Production Technologies, Reception, and Visual Dialogue across Illustrations from "The Golden Bird" in the Grimms' Editions, 1823-1909 -- 12. Marvelous Worlds: The Grimms' Fairy Tales in GDR Children's Films -- 13. Retelling "Hansel and Gretel" in Comic Book and Manga Narration: The Case of Philip Petit and Mizuno Junko -- 14. Fairy-Tale Scripts and Intercultural Conceptual Blending in Modern Korean Film and Television Drama -- Contributors -- Index.
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    Our sacred maíz is our mother : indigeneity and belonging in the Americas (2014)
    Tucson : University of Arizona Press
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    ISBN: 9780816530618 , 0816530610 , 9780816598649 (Sekundärausgabe) , 0816598649 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9780816598649
    Edition: ISBN 0816598649
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 306.4
    Keywords: Indianer ; Mais ; Maisanbau ; Kultur ; Vermittlung ; Mündliche Erzählung ; Chicanos ; Ethnische Identität ; Mündliche Überlieferung ; Gruppenidentität ; Nordamerika ; Mexiko ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: " 'If you want to know who you are and where you come from, follow the maíz.' That was the advice given to author Roberto Cintli Rodriguez when he was investigating the origins and migrations of Mexican peoples in the Four Corners region of the United States. Follow it he did, and his book Our Sacred Maíz Is Our Mother changes the way we look at Mexican Americans. Not so much peoples created as a result of war or invasion, they are people of the corn, connected through a seven-thousand-year old maíz culture to other Indigenous inhabitants of the continent. Using corn as the framework for discussing broader issues of knowledge production and history of belonging, the author looks at how corn was included in codices and Mayan texts, how it was discussed by elders, and how it is represented in theater and stories as a way of illustrating that Mexicans and Mexican Americans share a common culture. Rodriguez brings together scholarly and traditional (elder) knowledge about the long history of maíz/corn cultivation and culture, its roots in Mesoamerica, and its living relationship to Indigenous peoples throughout the continent, including Mexicans and Central Americans now living in the United States. The author argues that, given the restrictive immigration policies and popular resentment toward migrants, a continued connection to maíz culture challenges the social exclusion and discrimination that frames migrants as outsiders and gives them a sense of belonging not encapsulated in the idea of citizenship. The "hidden transcripts" of corn in everyday culture--art, song, stories, dance, and cuisine (maíz-based foods like the tortilla)--have nurtured, even across centuries of colonialism, the living maíz culture of ancient knowledge. "--...
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    Democratization in the Arab world : a summary of lessons from around the globe (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833083807 , 0833083805
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (iv, 42 pages)
    Keywords: Democratization ; Democracy ; Democratization ; Democracy ; Democratization ; Politics and government ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Arab countries ; Democracy ; Arab countries Politics and government ; Arab countries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The hopes and drama of the Arab Spring captured the world's attention early in 2011. As events unfolded during that year and the next, and into 2013, it quickly became clear that daunting challenges lay ahead for postrevolutionary Arab countries. This publication is an updated version of the summary section of "Democratization in the Arab World". It is largely the same as the summary published in 2012, but has been modified somewhat to reflect recent events and to be suitable for publication as a stand-alone document
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    Penaid nonproliferation : hindering the spread of countermeasures against ballistic missile defenses (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085405 , 0833085409 , 9780833081490 , 0833084712 , 0833081497 , 9780833084712
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 71 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report RR378
    Parallel Title: Print version Speier, Richard Penaid nonproliferation
    Keywords: Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; National security ; Weapons of mass destruction ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Military readiness ; United States Defenses ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Abstract: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-378-DTRA"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program : assessment of program structure, activities, and implementation (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080998 , 0833083317 , 0833080997 , 9780833083319
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 74 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR126
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Martin, Laurie T. (Laurie Thayer), 1974- Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program
    Keywords: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (Washington, D.C.) Evaluation ; Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (Washington, D.C.) ; Brain damage Patients ; Rehabilitation ; Management ; Disabled veterans Medical care ; Management ; Brain damage ; Disabled veterans ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Brain Diseases ; Brain Injuries ; Central Nervous System Diseases ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disabled Persons ; Disease ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Services Administration ; Investigative Techniques ; Named Groups ; Nervous System Diseases ; Persons ; Program Evaluation ; Quality of Health Care ; Trauma, Nervous System ; Veterans ; Wounds and Injuries ; Neurology ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Neurology ; Evaluation ; Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (Washington, D.C.) ; Medicine ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Improvised explosive devices have been used extensively against U.S. forces during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and have been one of the leading causes of death. Injuries among survivors often include traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Those recovering from TBIs often find they must coordinate services across multiple systems of care to meet all their medical and psychological health needs. This task is difficult even for those without the cognitive challenges associated with TBI and may prove overwhelming or even impossible, particularly during periods of transition from inpatient to outpatient services or from active duty to veteran status, for example. Although case management and care coordination are readily available for those who have experienced a severe TBI, fewer resources are available for those with symptomatic mild and moderate TBI. This report focuses on a program designed to facilitate care coordination for individuals with mild and moderate TBI, the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program. It summarizes RAND's assessment of the program's structure, activities, and implementation. To address the goals above, the authors conducted semistructured interviews in person with program administrators and via telephone with regional care coordinators. The subsequent analysis identified innovative practices, continuing challenges, and lessons learned. The recommendations provided here suggest strategies for meeting these challenges while maintaining the benefits possible through this novel approach to care
    Abstract: Improvised explosive devices have been used extensively against U.S. forces during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom and have been one of the leading causes of death. Injuries among survivors often include traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Those recovering from TBIs often find they must coordinate services across multiple systems of care to meet all their medical and psychological health needs. This task is difficult even for those without the cognitive challenges associated with TBI and may prove overwhelming or even impossible, particularly during periods of transition from inpatient to outpatient services or from active duty to veteran status, for example. Although case management and care coordination are readily available for those who have experienced a severe TBI, fewer resources are available for those with symptomatic mild and moderate TBI. This report focuses on a program designed to facilitate care coordination for individuals with mild and moderate TBI, the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center Care Coordination Program. It summarizes RAND's assessment of the program's structure, activities, and implementation. To address the goals above, the authors conducted semistructured interviews in person with program administrators and via telephone with regional care coordinators. The subsequent analysis identified innovative practices, continuing challenges, and lessons learned. The recommendations provided here suggest strategies for meeting these challenges while maintaining the benefits possible through this novel approach to care
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    Workforce planning in the intelligence community : a retrospective (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080783 , 0833083279 , 0833080784 , 9780833083272
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-114-ODNI
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Intelligence service Personnel management ; Intelligence service ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-76)
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    Brandishing cyberattack capabilities (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080059 , 0833080059 , 9780833080042 , 0833080040
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR175
    Parallel Title: Print version Libicki, Martin C Brandishing Cyberattack Capabilities
    Keywords: Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; Cyberterrorism ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; Cyberterrorism ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; Cyberterrorism ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Information warfare ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Deterrence is possible only when others have at least a good idea of possible U.S. military reprisals, but cyberattack capabilities resist such demonstration. This report explores ways they can be and under what circumstances, then goes on to examine the difficulties and the drawbacks. Such "brandishing" is no panacea and could even backfire if misinterpreted. Its success also relies on the strength of other elements of the deterrence posture
    Abstract: Deterrence is possible only when others have at least a good idea of possible U.S. military reprisals, but cyberattack capabilities resist such demonstration. This report explores ways they can be and under what circumstances, then goes on to examine the difficulties and the drawbacks. Such "brandishing" is no panacea and could even backfire if misinterpreted. Its success also relies on the strength of other elements of the deterrence posture
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references
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    First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity : response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081018 , 0833084763 , 0833081012 , 9780833084767
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 110 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-329-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Abstract: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110)
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    Developing Navy capability to recover forces in chemical, biological, and radiological hazard environments (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081476 , 0833085506 , 0833081470 , 9780833085504
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 55 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-155-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Resnick, Adam C Developing Navy capability to recover forces in chemical, biological, and radiological hazard environments
    Keywords: United States ; United States Planning ; United States Operational readiness ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Amphibious warfare Planning ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Amphibious warfare ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Armed Conflicts ; Biological Warfare ; Chemical Warfare ; Decontamination ; Delivery of Health Care ; Environment and Public Health ; Military Science ; Nuclear Warfare ; Public Health Practice ; Public Health ; Social Problems ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Technology, Industry, Agriculture ; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture ; United States ; Amphibious warfare ; Planning ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Biological decontamination ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Radioactive decontamination ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Abstract: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55)
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    Review of security cooperation mechanisms combatant commands utilize to build partner capacity (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082107 , 0833084658 , 0833082108 , 9780833084651
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 196 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-413-OSD
    Keywords: Nation-building Evaluation ; National security International cooperation ; Evaluation ; Nation-building ; National security ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Security cooperation has long been an important instrument of the U.S. government and the Department of Defense for advancing national security objectives vis-à-vis allies and partner countries, including building critical relationships, securing peacetime and contingency access, and building partner capacity (BPC). One of the key challenges for policymakers and combatant commands is gaining a more complete understanding of the real value of BPC activities. Assessments of prior and ongoing BPC activities, in particular, have become increasingly important given the current fiscal climate and budgetary limitations. But it is no easy task to assess the value of what are essentially qualitative activities, and data limitations severely hinder assessments. The tools available -- such as resources, authorities, programs, processes, and organizational relationships -- may or may not be the optimal ones for the delivery of BPC activities to partner countries. This report characterizes security cooperation mechanisms used by combatant commands for BPC, produces a detailed database of the mechanism elements, develops and applies a preliminary means of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of select mechanisms, and draws on the analysis from the case studies to recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those mechanisms in the future
    Abstract: Security cooperation has long been an important instrument of the U.S. government and the Department of Defense for advancing national security objectives vis-à-vis allies and partner countries, including building critical relationships, securing peacetime and contingency access, and building partner capacity (BPC). One of the key challenges for policymakers and combatant commands is gaining a more complete understanding of the real value of BPC activities. Assessments of prior and ongoing BPC activities, in particular, have become increasingly important given the current fiscal climate and budgetary limitations. But it is no easy task to assess the value of what are essentially qualitative activities, and data limitations severely hinder assessments. The tools available -- such as resources, authorities, programs, processes, and organizational relationships -- may or may not be the optimal ones for the delivery of BPC activities to partner countries. This report characterizes security cooperation mechanisms used by combatant commands for BPC, produces a detailed database of the mechanism elements, develops and applies a preliminary means of evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of select mechanisms, and draws on the analysis from the case studies to recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of those mechanisms in the future
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Joint Staff and OSD/CAPE , Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196)
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    The RAND security cooperation prioritization and propensity matching tool (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080981 , 0833084607 , 0833080989 , 9780833084606
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (57 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- RAND security cooperation prioritization and propensity matching tool
    Keywords: Security, International ; Decision making Data processing ; Military assistance, American Planning ; National security International cooperation ; Security, International ; Decision making ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Security, International ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; International Relations ; Military policy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Decision making ; Data processing ; Diplomatic relations ; National security ; International cooperation ; United States Foreign relations 1989- ; United States Military policy ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Security cooperation is the umbrella term used to describe a wide range of programs and activities with such goals as building relationships between the United States and partner countries, developing these countries' security capabilities, and facilitating contingency and peacetime access by U.S. forces. With increased pressure on defense spending, the scope and budget for these activities are likely to decrease. Therefore, it will be important for the U.S. Department of Defense to scrutinize and, perhaps, reevaluate current and proposed security cooperation efforts, ensuring that expected benefits align with costs and corresponding policy priorities. Recent RAND research identified practices and contextual factors associated with greater or lesser degrees of success in security cooperation, using 29 historical case studies of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity since the end of the Cold War. The RAND Security Cooperation Prioritization and Propensity Matching Tool applies these findings and results from other existing research to all current and potential security cooperation partners. This customizable diagnostic tool, built in Microsoft Excel®, will help planners preliminarily identify mismatches between the importance of a country to U.S. interests, funding for initiatives, and the propensity for successful U.S. security cooperation with a given country. For each of the world's 195 countries, the tool produces an overall security cooperation propensity score. Planners can then compare these scores with available funding and security cooperation priorities. The tool has the virtues of being systematic, being based on global data, and not relying on subjective assessments. Strategic thinking and nuanced understanding of individual countries remain important, but the tool is useful in helping to identify which countries to scrutinize
    Abstract: Security cooperation is the umbrella term used to describe a wide range of programs and activities with such goals as building relationships between the United States and partner countries, developing these countries' security capabilities, and facilitating contingency and peacetime access by U.S. forces. With increased pressure on defense spending, the scope and budget for these activities are likely to decrease. Therefore, it will be important for the U.S. Department of Defense to scrutinize and, perhaps, reevaluate current and proposed security cooperation efforts, ensuring that expected benefits align with costs and corresponding policy priorities. Recent RAND research identified practices and contextual factors associated with greater or lesser degrees of success in security cooperation, using 29 historical case studies of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity since the end of the Cold War. The RAND Security Cooperation Prioritization and Propensity Matching Tool applies these findings and results from other existing research to all current and potential security cooperation partners. This customizable diagnostic tool, built in Microsoft Excel®, will help planners preliminarily identify mismatches between the importance of a country to U.S. interests, funding for initiatives, and the propensity for successful U.S. security cooperation with a given country. For each of the world's 195 countries, the tool produces an overall security cooperation propensity score. Planners can then compare these scores with available funding and security cooperation priorities. The tool has the virtues of being systematic, being based on global data, and not relying on subjective assessments. Strategic thinking and nuanced understanding of individual countries remain important, but the tool is useful in helping to identify which countries to scrutinize
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-57)
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    Development and pilot test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program evaluation toolkit (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833085207 , 0833085204
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Keywords: RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; Suicidal behavior Treatment ; Suicide Prevention ; Evaluation ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; United States ; Suicidal behavior ; Treatment ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Electronic books
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    Post-traumatic stress disorder and the earnings of military reservists (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082725 , 0833082728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 45 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1006
    Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder Economic aspects ; People with disabilities Employment ; Veterans Employment ; Pay equity ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; People with disabilities ; Veterans ; Pay equity ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Pay equity ; People with disabilities ; Employment ; Veterans ; Employment ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report investigates the effects of having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the labor market earnings of reservists in the years following deployment. Data on more than 315,000 reservists returning from deployments between 2003 and 2006, combined with longitudinal labor market earnings data, indicate that reservists who have symptoms of PTSD do earn substantially less than those who do not experience PTSD, but much of that gap in earnings was apparent prior to deployment. This suggests that characteristics of individuals reporting symptoms of PTSD that typically are not controlled for in empirical studies are responsible for much of the observed difference in earnings. Controlling for such characteristics, the study finds that reservists reporting symptoms of PTSD on average earn up to 6 percent less than they would have earned if they had not had such symptoms in the first four years following deployment. These lower earnings are attributable to higher military separation rates, a concomitant decline in military earnings, and no compensating increase in civilian labor market earnings
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    Scheherazade's children : global encounters with The Arabian Nights (2013)
    New York : New York University Press
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    ISBN: 9781479837922 , 147983792X , 1479840319 , 9781479840311 , 1479857092 , 9781479830756
    Language: English
    Pages: pages cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 398.22
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    Keywords: Scheherazade / Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character) ; Scheherazade ; Arabian nights ; Alf laila wa-laila ; Geschichte ; Arabian nights ; Arabian nights ; English literature ; Literature ; ART / Performance ; ART / Reference ; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern ; Literatur ; Rezeption ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alf laila wa-laila ; Rezeption ; Geschichte
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Part I. Translating -- part II. Engaging -- part III. Staging , Scheherazade's Children gathers together leading scholars to explore the reverberations of the tales of the Arabian Nights across a startlingly wide and transnational range of cultural endeavors. The contributors, drawn from a wide array of disciplines, extend their inquiries into the book's metamorphoses on stage and screen as well as in literature-from India to Japan, from Sanskrit mythology to British pantomime, from Baroque opera to puppet shows. Their highly original research illuminates little-known manifestations of the Nights, and provides unexpected contexts for understanding the boo
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    Tropic tendencies : rhetoric, popular culture, and the anglophone Caribbean (2013)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822979111 , 082297911X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Browne, Kevin Adonis Tropic tendencies
    RVK:
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    Keywords: Popular culture Caribbean Area ; English language Rhetoric ; Caribbean Area ; English language Caribbean Area ; Caribbean Area ; Popular culture ; English language Rhetoric ; English language ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; General ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; English language ; English language ; Rhetoric ; Popular culture ; Caribbean Area ; Electronic book ; Electronic books ; Anglophone Karibik ; Rhetorik ; Volkskultur
    Abstract: "A legacy of slavery, abolition, colonialism, and class struggle has profoundly impacted the people and culture of the Caribbean. In Tropic Tendencies, Kevin Adonis Browne examines the development of an Anglophone Caribbean rhetorical tradition in response to the struggle to make meaning, maintain identity, negotiate across differences, and thrive in light of historical constraints and the need to participate in contemporary global culture"--
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    Media ethics and regulation : insights from Africa (2013)
    Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Publishing
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    ISBN: 9789956790234 , 9956790230
    Language: English , French
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (ii, 209 pages) , color illustrations.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.23096982
    Keywords: Mass media Self-regulation ; Africa ; Journalistic ethics Africa ; Mass media Moral and ethical aspects ; Africa ; Mass media Self-regulation ; Journalistic ethics ; Mass media Moral and ethical aspects ; Journalistic ethics ; Mass media ; Moral and ethical aspects ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Africa ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book provides useful pointers to help journalists navigate the dilemmas they face in the professional practice. It provides an enlightening overview of the views of Mauritian journalists on their own industry and an in-depth look at the South African model for self-regulation. As part of the ethical approach, the book also reviews the main issues related to gender-sensitive reporting, in view of the significant role the media have to play in gender education. In an age of information overload, over-exposure to a hyper-mediated culture and the rise of user-generated content, journalists increasingly strive to remain relevant. The temptation to use lower standards, resort to sensationalism and even paycheck journalism is strong. Such examples of unethical practice can only further undermine the credibility of a profession which purports to act as a watchdog, a Fourth Estate. Claims that ethics is a private affair no longer hold good. Journalism is a public good and the need to a clear social contract is stronger than ever in a world where transparency and accountability are on the agenda. Mechanisms for ensuring ethical practice are essential and should be hailed as beacons for a stronger journalism
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. - Includes bibliographical references. - Includes 1 chapter in French. - Description based on print version record
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    Fairy tales transformed? : twenty-first-century adaptations and the politics of wonder (2013)
    Detroit, MI : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 081433928X , 9780814339282
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Parallel Title: Print version Fairy Tales Transformed? : Twenty-First-Century Adaptations and the Politics of Wonder
    DDC: 398.2
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Cover""; ""Half-title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface ""; ""Introduction. The Fairy-Tale Web: Intertextual and Multimedial Practices in Globalized Culture, a Geopolitics of Inequality, and (Un) Predictable Links ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""1 Activist Responses: Adaptation, Remediation, and Relocation """"2 Double Exposures: Reading (in) Fairy-Tale Films ""; ""3 Fairy-Tale Remix in Film: Genres, Histories, and Economies ""; ""4 Resituating The Arabian Nights: Challenges and Promises of Translation ""
    Description / Table of Contents: ""Epilogue: The Politics of Wonder """"Notes ""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Filmography ""; ""Index ""; ""Acknowledgments ""
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    Humour in Chinese life and culture : resistance and control in modern times (2013)
    Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press
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    ISBN: 9789888268054 , 9888268058
    Language: English , Chinese
    Pages: Online Ressource (1 PDF (xxii, 348 pages) , illustrations.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Humour in Chinese life and culture
    DDC: 306.0951
    Keywords: Joking China ; Chinese wit and humor History and criticism ; Chinese wit and humor History and criticism ; Chinese wit and humor ; Chinese wit and humor ; Joking ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Chinese wit and humor ; Joking ; Humor ; Witz ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; China ; China ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This book investigates the use of humor in the public sphere and in personal life in China. The contributors cover modern and contemporary forms -- comic films and novels, cartooning, pop-songs, internet jokes, and humor in advertising and education. The second of two multidisciplinary volumes designed for the general reader as well as academic audiences, the book explores the relationship between political control and popular expression of humor, including the mutual exchange of comic stereotypes between China and Japan, and draws out important methodological implications for psychological and cross-cultural studies of humor
    Description / Table of Contents: List of illustrations and tables viiContributors xi -- Editors' note xix -- Preface -- Humour and its cultural context : introduction and overview / Jessica Milner Davis -- The phantom of the clock : laughter and the time of life in the writings of Qian Zhongshu and his contemporaries / Diran John Sohigian -- Unwarranted attention : the image of Japan in twentieth-century Chinese humour / Barak Kushner -- Chinese cartoons and humour : the views of first- and second-generation cartoonists / John A. Lent and Xu Ying -- "Love you to the bone" and other songs : humour and rusheng rhymes in early Cantopop / Marjorie K.M. Chan and Jocelyn Chey -- A "new" phenomenon of Chinese cinema : the Happy-New-Year comic movie / Xu Ying and Xu Zhongquan -- Spoofi ng (e'gao) culture on the Chinese Internet / Christopher G. Rea -- Humour in new media : comparing China, Australia and the United States / Heather J. Crawford -- Chinese concepts of humour and the role of humour in teaching / Guo-Hai Chen -- Laughing at others and being laughed at in Taiwan and Switzerland : a cross-cultural perspective / Hsueh-Chih Chen, Yu-Chen Chan, Willibald Ruch and Rene T. Proyer -- Freedom and political humour: their social meaning in contemporary China / X.L. Ding -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. - "A companion volume to 'Humour in Chinese life and letters: classical and traditional approaches. - Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-341) and index. - Chiefly in English; includes some Chinese with English translation. - Description based on print version record , Includes bibliographical references (pages [307]-341) and index , Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE , Chiefly in English; includes some Chinese with English translation
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    Sex tourism in Bahia : ambiguous entanglements (2013)
    Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press
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    ISBN: 9780252095191 , 0252095197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: National women's studies association
    Series Statement: University of Illinois press first book prize
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Williams, Erica Lorraine Sex tourism in Bahia
    DDC: 306.740981
    Keywords: Sex tourism Brazil ; Bahia (State) ; Sex tourism Brazil ; Salvador ; Sex tourism ; Sex tourism ; Sex tourism Social aspects ; Sex tourism Social aspects ; Prostitutes ; Prostitutes ; Prostitution Social aspects ; Prostitution Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Social conditions ; Prostitution ; Social aspects ; Prostitutes ; Sex tourism ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Salvador (Brazil) Social conditions ; Bahia (Brazil : State) Social conditions ; Brazil ; Bahia (State) ; Brazil ; Salvador ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For nearly a decade, Brazil has surpassed Thailand as the world's premier sex tourism destination. As the first full-length ethnography of sex tourism in Brazil, this pioneering study treats sex tourism as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that involves a range of activities and erotic connections, from sex work to romantic transnational relationships
    Abstract: Geographies of blackness : tourism and the erotics of black culture in Salvador -- Racial hierarchies of desire and the specter of sex tourism -- Working-class kings in paradise : coming to terms with sex tourism -- Tourist tales and erotic adventures -- Aprosba : the politics of race, sexual labor, and identification -- Se valorizando (valuing oneself) : ambiguity, exploitation, and cosmopolitanism -- Moral panics : sex tourism, trafficking, and the limits of transnational mobility -- Conclusion : the specter of sex tourism in a globalized world.
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    Between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of Israel (2013)
    Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 0822962225 , 0822978113 , 9780822978114
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 400 p.)
    Series Statement: History of the urban environment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.2095694
    Keywords: Geschichte ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography ; Ecology ; Environmental policy ; HISTORY / Middle East / Israel ; Geschichte ; Umweltpolitik ; Ökologie ; Environmental policy History ; Umwelt ; Naher Osten ; Israel ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Israel ; Umwelt ; Geschichte
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    A Jewish professor's political punditry : fifty-plus years of published commentary (2013)
    New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 0815652135 , 9780815652137
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (pages cm)
    Edition: First edition
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ausg
    Parallel Title: Print version Rubin, Ron A Jewish Professor's Political Punditry : Fifty-Plus Years of Published Commentary By Ron Rubin
    DDC: 070.4/82092
    Keywords: Rubin, Ron ; Jewish journalists Biography ; Jewish journalists--United States--Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: c -- Rubin & Devaney Final -- bc
    Description / Table of Contents: The university student, 1957-1965A young professor in a young school, 1965-1969 -- An established professor and author: at home and abroad, 1970s and 1980s -- The turn of the century, 1990-2008.
    Note: "This anthology takes a look at the Jewish world of the past fifty-plus years through Rubin's writings. It looks at Judaism, the religion; Israel, the country; Jewish American politics; world politics"--publisher's note , Includes bibliographical references and index , Description based on print version record , Online-Ausg.
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    What's queer about Europe? : productive encounters and re-enchanting paradigms (2013)
    New York : Fordham University Press
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    ISBN: 9780823255399
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
    DDC: 306.7601094
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    Keywords: Queer-Theorie ; Queer theory ; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General ; LITERARY CRITICISM / Gay & Lesbian ; Europa ; Frankreich ; Europe Civilization ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: "What's Queer about Europe focuses on those queer types of artistic, political or theoretical exchanges that take place in the presence of the idea of Europe. This book is not about queer communities in Europe but about how Queer Theory helps us initiate counter-intuitive encounters for imagining Europe"--...
    Abstract: "What's Queer about Europe? examines how queer theory helps us initiate disorienting conjunctions and counterintuitive encounters for imagining historical and contemporary Europe. This book queers Europe and Europeanizes queer, forcing a reconsideration of both. Its contributors study Europe relationally, asking not so much what Europe is but what we do when we attempt to define it. The topics discussed include: gay marriage in Renaissance Rome, Russian anarchism and gender politics in early-twentieth-century Switzerland, colonialism and sexuality in Italy, queer masculinities in European popular culture, queer national identities in French cinema, and gender theories and activism. What these apparently disparate topics have in common is the urgency of the political, legal, and cultural issues they tackle. Asking what is queer about Europe means probing the blind spots that continue to structure the long and discrepant process of Europeanization"--...
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    Comparative textual media : transforming the humanities in the postprint era (2013)
    Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press
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    ISBN: 9780816680030 , 9780816680047 , 9781452940571 (Sekundärausgabe) , 1452940576 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9781452940571
    Edition: ISBN 1452940576
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    Series Statement: Electronic mediations volume 42
    DDC: 302.23/1
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    Keywords: Geisteswissenschaften ; Neue Medien ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Beyond discrimination : racial inequality in a post-racist era (2013)
    New York : Russell Sage Foundation
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    ISBN: 9780871544551 , 9781610448178 (Sekundärausgabe) , 1610448170 (Sekundärausgabe)
    Language: English
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource UPCC book collections on Project MUSE ISBN 9781610448178
    Edition: ISBN 1610448170
    Edition: [Online-Ausg.]
    DDC: 305.800973
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    Keywords: Minderheit ; Rassendiskriminierung ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; USA ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    URL: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/28212
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    Louis Marshall and the rise of Jewish ethnicity in America : a biography (2013)
    Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 9780815651987 , 0815651988
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (644 p.) , ill.
    Edition: First Edition
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Modern Jewish history
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Silver, M.M. (Matthew Mark), 1961- Louis Marshall and the rise of Jewish ethnicity in America
    DDC: 305.8924073092
    Keywords: Marshall, Louis 1856-1929 ; Marshall, Louis ; Marshall, Louis ; Marshall, Louis ; Jews Identity ; United States ; Jews Biography ; United States ; Jews Identity ; Jews Biography ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; Lawyers & Judges ; Jews ; Jews ; Identity ; Biographies ; United States ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Part One : From upstate to uptown -- Syracuse -- Manhattan and moral reform -- Part Two : A national organization for the Jews -- The origins of organized activism -- Abrogation -- Avoiding the guillotine of immigration restriction -- Part Three : War and peace -- World War I -- Paris and Haiti -- Part Four : Marshall law -- Ford -- Jews and birds -- Ethnic affairs in the 1920s -- Crimea and Eretz Israel -- Epilogue : Massena, Zurich, Emanu-el.
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    Between ruin and restoration : an environmental history of Israel (2013)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822978114 , 0822978113
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xv, 400 p.) , illustrations.
    Series Statement: History of the urban environment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Between ruin and restoration
    DDC: 304.2095694
    Keywords: Environmental policy History ; Israel ; Environmental policy History ; Environmental policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography ; Ecology ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Israel ; History ; Israel Environmental conditions ; History ; Israel ; History ; Israel Environmental conditions ; History ; Israel ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The environment in Palestine in the late Ottomas period, 1789-1918 -- The environmental legacy of the Fellaheen and the Bedouin -- Human impact on wildlife in Israel since the nineteenth-century -- Zionist and Israeli perspectives on population growth and environmental impact in Palestine and Israel -- Combating desertification : evolving perceptions and strategies -- The agricultural roots of Israel's water crisis -- Open space in an urban society -- The battle of the "True Believers" : environmentalism in Israeli party politics -- Environmental challenges facing the Arab Society in Israel -- A prolonged recessional : the continuing influence of British rule on Israeli environmental law -- Marin-pollution abatement along Israel's Mediterranean coast : a story of policy success -- Olive green : environment, militarism, and the Israel Defense Forces -- "Going beyond Israel" : epistemic communities, global interests, and international environmental agreements -- Toward sustainable development : mainstreaming environment in Israel -- Anthropogenic climate change in Israel -- Nature knows no boundaries? : notes toward a future history of regional environmentalism -- The future of the Israeli environmental movement : is a major paradigm shift under way?
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    Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce : update to methods and results through FY 2011 (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080585 , 0833083260 , 083308058X , 9780833083265
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 73 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-110-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Gates, Susan M., 1968- Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Civil service ; Civil service ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Civil service ; Personnel management ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
    Abstract: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
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    Fixing leaks : assessing the Department of Defense's approach to preventing and deterring unauthorized disclosures (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081803 , 0833083457 , 0833081802 , 9780833083456
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 53 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series
    Keywords: United States Information resources management ; United States ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) Prevention ; Security classification (Government documents) Management ; Leaks (Disclosure of information) ; Security classification (Government documents) ; Information resources management ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
    Abstract: In 2012, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence established the Unauthorized Disclosures Program Implementation Team to prevent and deter the unauthorized disclosures of classified information by all Department of Defense personnel through the implementation of the UD Strategic Plan. RAND was asked to help monitor and assess the potential for effectiveness of this new initiative. Researchers determined that the UD PIT's implementation of the UD Strategic Plan has made important and discernible progress toward its main objectives, but the advances are partial, fragile, and may be impermanent, facing strategic and tactical obstacles. RAND offered 22 recommendations, including ways to sustain and expand the effort, a continued emphasis on top-down support, establishing metrics, improving accountability, and prioritizing responses
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    Authority to issue interoperability policy (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081773 , 0833084720 , 0833081772 , 9780833084729
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 69 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR357-NAVY
    Parallel Title: Print version Wong, Carolyn, 1952- Authority to issue interoperability policy
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States Management ; United States ; United States ; Sea-power Management ; Organizational effectiveness ; Sea-power ; Organizational effectiveness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Organizational effectiveness ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Achieving interoperability among systems is instrumental to enabling critical functions, such as timely information exchange during operations and efficiencies in acquisition, so it is important to understand what parties have authority to issue policy that governs the facets of interoperability. This report presents an approach and framework for determining what parties have authority to issue interoperability policy, the legal and policy origins and implementation paths of the authority, and the extent of the authority. The approach includes rigorous analysis by researchers to identify pertinent authorities in federal law supplemented by a means to facilitate discovery of roles and responsibilities in Department of Defense and Service-level policies. The approach results in a roles and responsibilities network that traces the paths of authority available to issue interoperability policy. The authors use as a case study the authority of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, and Acquisition, Chief Systems Engineer to issue Navy interoperability policy related to mission area systems engineering (MASE) to demonstrate the use of the framework and methodology. They find that there are 13 different paths of authority that could be cited by four different parties to claim authority to influence interoperability policy related to MASE. The approach used in this report might be developed, along with complementary analytic techniques, to provide the government with the ability to create and maintain consistent and comprehensive bodies of policy that will ensure the effective and efficient operation of defense agencies
    Abstract: Achieving interoperability among systems is instrumental to enabling critical functions, such as timely information exchange during operations and efficiencies in acquisition, so it is important to understand what parties have authority to issue policy that governs the facets of interoperability. This report presents an approach and framework for determining what parties have authority to issue interoperability policy, the legal and policy origins and implementation paths of the authority, and the extent of the authority. The approach includes rigorous analysis by researchers to identify pertinent authorities in federal law supplemented by a means to facilitate discovery of roles and responsibilities in Department of Defense and Service-level policies. The approach results in a roles and responsibilities network that traces the paths of authority available to issue interoperability policy. The authors use as a case study the authority of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, and Acquisition, Chief Systems Engineer to issue Navy interoperability policy related to mission area systems engineering (MASE) to demonstrate the use of the framework and methodology. They find that there are 13 different paths of authority that could be cited by four different parties to claim authority to influence interoperability policy related to MASE. The approach used in this report might be developed, along with complementary analytic techniques, to provide the government with the ability to create and maintain consistent and comprehensive bodies of policy that will ensure the effective and efficient operation of defense agencies
    Note: "Prepared for the United States Navy. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (page 69)
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    New approaches to defense inflation and discounting (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081339 , 0833083392 , 0833081330 , 9780833083395
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 42 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR237
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Connor, Kathryn New approaches to defense inflation and discounting
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Effect of inflation on ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Abstract: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42)
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    Paths to victory : detailed insurgency case studies (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081094 , 0833083422 , 0833081098 , 9780833083425
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 468 pages)
    Additional Information: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-291/2-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory
    Keywords: Insurgency Case studies ; Insurgency ; Case studies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Insurgency ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Abstract: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies , Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468)
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    Surprise! : from CEOs to Navy SEALs : how a select group of professionals prepare for and respond to the unexpected (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081032 , 0833081063 , 0833081055 , 0833081047 , 0833081039 , 9780833081049 , 9780833081056 , 9780833081063
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 82 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Baiocchi, Dave Surprise!
    Keywords: Surprise ; Emergency management ; Surprise ; Emergency management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Industrial Management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Management ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Management Science ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Organizational Behavior ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Disasters & Disaster Relief ; Emergency management ; Surprise ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report relates what professionals believe creates surprise, how they respond to it, and how the effects of surprise can be mitigated. To understand how different professions respond to surprise, RAND researchers developed a framework that categorizes professionals' responses to surprise in terms of the time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment, then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. RAND observed that the interviewees all used common coping strategies, such as relying on past experience and trying to reduce the level of chaos in the environment. However, there were also important differences in the responses taken by different types of professionals: "strategists" (e.g., CEOs and foreign service officers) focused more on controlling anger and ego, and communicating and coordinating with others, while "tacticians" (e.g., medical practitioners and SWAT team members) -- who typically have a shorter response time -- focused more on controlling panic and buying time. The report concludes with recommendations on how practitioners can better prepare for and respond to surprise
    Abstract: This report relates what professionals believe creates surprise, how they respond to it, and how the effects of surprise can be mitigated. To understand how different professions respond to surprise, RAND researchers developed a framework that categorizes professionals' responses to surprise in terms of the time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment, then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. RAND observed that the interviewees all used common coping strategies, such as relying on past experience and trying to reduce the level of chaos in the environment. However, there were also important differences in the responses taken by different types of professionals: "strategists" (e.g., CEOs and foreign service officers) focused more on controlling anger and ego, and communicating and coordinating with others, while "tacticians" (e.g., medical practitioners and SWAT team members) -- who typically have a shorter response time -- focused more on controlling panic and buying time. The report concludes with recommendations on how practitioners can better prepare for and respond to surprise
    Note: "Prepared for the National Reconnaissance Office , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-82)
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    Turkish-Iranian relations in a changing Middle East (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080332 , 0833080334 , 9780833080349 , 0833080350 , 9780833080110 , 0833080342 , 9780833080356
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 46 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Larrabee, F. Stephen Turkish-Iranian relations in a changing Middle East
    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Diplomatic relations ; Iran ; Middle East ; Turkey ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Turkey Foreign relations ; Iran Foreign relations ; Middle East Strategic aspects ; Turkey ; Iran ; Middle East ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran's vast oil and natural gas resources. However, Turkey and Iran tend to be rivals rather than close partners. While they may share certain economic and security interests, especially regarding the Kurdish issue, their interests are at odds in many areas across the Middle East. Turkey's support for the opposition in Syria, Iran's only true state ally in the Middle East, is one example. Iraq has also become a field of growing competition between Turkey and Iran. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of strain and divergence in U.S.-Turkish relations. However, the differences between the United States and Turkey regarding Iran's nuclear program are largely over tactics, not strategic goals. Turkey's main fear is that Iran's acquisition of nuclear arms could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This, in turn, could increase pressure on the Turkish government to consider developing its own nuclear weapon capability. U.S. and Turkish interests have become more convergent since the onset of the Syrian crisis. However, while U.S. and Turkish interests in the Middle East closely overlap, they are not identical. Thus, the United States should not expect Turkey to follow its policy toward Iran unconditionally. Turkey has enforced United Nations sanctions against Iran but, given Ankara's close energy ties to Tehran, may be reluctant to undertake the harshest measures against Iran
    Abstract: Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran's vast oil and natural gas resources. However, Turkey and Iran tend to be rivals rather than close partners. While they may share certain economic and security interests, especially regarding the Kurdish issue, their interests are at odds in many areas across the Middle East. Turkey's support for the opposition in Syria, Iran's only true state ally in the Middle East, is one example. Iraq has also become a field of growing competition between Turkey and Iran. Iran's nuclear program has been a source of strain and divergence in U.S.-Turkish relations. However, the differences between the United States and Turkey regarding Iran's nuclear program are largely over tactics, not strategic goals. Turkey's main fear is that Iran's acquisition of nuclear arms could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. This, in turn, could increase pressure on the Turkish government to consider developing its own nuclear weapon capability. U.S. and Turkish interests have become more convergent since the onset of the Syrian crisis. However, while U.S. and Turkish interests in the Middle East closely overlap, they are not identical. Thus, the United States should not expect Turkey to follow its policy toward Iran unconditionally. Turkey has enforced United Nations sanctions against Iran but, given Ankara's close energy ties to Tehran, may be reluctant to undertake the harshest measures against Iran
    Note: "Prepared for the National Intelligence Council , At head of title: Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-46)
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    Support for the 21st-century reserve force : insights to facilitate successful reintegration for citizen warriors and their families (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081384 , 0833081993 , 0833081381 , 9780833081995
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 215 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR206
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Werber, Laura Support for the 21st-century reserve force
    Keywords: Families of military personnel Services for ; Veterans Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; Families of military personnel ; Veterans ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Families of military personnel ; Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; United States National Guard ; United States National Guard ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
    Abstract: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
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    Critical materials : present danger to U.S. manufacturing (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833079251 , 0833079271 , 0833078836 , 0833079263 , 0833079255 , 9780833079268 , 9780833078834 , 9780833079275
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 46 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Silberglitt, R.S. (Richard S.) Critical materials
    Keywords: Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Trade & Tariffs ; Manufacturing industries ; Raw materials ; Strategic materials ; Business & Economics ; Economic History ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Real Estate ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The United States economy, and especially its manufacturing sector, is dependent on the supply of raw and semi-finished materials used to make products. While the United States has extensive mineral resources and is a leading global materials producer, a high percentage of many materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported, sometimes from a country that has the dominant share of a material's global production and export. This report specifically identifies 14 critical materials for which production is concentrated in countries with weak governance, as indicated by the World Governance Indicators published by the World Bank. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these critical raw materials, nine of which have been identified as having high economic importance and high supply risk. As its market share and domestic consumption of critical materials has grown, China has instituted production controls, export restrictions, mine closings, and company consolidations that have led to two-tier pricing, which creates pressure to move manufacturing to China and contributes to strong price increases for these materials on the world market. To mitigate the impact of these market distortions on the global manufacturing sector, this report suggests the need for actions that (1) increase resiliency to supply disruptions or market distortions and (2) provide early warning of developing problems concerning the concentration of production."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "The United States economy, and especially its manufacturing sector, is dependent on the supply of raw and semi-finished materials used to make products. While the United States has extensive mineral resources and is a leading global materials producer, a high percentage of many materials critical to U.S. manufacturing are imported, sometimes from a country that has the dominant share of a material's global production and export. This report specifically identifies 14 critical materials for which production is concentrated in countries with weak governance, as indicated by the World Governance Indicators published by the World Bank. China is the controlling producer of 11 of these critical raw materials, nine of which have been identified as having high economic importance and high supply risk. As its market share and domestic consumption of critical materials has grown, China has instituted production controls, export restrictions, mine closings, and company consolidations that have led to two-tier pricing, which creates pressure to move manufacturing to China and contributes to strong price increases for these materials on the world market. To mitigate the impact of these market distortions on the global manufacturing sector, this report suggests the need for actions that (1) increase resiliency to supply disruptions or market distortions and (2) provide early warning of developing problems concerning the concentration of production."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-46)
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    Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078919 , 0833078917 , 9780833078902 , 0833078933 , 0833078909 , 0833078925 , 9780833078926 , 9780833078933
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 193 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gompert, David C Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific
    Keywords: Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; China ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Geopolitics ; Naval strategy ; International relations ; China Strategic aspects ; United States Relations ; China Relations ; China ; United States ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Note: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references
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    Assessment of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) training activity (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833084644 , 083308464X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 54 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-421-OSD
    Keywords: Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) Evaluation ; Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) ; Improvised explosive devices Study and teaching ; Evaluation ; Improvised explosive devices ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Evaluation ; Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (U.S.) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) carries out training activities both as part of its equipment and system development responsibilities and its more general responsibility to "train the force" in IED threats and countermeasures. It has unique authorities and capabilities intended to facilitate rapid fielding, but concern has developed that these programs and functions may be duplicative with the efforts of the military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and other agencies. The RAND team's assessment is that while some programs and functions are similar to other activities and initiatives, there is little evidence of duplication -- in fact, the programs and functions appear to add value. This finding reflects a conscious effort by JIEDDO to develop processes that ensure review and oversight of capability development. This may be an important lesson learned if the Department of Defense again confronts an asymmetric challenge and requires an organizational structure to meet it
    Abstract: The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) carries out training activities both as part of its equipment and system development responsibilities and its more general responsibility to "train the force" in IED threats and countermeasures. It has unique authorities and capabilities intended to facilitate rapid fielding, but concern has developed that these programs and functions may be duplicative with the efforts of the military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and other agencies. The RAND team's assessment is that while some programs and functions are similar to other activities and initiatives, there is little evidence of duplication -- in fact, the programs and functions appear to add value. This finding reflects a conscious effort by JIEDDO to develop processes that ensure review and oversight of capability development. This may be an important lesson learned if the Department of Defense again confronts an asymmetric challenge and requires an organizational structure to meet it
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (page 54) , Report number from resource home page
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    Paths to victory : lessons from modern insurgencies (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080547 , 0833083414 , 0833080547 , 9780833083418
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xlii, 286 pages)
    Additional Information: Paths to victory: detailed insurgency case studies
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-291/1-OSD
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency Research ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Case studies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Research ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject is voluminous and often contentious. Advice for the counterinsurgent is often based on little more than common sense, a general understanding of history, or a handful of detailed examples, instead of a solid, systematically collected body of historical evidence. A 2010 RAND study challenged this trend with rigorous analyses of all 30 insurgencies that started and ended between 1978 and 2008. This update to that original study expanded the data set, adding 41 new cases and comparing all 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide since World War II. With many more cases to compare, the study was able to more rigorously test the previous findings and address critical questions that the earlier study could not. For example, it could examine the approaches that led counterinsurgency forces to prevail when an external actor was involved in the conflict. It was also able to address questions about timing and duration, such as which factors affect the duration of insurgencies and the durability of the resulting peace, as well as how long historical counterinsurgency forces had to engage in effective practices before they won
    Abstract: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject is voluminous and often contentious. Advice for the counterinsurgent is often based on little more than common sense, a general understanding of history, or a handful of detailed examples, instead of a solid, systematically collected body of historical evidence. A 2010 RAND study challenged this trend with rigorous analyses of all 30 insurgencies that started and ended between 1978 and 2008. This update to that original study expanded the data set, adding 41 new cases and comparing all 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide since World War II. With many more cases to compare, the study was able to more rigorously test the previous findings and address critical questions that the earlier study could not. For example, it could examine the approaches that led counterinsurgency forces to prevail when an external actor was involved in the conflict. It was also able to address questions about timing and duration, such as which factors affect the duration of insurgencies and the durability of the resulting peace, as well as how long historical counterinsurgency forces had to engage in effective practices before they won
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Companion publication to: Paths to victory: detailed insurgency case studies , Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286)
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard : Afghanistan in early 2013 relative to insurgencies since World War II (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081766 , 0833083643 , 0833081764 , 9780833083647
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 25 pages)
    Keywords: Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Afghanistan ; Military Science - General ; Case studies ; Military & Naval Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Counterinsurgency ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding of this research was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly discriminated the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2013. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi exercise, in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2013 Afghanistan ranks among the historical COIN winners, but its score is equal to those of the lowest-scoring historical wins. This tenuous position points to several areas in need of improvement, but particularly the need to disrupt the flow of insurgent support and the need for the Afghan government and Afghan security forces to better demonstrate their commitment and motivation. Afghanistan in early 2011 scored in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses, suggesting an overall improvement in COIN progress in that conflict by early 2013. However, conditions may change as coalition forces prepare to hand over responsibility for the country's security to the Afghan government and Afghan security forces in 2014
    Abstract: The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding of this research was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly discriminated the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2013. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi exercise, in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2013 Afghanistan ranks among the historical COIN winners, but its score is equal to those of the lowest-scoring historical wins. This tenuous position points to several areas in need of improvement, but particularly the need to disrupt the flow of insurgent support and the need for the Afghan government and Afghan security forces to better demonstrate their commitment and motivation. Afghanistan in early 2011 scored in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses, suggesting an overall improvement in COIN progress in that conflict by early 2013. However, conditions may change as coalition forces prepare to hand over responsibility for the country's security to the Afghan government and Afghan security forces in 2014
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 25)
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    All glory is fleeting : insights from the Second Lebanon War (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833079497 , 0833079492
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 97 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-708-1-JFCOM
    DDC: 956.9204/4
    Keywords: Lebanon War, 2006 Evaluation ; Military planning Evaluation ; Strategy Evaluation ; Lebanon War, 2006 ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military policy ; Evaluation ; Military planning ; Evaluation ; Israel ; Lebanon War (2006) ; Lebanon ; Evaluation ; Israel Military policy ; Evaluation ; Israel ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A Hizballah raid along the Lebanon-Israel border on July 12, 2006, resulted in the capture of two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and others killed and wounded. The response from Jerusalem was both quick and violent, surprising Hizballah's leadership and triggering the month-long Second Lebanon War. The event left the IDF a chastened force and Israel an introspective nation. The IDF's efforts to learn from the war and correct recognized deficiencies began immediately. This book draws on information provided by serving IDF personnel during a March 2007 conference held in Tel Aviv, interviews with retired IDF officers, and written sources. The analysis first reviews identified shortfalls, then offers an external perspective to provide further thoughts on sources of difficulties and analyze what the conflict offers the U.S. military in the way of lessons that might assist as it confronts operational challenges today and in the future
    Abstract: A Hizballah raid along the Lebanon-Israel border on July 12, 2006, resulted in the capture of two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and others killed and wounded. The response from Jerusalem was both quick and violent, surprising Hizballah's leadership and triggering the month-long Second Lebanon War. The event left the IDF a chastened force and Israel an introspective nation. The IDF's efforts to learn from the war and correct recognized deficiencies began immediately. This book draws on information provided by serving IDF personnel during a March 2007 conference held in Tel Aviv, interviews with retired IDF officers, and written sources. The analysis first reviews identified shortfalls, then offers an external perspective to provide further thoughts on sources of difficulties and analyze what the conflict offers the U.S. military in the way of lessons that might assist as it confronts operational challenges today and in the future
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the United States Joint Forces Command , Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-97)
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    General military training : standardization and reduction options (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833069122 , 083308321X , 0833069128 , 9780833083210
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 100 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report
    Keywords: United States Vocational guidance ; United States ; Armed Forces Training of ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Military education ; Military readiness ; Vocational guidance ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Abstract: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100)
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    Healthcare coverage and disability evaluation for reserve component personnel : research for the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833059369 , 0833079654 , 083305936X , 9780833079657
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 65 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1157-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Hosek, Susan D Healthcare coverage and disability evaluation for reserve component personnel
    Keywords: United States ; Health insurance Research ; Disability insurance Research ; Health insurance ; Disability insurance ; Insurance, Health ; Military Personnel ; Disability Evaluation ; Insurance, Disability ; Managed Care Programs ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Health insurance ; Research ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Medical care ; Research ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Pay, allowances, etc ; Research ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Because Reserve Component (RC) members have been increasingly used in an operational capacity, among the policy issues being addressed by the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is compensation and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve. As part of the review, RAND was asked to analyze healthcare coverage and disability benefits for RC members, including participation in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) program, the potential effects of national health reform on coverage rates, and disability evaluation outcomes for RC members. This report summarizes the results of RAND's analysis. The author finds that 30 percent of RC members lack health insurance to cover care for non-service-related conditions. The TRS program offers the option of purchasing health insurance through the military on terms that are superior to typical employer benefits. Although program participation has increased, it remains low and TRS does not appear to be effectively targeting those most likely to be uninsured. TRS premiums are also lower than the premiums for the new options that will be available under health reform and the same as the penalty for not being insured. So health reform is likely to increase TRS enrollment. Finally, previously deployed RC members are referred to the Disability Evaluation System at a much lower rate than Active Component (AC) members, even for deployment-related conditions, but those who are referred receive dispositions (and thus benefits) similar to those for AC members. These findings suggest that the Department of Defense may want to consider ways to better coordinate TRS with other insurance options that will be available to RC members and that the identification of RC members who experience health consequences from deployment leading to disability merits further investigation
    Abstract: Because Reserve Component (RC) members have been increasingly used in an operational capacity, among the policy issues being addressed by the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is compensation and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve. As part of the review, RAND was asked to analyze healthcare coverage and disability benefits for RC members, including participation in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) program, the potential effects of national health reform on coverage rates, and disability evaluation outcomes for RC members. This report summarizes the results of RAND's analysis. The author finds that 30 percent of RC members lack health insurance to cover care for non-service-related conditions. The TRS program offers the option of purchasing health insurance through the military on terms that are superior to typical employer benefits. Although program participation has increased, it remains low and TRS does not appear to be effectively targeting those most likely to be uninsured. TRS premiums are also lower than the premiums for the new options that will be available under health reform and the same as the penalty for not being insured. So health reform is likely to increase TRS enrollment. Finally, previously deployed RC members are referred to the Disability Evaluation System at a much lower rate than Active Component (AC) members, even for deployment-related conditions, but those who are referred receive dispositions (and thus benefits) similar to those for AC members. These findings suggest that the Department of Defense may want to consider ways to better coordinate TRS with other insurance options that will be available to RC members and that the identification of RC members who experience health consequences from deployment leading to disability merits further investigation
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65) , Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 29, 2012)
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    Characterizing and exploring the implications of maritime irregular warfare (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833059222 , 083305922X , 9780833059246 , 0833059246 , 9780833058911 , 0833058916 , 9780833059239 , 0833059238
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 111 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Characterizing and exploring the implications of maritime irregular warfare
    Keywords: Riverine operations Case studies ; Piracy Case studies Prevention ; Maritime terrorism Case studies Prevention ; Irregular warfare Case studies ; Naval art and science ; Riverine operations ; Piracy ; Maritime terrorism ; Irregular warfare ; Naval art and science ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Naval ; Irregular warfare ; Naval art and science ; Piracy ; Prevention ; Riverine operations ; United States ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- What Is Maritime Irregular Warfare? -- The Case of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines -- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Adversary Capabilities in Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Conclusions and Recommendations
    Abstract: Introduction -- What Is Maritime Irregular Warfare? -- The Case of Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines -- A Comparative Historical Analysis of Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Adversary Capabilities in Maritime Irregular Warfare -- Conclusions and Recommendations
    Note: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the United States Navy; approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    A strategy-based framework for accommodating reductions in the defense budget (2012)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076861 , 0833079751 , 0833076868 , 9780833079756
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 46 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation occasional paper series OP-379-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Strategy-based framework for accommodating reductions in the defense budget
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Planning ; United States ; United States ; National security ; Military planning ; National security ; Military planning ; Military planning ; Military policy ; National security ; Planning ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Finance ; Expenditures, Public ; United States Military policy ; United States Armed Forces ; Finance ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security
    Abstract: This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. The cuts examined go beyond the $487 billion announced in January 2012 by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. The authors do not argue for or against further reductions. They posit that the ongoing pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit may mandate further reductions in the DoD budget. In this context, they suggest starting from a strategic basis in determining the reductions, prioritizing challenges, and identifying where to accept more risk in the process. The paper demonstrates this method with three illustrative strategic directions that might guide the department in choosing which forces and programs to reduce or to protect while making explicit the risks involved. It builds on the strategic guidance of January 2012, Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense. It is intended to inform the debate that will likely take place over the coming months, and years, on how to cope with pressure to reduce the defense budget further while limiting risk to U.S. national security
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46)
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    An assessment of the civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833076878 , 0833083597 , 0833076876 , 9780833083593
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 85 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation technical report series TR-1286-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Assessment of the civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; Management ; United States Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Human capital Government policy ; Civil service Personnel management ; Human capital ; Civil service ; Civil service ; Personnel management ; Human capital ; Government policy ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Decision-Making & Problem Solving ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The vast majority of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and federal civilian employees work on the General Schedule (GS) personnel system. However, some concerns have been raised about the GS system, including perceptions that poorly performing employees are tolerated for extended periods of time and that monetary rewards are not directly linked to performance. In response to concerns of this nature, Congress has authorized some demonstration projects, in which additional flexibilities are provided, intending to produce better outcomes than if the employees were in the GS system. One such demonstration project, the DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo), is the subject of this report. Implemented on February 7, 1999, AcqDemo is an effort to reengineer the civilian personnel system to meet the needs of the acquisition workforce and to facilitate the fulfillment of the DoD acquisition mission. Congress required an independent assessment of the program against 12 criteria by September 30, 2012. This report is that legislatively mandated assessment
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85)
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    U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan : effectiveness of psychological operations 2001-2010 (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833051547 , 0833051547 , 9780833051516 , 0833051563 , 0833051512 , 9780833051561
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 175 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1060
    Parallel Title: Print version Munoz, Arturo, 1949- U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan
    Keywords: Afghan War, 2001- Psychological aspects ; Psychological warfare History 21st century ; Afghan War, 2001- Propaganda ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Psychological warfare ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Propaganda ; Psychological aspects ; Psychological warfare ; Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East ; History & Archaeology ; South Asia ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; HISTORY ; Military ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; History ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment, asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. military (USMIL) information operations (IO) and psychological operations (PSYOP) in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes are tailored to target audiences. This monograph responds to that request. It should be emphasized that this report does not cover the significant changes in IO and PSYOP definitions, doctrine, organization, and implementation in the field that have taken place since 2010. When the text refers to the present, or the current situation, it generally means 2010
    Abstract: The U.S. Marine Corps, which has long recognized the importance of influencing the civilian population in a counterinsurgency (COIN) environment, asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. military (USMIL) information operations (IO) and psychological operations (PSYOP) in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes are tailored to target audiences. This monograph responds to that request. It should be emphasized that this report does not cover the significant changes in IO and PSYOP definitions, doctrine, organization, and implementation in the field that have taken place since 2010. When the text refers to the present, or the current situation, it generally means 2010
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-175)
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    What works best when building partner capacity and under what circumstances? (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833078506 , 0833083155 , 083307850X , 9780833083159
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 101 pages)
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Keywords: Security Assistance Program ; Military assistance, American ; Security Assistance Program ; Military assistance, American ; Military & Naval Science ; Armies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military assistance, American ; Security Assistance Program ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; United States ; Military relations ; United States Military relations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The United States has a long history of helping other nations develop and improve their military and other security forces. However, changing economic realities and the ongoing reductions in overall defense spending related to the end of more than a decade of war will affect the funding available for these initiatives. How can the U.S. Department of Defense increase the effectiveness of its efforts to build partner capacity while also increasing the efficiency of those efforts? And what can the history of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity reveal about which approaches are likely to be more or less effective under different circumstances? To tackle these complex questions and form a base of evidence to inform policy discussions and investment decisions, a RAND study collected and compared 20 years of data on 29 historical case studies of U.S. involvement in building partner capacity. In the process, it tested a series of validating factors and hypotheses (many of which are rooted in "common knowledge") to determine how they stand up to real-world case examples of partner capacity building. The results reveal nuances in outcomes and context, pointing to solutions and recommendations to increase the effectiveness of current and future U.S. initiatives to forge better relationships, improve the security and stability of partner countries, and meet U.S. policy and security objectives worldwide
    Abstract: The United States has a long history of helping other nations develop and improve their military and other security forces. However, changing economic realities and the ongoing reductions in overall defense spending related to the end of more than a decade of war will affect the funding available for these initiatives. How can the U.S. Department of Defense increase the effectiveness of its efforts to build partner capacity while also increasing the efficiency of those efforts? And what can the history of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity reveal about which approaches are likely to be more or less effective under different circumstances? To tackle these complex questions and form a base of evidence to inform policy discussions and investment decisions, a RAND study collected and compared 20 years of data on 29 historical case studies of U.S. involvement in building partner capacity. In the process, it tested a series of validating factors and hypotheses (many of which are rooted in "common knowledge") to determine how they stand up to real-world case examples of partner capacity building. The results reveal nuances in outcomes and context, pointing to solutions and recommendations to increase the effectiveness of current and future U.S. initiatives to forge better relationships, improve the security and stability of partner countries, and meet U.S. policy and security objectives worldwide
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101)
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    Allocating Marine Expeditionary Unit equipment and personnel to minimize shortfalls (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076199 , 0833084577 , 0833080741 , 0833076191 , 9780833080745 , 9780833084576
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 120 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation technical report series TR-1253-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Allocating Marine Expeditionary Unit equipment and personnel to minimize shortfalls
    Keywords: United States Equipment ; United States ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: For various reasons, including the commander's priorities and expected mission requirements, U.S. Marine Corps amphibious lift requirements, that is, the space needed on ships to transport equipment for a given mission, may exceed the U.S. Navy's lift capacity. Thus, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) afloat generally do not have all their support personnel and equipment on board. What is the impact of this shortfall on a MEU's ability to complete the tasks associated with its mission, especially when the mission includes reconstruction and stabilization operations? Close examination reveals that, in general, MEUs do not fail as a result of these equipment shortfalls; Marine Corps commanders are able to make use of the equipment they have in innovative and creative ways to accomplish the tasks at hand. However, equipment shortfalls do force shortcuts and sometimes sacrifice the quality and speed of task completion. This report describes the development of an automated tool for allocating both equipment and personnel to complete the tasks associated with 15 MEU missions, highlighting the associated equipment implications
    Abstract: For various reasons, including the commander's priorities and expected mission requirements, U.S. Marine Corps amphibious lift requirements, that is, the space needed on ships to transport equipment for a given mission, may exceed the U.S. Navy's lift capacity. Thus, Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) afloat generally do not have all their support personnel and equipment on board. What is the impact of this shortfall on a MEU's ability to complete the tasks associated with its mission, especially when the mission includes reconstruction and stabilization operations? Close examination reveals that, in general, MEUs do not fail as a result of these equipment shortfalls; Marine Corps commanders are able to make use of the equipment they have in innovative and creative ways to accomplish the tasks at hand. However, equipment shortfalls do force shortcuts and sometimes sacrifice the quality and speed of task completion. This report describes the development of an automated tool for allocating both equipment and personnel to complete the tasks associated with 15 MEU missions, highlighting the associated equipment implications
    Note: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120)
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    Unveiling the harem : elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo (2012)
    Syracuse, N.Y : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 9780815651703 , 0815651708
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (344 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Project MUSE
    Series Statement: Middle East studies beyond dominant paradigms
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Fay, Mary Ann Unveiling the harem
    DDC: 305.4096216
    Keywords: Households History ; 18th century ; Egypt ; Cairo ; Harems History ; 18th century ; Egypt ; Cairo ; Mamelukes Social conditions ; 18th century ; Women Social conditions ; 18th century ; Egypt ; Cairo ; Harems History 18th century ; Mamelukes Social conditions 18th century ; Women Social conditions 18th century ; Households History 18th century ; Women Social conditions 18th century ; Mamelukes Social conditions 18th century ; Households History 18th century ; Harems History 18th century ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; Egypt ; Harems ; Households ; Mamelukes ; Manners and customs ; Women ; Social conditions ; History ; Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs ; 18th century ; Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs 18th century ; Cairo (Egypt) Social life and customs 18th century ; Egypt ; Cairo ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.
    Abstract: There is a long history in the West of representing Middle Eastern women as uniformly oppressed by Islam, by Islamic law, and by men. Stereotypical views of Middle Eastern women today maintain that they are without legal rights, do not attend universities or have jobs outside their homes, and are not full citizens of their countries because they cannot vote or hold public office. Similar misinformation circulated in the eighteenth century when European male travellers to Egypt, documenting their observations, depicted harem women as sexual objects, deprived of autonomy, and held captive by their husbands. Fay's Unveiling the Harem offers a persuasive corrective to this distorted view of Middle Eastern women. Instead of the odalisque of nineteenth-century painting and the fevered imaginings of European travellers, historical research reveals that elite women in powerful, wealthy households exercised their rights under Islamic law, property rights in particular, to become owners of lucrative real estate in Cairo as well as influential members of their families and the wider society. One such woman, Sitt Nafisa, who was literate in several languages, commissioned a public water fountain and a Qur'anic school that still stands today. She played a pivotal role as the intermediary between French officials and her husband, who was leading the revolt against the French from Upper Egypt. Based on documents from various archives in Cairo, including records of women's property ownership, repeated visits to eighteenth-century palaces and their family quarters, and textual reconstruction's of the elite residential neighbourhoods of the city, Unveiling the Harem presents a lucid and historically grounded portrait of Egyptian women, stripped of the powerless victim narrative that is still with us today
    Description / Table of Contents: Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstructionEgypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.
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    Bound lives : Africans, Indians, and the making of race in colonial Peru (2012)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822977964 , 0822977966
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (280 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Pitt Latin American Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als O'Toole, Rachel Sarah Bound lives
    DDC: 305.800985
    Keywords: Caste History ; Peru ; Slavery History ; Peru ; Africans Colonization ; Peru ; Africans Government relations ; Peru ; Indians of South America Colonization ; Peru ; Indians of South America Government relations ; Peru ; Caste History ; Slavery History ; Africans Colonization ; Africans Government relations ; Indians of South America Colonization ; Indians of South America Government relations ; Diplomatic relations ; Colonization ; Caste ; Indians of South America ; Colonization ; Indians of South America ; Government relations ; Slavery ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; HISTORY ; General ; Spanish colonies ; Colonies ; Administration ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; History ; Spain Colonies ; Administration ; America ; Spain Foreign relations ; Peru ; Peru Foreign relations ; Spain ; Peru Colonization ; Peru Colonization ; Spain Colonies ; Administration ; Spain Foreign relations ; Peru Foreign relations ; Spain ; America ; Peru ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Bound Lives chronicles the lived experience of race relations in northern coastal Peru during the colonial era. Rachel Sarah O'Toole examines how Andeans and Africans negotiated and employed casta, and in doing so, constructed these racial categories. This study highlights the tenuous interactions of colonial authorities, indigenous communities, and enslaved populations and shows how the interplay between colonial law and daily practice shaped the nature of colonialism and slavery
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    Super girls, gangstas, freeters, and xenomaniacs : gender and modernity in global youth cultures (2012)
    Syracuse, N.Y : Syracuse University Press
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    ISBN: 9780815651697 , 0815651694
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (304 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed.
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    Series Statement: Project MUSE
    Series Statement: Gender and globalization
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Super girls, gangstas, freeters, and xenomaniacs
    DDC: 305.235
    Keywords: Civilization, Modern 21st century ; Young women Cross-cultural studies ; Youth Social conditions ; Youth Cross-cultural studies ; Young women Cross-cultural studies ; Youth Social conditions ; Youth Cross-cultural studies ; Civilization, Modern 21st century ; Youth Social conditions ; Youth Cross-cultural studies ; Young women Cross-cultural studies ; Civilization, Modern 21st century ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Civilization, Modern ; Young women ; Youth ; Youth ; Social conditions ; Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Mobile phones and the "commercialization" of relationships : expressions of masculinity in southern Mozambique / Julie Soleil Archambault -- Claiming youth, the modern feminine self, and womanhood in northern Namibia / Sayumi Yamakawa -- Still a child? Liminality and the construction of youthful masculinities in Japan / Emma E. Cook -- Gendered modernities among rual indigenous Fijian children / Karen J. Brison -- Androgynous beauty, virtual sisterhood : stardom, fandom, and Chinese talent shows under globalization / Hui Faye Xiao -- Teenage girls and global television : performing the "new" Hindi film song / Shikha Jhingan -- Xenomania : globalized and gendered discourses of the nation in Cyprus / Miranda Christou -- Children as barometers of social decay : perceptions of sex tourism in Goa, India / Susan Dewey and Lindi Conover -- Negotiating agency : local youth activism in Aotearoa-New Zealand / Fiona Beals and Bronwyn Wood -- Imagining Papua New Guinean cultural modernities in urban Australia : youth, cultural schools, and informal education / Jacquelyn A. Lewis-Harris -- Islanders among a sea of gangs : diasporic masculinities and gang culture among Tongan American youth / Joseph Esser.
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    Trafficking in slavery's wake : law and the experience of women and children (2012)
    Athens : Ohio University Press
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    ISBN: 9780821444184 , 0821444182
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (264 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Project MUSE
    Series Statement: New African histories
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trafficking in slavery's wake
    DDC: 306.362096
    Keywords: Child slaves Africa ; Women slaves Africa ; Slavery History ; Slavery Law and legislation ; Slave trade History ; Africa ; Human trafficking Africa ; Africa ; Child slaves ; Women slaves ; Slavery History ; Slavery Law and legislation ; Slave trade History ; Human trafficking ; Human trafficking ; Slavery History ; Slavery Law and legislation ; Child slaves ; Women slaves ; Slave trade History ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Child slaves ; Human trafficking ; Slave trade ; Slavery ; Slavery ; Law and legislation ; Women slaves ; Frauenhandel ; Kinderhandel ; Sklaverei ; Gesetzgebung ; History ; Africa ; Afrika ; Electronic books History ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Preface; Intro: Contextualizing Trafficking inWomen and Children in Africa; Part I: Trafficking in Colonial Africa; Trafficking and Reenslavement; "Without the Slave Trade, No Recruitment"; The End of Slavery, "Crises" overTrafficking, and the ColonialState in the French Soudan; "Under the Guise ofGuardianship and Marriage"; Sex Trafficking, Prostitution, and the Law in Colonial BritishWest Africa, 1911-43; Islamic Law and Trafficking inWomen and Children in theIndian Ocean World; Part II: Contemporary Antitraffickingin Africa and Beyond.
    Abstract: Trafficking and HumanExploitation in InternationalLaw, with Special Reference toWomen and Children in AfricaDocumenting Child Slaverywith Personal Testimony; Child-Trafficking Policymakingbetween Africa and Europe; The Story of Elsie; Ranking States; Afterword: The Paradox of Women, Children, and Slavery; Selected Bibiliography; Contributors; Index.
    Abstract: Women and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and children has changed from the aftermath of the "end of slavery" in Africa from the late nineteenth century to the present. The formal abolition of the slave trade and slavery did not end the demand for servile women and children. Contemporary forms of human trafficking are deeply interwoven with their historical precursors, and scholars and activists need to be informed about the long history of trafficking in order to better assess and confront its contemporary forms. This book brings together the perspectives of leading scholars, activists, and other experts, creating a conversation that is essential for understanding the complexity of human trafficking in Africa. Human trafficking is rapidly emerging as a core human rights issue for the twenty-first century. Trafficking in Slavery's Wake is excellent reading for the researching, combating, and prosecuting of trafficking in women and children
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    Transgressive tales : queering the Grimms (2012)
    Detroit : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814338100 , 0814338100 , 0814334814 , 9780814334812
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (p. cm.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Transgressive tales
    DDC: 398.20943
    Keywords: Grimm, Jacob 1785-1863 Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Wilhelm 1786-1859 Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Wilhelm Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Jacob Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Wilhelm 1786-1859 Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Jacob 1785-1863 Criticism and interpretation ; Grimm, Jacob ; Grimm, Wilhelm ; Kinder- und Hausmärchen ; Kinder- und Hausmärchen ; Fairy tales History and criticism ; Germany ; Homosexuality in literature ; Queer theory ; Fairy tales History and criticism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; Fairy tales ; Homosexuality in literature ; Queer theory ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Germany ; Electronic books ; Deutsch ; Märchen ; Homosexualität ; Queer-Theorie
    Abstract: "The stories in the Grimm brothers' Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales), first published in 1812 and 1815, have come to define academic and popular understandings of the fairy tale genre. Yet over a period of forty years, the brothers, especially Wilhelm, revised, edited, sanitized, and bowdlerized the tales, publishing the seventh and final edition in 1857 with many of the sexual implications removed. However, the contributors in Transgressive Tales: Queering the Grimms demonstrate that the Grimms and other collectors paid less attention to ridding the tales of non-heterosexual implications and that, in fact, the Grimms' tales are rich with queer possibilities. Editors Kay Turner and Pauline Greenhill introduce the volume with an overview of the tales' literary and interpretive history, surveying their queerness in terms of not just sex, gender and sexuality, but also issues of marginalization, oddity, and not fitting into society. In three thematic sections, contributors then consider a range of tales and their queer themes. In Faux Femininities, essays explore female characters, and their relationships and feminine representation in the tales. Contributors to Revising Rewritings consider queer elements in rewritings of the Grimms' tales, including Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber, Jeanette Winterson's Twelve Dancing Princesses, and contemporary reinterpretations of both 'Snow White' and 'Snow White and Rose Red.' Contributors in the final section, Queering the Tales, consider queer elements in some of the Grimms' original tales and explore intriguing issues of gender, biology, patriarchy, and transgression."--Publisher description
    Abstract: Introduction: once upon a queer time /Kay Turner and Pauline Greenhill --Whetting her appetite: what's a "clever" woman to do in the Grimms' collection? /Cristina Bacchilega --Nurtured in a lonely place: the wise woman as type in "The goose girl at the spring" /Kevin Goldstein --Queering kinship in "The maiden who seeks her brothers" /Jeana Jorgensen --"But who are you really?": ambiguous bodies and ambiguous pronouns in "Allerleirauh" /Margaret R. Yocom --A desire for death: the Grimms' Sleeping Beauty in The bloody chamber /Kimberly J. Lau --Happily ever after, according to our tastes: Jeanette Winterson's "Twelve dancing princesses" and queer possibility /Jennifer Orme --The lost sister: lesbian eroticism and female empowerment in "Snow White and Rose Red" /Andrew J. Friedenthal --Queering gender: transformations in "Peg Bearskin," "La Poiluse," and related tales /Pauline Greenhill, Anita Best, and Emilie Anderson-Grégoire --The true (false) bride and the false (true) bridegroom: "Fitcher's bird" and gendered virtue and villainy /Catherine Tosenberger --Becoming-mouse, becoming-man: the sideways growth of Princess Mouseskin /Joy Brooke Fairfield --Playing with fire: transgression as truth in Grimms' "Frau Trude" /Kay Turner --Destroying patriarchy to save it: Safdár Tawakkolí's Afghan boxwoman /Margaret A. Mills --"The grave mound": a queer adaptation /Elliot Gordon Mercer --Appendix: trans and drag in traditional folktales.
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    Narratives of dissent : war in contemporary Israeli arts and culture (2012)
    Detroit : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 0814338046 , 0814338046 , 9780814338049
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 700/.458569405
    RVK:
    LB 51345
    RVK:
    LC 90345
    Keywords: ART / Performance ; ART / Reference ; Art and war ; War and literature ; Art and war ; War and literature ; Massenkultur ; Kunst ; Krieg ; Israel ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Israel ; Krieg ; Kunst ; Massenkultur
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: zionism and the culture of dissent / Ranen Omer-Sherman -- Private and public spaces of commemoration and mourning -- "Music of peace" at a time of war : Middle Eastern music amid the second intifada / Galeet Dardashti -- Privatizing commemoration : the helicopter disaster monument and the absent state / Michael Feige -- "Cyclic interruptions" : popular music on Israeli radio in times of emergency / Danny Kaplan -- Consuming nostalgia : greetings cards and soldier-citizens / Noa Roei -- The photographic memory of Asad Azi / Tal Ben Zvi -- "We shall remember them all" : the culture of online mourning and commemoration of fallen soldiers in Israel / Liav Sade-Beck -- Poetry and prose -- Bereavement and breakdown : war and failed motherhood in Raya Harnik's work / Esther Raizen -- From IDF to .pdf : war poetry in the Israeli digital age / Adriana X. Jacobs -- "Unveiling injustice" : Dahlia Ravikovitch's poetry of witness / Ilana Szobel
    Description / Table of Contents: War at home : literary engagements with the Israeli political crisis in two novels by Gabriela Avigur-Rotem / Shiri Goren -- Forcing the end : apocalyptic Israeli fiction, 1971-2009 / Adam Rovner -- Oh, my land, my birthplace : Lebanon war and intifada in Israeli fiction and poetry / Glenda Abramson -- Vexing resistance, complicating occupation : a contrapuntal reading of Sahar Khalifeh's wild thorns and David Grossman's The smile of the lamb / Philip Metres -- Gender, war, and zionist mythogynies : feminist trends in Israeli scholarship / Esther Fuchs -- Cinema and stage -- Representations of war in Israeli drama and theater / Dan Urian -- From national heroes to postnational witnesses : a reconstruction of Israeli soldiers' cinematic narratives as witnesses of history / Yael Munk -- A woman's war : The Gulf War and popular women's culture in Israel / Rachel S. Harris -- Beaufort the book, beaufort the film : Israeli militarism under attack / Yaron Peleg
    Description / Table of Contents: Shifting manhood: masculinity and the Lebanon war in Beaufort and waltz with Bashir / Philip Hollander -- List of contributors -- Index
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    Under Solomon's throne : Uzbek visions of renewal in Osh (2012)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822977926 , 0822977923
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (328 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Central Eurasia in context
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Liu, Morgan Y Under Solomon's throne
    DDC: 305.89432505843
    Keywords: Nativistic movements Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Post-communism Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Uzbeks Government relations ; Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Uzbeks Economic conditions ; Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Uzbeks Social conditions ; Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Nativistic movements ; Post-communism ; Uzbeks Government relations ; Uzbeks Economic conditions ; Uzbeks Social conditions ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; Politics and government ; Ethnic relations ; Nativistic movements ; Post-communism ; Osh (Kyrgyzstan) Politics and government ; Osh (Kyrgyzstan) Ethnic relations ; Osh (Kyrgyzstan) Ethnic relations ; Osh (Kyrgyzstan) Politics and government ; Kyrgyzstan ; Osh ; Electronic book ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Interviews, Translations, and Transliteration -- Introduction: A City for Thought -- Chapter 1. Bazaar and Mediation -- Chapter 2. Border and Post-Soviet Predicament -- Chapter 3. Divided City and Relating to the State -- Chapter 4. Neighborhood and Making Proper Persons -- Chapter 5. House and Dwelling in the World -- Chapter 6. Republic and Virtuous Leadership -- Conclusion: Central Asian Visions of Societal Renewal -- Notes -- References -- Index
    Abstract: Winner of the 2014 Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award in the Social Sciences. Under Solomon's Throne provides a rare ground-level analysis of post-Soviet Central Asia's social and political paradoxes by focusing on an urban ethnic community: the Uzbeks in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, who have maintained visions of societal renewal throughout economic upheaval, political discrimination, and massive violence. Morgan Liu illuminates many of the challenges facing Central Asia today by unpacking the predicament of Osh, a city whose experience captures key political and cultural issues of the region a
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    Media, sound, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean (2012)
    Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822977957 , 0822977958
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (160 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Pitt Latin American Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Media, sound, and culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
    DDC: 302.23098
    Keywords: Radio broadcasting Caribbean Area ; Radio broadcasting Latin America ; Mass media and culture Caribbean Area ; Mass media and culture Latin America ; Caribbean Area ; Latin America ; Sound in mass media ; Radio broadcasting ; Radio broadcasting ; Mass media and culture ; Mass media and culture ; Mass media and culture ; Radio broadcasting ; Sound in mass media ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; HISTORY ; General ; Caribbean Area ; Latin America ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction:Media, sound, and culture /Alejandra Bronfman & Andrew Grant Wood --Part I. Embodied sounds and the sounds of memory.Recovering voices: the popular music ear in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Brazil /Fernando de Sousa Rocha --Radio transvestism and the gendered soundscape in Buenos Aires, 1930s-1940s /Christine Ehrick --Part II. The media of politics.How to do things with waves: United States radio and Latin America in the times of the good neighbor /Gisela Cramer --Weapons of the geek: romantic narratives, sonic technologies, and tinkerers in 1930s Santiago, Cuba /Alejandra Bronfman --Music, media spectacle, and the idea of democracy: the case of DJ Kermit's "Góber" /Alejandro L. Madrid --Part III. The sonics of public spaces.Alba: musical temporality in the carnival of Oruro, Bolivia /Gonzalo Araoz --Such a noise! Fireworks and the soundscapes of two Veracruz festivals /Andrew Grant Wood --Postcript.Sound representation: nation, translation, memory /Michele Hilmes.
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    The megarhetorics of global development (2012)
    Pittsburgh, Pa : University of Pittsburgh Press
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    ISBN: 9780822977414 , 0822977419
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (p. cm.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Megarhetorics of global development
    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Rhetoric Social aspects ; Globalization Social aspects ; Economic development Social aspects ; Communication in economic development Social aspects ; Rhetorical criticism ; Rhetoric Social aspects ; Globalization Social aspects ; Economic development Social aspects ; Communication in economic development Social aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; Economic development ; Social aspects ; Globalization ; Social aspects ; Rhetoric ; Social aspects ; Rhetorical criticism ; Electronic book ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: After World War II, an unprecedented age of global development began. The formation of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund allowed war torn and poverty stricken nations to become willing debtors in their desire to entice Western investment and trade. New capital, it was foretold, would pave the way to political and economic stability, and the benefits would "trickle down" to even the poorest citizens. The hyperbole of this neocolonialism, however, has left many of these countries with nothing but compounded debt and unfulfilled promises. The Megarhetorics of Global Development examines rhetorical strategies used by multinational corporations, NGOs, governments, banks, and others to further their own economic, political, or technological agendas. These wide-ranging case studies employ rhetorical theory, globalization scholarship, and analysis of cultural and historical dynamics to offer in-depth critiques of development practices and their material effects. By deconstructing megarhetorics, at both the local and global level, and following their paths of mobilization and diffusion, the concepts of "progress" and "growth" can be reevaluated, with the end goal of encouraging self-sustaining and ethical outcomes
    Abstract: Tracking "transglocal" risks in pharmaceutical development: Novartis's challenge of Indian patent law / J. Blake Scott -- Meeting the challenge of globalization: President Clinton's "double movement" discourse / Jason A. Edwards and Jaime L. Wright -- Ethos in a bottle: corporate social responsibility and humanitarian doxa / D. Robert DeChaine -- Developmental shifts: changing feelings about compassion in Korea / Matt Newcomb -- Staging the Beijing Olympics: intersecting human rights and economic development narratives / Tim Jensen and Wendy S. Hesford -- Framing the megarhetorics of agricultural development: industrialized agriculture and sustainable agriculture / Eileen E. Schell -- Turning the tables on the megarhetoric of women's empowerment / Rebecca Dingo -- Making the case: Bamako and the problem of anti-imperial art / Bret Benjamin -- Enfreakment; or, aliens of extraordinary disability / Robert McRuer.
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    Asian diaspora and East-West modernity (2012)
    West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press
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    ISBN: 9781612492094 , 1612492096
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (228 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Comparative cultural studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ma, Sheng-mei Asian diaspora and East-West modernity
    DDC: 305.895
    Keywords: American literature Asian American authors ; History and criticism ; Popular culture Asia ; Asian diaspora Asia ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Civilization, Modern ; East and West ; Popular culture ; American literature Asian American authors ; History and criticism ; Asian diaspora ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; Asian American ; American literature ; Asian American authors ; Asian diaspora ; Civilization, Modern ; East and West ; Popular culture ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Asia ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Acknowledgments --Introduction: Digging to China (or America) --Chapter 1.Asian Cell and Horror --Chapter 2.Asian Diaspora Does Vegas --Chapter 3.Diasporic Authors of Children's and Young Adult Books --Chapter 4.A Child's Passing into Asian Diaspora --Chapter 5.yEast for Modern Cannibals --Chapter 6.Bugman in Modernity --Chapter 7.Kim Ki-duk's Nonperson Films --Chapter 8.Nakazawa's A-bomb, Tezuka's Adolf, and Kobayashi's Apologia --Chapter 9.Orientation Goes to War in the Twentieth Century --Chapter 10.Hyperreal Beijing and the 2008 Olympics --Works Cited --Index.
    Abstract: In this book, Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity, Sheng-mei Ma analyzes Asian, Asian diaspora, and Orientalist discourse and probes into the conjoinedness of West and East and modernity's illusions. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature, as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema, the internet, and the Korean Wave, Ma's analyses render fluid the two hemispheres of the globe, the twin states of being and nonbeing, and things of value and nonentity. Suspended on the stylistic tightrope between research and poetry, critical analysis and intution, Asian Diaspora restores affect and heart to diaspora in between East and West, at-homeness and exilic attrition. Diaspora, by definition, stems as much from socioeconomic and collective displacement as it points to emotional reaction. This book thus challenges the fossilized conceptualizations in area studies, ontology, and modernism
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    Looking for non-publics (2012)
    Quebec : Presses de l'Universite du Quebec
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    ISBN: 9782760533721 , 2760533727
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (vii, xxvii, 158 p. )
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Collection Publics et culture
    Series Statement: Collection Culture et publics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Looking for non-publics
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Arts audiences ; Authors and readers ; Arts and society ; Audiences ; Culture ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Arts and society ; Arts audiences ; Audiences ; Authors and readers ; Culture ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; Electronic books
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    The Russian folktale by Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (2012)
    Detroit : Wayne State University Press
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    ISBN: 9780814337219 , 081433721X
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Series in fairy-tale studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Propp, V. I︠A︡. (Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich), 1895-1970 Russian folktale by Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp
    DDC: 398.20947
    Keywords: Tales History and criticism ; Russia (Federation) ; Fairy tales Classification ; Folklore Russia (Federation) ; Fairy tales Classification ; Folklore ; Tales History and criticism ; Tales ; Russisch ; Märchen ; Volksliteratur ; Folksagor ; historia ; Sagor ; historia ; Folksagor ; historia ; Fairy tales ; Folklore ; Classification ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology ; Russland ; Russia (Federation) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "[The Russian Folktale is] an impressively wide-ranging work that stimulates through speculation, it provides precisely what the early elaboration of functions declaratively lacks: an etiology of genre, a broad historical perspective, analyses of individual tales, commentary on tale-tellers, engagement with previous scholarship, and examination of a sufficiently broad European context to enable thought-provoking insights into the distinctiveness of Russian folk narratives."--Helena Goscilo -- Book jacket
    Abstract: Foreword: toward understanding the complete Vladimir Propp / Jack Zipes -- Vladimir Propp and the Russian folktale / Sibelan Forrester -- The Russian folktale / Vladimir Yakolevich Propp. Introduction ; The history of collection ; The history of study of the folktale ; Wonder tales ; Novellistic tales ; Cumulative tales ; Animal tales ; The life of the folktale.
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    Aging and the art of living (2012)
    Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
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    ISBN: 9781421407098 , 1421407094
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (320 p.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Baars, Jan Aging and the art of living
    DDC: 305.26
    Keywords: Aging Philosophy ; Aging Social aspects ; Longevity ; Aging Philosophy ; Aging Social aspects ; Longevity ; Aging Philosophy ; Aging Social aspects ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; Aging ; Philosophy ; Aging ; Social aspects ; Longevity ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""3.3 Cicero and the Stoic Art of Living in Old Age""""Cicero""; ""Cato Maior de Senectute: On Old Age""; ""Cicero�s Defense of Old Age against Four Complaints""; ""A Statesman�s View of Old Age""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 Modern Science, the Discovery of a Personal History, and Aging Authentically""; ""Introduction""; ""4.1 Aging in a World of Meaningful Repetition""; ""4.2 (Ir)reversible Time and the Senescing of Organisms""; ""Does Nature Repeat Itself Eternally?""; ""Nature Changes and Time Is Irreversible""; ""Senescing, Irreversible Time, and the Organism""
    Abstract: ""€œTake Years Off Your Looks and Add Them to Your Lifeâ€?""""2.3 The Much-desired Long and Invulnerable Life: Magic and Magic Technology""; ""A Fundamental Vulnerability""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 A Passion for Wisdom and the Emergence of an Art of Aging""; ""Introduction""; ""3.1 Early Greek Thought about the Life Course""; ""Solonâ€?s Untraditional Views""; ""3.2 The Search for Wisdom and the Emergence of an Art of Life""; ""Platoâ€?s Academy""; ""Aristotleâ€?s Lyceum""; ""The Garden of Epicurus""; ""The Stoics""; ""Wisdom, Aging, and Old Age""
    Abstract: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Chronocratic Emperor Has No Clothes""; ""Overview""; ""1 Chronometric Regimes: The Life Course, Aging, and Time""; ""Introduction""; ""1.1 Historical Backgrounds of the Chronometric Life Course""; ""A Biographical Sandglass""; ""Age in Social Legislation""; ""Late Modern Systemic Worlds and Life Worlds""; ""1.2 Chronometric Life Courses: Beyond Standardization and De-standardization""; ""The Continuing Importance of Chronometric Age""; ""Chronometric Regimes""; ""1.3 Care and Its Chronometric Regimes""
    Abstract: ""Chronometric Care and Its Acceleration""""Time-efficient Lives""; ""1.4 Chronometric Aging: Exactly Arbitrary""; ""Intrinsic Time and Intrinsic Malleability""; ""The Heisenberg Principle of Aging""; ""Conclusions""; ""2 Exclusion, Activism, and Eternal Youth""; ""Introduction""; ""2.1 From Natural Passivity to Activating Activities for Older People""; ""From “Idleness with Dignity� to Being as Being Busy""; ""Stay Active: “Use It or Lose It�""; ""2.2 The Emergence of an Anti-aging Culture""; ""“Don�t Call �em Old, Call �em Consumers!�""
    Abstract: ""4.3 The Idealization of Science and the Epistemological Reduction of Time""""4.4 The Struggle for a Fuller Experience of Time""; ""Augustine: A Threefold Present""; ""Bergson: Time as Creativity""; ""Husserl: The Phenomenological Experience of Time""; ""Heidegger: Authentic Temporal Being in the Face of Death""; ""Time Is Lived in Constitutive Life Worlds""; ""Conclusions""; ""5 Aging and Narrative Identities""; ""Introduction""; ""5.1 Embedding Aging in Narratives""; ""Narratives and Narrative Identity""; ""Narrative Integration as a “Good Life�""; ""Life Plans""
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    Assessing freedom of movement for counterinsurgency campaigns (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833059062 , 0833077775 , 0833059068 , 9780833077776
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 70 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1014-USFOR-A
    Parallel Title: Print version Assessing freedom of movement for counterinsurgency campaigns
    DDC: 355.02/18
    Keywords: Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Military Science - General ; Afghanistan ; Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Freedom of movement (FoM) is the actual or perceived degree to which individuals or groups can move from place to place within a given environment or into and out of that environment. FoM is clearly an important consideration in the development of counterinsurgency tactics, operations, and strategies, but it is addressed infrequently and inconsistently in the doctrine and literature on counterinsurgency. A consistent, comprehensive definition of FoM must take into account the range of complexities and challenges posed by the operating environment, as well as the practical reality that FoM means something different to different groups. Focusing specifically on Afghanistan, this examination considers actual and perceived FoM for civilians, coalition and Afghan security forces, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, and insurgents and profiles the factors that influence these groups and affect data reporting in potentially misleading ways. It also serves as a guide for a bottom-up approach to developing sustainable FoM assessment processes that consider the range of variables that can enable and inhibit actual freedom to move and that can affect the subsequent analysis of FoM data. A historical and global review of a sample of the FoM assessment literature and interviews with assessment experts also clarify best practices and gaps in knowledge and capability that assessment staffs could address
    Abstract: Freedom of movement (FoM) is the actual or perceived degree to which individuals or groups can move from place to place within a given environment or into and out of that environment. FoM is clearly an important consideration in the development of counterinsurgency tactics, operations, and strategies, but it is addressed infrequently and inconsistently in the doctrine and literature on counterinsurgency. A consistent, comprehensive definition of FoM must take into account the range of complexities and challenges posed by the operating environment, as well as the practical reality that FoM means something different to different groups. Focusing specifically on Afghanistan, this examination considers actual and perceived FoM for civilians, coalition and Afghan security forces, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, and insurgents and profiles the factors that influence these groups and affect data reporting in potentially misleading ways. It also serves as a guide for a bottom-up approach to developing sustainable FoM assessment processes that consider the range of variables that can enable and inhibit actual freedom to move and that can affect the subsequent analysis of FoM data. A historical and global review of a sample of the FoM assessment literature and interviews with assessment experts also clarify best practices and gaps in knowledge and capability that assessment staffs could address
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