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The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

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The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

First published in 1985, The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy presents a demystification of the role of the Knowledge Elite, or the role many intellectuals have purported to play in modern, Western, society. The author debunks their role as self-proclaimed prophets in charge of foretelling (or ‘forecasting’ as it is more fashionably called) things to come and in charge of guiding society towards a better future – devised by themselves. Scholars who have converged on the idea of the ‘post-industrial’ society have argued that the theoretical knowledge provided by what they call the Knowledge Class has been more useful than ever in guiding society towards greater rationality, affluence, equity, and liberty. In contrast, this book presents the argument that it is precisely in these years that the benefits of the knowledge provided by intellectuals have petered out, that its dubious and even harmful effects have become more prominent, and that the knowledge provided by intellectuals has been instrumental in helping to bring about a more confused society – a society increasingly incapable of coping with its mounting problems. This is a book on intellectuals, for intellectuals, by an intellectual. It is a book of social commentary, critique, and polemic. It is designed not to please, but to challenge intellectuals and to provoke counter-critique and controversy.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040144608

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9781040144602

Secrets of Great Skin

The Definitive Guide to Anti-Aging Skin Care

By: David J. Goldberg,Eva M. Herriott

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Secrets of Great Skin

The Definitive Guide to Anti-Aging Skin Care

By: David J. Goldberg,Eva M. Herriott

In this authoritative and practical book, a dermatologist explains how to care for one's skin at any age.

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Innova Publishing

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0974937320

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9780974937328

The Clash of Moral Nations

Cultural Politics in Piłsudski’s Poland, 1926–1935

By: Eva Plach

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The Clash of Moral Nations

Cultural Politics in Piłsudski’s Poland, 1926–1935

By: Eva Plach

The May 1926 coup d’état in Poland inaugurated what has become known as the period of sanacja or “cleansing.” The event has been explored in terms of the impact that it had on state structures and political styles. But for both supporters and opponents of the post-May regime, the sanacja was a catalyst for debate about Polish national identity, about citizenship and responsibility to the nation, and about postwar sexual morality and modern gender identities. The Clash of Moral Nations is a study of the political culture of interwar Poland, as reflected in and by the coup. Eva Plach shifts the focus from strictly political contexts and examines instead the sanacja’s open-ended and malleable language of purification, rebirth, and moral regeneration. In tracking the diverse appropriations and manipulations of the sanacja concept, Plach relies on a wide variety of texts, including the press of the period, the personal and professional papers of notable interwar women activists, and the official records of pro-sanacja organizations, such as the Women’s Union for Citizenship Work. The Clash of Moral Nations introduces an important cultural and gendered dimension to understandings of national and political identity in interwar Poland.

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Ohio University Press

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0821442112

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The Fatigue Solution

Increase Your Energy in Eight Easy Steps

By: Eva Cwynar, M.D.

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The Fatigue Solution

Increase Your Energy in Eight Easy Steps

By: Eva Cwynar, M.D.

Discover a new way to regain your vitality Every day, all over the world, millions of women are grappling with many of the same mind and body issues: · low sex drive · weight gain · sexual dissatisfaction · chronic stress · anxiety · hormone imbalances · infertility · poor sleep · lack of concentration · PMS · perimenopause and menopause complications ...and most especially, an overriding feeling of unexplainable fatigue. It’s time to take the “f word” out of our lives! The Fatigue Solution will show you how you can go from fatigued to fabulous by following eight simple steps that can help you identify and understand the potential source of these vexing health conditions. It is a 21st century woman’s health guide for generating physical as well as emotional strength, balancing hormones, reclaiming sexual vitality, and restoring energy. Dr. Eva Cwynar, premier Beverly Hills endocrinologist and metabolic medicine specialist, who has treated prime ministers, A-list actors, and professional athletes, shares her program for rejuvenating and reinvigorating your life.

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Hay House, Inc

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1401931650

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9781401931650

Back From the Future

Cuba Under Castro

By: Susan Eva Eckstein

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Back From the Future

Cuba Under Castro

By: Susan Eva Eckstein

This book has long been regarded as the definitive history of Castro's communist regime, beginning in 1959 through the 1990s. This updated, second edition contains a new epilogue by the author that covers the last decade, including such newsworthy events as the Elian Gonzalez controversy, the growing immigrant community of Cuban-Americans in Florida, the role of Cuban-Americans in the 2000 presidential election, the withering U.S. sales embargo and the inevitable transition of power now that Castro is in his mid-70s.

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350

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Routledge

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1135936064

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9781135936068

Social Change

The Advent and Maturation of Modern Society

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

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Social Change

The Advent and Maturation of Modern Society

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

First published in 1981, Social Change offers a critical review of the main classical and modern theories of social change, and a study of the processes of change in western societies since modernization. It focusses on the cardinal aspects of society, and those that have figured most prominently in various theories: the economy, the class structure, the political structure, and the structure of education, as they changed throughout the process of modernization and up to the 1980s. The book is divided into three parts. Part I presents a general discussion of classical and contemporary theories of the advent and maturation of modern society in Western capitalist and non-Western countries. Part II provides a more detailed discussion of modernization and subsequent changes in the Western, capitalist societies. Part III examines alternative social formations—communes and co-operatives. This book will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of sociology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040146147

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9781040146149

Political Manipulation and Administrative Power

A Comparative Study

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

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Political Manipulation and Administrative Power

A Comparative Study

By: Eva Etzioni-Halevy

First published in 1979, Political Manipulation and Administrative Power examines in detail some of the means by which elites in western-style democracies have established and maintained themselves in power. It describes how elites have manipulated the public by methods which run counter to the spirit and the letter of democracy, yet without overtly disrupting the democratic system. In exploring the relationship between political corruption and class interests, the author takes issue with the Marxist perspective to argue that the type of political manipulation under discussion, and its decline in some countries, cannot be explained by the economically dominant classes’ interests. She further contends that such manipulation cannot be explained by the characteristics of the rank-and-file public, such as lack of political awareness, poverty, and disorganization. She maintains that such manipulation can be best explained by certain characteristics of the ruling elites themselves and the power structures (especially administrative) they shape and head. Using an elitist perspective in conjunction with a structural functional one, she goes on to show that the decline of such practices in some countries more than in others can be explained by the normative codes and role definitions which, once adopted and institutionalized by the elites, act as a restraint on the manner in which they entrench themselves in power. A comparative study of Britain, the USA, Australia and Israel, this book is based on general principles which make its argument applicable to other western-style democracies. It will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of politics, comparative studies, and international politics.

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104014540X

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9781040145401

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

By: Susan J. Algert,Teri Hall Ellison,Eva Brzezinski

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Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

By: Susan J. Algert,Teri Hall Ellison,Eva Brzezinski

The purpose of this ethnic and regional food practice book is to help dieticians provide culturally relevant nutrition counseling and education in diabetes to Spanish-speaking clients and their families.

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0880911646

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Human Rights in China

A Social Practice in the Shadows of Authoritarianism

By: Eva Pils

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Human Rights in China

A Social Practice in the Shadows of Authoritarianism

By: Eva Pils

How can we make sense of human rights in China's authoritarian Party-State system? Eva Pils offers a nuanced account of this contentious area, examining human rights as a set of social practices. Drawing on a wide range of resources including years of interaction with Chinese human rights defenders, Pils discusses what gives rise to systematic human rights violations, what institutional avenues of protection are available, and how social practices of human rights defence have evolved. Three central areas are addressed: liberty and integrity of the person; freedom of thought and expression; and inequality and socio-economic rights. Pils argues that the Party-State system is inherently opposed to human rights principles in all these areas, and that – contributing to a global trend – it is becoming more repressive. Yet, despite authoritarianism's lengthening shadows, China’s human rights movement has so far proved resourceful and resilient. The trajectories discussed here will continue to shape the struggle for human rights in China and beyond its borders.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509500731

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9781509500734

China's Human Rights Lawyers

Advocacy and Resistance

By: Eva Pils

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China's Human Rights Lawyers

Advocacy and Resistance

By: Eva Pils

This book offers a unique insight into the role of human rights lawyers in Chinese law and politics. In her extensive account, Eva Pils shows how these practitioners are important as legal advocates for victims of injustice and how bureaucratic systems of control operate to subdue and marginalise them. The book also discusses how human rights lawyers and the social forces they work for and with challenge the system. In conditions where organised political opposition is prohibited, rights lawyers have begun to articulate and coordinate demands for legal and political change. Drawing on hundreds of anonymised conversations, the book analyses in detail human rights lawyers’ legal advocacy in the face of severe institutional limitations and their experiences of repression at the hands of the police and state security apparatus, along with the intellectual, political and moral resources lawyers draw upon to survive and resist. Key concerns include the interaction between the lawyers and their bureaucratic, professional and social environments and the forms and long term political impact of resistance. In addressing these issues, Pils offers a rare evaluative perspective on China’s legal and political system, and proposes new ways to assess domestic advocacy’s relationship with international human rights and rule of law promotion. This book will be of great interest and use to students and scholars of law, Chinese studies, socio-legal studies, political studies, international relations, and sociology. It is also of direct value to people working in the fields of human rights advocacy, law, politics, international relations, and journalism.

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Routledge

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1134450613

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9781134450619

Cuban Privilege

The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America

By: Susan Eva Eckstein

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Cuban Privilege

The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America

By: Susan Eva Eckstein

For over half a century the US granted Cubans, one of the largest immigrant groups in the country, unique entitlements. While other unauthorized immigrants faced detention, deportation, and no legal rights, Cuban immigrants were able to enter the country without authorization, and have access to welfare benefits and citizenship status. This book is the first to reveal the full range of entitlements granted to Cubans. Initially privileged to undermine the Castro-led revolution in the throes of the Cold War, one US President after another extended new entitlements, even in the post-Cold War era. Drawing on unseen archives, interviews, and survey data, Cuban Privilege highlights how Washington, in the process of privileging Cubans, transformed them from agents of US Cold War foreign policy into a politically powerful force influencing national policy. Comparing the exclusionary treatment of neighboring Haitians, the book discloses the racial and political biases embedded within US immigration policy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108905064

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9781108905060

Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran

A Study on the Iranian Political Elite from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad

By: Eva Rakel

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Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran

A Study on the Iranian Political Elite from Khomeini to Ahmadinejad

By: Eva Rakel

The Iranian Islamic revolution brought about a political system based on a combination of state institutions that derive their legitimacy from Islamic law and republican institutions legitimized by the people. As there are no legal political parties in the Islamic Republic of Iran, political factions represent the varying ideological and material interests of members of the political elite and their supporters. This book analyzes the rivalries between the political factions and their related state institutions and the impact of the dynamics of factionalism on domestic (economic and socio-cultural) and foreign policy formulation. It shows that tensions inherent to the structure of state institutions and factional rivalries slow down the process of democratization and economic reforms in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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BRILL

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9047425081

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9789047425083

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

By: Susan J. Algert,Teri Hall Ellison,Eva Brzezinski

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By: Susan J. Algert,Teri Hall Ellison,Eva Brzezinski

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Book's by Eva Brzezinski

The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy

The Knowledge Elite and the Failure of Prophecy

Secrets of Great Skin

Secrets of Great Skin

The Clash of Moral Nations

The Clash of Moral Nations

The Fatigue Solution

The Fatigue Solution

Back From the Future

Back From the Future

Social Change

Social Change

Political Manipulation and Administrative Power

Political Manipulation and Administrative Power

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

Human Rights in China

Human Rights in China

China's Human Rights Lawyers

China's Human Rights Lawyers

Cuban Privilege

Cuban Privilege

Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran

Power, Islam, and Political Elite in Iran

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

Mexican American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays

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