Montalbano, P.'s Books

Government Surveillance of Religious Expression

Mormons, Quakers, and Muslims in the United States

By: Kathryn Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Government Surveillance of Religious Expression

Mormons, Quakers, and Muslims in the United States

By: Kathryn Montalbano

Recent revelations about government surveillance of citizens have led to questions about whether there should be better defined boundaries around privacy. Should government officials have the right to specifically target certain groups for extended surveillance? United States municipal, territorial, and federal agencies have investigated religious groups since the nineteenth century. While critics of contemporary mass surveillance tend to invoke the infringement of privacy, the mutual protection of religion and public expression by the First Amendment positions them, along with religious expression, comfortably within in the public sphere. This book analyzes government monitoring of Mormons of the Territory of Utah in the 1870s and 1880s for polygamy, Quakers of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) from the 1940s to the 1960s for communist infiltration, and Muslims of Brooklyn, New York, from 2002 to 2013 for suspected terrorism. Government agencies in these case studies attempted to understand how their religious beliefs might shape their actions in the public sphere. It follows that government agents did not just observe these communities, but they probed precisely what constituted religion itself alongside shifting legal and political definitions relative to their respective time periods. Together, these case studies form a new framework for discussions of the historical and contemporary monitoring of religion. They show that government surveillance is less predictable and monolithic than we might assume. Therefore, this book will be of great interest to scholars of United States religion, history, and politics, as well as surveillance and communication studies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

253

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

135139309X

ISBN 13

9781351393096

Taking Narrative Risk

The Empowerment of Abuse Survivors

By: Lori L. Montalbano-Phelps

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Taking Narrative Risk

The Empowerment of Abuse Survivors

By: Lori L. Montalbano-Phelps

This powerful book recounts the process of a study that examines personal narratives of abuse survivors by assessing the relationship between narration and teller empowerment. The narratives, which include survival stories of rape, incest, and battery, were collected in personal interviews, transcribed, and coded for emergent themes. Results of the study indicate that narrating experiences of victimization and abuse is a necessary step in moving from victimization and survivorship, and is an essential way for victims of abuse to become empowered. The book discusses in detail the fundamental steps in acquiring narrative research. Special attention is paid to the precautions and implications of conducting research on sensitive material. Through its examination of the data collection and analysis processes, Taking Narrative Risk will be beneficial in coursework in communication studies, performance methodology, and narrative analysis.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

150

Publisher

University Press of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761829148

ISBN 13

9780761829140

Targeting vulnerability hotspots along the agrifood system

A stress test for Ethiopia and Nigeria

By: Letta, M.,Montalbano, P.,Morales Opazo, C.,Petruccelli, F.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Targeting vulnerability hotspots along the agrifood system

A stress test for Ethiopia and Nigeria

By: Letta, M.,Montalbano, P.,Morales Opazo, C.,Petruccelli, F.

We leverage the multi-stressor nature of the COVID-19 generalized disruption as an opportunity to test the out-of-sample forecasting accuracy of both theory-based and data-driven vulnerability prediction models for the ex ante targeting of preventive interventions. [Author] Taking advantage of the World Bank multitopic surveys for Ethiopia and Nigeria, the two most populous African countries, our retrospective evaluation assesses the models’ ability to anticipate households and agrifood system actors experiencing food insecurity and income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Author] The results are disappointing: we document that, despite considerable heterogeneity across data and methods, both models do not achieve satisfactory out-of-sample forecasting performances. [Author] Our findings are robust to the use of different data, estimation methods, and several heterogeneity analyses and sensitivity checks. [Author] This evidence calls for a refinement of current profiling methodologies and for interoperability efforts to close existing microdata gaps. [Author] Such efforts would enable policymakers to implement more effective early-warning systems of vulnerability hotspots and improve the cost-effectiveness of development interventions aimed at targeting groups vulnerable to future food crises. [Author]

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]

Published Date

ISBN 10

9251388237

ISBN 13

9789251388235

Syosset

By: Tom Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Syosset

By: Tom Montalbano

Explore the rare photographs, diaries, historical documents, and interviews to uncover fascinating information about the Syosset-Woodbury area's past, from its humble beginning in 1648 to its transformation into a booming residential suburb in the 1950s. A bustling suburb that hosts a wide array of businesses and retail shops, a top-rated school system, and a largely affluent, ethnically diverse population, Syosset has become one of Long Island's most desirable places to live. Yet, as the years have passed, much of the community's early history has been lost. For example, did you know that Native Americans once hunted in the area of Humphrey Drive or that the British army had an encampment in Syosset during the American Revolution? Can you guess when the Long Island Rail Road first chugged through Syosset? (Hint: Soldiers rode the train out of Syosset on their way to fight in the Civil War.) These and other captivating facts, including some surprising revelations about poet Walt Whitman's disastrous stint as a teacher in Woodbury, the presence of the Ku Klux Klan in Syosset, and the eccentric behavior of some of Syosset's most colorful Gatsby-era "estatespeople," are all documented in text and rare photographs collected over more than a decade.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

134

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439628157

ISBN 13

9781439628157

Competing Interest Groups and Lobbying in the Construction of the European Banking Union

By: Giuseppe Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Competing Interest Groups and Lobbying in the Construction of the European Banking Union

By: Giuseppe Montalbano

This book investigates the role of banking interest groups and lobbying in the making of the European Banking Union. Facing the politicization of financial regulation in the wake of the crisis, core players of the European banking industry managed to adapt and re-orient their lobbying resources and strategies to influence the reform process. This work advances an original Critical IPE approach, which combines structural power, the collective agency of key socio-economic groups and the issue salience as critical determinants to explain corporate influence in policy-making. The explanatory framework is applied to a comprehensive analysis, tracing the Banking Union’s development within the broader context of the EU post-crisis banking regulation. An in-depth scrutiny of the interest groups’ preferences, coalitions and attainments is thus provided on the pillars of the Banking Union, covering banking supervision, resolution, deposit insurance, as well as the reform of the banks’ prudential requirements and the failed project of an EU banking structural reform.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030654257

ISBN 13

9783030654252

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

By: Dave Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

By: Dave Montalbano

The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a celebration of films from the turn of the recent century. Dave Montalbano, alias Cinema Dave, wrote over 500 film reviews and interviewed Hollywood Legends such as Fay Wray, Louise Fletcher, Dyan Cannon and new talent like Josh Hutcherson, Jane Lynch and Courtney Ford. With South Florida as his home base, Cinema Dave details his growing involvement with the Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach and Delray Film Festivals, while covering local interest stories about individuals who contribute to the film culture. Featuring a fun introduction from Cindy Morgan, actress from Caddyshack and Tron fame, and an extensive appendix of Literary Cinema, The Adventures of Cinema Dave is a saga about one mans bibliomania and his pursuit of an entertaining story in the big cave known as cinema.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

654

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1462836739

ISBN 13

9781462836734

All the New Innovations of the 20th Century

By: Salvatore Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

All the New Innovations of the 20th Century

By: Salvatore Montalbano

The idea of this book has been born in my mind. It came from the desire to express and introduce the difficulties and the sacrifices I went through in my life, as an emigrant- an outsider, in a new and very harsh country. In this book I will attempt to describe my life and perhaps some customs of the Sicilian Society in those days and the gradual evolution in terms of inventions and social change I witness from the beginning of the Twentieth Century. It was a challenge to express myself in writing since English is not my first language. I had to learn not only a new language to get to this point but also I had to teach myself how to use a computer. Consequently at my age a lot of things get slower including the memory and that too was a challenge, yet it has always been my motto that nothing is impossible. Please excuse me for the jargons I use and redundancy of idea or constantly repeating myself in the course of writing this book since the level of my education is basic elementary instruction and might not allow me to space properly the language. I cannot over emphasized that the fact that as a young Sicilian age 21 graveling a living trying to survive in a world with a cultural and linguistic baggage that delineate me and left me lonely and cold in a very frigid society. Yet the wish to disclose my autobiography has been such that it exceeded these pronounce difficulties. I augur you a good reading and a good travel.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

146

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1450031293

ISBN 13

9781450031295

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Crime, Memory, and Violence

By: Alessandra Montalbano

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Crime, Memory, and Violence

By: Alessandra Montalbano

For over thirty years, modern Italy was plagued by ransom kidnappings perpetrated by bandits and organized crime syndicates. Nearly 700 men, women, and children were abducted from across the country between the late 1960s and the late 1990s, held hostage by members of the Sardinian banditry, Cosa Nostra, and the ’Ndrangheta. Subjected to harsh captivities and psychological abuse, the victims spent months and even years in isolation while law enforcement and the state struggled to find them. Ransom Kidnapping in Italy examines this Italian criminal phenomenon. Alessandra Montalbano argues that abduction is a key vantage point from which to understand modern Italy: it troubled the law, terrified society, ignited juridical and parliamentary debates, and mobilized citizens. Bringing together archival and media materials with the victims’ accounts and diverse forms of cultural response, the book examines ransom kidnapping through the lenses of historiography, law, literary criticism, trauma studies, phenomenology, and political philosophy. Ransom Kidnapping in Italy traces how and at what price Italians became aware of living in a country that was being blackmailed by criminal organizations that arguably jeoparded the nation even more than terrorism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

243

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1487546874

ISBN 13

9781487546878

Book's by Montalbano, P.

Government Surveillance of Religious Expression

Government Surveillance of Religious Expression

Taking Narrative Risk

Taking Narrative Risk

Targeting vulnerability hotspots along the agrifood system

Targeting vulnerability hotspots along the agrifood system

Syosset

Syosset

Competing Interest Groups and Lobbying in the Construction of the European Banking Union

Competing Interest Groups and Lobbying in the Construction of the European Banking Union

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

The Adventures of Cinema Dave in the Florida Motion Picture World

All the New Innovations of the 20th Century

All the New Innovations of the 20th Century

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Ransom Kidnapping in Italy

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email