Contrasts in Punishment: An Explanation of Anglophone Excess and Nordic Exceptionalism
Author: John Pratt File Type: pdf Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia andNew Zealand on the one hand and Finland, Norway and Sweden on the other, this book seeks to answer these questions. The book argues that the penal differences that currently exist between these two clusters of societies emanate from their early nineteenth-century social arrangements, when theAnglophone societies were dominated by exclusionary value systemsthat contrastedwith the more inclusionary values of the Nordic countries. The development of their penal programmes over this two hundred year period, including the much earlier demise of the death penalty in the Nordic countries and significant differences between the respective prison rates and prison conditions of the two clusters, reflects the continuing influence of these values. Indeed, in the early 21st century these differences have become even more pronounced. John Pratt and Anna Eriksson offer a unique contribution to this topicofgrowing importance comparative research in the history and sociology of punishment. This book will be of interest to those studying criminology, sociology, punishment, prison and penal policy, as well as professionals working in prisons or in the area of penal policy across the six societies that feature in the book.
Author: Crawford Gribben
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For many English puritans, the new world represented new opportunities for the reification of reformation, if not a site within which they might begin to experience the conditions of the millennium itself. For many Irish Catholics, by contrast, the new world became associated with the experience of defeat, forced transportation, indentured service, cultural and religious loss. And yet, as the chapters in this volume demonstrate, the Atlantic experience of puritans and Catholics could be much less bifurcated than some of the established scholarly narratives have suggested puritans and Catholics could co-exist within the same trans-Atlantic families Catholics could prosper, just as puritans could experience financial decline and Catholics and puritans could adopt, and exchange, similar kinds of belief structures and practical arrangements, even to the extent of being mistaken for each other. This volume investigates the history of Puritans and Catholics in the Atlantic world, 1600-1800.**About the AuthorCrawford Gribben is Professor of Early Modern British History at Queens University Belfast, UK. He is the author of several books on the literary cultures of Puritanism and evangelicalism, including Gods Irishmen (2007), Writing the Rapture Prophecy fiction in evangelical America (2009), and Evangelical millennialism in the trans-Atlantic world, 1500-2000 (2011). R. Scott Spurlock is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. He has held posts at the University of Aberdeen, Trinity College Dublin, the Institute of Theology at Queens University Belfast and the University of Manchester. Alongside Crawford Gribben, he co-edits two books series Palgrave Macmillans Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World, 15001800 and Scottish Religious Cultures Historical Perspectives.
Author: Jenniver Sehring
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There is more than enough water in the world for domestic purposes, for agriculture and for industry. () In short, scarcity is manufactured through political processes and institutions (). (United Nations Human Development Report 2006 3) Water scarcity, water crisis, water wars since the beginning of the 1990s these terms have appeared again and again in scientific debates, political strategies, and media reports. Water is perceived as a scarce resource that needs efficient management in order to satisfy all needs and to prevent violent conflicts over its distribution. Considerable research has been devoted to this topic. In this research, water is commonly referred to as a common pool resource a n- excludable public good with rivalry in terms of consumption. Hence, research has long focused on collective action problems in managing this common pool resource (e. g. Ostrom 1990, 1992). In recent years, anthropological and sociological scholars in particular have criticized that in these studies the complexity of water, its embeddedness in a wider cultural and social c- text, and the role of power have been neglected. Water is different from other natural - sources in some important aspects its mobility, its variability, and its multiplicity (Mehta 2006 2f Linton 2006 [10]). Mobility makes ownership claims difficult Water moves, transcending state borders, not fixed like other resources. Variability refers to the fact that its availability varies temporarily, depending on weather conditions.**
Author: Tim Harwood
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Believe it or not, Waterloo, Iowa, had an NBA team during the leagues first season, 1949 to 1950. Broadcaster and independent sports historian Tim Harwood uncovers the fascinating story of the Waterloo Hawks and the Midwests influence on professional basketball. Beginning with the professional leagues that led up to the creation of the National Basketball Association, Harwood recounts big games and dramatic buzzer-beaters, and the players who made them. The first season of the NBA was far from a success. Teams had a hard time attracting fans, with games often played in half-empty arenas. When Waterloo residents learned that the team was struggling financially, they rallied behind the Hawks and purchased shares of the team in a bid to keep it afloat. Unfortunately, that community-based effort was not enough owners of teams in larger markets pressured the league to push Waterlooand other smaller towns like Anderson, Indiana, and Sheboygan, Wisconsinout of the league. Though the Hawks disappeared after their lone NBA campaign, Waterloo and other midwestern teams were nonetheless integral to getting the NBA off the ground, and their legacy continues today through some of the current franchises that relocated to larger markets. Combining newspaper accounts and personal interviews with surviving players, Harwood weaves a fascinating story of the underdog team, in the unlikeliest of places, that helped make professional basketball the worldwide success it is today. **Review Professional basketball has always been a huge part of my life. Ive been fortunate to have the opportunity to compete as an NBA player, work in a front office, and now serve as a head coach. Growing up in Ames, Iowa, Ive always been interested in the history of professional basketball. More of these stories are uncovered in Ball Hawks, which brings to life the forgotten history of our states link to pro hoops. (Fred Hoiberg, coach, Chicago Bulls) I really enjoyed Ball Hawks. It was interesting to read about the history of sports in my hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, and learn about both the formation of the NBA and about what it was like to play professional basketball when it was just beginning. A book both sports history fans and Iowans will enjoy. (Dan Gable, legendary wrestler, Olympian, coach, author, A Wrestling Life The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable and A Wrestling Life 2 More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable) About the Author Tim Harwood is a broadcaster and writer who has covered sports in northeast Iowa since 2005. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Author: C. G. Jung
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In the nine essays that complete this volume, written between 1922 and 1941, Jungs attention was directed mainly to the qualities of personality that enable the creative spirit to introduce radical innovations into realms as diverse as medicine, Oriental studies, the visual arts, and literature.
Author: Bastiaan Ragas
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Maar je krijgt er wel heel veel voor terug Ja, bergen luiers, agendaseks en chronisch slaapgebrek. En dat begint op het moment dat je vrouw met een positieve predictorstick door de kamer danst. Met zijn taboedoorbrekende vaderverhalen geeft Bastiaan Ragas een openhartig en humoristisch kijkje in de zielenroerselen van de man. Over het accepteren van het ongewenste bakfietsvaderschap, de niet-bestaande roze wolk en de vraag of sterilisatie het einde van het mannelijke Bokito-bestaan betekent. Maar ook over hoe kinderen het leven verrijken, verankeren en verdieping geven. Het ideale vaderverhalenboek! (source Bol.com)
Author: Robert W. McChesney
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First published to great acclaim in 2000, Rich Media, Poor Democracy is Robert W. McChesneys magnum opus. Called a rich, penetrating study by Noam Chomsky, the book is a meticulously researched exposition of how U.S. media and communication empires are threatening effective democratic governance. What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvards Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant hypercommercialization of culture has only intensified. McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. **Review Robert W. McChesney is one of the nations most important analysts of the media. Howard Zinn If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book. If Paul Revere was here, he would spread the word. Bill Moyers [McChesney] takes the beast directly by the throat. Molly Ivins Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book. Neil Postman About the Author Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of some two dozen books on media and political economy, including Digital Disconnect a co-author, with John Nichols, of Tragedy and Farce and a co-editor, with Ben Scott, of Our Unfree Press and, with Victor Pickard, of Will the Last Reporter Please Turn Out the Lights (all published by The New Press). McChesney and Nichols are also the co-authors of the award-winning Dollarocracy. He lives in Champaign, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.
Author: Renardo Barden
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Discusses why and how religious cults begin and prosper, describes the different types, and examines in detail the events surrounding cult leaders Charles Manson and Jim Jones. httparchive.orgdetailscults00bard
Author: Jim Walsh
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Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artistand made some of the most brilliant music of his career. During that time, Jim Walsh covered Prince for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and wrote about him passionately, thoughtfully, exhaustively. Here, in real time, is that coverage a clip-by-clip look back at Prince in the 90s. Walshs newly unearthed interviews, essays, columns, and reviews make Gold Experience an essential slice of history for fans, scholars, and latecomers to the Minneapolis-born musical genius Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016). Join Walsh at the 1994 NBA All-Star game after party and release bash for the single The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Accompany him to the after-hours clubs Erotic City, Glam Slam, and, of course, Paisley Park. Meet Princes wife and bandmate Mayte (and while youre at it, take in the wedding and reception). Enjoy a two-hour sit-down interview with Prince. Explore Princes veganism, talk to fans in line for a Target Center show, preview the Jam of the Year concert and check in at the after party. The passions and influences, from Mozart to funk godfather Larry Graham the gigs and the Paisley Park garage sale Walshs open letter to the artist and his reflections on religion and spirituality. This is Prince as few have seen him, reported as only Jim Walsh can a portrait of the artist from a dizzying array of angles, captured in living color for all time. **
Author: Casie Hermansson
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Bluebeard is the main character in one of the grisliest and most enduring fairy tales of all time. A serial wife murderer, he keeps a horror chamber in which remains of all his previous matrimonial victims are secreted from his latest bride. She is given all the keys but forbidden to open one door of the castle. Astonishingly, this fairy tale was a nursery room staple, one of the tales translated into English from Charles Perraults French Mother Goose Tales.Bluebeard A Readers Guide to the English Tradition is the first major study of the tale and its many variants (some, like Mr. Fox, native to England and America) in English from the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chapbooks, childrens toybooks, pantomimes, melodramas, and circus spectaculars, through the twentieth century in music, literature, art, film, and theater.Chronicling the storys permutations, the book presents examples of English true-crime figures, male and female, called Bluebeards, from King Henry VIII to present-day examples. Bluebeard explores rare chapbooks and their illustrations and the English transformation of Bluebeard into a scimitar-wielding Turkish tyrant in a massively influential melodramatic spectacle in 1798. Following the killers trail over the years, Casie E. Hermansson looks at the impact of nineteenth-century translations into English of the German fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and the particularly English story of how Bluebeard came to be known as a pirate. This book will provide readers and scholars an invaluable and thorough grasp on the many strands of this tale over centuries of telling.From the Inside FlapA study of the ever-evolving fairy tale about the murderous aristocrat and his endangered wife About the AuthorCasie E. Hermansson is an associate professor of English at Pittsburg State University. She is the author of Reading Feminist Intertextuality through Bluebeard Stories, and she has published her work in the University of Toronto Quarterly, Papers on Language and Literature, Studies in American Fiction, and the International Journal of the Humanities.