Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.
Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future.
An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.
Описание: In the wake of modern genocide, we tend to think of violence against minorities as a sign of intolerance, or, even worse, a prelude to extermination. Violence in the Middle Ages, however, functioned differently, according to David Nirenberg. In this provocative book, he focuses on specific attacks against minorities in fourteenth-century France and
Автор: Perron, Bernard (university Of Montreal, Canada) Название: World of scary video games ISBN: 1501316192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501316197 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 5859.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As for film and literature, the horror genre has been very popular in the video game. The World of Scary Video Games provides a comprehensive overview of the videoludic horror, dealing with the games labelled as “survival horror” as well as the mainstream and independent works associated with the genre. It examines the ways in which video games have elicited horror, terror and fear since Haunted House (1981). Bernard Perron combines an historical account with a theoretical approach in order to offer a broad history of the genre, outline its formal singularities and explore its principal issues. It studies the most important games and game series, from Haunted House (1981) to Alone in the Dark (1992- ), Resident Evil (1996-present), Silent Hill (1999-present), Fatal Frame (2001-present), Dead Space (2008-2013), Amnesia: the Dark Descent (2010), and The Evil Within (2014). Accessibly written, The World of Scary Video Games helps the reader to trace the history of an important genre of the video game.
Описание: This book contends that despite the divergent ideologies that inspire the Naxalite movement and Hindu extremism in India, it is possible to compare the two dissimilar violent movements and provides compelling arguments to do so, in drawing from extensive fieldwork across Jharkhand, Bihar, and participants in the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
Автор: Ricci Название: Faith, War, And Violence ISBN: 1412854997 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781412854993 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9645.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Faith, War, and Violence analyzes the age-old links between religion and violence perpetrated in the name of God, and the role religion performs in politically infusing the state with romantic spiritualism
Автор: E.Rugala Название: Workplace Violence: Issuses in Threat Management ISBN: 1498735126 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498735124 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Workplace Violence: Issues in Threat Management defines what workplace violence is, delves into the myths and realities surrounding the topic and provides readers with statistics, thinking and strategies in the prevention of workplace violence. The authors guide novice and experienced practitioners alike in the development of their own programs.
Автор: Bruce M. Bagley, Jonathan D. Rosen Название: Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Violence in the Americas Today ISBN: 0813054664 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813054667 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4389.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs. Despite foreign policy efforts and attempts to combat supply lines, the United States has been for decades, and remains today, the largest single consumer market for illicit drugs on the planet. This volume argues that the war on drugs has been ineffective at best and, at worst, has been highly detrimental to many countries. Leading experts in the fields of public health, political science, and national security analyze how U.S. policies have affected the internal dynamics of Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. Together, they present a comprehensive overview of the major trends in drug trafficking and organized crime in the early twenty-first century. In addition, the editors and contributors identify emerging issues and propose several policy options to address them. This accessible and expansive volume provides a framework for understanding the limits and liabilities in the U.S.-championed war on drugs throughout the Americas.
Автор: Marysia Zalewski, Paula Drumond, Elisabeth Prugl, Название: Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Global Politics ISBN: 1138209902 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138209909 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers fresh analysis on the incidences of sexual violence against men using both new and existing data, and pays close attention to some of the controversial debates in the context of sexual violence against men, re-visiting and asking new questions about the vexed issue of masculinities and related theories of gender hierarchy.
Описание: Since the early twentieth century, the Baha`i religion has worked to establish racially and ethnically diverse communities. During Jim Crow, it was a leader in breaking norms of racial segregation. Each chapter of this book presents an aspect of Baha`i history that intersects with African American history in novel and socially significant ways.
Описание: Re-Vitalizing Our Marriage helps challenged couples create happier, healthier, and more unified marriages. Individuals grow and couples build harmony and a strong foundation for their children. You can thrive--there is hope!
Volume 1: Introduction to the Bah ' Months and Holy Days Months 5 - 8: N r, Raḥmat, Kalim t, & Kam l Ages: 4-14
The 19 Day Feast Pages for Kids activity books are designed to assist young ones in learning the rhythm of the Badi calendar. Each 'Activity Book' bundles four months of Bah ' -inspired workbooks. These workbooks can be used to support children's spiritual education programs for Nineteen Day Feasts, Holy Days, children's classes, junior youth groups, devotional gatherings, firesides, study circles, home visits, seasonal schools, unit conventions, and more.
Activities in the workbooks strengthen Bah ' facts, vocabulary, concepts, and identity. There are questions for critical thinking, quotes to recite, Gems Kids skits, relaxing colouring pages, word games for building vocabulary and thinking skills, storytelling for holy days, arts and crafts, and topics for discussion and consultation.
Each monthly workbook contains:
Questions about the Bah ' Writings
Dialog and skit known as Gems Kids Talk
Colouring Pages
Word Puzzles
Arts and Crafts
Snack recipes
Story and Music Suggestions
and an inspiring message about the Bah ' Fund
This resource has been diligently created by the Mine Rich in Gems family, a small family business.
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