Author: Elizabeth Warren
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250799252
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings her best game to every battle she wages. In Persist, Warren writes about six perspectives that have influenced her life and advocacy. She’s a mother who learned from wrenching personal experience why child care is so essential. She’s a teacher who has known since grade school the value of a good and affordable education. She’s a planner who understands that every complex problem requires a comprehensive response. She’s a fighter who discovered the hard way that nobody gives up power willingly. She’s a learner who thinks, listens, and works to fight racism in America. And she’s a woman who has proven over and over that women are just as capable as men. Candid and compelling, Persist is both a deeply personal book and a powerful call to action. Elizabeth Warren—one of our nation’s most visionary leaders—will inspire everyone to believe that if we’re willing to fight for it, profound change is well within our reach.
Persist
Author: Elizabeth Warren
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250799252
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings her best game to every battle she wages. In Persist, Warren writes about six perspectives that have influenced her life and advocacy. She’s a mother who learned from wrenching personal experience why child care is so essential. She’s a teacher who has known since grade school the value of a good and affordable education. She’s a planner who understands that every complex problem requires a comprehensive response. She’s a fighter who discovered the hard way that nobody gives up power willingly. She’s a learner who thinks, listens, and works to fight racism in America. And she’s a woman who has proven over and over that women are just as capable as men. Candid and compelling, Persist is both a deeply personal book and a powerful call to action. Elizabeth Warren—one of our nation’s most visionary leaders—will inspire everyone to believe that if we’re willing to fight for it, profound change is well within our reach.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1250799252
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The inspiring, influential senator and bestselling author mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. Elizabeth Warren is a beacon for everyone who believes that real change can improve the lives of all Americans. Committed, fearless, and famously persistent, she brings her best game to every battle she wages. In Persist, Warren writes about six perspectives that have influenced her life and advocacy. She’s a mother who learned from wrenching personal experience why child care is so essential. She’s a teacher who has known since grade school the value of a good and affordable education. She’s a planner who understands that every complex problem requires a comprehensive response. She’s a fighter who discovered the hard way that nobody gives up power willingly. She’s a learner who thinks, listens, and works to fight racism in America. And she’s a woman who has proven over and over that women are just as capable as men. Candid and compelling, Persist is both a deeply personal book and a powerful call to action. Elizabeth Warren—one of our nation’s most visionary leaders—will inspire everyone to believe that if we’re willing to fight for it, profound change is well within our reach.
Why Does Patriarchy Persist?
Author: Carol Gilligan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509529152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many—despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this? What is it about patriarchy that seems to make it so resilient and resistant to change? Undoubtedly it endures in part because some people benefit from the unequal advantages it confers. But is that enough to explain its stubborn persistence? In this highly original and persuasively argued book, Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider put forward a different view: they argue that patriarchy persists because it serves a psychological function. By requiring us to sacrifice love for the sake of hierarchy, patriarchy protects us from the vulnerability of loving and becomes a defense against loss. Uncovering the powerful psychological mechanisms that underpin patriarchy, the authors show how forces beyond our awareness may be driving a politics that otherwise seems inexplicable.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509529152
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many—despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal rights, how could it come to this? What is it about patriarchy that seems to make it so resilient and resistant to change? Undoubtedly it endures in part because some people benefit from the unequal advantages it confers. But is that enough to explain its stubborn persistence? In this highly original and persuasively argued book, Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider put forward a different view: they argue that patriarchy persists because it serves a psychological function. By requiring us to sacrifice love for the sake of hierarchy, patriarchy protects us from the vulnerability of loving and becomes a defense against loss. Uncovering the powerful psychological mechanisms that underpin patriarchy, the authors show how forces beyond our awareness may be driving a politics that otherwise seems inexplicable.
Why Gods Persist
Author: Robert A. Hinde
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134619618
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134619618
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
How Things Persist
Author: Katherine Hawley
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780199275434
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
How do things persist? Are material objects spread out through time just as they are spread out through space? Or is temporal persistence quite different from spatial extension? This key question lies at the heart of any metaphysical exploration of the material world, and it plays a crucial part in debates about personal identity and survival. Katherine Hawley explores and compares three theories of persistence -- endurance, perdurance, and stage theories - investigating the ways in whichthey attempt to account for the world around us. Having provided valuable clarification of its two main rivals, she concludes by advocating stage theory. Such a basic issue about the nature of the physical world naturally has close ties with other central philosophical problems. How Things Persist includes discussions of change and parthood, of how we refer to material objects at different times, of the doctrine of Humean supervenience, and of the modal features of material things. In particular, it contains new accounts of the nature of worldly vagueness, and of what binds material things together over time, distinguishing the career of a natural object from an arbitrary sequence of events. Each chapter concludes with a reflection about the impact of these metaphysical debates upon questions about our personal identity and survival. Both students and professional philosophers will find that this wide-ranging study provides ideal access to the lively modern debate about an ancient metaphysical problem.
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780199275434
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
How do things persist? Are material objects spread out through time just as they are spread out through space? Or is temporal persistence quite different from spatial extension? This key question lies at the heart of any metaphysical exploration of the material world, and it plays a crucial part in debates about personal identity and survival. Katherine Hawley explores and compares three theories of persistence -- endurance, perdurance, and stage theories - investigating the ways in whichthey attempt to account for the world around us. Having provided valuable clarification of its two main rivals, she concludes by advocating stage theory. Such a basic issue about the nature of the physical world naturally has close ties with other central philosophical problems. How Things Persist includes discussions of change and parthood, of how we refer to material objects at different times, of the doctrine of Humean supervenience, and of the modal features of material things. In particular, it contains new accounts of the nature of worldly vagueness, and of what binds material things together over time, distinguishing the career of a natural object from an arbitrary sequence of events. Each chapter concludes with a reflection about the impact of these metaphysical debates upon questions about our personal identity and survival. Both students and professional philosophers will find that this wide-ranging study provides ideal access to the lively modern debate about an ancient metaphysical problem.
Resist and Persist
Author: Erin Wathen
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611648572
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Over the past few decades, the roles women play in public life have evolved significantly, as have the pressures that come with needing to do it all, have it all, and be all things to all people. And with this progress, misogyny has evolved as well. Today's discrimination is more subtle and indirect, expressed in double standards, microaggressions, and impossible expectations. In other ways, sexism has gotten more brash and repulsive as women have gained power and voice in the mainstream culture. Patriarchy is still sanctioned by every institution: capitalism, government, and evenâ€"maybe especiallyâ€"the church itself. This is perhaps the ultimate ironyâ€"that a religion based on the radical justice and liberation of Jesus' teachings has been the most complicit part of the narrative against women's equality. If we are going to dial back the harmful rhetoric against women and their bodies, the community of faith is going to have to be a big part of the solution. Erin Wathen navigates the complex layers of what it means to be a woman in our time and placeâ€"from the language we use to the clothes that we wear to the unseen and unspoken assumptions that challenge our full personhood at every turn. Resist and Persist reframes the challenges to women's equality in light of our current culture and political climate, providing a new language of resistance that can free women and men from the pernicious power of patriarchy.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611648572
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Over the past few decades, the roles women play in public life have evolved significantly, as have the pressures that come with needing to do it all, have it all, and be all things to all people. And with this progress, misogyny has evolved as well. Today's discrimination is more subtle and indirect, expressed in double standards, microaggressions, and impossible expectations. In other ways, sexism has gotten more brash and repulsive as women have gained power and voice in the mainstream culture. Patriarchy is still sanctioned by every institution: capitalism, government, and evenâ€"maybe especiallyâ€"the church itself. This is perhaps the ultimate ironyâ€"that a religion based on the radical justice and liberation of Jesus' teachings has been the most complicit part of the narrative against women's equality. If we are going to dial back the harmful rhetoric against women and their bodies, the community of faith is going to have to be a big part of the solution. Erin Wathen navigates the complex layers of what it means to be a woman in our time and placeâ€"from the language we use to the clothes that we wear to the unseen and unspoken assumptions that challenge our full personhood at every turn. Resist and Persist reframes the challenges to women's equality in light of our current culture and political climate, providing a new language of resistance that can free women and men from the pernicious power of patriarchy.
Persist
Author: Clarence M. Lee Jr. MD MBA
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524695556
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
What was your dream when you were growing up? Are you living it now? Gone are the days of settling for less in life and quitting on your dreams. Dr. Lee has spent the last ten years researching what it takes to cultivate a life of resilience. This simple formula (resilience plus persistence) has been instrumental for many who are living their dreams. Whether you feel unfulfilled at work, or you have a vision to start a business, this book is the step-by-step guide on how to get started and how to keep going after your vision. Join Dr. Lee as he teaches you the following: The top ten reasons why we quit and how to beat them How to turn fear on its head and use it as fuel How to start your business now with no money Why setting realistic goals is killing your dream How to schedule your time to maintain momentum in your key area of impact Why a comfortable life may be the thing thats holding you back How to bring purpose into your day and live a more fulfilled life
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1524695556
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
What was your dream when you were growing up? Are you living it now? Gone are the days of settling for less in life and quitting on your dreams. Dr. Lee has spent the last ten years researching what it takes to cultivate a life of resilience. This simple formula (resilience plus persistence) has been instrumental for many who are living their dreams. Whether you feel unfulfilled at work, or you have a vision to start a business, this book is the step-by-step guide on how to get started and how to keep going after your vision. Join Dr. Lee as he teaches you the following: The top ten reasons why we quit and how to beat them How to turn fear on its head and use it as fuel How to start your business now with no money Why setting realistic goals is killing your dream How to schedule your time to maintain momentum in your key area of impact Why a comfortable life may be the thing thats holding you back How to bring purpose into your day and live a more fulfilled life
Persist, Persist, Persist
Author: Junior Bernard
Publisher: 1804 Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Described by readers as intense, deeply inspirational, and a true page-turner, "Persist, Persist, Persist" unfolds like a captivating movie right before your eyes. In a world that often dismisses the pursuit of dreams as a mere luxury, for Junior, it was an all-out war between life and death. Growing up in the heart of poverty in Haiti, a world vividly described in this memoir, Junior embarked on an unprecedented journey-from surviving a heart-wrenching car crash to desperate street begging in the Dominican Republic. Then came the Haiti earthquake, a relentless force that snuffed out over 200k lives in less than 60 seconds. And if you think you've heard it all, think again. What lies ahead in these pages takes "persistence" to a whole new dimension-a story so gripping, so raw, that you need to read it to believe it. "Persist, Persist, Persist" is not just a memoir; it's an electrifying, can't-put-it-down chronicle that immerses you in Junior's thrilling journey and unveils Haiti's narrative in a revolutionary light. A timeless tale of obsession, survival, and self-invention, intricately woven with the unforgiving twists of fate. Brace yourself for a narrative that will make you lose track of time and demand to be shared with everyone you know.
Publisher: 1804 Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Described by readers as intense, deeply inspirational, and a true page-turner, "Persist, Persist, Persist" unfolds like a captivating movie right before your eyes. In a world that often dismisses the pursuit of dreams as a mere luxury, for Junior, it was an all-out war between life and death. Growing up in the heart of poverty in Haiti, a world vividly described in this memoir, Junior embarked on an unprecedented journey-from surviving a heart-wrenching car crash to desperate street begging in the Dominican Republic. Then came the Haiti earthquake, a relentless force that snuffed out over 200k lives in less than 60 seconds. And if you think you've heard it all, think again. What lies ahead in these pages takes "persistence" to a whole new dimension-a story so gripping, so raw, that you need to read it to believe it. "Persist, Persist, Persist" is not just a memoir; it's an electrifying, can't-put-it-down chronicle that immerses you in Junior's thrilling journey and unveils Haiti's narrative in a revolutionary light. A timeless tale of obsession, survival, and self-invention, intricately woven with the unforgiving twists of fate. Brace yourself for a narrative that will make you lose track of time and demand to be shared with everyone you know.
Why Welfare States Persist
Author: Clem Brooks
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226075958
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The world’s richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures, has the welfare state not been replaced by another model? Reconsidering the myriad issues raised by such pressing questions, Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza contend here that public opinion has been an important, yet neglected, factor in shaping welfare states in recent decades. Analyzing data on sixteen countries, Brooks and Manza find that the preferences of citizens profoundly influence the welfare policies of their governments and the behavior of politicians in office. Shaped by slow-moving forces such as social institutions and collective memories, these preferences have counteracted global pressures that many commentators assumed would lead to the welfare state’s demise. Moreover, Brooks and Manza show that cross-national differences in popular support help explain why Scandinavian social democracies offer so much more than liberal democracies such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Significantly expanding our understanding of both public opinion and social policy in the world’s most developed countries, this landmark study will be essential reading for scholars of political economy, public opinion, and democratic theory.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226075958
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The world’s richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures, has the welfare state not been replaced by another model? Reconsidering the myriad issues raised by such pressing questions, Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza contend here that public opinion has been an important, yet neglected, factor in shaping welfare states in recent decades. Analyzing data on sixteen countries, Brooks and Manza find that the preferences of citizens profoundly influence the welfare policies of their governments and the behavior of politicians in office. Shaped by slow-moving forces such as social institutions and collective memories, these preferences have counteracted global pressures that many commentators assumed would lead to the welfare state’s demise. Moreover, Brooks and Manza show that cross-national differences in popular support help explain why Scandinavian social democracies offer so much more than liberal democracies such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Significantly expanding our understanding of both public opinion and social policy in the world’s most developed countries, this landmark study will be essential reading for scholars of political economy, public opinion, and democratic theory.
If Symptoms Still Persist
Author: Theodore Dalrymple
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780233990125
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780233990125
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Primer on Memory Persistency
Author: Vaibhav Gogte
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN: 1636393055
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
This book introduces readers to emerging persistent memory (PM) technologies that promise the performance of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) with the durability of traditional storage media, such as hard disks and solid-state drives (SSDs). Persistent memories (PMs), such as Intel's Optane DC persistent memories, are commercially available today. Unlike traditional storage devices, PMs can be accessed over a byte-addressable load-store interface with access latency that is comparable to DRAM. Unfortunately, existing hardware and software systems are ill-equipped to fully avail the potential of these byte-addressable memory technologies as they have been designed to access traditional storage media over a block-based interface. Several mechanisms have been explored in the research literature over the past decade to design hardware and software systems that provide high-performance access to PMs. Because PMs are durable, they can retain data across failures, such as power failures and program crashes. Upon a failure, recovery mechanisms may inspect PM data, reconstruct state and resume program execution. Correct recovery of data requires that operations to the PM are properly ordered during normal program execution. Memory persistency models define the order in which memory operations are performed at the PM. Much like memory consistency models, memory persistency models may be relaxed to improve application performance. Several proposals have emerged recently to design memory persistency models for hardware and software systems and for high-level programming languages. These proposals differ in several key aspects; they relax PM ordering constraints, introduce varying programmability burden, and introduce differing granularity of failure atomicity for PM operations. This primer provides a detailed overview of the various classes of the memory persistency models, their implementations in hardware, programming languages and software systems proposed in the recent research literature, and the PM ordering techniques employed by modern processors.
Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN: 1636393055
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
This book introduces readers to emerging persistent memory (PM) technologies that promise the performance of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) with the durability of traditional storage media, such as hard disks and solid-state drives (SSDs). Persistent memories (PMs), such as Intel's Optane DC persistent memories, are commercially available today. Unlike traditional storage devices, PMs can be accessed over a byte-addressable load-store interface with access latency that is comparable to DRAM. Unfortunately, existing hardware and software systems are ill-equipped to fully avail the potential of these byte-addressable memory technologies as they have been designed to access traditional storage media over a block-based interface. Several mechanisms have been explored in the research literature over the past decade to design hardware and software systems that provide high-performance access to PMs. Because PMs are durable, they can retain data across failures, such as power failures and program crashes. Upon a failure, recovery mechanisms may inspect PM data, reconstruct state and resume program execution. Correct recovery of data requires that operations to the PM are properly ordered during normal program execution. Memory persistency models define the order in which memory operations are performed at the PM. Much like memory consistency models, memory persistency models may be relaxed to improve application performance. Several proposals have emerged recently to design memory persistency models for hardware and software systems and for high-level programming languages. These proposals differ in several key aspects; they relax PM ordering constraints, introduce varying programmability burden, and introduce differing granularity of failure atomicity for PM operations. This primer provides a detailed overview of the various classes of the memory persistency models, their implementations in hardware, programming languages and software systems proposed in the recent research literature, and the PM ordering techniques employed by modern processors.