Author: Jeff Goodwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements, and the occurrence of actual revolutions, during the Cold War era. This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. Following in the 'state-centered' tradition of Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions and Jack Goldstone's Revolutions and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Goodwin demonstrates how the actions of specific types of authoritarian regimes unwittingly channeled popular resistance into radical and often violent directions. Revolution became the 'only way out', to use Trotsky's formulation, for the opponents of these intransigent regimes. By comparing the historical trajectories of more than a dozen countries, Goodwin also shows how revolutionaries were sometimes able to create, and not simply exploit, opportunities for seizing state power.
No Other Way Out
Author: Jeff Goodwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements, and the occurrence of actual revolutions, during the Cold War era. This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. Following in the 'state-centered' tradition of Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions and Jack Goldstone's Revolutions and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Goodwin demonstrates how the actions of specific types of authoritarian regimes unwittingly channeled popular resistance into radical and often violent directions. Revolution became the 'only way out', to use Trotsky's formulation, for the opponents of these intransigent regimes. By comparing the historical trajectories of more than a dozen countries, Goodwin also shows how revolutionaries were sometimes able to create, and not simply exploit, opportunities for seizing state power.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521629485
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
No Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements, and the occurrence of actual revolutions, during the Cold War era. This sweeping study ranges from Southeast Asia in the 1940s and 1950s to Central America in the 1970s and 1980s and Eastern Europe in 1989. Following in the 'state-centered' tradition of Theda Skocpol's States and Social Revolutions and Jack Goldstone's Revolutions and Rebellion in the Early Modern World, Goodwin demonstrates how the actions of specific types of authoritarian regimes unwittingly channeled popular resistance into radical and often violent directions. Revolution became the 'only way out', to use Trotsky's formulation, for the opponents of these intransigent regimes. By comparing the historical trajectories of more than a dozen countries, Goodwin also shows how revolutionaries were sometimes able to create, and not simply exploit, opportunities for seizing state power.
The Way Out
Author: Peter T. Coleman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231552157
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal, too—and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the other side. How can we loosen the grip of this toxic polarization and start working on our most pressing problems? The Way Out offers an escape from this morass. The social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. Deploying the concept of attractors in dynamical systems, he explains why we are stuck in this rut as well as the unexpected ways that deeply rooted oppositions can and do change. Coleman meticulously details principles and practices for navigating and healing the difficult divides in our homes, workplaces, and communities, blending compelling personal accounts from his years of working on entrenched conflicts with lessons from leading-edge research. The Way Out is a vital and timely guide to breaking free from the cycle of mutual contempt in order to better our lives, relationships, and country.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231552157
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal, too—and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with similar opinions and are less willing to spend time with people on the other side. How can we loosen the grip of this toxic polarization and start working on our most pressing problems? The Way Out offers an escape from this morass. The social psychologist Peter T. Coleman explores how conflict resolution and complexity science provide guidance for dealing with seemingly intractable political differences. Deploying the concept of attractors in dynamical systems, he explains why we are stuck in this rut as well as the unexpected ways that deeply rooted oppositions can and do change. Coleman meticulously details principles and practices for navigating and healing the difficult divides in our homes, workplaces, and communities, blending compelling personal accounts from his years of working on entrenched conflicts with lessons from leading-edge research. The Way Out is a vital and timely guide to breaking free from the cycle of mutual contempt in order to better our lives, relationships, and country.
No Way Out
Author: Fern Michaels
Publisher: Zebra
ISBN: 1420152173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A riveting new read that will thrill you from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Rachel Caine, and J.D. Robb. Ellie Bowman barely remembers the incident that put her into a coma. When she awoke, filled with unease, all she knew for certain was that her boyfriend, Rick, was missing. She knew she needed to get away from her old life and recover in safety. With the proceeds of a video game she helped develop, Ellie starts over in rural Missouri, working from her cottage and trusting no one except her friend and business partner. Yet even in this quiet small town, it’s impossible to completely isolate herself. Especially when a curious eight-year-old boy, smitten with Ellie’s pup, stops by every day to talk to him over the fence. Little by little, Ellie is being drawn back into the world through the neighbors and community around her, realizing that everyone has their own fears and obstacles to contend with. But when Ellie hears that Rick has resurfaced, her nightmares return, and with them, small snippets of memory. No one has heard from Rick since before the incident, so why is he back now? Ellie wants to move forward with her life, but first she must find the courage to look into her past, no matter what she finds there...
Publisher: Zebra
ISBN: 1420152173
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A riveting new read that will thrill you from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Rachel Caine, and J.D. Robb. Ellie Bowman barely remembers the incident that put her into a coma. When she awoke, filled with unease, all she knew for certain was that her boyfriend, Rick, was missing. She knew she needed to get away from her old life and recover in safety. With the proceeds of a video game she helped develop, Ellie starts over in rural Missouri, working from her cottage and trusting no one except her friend and business partner. Yet even in this quiet small town, it’s impossible to completely isolate herself. Especially when a curious eight-year-old boy, smitten with Ellie’s pup, stops by every day to talk to him over the fence. Little by little, Ellie is being drawn back into the world through the neighbors and community around her, realizing that everyone has their own fears and obstacles to contend with. But when Ellie hears that Rick has resurfaced, her nightmares return, and with them, small snippets of memory. No one has heard from Rick since before the incident, so why is he back now? Ellie wants to move forward with her life, but first she must find the courage to look into her past, no matter what she finds there...
A Way Out of No Way
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449704608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Writings About Growing Up Black in America,An anthology of writings about growing up black,with contributions from James Baldwin, Jamaica,Kincaid, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Toni,Morrison, Ntozake Shange, and many more.
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449704608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Writings About Growing Up Black in America,An anthology of writings about growing up black,with contributions from James Baldwin, Jamaica,Kincaid, Langston Hughes, June Jordan, Toni,Morrison, Ntozake Shange, and many more.
A Way Out of No Way
Author: Dianne Swann-Wright
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813921372
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An African American folk saying declares, "Our God can make a way out of no way.... He can do anything but fail." When Dianne Swann-Wright set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors--African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War--she had to find that way, just as her people had done in creating a new life after emancipation. In order to tell their story, she could not rely solely on documents from the plantation where her forebears had lived. Unlike the register of babies born, marriages made, or lives lost that white families' Bibles contained, ledgers recorded Swann-Wright's ancestors, as commodities. Thus Swann-Wright took another route, setting out to gather spoken words--stories, anecdotes, and sayings. What results is a strikingly rich and textured history of a slave community. Looking at relations between plantation owners and their slaves and the succeeding generations of both, A Way out of No Way explores what it meant for the master-slave relation to change to one of employer and employee and how patronage, work relationships, and land acquisition evolved as the people of Piedmont Virginia entered the twentieth century. Swann-Wright illustrates how two white landowners, one of whom had headed a plantation before the Civil War, learned to compensate freed persons for their labor. All the more fascinating is her study of how the emancipated learned to be free--of how they found their way out of no way.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813921372
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An African American folk saying declares, "Our God can make a way out of no way.... He can do anything but fail." When Dianne Swann-Wright set out to capture and relate the history of her ancestors--African Americans in central Virginia after the Civil War--she had to find that way, just as her people had done in creating a new life after emancipation. In order to tell their story, she could not rely solely on documents from the plantation where her forebears had lived. Unlike the register of babies born, marriages made, or lives lost that white families' Bibles contained, ledgers recorded Swann-Wright's ancestors, as commodities. Thus Swann-Wright took another route, setting out to gather spoken words--stories, anecdotes, and sayings. What results is a strikingly rich and textured history of a slave community. Looking at relations between plantation owners and their slaves and the succeeding generations of both, A Way out of No Way explores what it meant for the master-slave relation to change to one of employer and employee and how patronage, work relationships, and land acquisition evolved as the people of Piedmont Virginia entered the twentieth century. Swann-Wright illustrates how two white landowners, one of whom had headed a plantation before the Civil War, learned to compensate freed persons for their labor. All the more fascinating is her study of how the emancipated learned to be free--of how they found their way out of no way.
Making a Way Out of No Way
Author: Monica A. Coleman
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 0800662938
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
* A womanist theology of change * Integrates postmodern thought, womanist theology, and process philosophy
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 0800662938
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
* A womanist theology of change * Integrates postmodern thought, womanist theology, and process philosophy
Out
Author: Tim Shipman
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008712044
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman's Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak How did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister? How did he pursue his promise to Get Brexit Done amidst multiple Brexit secretaries, repeated coup attempts and reshuffles, and an extraordinarily terse relationship with Brussels? What really happened in Downing Street - from the political choices to the party place settings - as the pandemic took the world in its grip? Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever. If pre-Theresa May Westminster was largely obsessed with the clever idealism of The West Wing, marinated in the farce of The Thick of It, the parable of these years became Game of Thrones, the pseudo-medieval swords and shagging epic pitching warring factions against each other in the quest for the iron throne. At the centre of the action was Tim Shipman, chief political commentator for the Sunday Times, taking notes on the guts and gore and tears. Out is a riveting, rambunctious account of the most dramatic years in modern British politics.
Publisher: William Collins
ISBN: 9780008712044
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman's Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak How did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister? How did he pursue his promise to Get Brexit Done amidst multiple Brexit secretaries, repeated coup attempts and reshuffles, and an extraordinarily terse relationship with Brussels? What really happened in Downing Street - from the political choices to the party place settings - as the pandemic took the world in its grip? Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever. If pre-Theresa May Westminster was largely obsessed with the clever idealism of The West Wing, marinated in the farce of The Thick of It, the parable of these years became Game of Thrones, the pseudo-medieval swords and shagging epic pitching warring factions against each other in the quest for the iron throne. At the centre of the action was Tim Shipman, chief political commentator for the Sunday Times, taking notes on the guts and gore and tears. Out is a riveting, rambunctious account of the most dramatic years in modern British politics.
No Easy Way Out
Author: Dayna Lorentz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101592281
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The sequel to No Safety in Numbers; a modern day Lord of the Flies for fans of apocalyptic thrillers It's Day 7 in the quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is determined to end the chaos. Even with new rules, assigned jobs, and heightened security, she still needs to get the teen population under control. So she enlists Marco's help--allowing him to keep his stolen universal card key in exchange for spying on the very football players who are protecting him. But someone is working against the new systems, targeting the teens, and putting the entire mall in even more danger. Lexi, Marco, Ryan, and Shay believe their new alliances are sound. They are wrong. Who can be trusted? And who will be left to trust? The virus was just the beginning.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101592281
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
The sequel to No Safety in Numbers; a modern day Lord of the Flies for fans of apocalyptic thrillers It's Day 7 in the quarantined mall. The riot is over and the senator trapped inside is determined to end the chaos. Even with new rules, assigned jobs, and heightened security, she still needs to get the teen population under control. So she enlists Marco's help--allowing him to keep his stolen universal card key in exchange for spying on the very football players who are protecting him. But someone is working against the new systems, targeting the teens, and putting the entire mall in even more danger. Lexi, Marco, Ryan, and Shay believe their new alliances are sound. They are wrong. Who can be trusted? And who will be left to trust? The virus was just the beginning.
No Way Out
Author: T L Payne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The lights go out, cars stall, and communications fail. Cities quickly descend into chaos. An EMP attack against the United States leaves single father Will Fontenot and his son stranded in the heart of Houston just as a monster hurricane is barreling toward the Texas coast. Hundreds of thousands of residents have filled the freeways, attempting to flee the city. In downtown Houston, Will and his son Cayden set out to find medical help for two injured women. Soon they'll discover one isn't who she claims to be. Will, learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he and his son are pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse and uncover the plot to bring America to her knees once and for all. Wracked with guilt and struggling with PTSD from the accident that took his wife's life, Will is determined not to let any harm come to his thirteen-year-old son. For Will, it's an all-out battle for survival, and he'll do anything to save Cayden and find a way out of Houston. No Way Out is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. No Way Out is the first book in the Fall of Houston series. Pre-order your ebook copy of book two, No Other Choice today OTHER BOOKS BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR TL PAYNE Days of Want Series Turbulent Hunted Turmoil Uprising Upheaval Mayhem Gateway to Chaos Series Seeking Safety Seeking Refuge Seeking Justice Seeking Hope
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The lights go out, cars stall, and communications fail. Cities quickly descend into chaos. An EMP attack against the United States leaves single father Will Fontenot and his son stranded in the heart of Houston just as a monster hurricane is barreling toward the Texas coast. Hundreds of thousands of residents have filled the freeways, attempting to flee the city. In downtown Houston, Will and his son Cayden set out to find medical help for two injured women. Soon they'll discover one isn't who she claims to be. Will, learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he and his son are pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse and uncover the plot to bring America to her knees once and for all. Wracked with guilt and struggling with PTSD from the accident that took his wife's life, Will is determined not to let any harm come to his thirteen-year-old son. For Will, it's an all-out battle for survival, and he'll do anything to save Cayden and find a way out of Houston. No Way Out is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic EMP survival thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. No Way Out is the first book in the Fall of Houston series. Pre-order your ebook copy of book two, No Other Choice today OTHER BOOKS BY BESTSELLING AUTHOR TL PAYNE Days of Want Series Turbulent Hunted Turmoil Uprising Upheaval Mayhem Gateway to Chaos Series Seeking Safety Seeking Refuge Seeking Justice Seeking Hope
Origins
Author: Kyle West
Publisher: Ragnarok Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Find the Black Files, or humanity falls. Alex never thought he'd be recruited for a mission to save humanity. He's learned a lot as since leaving Bunker 108, but the horrors of the Wasteland aren't through with him yet. When the team risks everything to go after the Black Files, there's no going back. The Great Blight will prove the toughest obstacle yet, with nearly impassable terrain guarded by the virus's spawn. Alex and the crew must battle for their lives at every turn. Can they make it to Bunker One, and can the Black Files reveal how to stop the xenovirus? Keywords: post apocalyptic, apocalypse, zombies, wasteland, monsters, virus, invasion, dystopian, adventure, action
Publisher: Ragnarok Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Find the Black Files, or humanity falls. Alex never thought he'd be recruited for a mission to save humanity. He's learned a lot as since leaving Bunker 108, but the horrors of the Wasteland aren't through with him yet. When the team risks everything to go after the Black Files, there's no going back. The Great Blight will prove the toughest obstacle yet, with nearly impassable terrain guarded by the virus's spawn. Alex and the crew must battle for their lives at every turn. Can they make it to Bunker One, and can the Black Files reveal how to stop the xenovirus? Keywords: post apocalyptic, apocalypse, zombies, wasteland, monsters, virus, invasion, dystopian, adventure, action