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"Make Your Own Job charts the transformation of the American work ethic in the twentieth century. It is no longer enough to be reliable; now, workers must lead with creative vision. Erik Baker argues that the entrepreneurial ethic has been a Band-Aid for a society in which ever-mounting precarity discredits the old ethics of effort and persistence."--

"Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the hours that followed across the world, Western leaders weaponized economic tools to counter an unprecedented land grab by a nuclear-armed power. What followed was an undeniably world-changing financial experiment that risked throwing the world into a devastating recession. The end goal was simple: to sap the strength of Putin's war machine and damage the Russian economy-once the eleventh largest on the planet. Here, Russian expert and veteran journalist Stephanie Baker explains in fascinating detail how this furious shadow-war unfolded: its causes, how it is being executed, and its ability to affect Russia and the course of history. From seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to trying to block the sale of military technology to Russia, we learn how the White House coordinated with top officials in London and Brussels to freeze a staggering $300 billion in foreign currency reserves accumulated in the West by Russia's central bank. Mobilizing an army of white collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, Baker explores how the West has cracked down on illicit Russian money by targeting oligarchs, one superyacht at a time, and their enablers around the world. Filled with propulsive, fly-on-the-wall details, Punishing Putin takes us into the frantic backroom deliberations that led to a whole new era of carefully calculated "economic statecraft" and shows how these new strategies are already radically rearranging global alliances that will influence the world order today, and for generations to come."

"The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans is a comprehensive overview of major topics, established debates and new directions in the study of popular music and politics in this region. The vibrant growth of this subject area ever since the 1990s has been intertwined with the region's political and socio-economic transformations, including the collapse of state socialism in much of the region, the break-up of Yugoslavia, the advent of neoliberal capitalism, the rise of Romani activism, the complex politics of 'Europeanization' before and after the global financial crisis, and the region's relationship to the European Union border regime. The handbook illustrates the wide range of disciplines and methods that contribute to this field's interdisciplinary dialogue, and highlights emerging approaches such as the study of Black diasporas in the region, popular music's links with LGBTQ+ communities, and the impact of digital technologies on musical cultures. This volume will benefit specialist researchers; tutors creating or refreshing courses on popular music in the region; and students interested in these topics, especially those who are at the point of developing their own independent research projects"--

Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword by Simon Whistler -- Introduction -- PART I: EVOLUTIONARY FOREPLAY -- 1: A Sexless Universe -- 2: Underwater Fumbles and Tumbles -- 3: Tyrannosaurus Sex -- PART II: PRIMATE CLIMAX -- 4: Dawn of the Orgasmic Epoch -- 5: Monkey Business -- 6: Chimps from Mars, Bonobos from Venus -- 7: Getting Erectus -- PART III: CULTURAL AFTERGLOW -- 8: Fetishes of the Forest -- 9: Sex and Civilization -- 10: The Modern Revolution -- 11: The Future of Sex -- Further Reading -- Image Credits -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright.

Hustle, hustle, burnout -- The dark side of hustle -- Seek, seek, go down rabbit holes -- The dark side of seeking -- Pick one, but you can't have both -- Prelude to principles -- Ambition + alignment -- Declare + pass tests -- Relentless action + celebration -- Structure + novelty -- Focus + perspective -- Be decisive + hone intuition -- Constraint + creativity -- Compete + detach -- Urgency + divine timing -- Mentorship + be your own guru -- Leave comfort zone + recover -- Priorities + white space -- Grit + gratitude -- Show up + be unavailable -- Build identity + slay ego -- Hustlers & seekers.

"The essence of research design is the ability to articulate your research question. The research question is the precursor to the study, and a well-crafted question encapsulates all of the design elements for that study. Based on more than 20 years of experience advising doctoral students, author Elizabeth (Betsy) A. Baker forged a design heuristic which she introduces in this book. She starts by dissecting the anatomy of a qualitative research question, outlines the role of paradigms in research design, describes strategies to use the anatomy as a design heuristic, and provides sample cases that track the decisions two researchers made while formulating a qualitative question. The book concludes with advice on how to move from the research question to the proposal. Throughout, the author provides handy worksheets that readers can complete as they work on crafting their own research question"--

"Why are some countries rich and others poor? Shaping the Developing World addresses the fundamental question of what 'development' actually is and examines social, political, and economic developments around the world. Andy Baker adeptly uses a threefold framework of the global North, the global South, and the Natural World to categorize and analyze the factors that cause underdevelopment-from the consequences of colonialism, deficient domestic institutions, and gender inequality to the effects of globalization, geography, and environmental degradation. This book is an introduction to the contested field of development and relevant to students studying geography, sociology, political science, economics, gender studies, and anthropology. The Second Edition has been updated to incorporate new research on topics like religion, democracy, informality, geography and development, and climate change. Issues of gender has been incorporated throughout the book."