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INGLEHART'S "SILENT REVOLUTION" THESIS IS EXAMINED CRITICALLY THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL BRITISH SURVEY OF SUBJECTIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD THE "QUALITY OF LIFE". INGLEHART'S TECHNIQUES WERE REPLICATED TO IDENTIFY "ACQUISITIVE" AND "POST-BOURGEOIS" TYPES. DISCUSSION IS CRITICAL OF THE MASLOVIAN ASSUMPTIONS OF INGLEHART'S MODEL AND PROPOSES INSTEAD ONE BASED UPON IDENTITY AND STATUS DISCREPANCIES.

This article examines the Private Members' Bill process in the 1997-2001 Parliament when two Conservative MPs, Eric Forth & David Maclean, significantly affected Private Members' legislation. The article reaches a number of conclusions on the basis of a detailed study of the fate of all Private Members' Bills in the Parliament. First, few Bills succeed because the procedure makes it so easy to oppose them. Second, most Bills that do succeed are minor & technical, & often government "handout Bills." Third, it is unlikely that any controversial legislation will succeed, given recent governments' attitudes toward granting extra time. Fourth, in studying opposition to Private Members' Bills, one should not focus just on filibustering, but instead note that the "object" procedure is also crucial in preventing passage. Fifth, the government is the key actor in the process, especially in using the "object" procedure. Sixth, the two Conservative MPs did play an increasingly important role in preventing the passage of Private Members' legislation during the 1997-2001 Parliament. Seventh, the success rate of Private Members' Bills is only likely to increase if either the procedural & structural constraints are lifted, or the agents involved stop manipulating the procedure to their own ends. Neither of these changes is likely to happen. Government is unlikely to change the procedure because it does not want to cede any control of the legislative process. At the same time, there will always be backbench MPs who use the procedure to oppose, although given their elevation to the Conservative frontbench, Forth & Maclean will not be involved in the near future. 4 Tables. Adapted from the source document.

In the summer of 1964, the turmoil of the civil rights movement reached its peak in Mississippi, with activists across the political spectrum claiming that God was on their side in the struggle over racial justice. This was the summer when violence against blacks increased at an alarming rate and when the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi resulted in national media attention. Charles Marsh takes us back to this place and time, when the lives of activists on all sides of the civil rights issue converged and their images of God clashed. He weaves their voices into a gripping narrative: a Ku Klux Klansman, for example, borrows fiery language from the Bible to link attacks on blacks to his ";priestly calling"; a middle-aged woman describes how the Gospel inspired her to rally other African Americans to fight peacefully for their dignity; a SNCC worker tells of harrowing encounters with angry white mobs and his pilgrimage toward a new racial spirituality called Black Power. Through these emotionally charged stories, Marsh invites us to consider the civil rights movement anew, in terms of religion as a powerful yet protean force driving social action.The book's central figures are Fannie Lou Hamer, who ";worked for Jesus"; in civil rights activism; Sam Bowers, the Imperial Wizard of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi; William Douglas Hudgins, an influential white Baptist pastor and unofficial theologian of the ";closed society"; Ed King, a white Methodist minister and Mississippi native who campaigned to integrate Protestant congregations; and Cleveland Sellers, a SNCC staff member turned black militant.Marsh focuses on the events and religious convictions that led each person into the political upheaval of 1964. He presents an unforgettable American social landscape, one that is by turns shameful and inspiring. In conclusion, Marsh suggests that it may be possible to sift among these narratives and lay the groundwork for a new thinking about racial reconciliation and the beloved community. He maintains that the person who embraces faith's life-affirming energies will leave behind a most powerful legacy of social activism and compassion

Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who are single and living alone (SALA). While much has been written about both the Black middle class and the rise of singlehood, this book represents a first foray into bridging these two concepts. In studying these intersections, The Love Jones Cohort provides a more nuanced understanding of how race, gender, and class, coupled with social structures, shape five central lifestyle factors of Black middle-class adults who are SALA. The book explores how these Black adults define family and friends and decide on whether and how to pursue romantic relationships, articulate the ebbs and flows of being Black and middle class, select where to live and why, accumulate and disseminate wealth, and maintain overall health, well-being, and coping mechanisms.

"This book puts CGTN (formerly CCTV-News) and the BBC's international television news head-to-head, interrogating competing 'truths' in the exacting business of news reporting. Written by a media scholar and former long-serving BBC News journalist, Seeking Truth in International TV News asks if China's English-language television news programmes are nothing but state propaganda, and if the BBC is a universal news standard to which all other broadcasters should aspire. Over eight years of Xi Jinping's rule, it investigates how the international TV news channels of CGTN and the BBC reported on Chinese politics, protests in Hong Kong, disasters, China in Africa, and insurgency and its suppression in Xinjiang. The comparison reveals uneven editorial imperatives at the Chinese broadcaster and raises questions about the BBC's professed tenets of balance and impartiality. It also illustrates how Chinese journalists commit 'small acts of journalism' that push the boundaries of information control. A rigorous analysis of reportage from the two channels, this book will interest scholars of global media, journalism, international relations and public diplomacy. It will also interest those in academia, the media and international affairs who want to examine the nature of news and 'soft power' in a comparative context"--

What can we infer about the behavior of extinct sirenians -- Sensory and morphological adaptation for an aquatic lifestyle -- Diving and foraging behaviors. Lucy Keith-Diagne, African Aquatic Conservation Fund -- Movement behaviors. Chip Deutsch, Associate Research Scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission -- Historical and current interactions with humans from the perspective of sirenian ethology and behavioral ecology -- Likely impacts of climate change on sirenian behavior -- Implications of sirenian behavior for conservation and management.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Into the Unknown -- Irish Policing -- Organisational Culture -- A Note on Theory -- The International Police Culture Landscape -- An Abstract Approach to Police Organisational Culture -- Culture vs Sub-culture -- Managing Change -- Change in Ireland -- Methodology -- Documents -- Document Analysis -- Thematic Analysis -- Reading and Familiarisation -- Generate Initial Codes -- Searching for Themes -- Reviewing Themes/Defining and Naming Themes -- Writing up -- Advantages of Document Analysis -- Methodological Conclusions -- References -- 2 Tale as Old as Time -- Pre-Independence -- Post-Independence -- Cronyism -- "The Civic Guard Will Succeed Not by Force of Arms" -- Enter: Women -- The Beginning of Change-The 1960s Onward -- The Heavy Gang -- State Protection -- A System of Blame -- The Turning Tides-Drugs in Ireland -- Past to Present: Historical Reflections -- Historical Conclusions -- References -- 3 You've Got a Friend in Me -- Styles of Policing -- Community Policing in Ireland -- Use of 'Force' -- External Relations -- Aggression -- References -- 4 The Bare Necessities -- Organisational Support -- What Do You Expect? It's How We're Trained -- Making Do with What You Have -- Overstretched -- The Haves and the Have Nots -- Mental Health -- References -- 5 Silence is Golden -- Loyalty and Solidarity -- Misconduct -- The Bonds That Link Us -- Loyalty Amongst Us -- "Silence Means Survival" -- References -- 6 Hakuna Matata-It Means No Worries -- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission -- Accountability -- Whose Job Is That? Not Mine -- Lack of Oversight -- You Are Them and We Are Us-Your Rules Don't Apply -- Falsus In Uno, Falsus In Omnibus -- Following the Letter of the Law -- References -- 7 Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame -- Who You Gonna Blame? Blame Culture -- Blame Anyone But Me.