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Doing Environmental Ethics
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Robert Traer
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"In the hands of Traer 'environmental ethics' become the critical search for wisdom for individuals and for society in dealing with the greatest crisis in human history. It includes, and draws from, the whole range of formal ethical systems, but it also treats specific environmental problems such as global warming. ... This is 'ethics' at its transdisciplinary best."
- John B. Cobb, Jr., Claremont School of Theology
Doing Environmental Ethics is a brief, accessible applied-ethics book offering an inclusive and practical way for an individual to personally address the world's ecological crisis. Author Robert Traer builds on a commonsense understanding of doing what is right and being a good person and suggests how, with a deeper sense of self and one's place in nature, we can begin to change our "carbon footprint." To consider and understand public policies and personal environmental practices, Traer draws on secular and religious perspectives, as well as Eastern and Western traditions. He demonstrates how valuable defining one's own philosophy about the environment is to living with greater ecological awareness and sense of personal responsibility. ...
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Race, Place, and Environmental Justice After Hurricane Katrina
Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
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Robert Bullard, Beverly Wright
Analyzing the immediate and long-term repercussions of Hurricane Katrina, these essays expose the racial disparities that exist in disaster response and recovery and challenge the geography of vulnerability
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Christotainment
Selling Jesus through Popular Culture
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Joe L. Kincheloe, Shirley R. Steinberg
By appropriating the very force it battles-popular culture-Christian fundamentalism now employs entertainment media to win converts to the armies of God
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The Legacy of George W. Bush's Foreign Policy
Moving Beyond Neoconservatism
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Ilan Peleg
A penetrating analysis of the complex combination of factors that has shaped George W. Bush’s foreign policy, with recommendations for future administrations
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The Public Policy Theory Primer
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Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer
A comprehensive exploration of public policy, offering a concise, structured overview and serving as a critical guide to the concepts, issues, theory, and methodology of the field
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Military Leadership
In Pursuit of Excellence, Sixth Edition
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Robert L. Taylor, William E. Rosenbach, Eric B. Rosenbach
An anthology of classic and contemporary articles, as well as original essays, on leaders, followers, and the personal and organizational values that promote effective military leadership
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Keen's Latin American Civilization
History and Society, 1492 to the Present
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Lila Caimari, Robert Buffington
A classic anthology of primary readings in Latin American history now updated to document dramatic recent changes, including the resurgence of leftist governments and the feminization of politics
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