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UNINA9910457592903321 |
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Smith Peter <1946 Nov. 19-> |
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A cavalcade of lesser horrors [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Smith |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011 |
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1 online resource (198 p.) |
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Radio broadcasters - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Machine generated contents note: ContentsPrefaceSouth State Street -- A Teaspoon of Water -- Pop's Wound -- A Crisis of Faith -- The Denunciation -- Absolution -- Mortality -- The Man on the Raft -- Lawnmower Repair -- The Biscayne -- A Visit to the Doctor -- Coach -- Leroy -- Wrestling Eddie Dutzler -- Awkward Moment -- Good-bye to Libertyville -- Mademoiselle P. -- Make the World Go Away -- Screwed -- Joe -- An Old Roommate Checks In -- A Preinduction Reverie -- Dear John -- The Major -- The Amnesty Barrel -- 1972 -- A Typewriter Reverie -- Advertising Memories -- Almost -- Pimping My Muse -- Karma Turd A-Coming -- A Bedside Visit -- Vigil Candles. |
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" We exist. We try to lead good, thoughtful lives. And while we all try our best, we can't avoid the startling moments, or we make mistakes and experience little shocks and embarrassments--our lesser horrors--that make us wince and come back to haunt us again and again. For Peter Smith--whose weekly essays for Minnesota Public Radio have endeared him to thousands of listeners and readers--these awkward times are not without their humor, and a healthy dose at that. We all know the circumstances and places the lesser horrors are likely to await--sibling rivalries, high school gym class, job successes and failures, raising children. In this series of funny, honest, and moving pieces, Smith explores a few messy episodes from his own life: growing up Catholic on the south side of Chicago, seeing his tricycle stolen before his eyes, and onward to American life in the '50s and '60s, |
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Vietnam, and a career in advertising, where bosses feed employees anxieties to increase creativity. Along the way, Smith discovers how these moments not only help define what it is to be human but are also a major source of our inspiration and imagination.So cover your eyes, peek through your fingers. Life is a cavalcade of lesser horrors. They may not be the easiest memories to relive, but they are often among the funniest. And by facing them squarely and perhaps even with a smile, Smith finds himself uncovering a simple reassurance, an uneasy truth we should take to heart: we're all on this wild ride together. "-- |
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UNINA9910255319503321 |
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Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bachelet’s Chile / / edited by G. Waylen |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
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[1st ed. 2016.] |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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HIS033000POL025000POL040000SOC032000POL029000POL040010 |
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America - Politics and government |
Social policy |
Sex |
Political science |
Ethnology - Latin America |
Culture |
Elections |
American Politics |
Social Policy |
Gender Studies |
Political Science |
Latin American Culture |
Electoral Politics |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Gendering Politics, Institutions, and the Executive: Bachelet in Context; Chapter 2 Bachelet Is Back: Reform Prospects and the Future of Democracy in Chile; Chapter 3 Disrupting Informal Institutions? Cabinet Formation in Chile in 2006 and 2014; Chapter 4 Promoting Gender Equality: Michelle Bachelet and Formal and Informal Institutional Change within the Chilean Presidency |
Chapter 5 Opportunities and Constraints on Gender-Egalitarian Policy Change: Michelle Bachelet's Social Protection Agenda (2006-2010)Chapter 6 Institutional Constraints to Engendering the Health Sector in Bachelet's Chile; Chapter 7 Formal and Informal Institutional Challenges to Women's Reproductive Rights: Emergency Contraception and the Constitutional Tribunal in Chile; Chapter 8 Comparing Michelle Bachelet's Two Presidencies: Continuity or Change?; Postscript; Index |
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Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected in 2006 with an explicit gender agenda, promising to appoint new faces (including women) to her government and implement some positive gender change. After a period as the first head of UN Women, she was subsequently reelected for a second term in 2013 with a decisive majority. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts in both her first and second administrations to introduce progressive measures in Chile and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change. Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters highlight both the successes of Bachelet's governments and also the key battles that Bachelet faced, for example with regard to reproductive rights, electoral reform, and social protection. |
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