1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456740003321

Titolo

The war machine and global health [[electronic resource] ] : a critical medical anthropological examination of the human costs of armed conflict and the international violence industry / / edited by Merrill Singer and G. Derrick Hodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-47963-6

9786612479632

0-7591-1943-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SingerMerrill

HodgeG. Derrick <1968->

Disciplina

362.1

Soggetti

War - Health aspects

World health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: The Myriad Impacts of the War Machine on Global Health; PART ONE. THE WAR MACHINE AND GLOBAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; CHAPTER ONE. THE ECHOES OF WAR: Effects of Early Malnutrition on Adult Health; CHAPTER TWO. WAR AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER IN IRAQ; CHAPTER THREE. CHILDREN AND REVOLUTION: Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-Being of Child Soldiers in Nepal; PART TWO. THE ENVIRONMENT OF WAR AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER FOUR. THE CAUSES AND HUMAN COSTS OF TARGETING IRAQ

CHAPTER FIVE. THE IMPACT OF THE WAR MACHINE ON GLOBAL WARMING AND HEALTH: A Political-Ecological PerspectiveCHAPTER SIX. DYING OF SORROW: Expulsion, Empire, and the People of Diego Garcia; PART THREE. THE WAR MACHINE AND THE MACHINERY OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE; CHAPTER SEVEN. HASBARA, HEALTH CARE, AND THE ISRAELI-OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; CHAPTER EIGHT. WAGING WAR ON THE WAGELESS: Extrajudicial Killings, Private Armies,



and the Poor of Honduras; CHAPTER NINE. OLIVE DRAB AND WHITE COATS: U.S. Military Medical Teams Interoperating with Guatemala

CONCLUSION: The Political Economy and Critical Geography of the War MachineINDEX; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

This book of essays by medical anthropologists and other health social scientists examines the full measure of the disastrous global health effects of war in the contemporary world. It provides a political economic framework for assessing the war machine.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996386336403316

Titolo

The Present French king drawn to the life, or, A relation of the many strategems, Jesuitical devices, and diabolical policies that he at this time makes use of to aggrandize himself, the imitation whereof prov'd so fatal to the late K. James [[electronic resource] ] : whereby all that are in arms in Ireland may take caution that they are not likewise deluded

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed and are to be sold by R. Baldwin ..., 1690

Descrizione fisica

[2], 75, [1] p

Soggetti

Great Britain Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations England

Europe Politics and government 1648-1715

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title: The present politicks of France and the maxims of Lewis XIV laid open to Europe.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792848803321

Titolo

Demystifying criminal justice social work in India / / edited by Mark David Chong and Abraham P. Francis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [California] : , : SAGE, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

93-86062-46-1

93-86062-45-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Disciplina

364.4/40954

Soggetti

Social service - India

Criminal justice, Administration of - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: demystifying criminal justice social work-filling the void -- Foundational frameworks, theories, concepts and problems -- The influence of social work within the indian criminal justice system : a critical overview / Vijay Raghavan and Sashwati Mishra -- Explaining criminal behaviour / K. Jaishankar and Amit Gopal Thakre -- The prevalence of mental illness within the Indian criminal justice system / Mark David Chong, Jamie Fellows, Sonny Jose, Abraham P. Francis and Kelly-Ann Williams -- Criminal justice social work practice -- Police social work : active engagement with law enforcement / Ruchi Sinha -- Correctional social work in India / Ilango Ponnuswami, Sonny Jose and Praveen Varghese Thomas -- Reviving criminal justice social work through probation in India : historical solutions to -- Contemporary problems / Roshni Nair and Vijay Raghavan -- Social work intervention in juvenile justice / K.P. Asha Mukundan -- Supporting and assisting victims of crime : the Indian scenario / Pravin S. Khandpasole, Jyoti P. Khandpasole, Mark David Chong and Katherine Hoffensetz -- Way forward -- The state of criminal justice social work education and professional training in India / Sanjai Bhatt, Atul Pratap Singh and Digvijoy Phukan -- Human rights in the Indian criminal justice system : women and children / Venkat



Pulla, Mark David Chong, Abraham P. Francis and Margaret Henni -- Cyber crime victims in India : responsibilities, reactions and issues of criminal justice -- Social workers / Debarati Halder and K. Jaishankar -- Conclusion: the future of criminal justice social work's reflections -- About the editors and contributors -- Index.