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UNINA9910704475103321 |
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Patterson Byron W. |
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Uniform foam crush testing for multi-mission earth entry vehicle impact attenuation / / Byron W. Patterson and Louis J. Glaab |
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Hampton, Virginia : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, , [2012] |
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1 online resource (iii, 31 pages) : illustrations |
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Atmospheric entry |
Blunt bodies |
Foams |
Crushing |
Earth surface |
Mechanical properties |
Drop towers |
Drop tests |
Attenuators |
Mars sample return missions |
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Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 25, 2013). |
"September 2012." |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30). |
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UNINA9910797053803321 |
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Autore |
Guenther Lisa |
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Death and other penalties : philosophy in a time of mass incarceration / / edited by Geoffrey Adelsberg, Lisa Guenther, and Scott Zeman |
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New York, New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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0-8232-6668-0 |
0-8232-6533-1 |
0-8232-6532-3 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Capital punishment - United States |
Imprisonment - United States |
Punishment - United States |
Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-399) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword: Life and Other Responsibilities -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death and Other Penalties -- Excavating the Sedimentations of Slavery: The Unfinished Project of American Abolition -- From Commodity Fetishism to Prison Fetishism: Slavery, Convict-leasing, and the Ideological Productions of Incarceration -- Maroon Philosophy: An Interview with Russell “Maroon” Shoatz -- In Reality—From the Row -- U.S. Racism and Derrida’s Theologico-Political Sovereignty -- Making Death a Penalty: Or, Making “Good” Death a “Good” Penalty -- Death Penalty “Abolition” in Neoliberal Times: The SAFE California Act and the Nexus of Savings and Security -- On the Inviolability of Human Life -- Punishment, Desert, and Equality: A Levinasian Analysis -- Prisons and Palliative Politics -- Sovereignty, Community, and the Incarceration of Immigrants -- Without the Right to Exist: Mass Incarceration and National Security -- Prison Abolition and a Culture of Sexual Difference -- Statement on Solitary Confinement -- The Violence of the Supermax: Toward a Phenomenological Aesthetics of Prison Space -- Prison and the Subject |
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of Resistance: A Levinasian Inquiry -- Critical Theory, Queer Resistance, and the Ends of Capture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Contributors -- Index |
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Mass incarceration is one of the most pressing ethical and political issues of our time. In this volume, philosophers join activists and those incarcerated on death row to grapple with contemporary U.S. punishment practices and draw out critiques around questions of power, identity, justice, and ethical responsibility. This work takes shape against a backdrop of disturbing trends: The United States incarcerates more of its own citizens than any other country in the world. A disproportionate number of these prisoners are people of color, and, today, a black man has a greater chance of going to prison than to college. The United States is the only Western democracy to retain the death penalty, even after decades of scholarship, statistics, and even legal decisions have depicted a deeply flawed system structured by racism and class oppression. Motivated by a conviction that mass incarceration and state execution are among the most important ethical and political problems of our time, the contributors to this volume come together from a diverse range of backgrounds to analyze, critique, and envision alternatives to the injustices of the U.S. prison system, with recourse to deconstruction, phenomenology, critical race theory, feminism, queer theory, and disability studies. They engage with the hyper-incarceration of people of color, the incomplete abolition of slavery, the exploitation of prisoners as workers and as “raw material” for the prison industrial complex, the intensive confinement of prisoners in supermax units, and the complexities of capital punishment in an age of abolition. The resulting collection contributes to a growing intellectual and political resistance to the apparent inevitability of incarceration and state execution as responses to crime and to social inequalities. It addresses both philosophers and activists who seek intellectual resources to contest the injustices of punishment in the United States. |
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UNINA9910785517203321 |
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Autore |
Saideman Stephen M |
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For kin or country : xenophobia, nationalism, and war / / Stephen M. Saideman, R. William Ayres |
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New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Nationalism - Europe, Eastern |
Nationalism - Former Soviet republics |
Post-communism - Europe, Eastern |
Post-communism - Former Soviet republics |
Xenophobia - Europe, Eastern |
Xenophobia - Former Soviet republics |
Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations Political aspects |
Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations |
Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989- |
Former Soviet republics Ethnic relations Political aspects |
Former Soviet republics Ethnic relations |
Former Soviet republics Politics and government |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of tables and figures -- Introduction to the 2015 Edition -- Introduction -- 1. Irredentism and Its Absence -- 2. Dueling Irredentisms -- 3. Reunification at Any Price -- 4. Pushing the Envelope -- 5. Romania's Restraint? -- 6. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do -- 7. War and Peace in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and Beyond -- 8. Findings and Implications -- References -- INDEX |
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The collapse of an empire can result in the division of families and the redrawing of geographical boundaries. New leaders promise the return of people and territories that may have been lost in the past, often |
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advocating aggressive foreign policies that can result in costly and devastating wars. The final years of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, the end of European colonization in Africa and Asia, and the demise of the Soviet Union were all accompanied by war and atrocity.These efforts to reunite lost kin are known as irredentism-territorial claims based on shared ethnic ties made by one state to a minority population residing within another state. For Kin or Country explores this phenomenon, investigating why the collapse of communism prompted more violence in some instances and less violence in others. Despite the tremendous political and economic difficulties facing all former communist states during their transition to a market democracy, only Armenia, Croatia, and Serbia tried to upset existing boundaries. Hungary, Romania, and Russia practiced much more restraint. The authors examine various explanations for the causes of irredentism and for the pursuit of less antagonistic policies, including the efforts by Western Europe to tame Eastern Europe. Ultimately, the authors find that internal forces drive irredentist policy even at the risk of a country's self-destruction and that xenophobia may have actually worked to stabilize many postcommunist states in Eastern Europe.Events in Russia and Eastern Europe in 2014 have again brought irredentism into the headlines. In a new Introduction, the authors address some of the events and dynamics that have developed since the original version of the book was published. By focusing on how nationalist identity interact with the interests of politicians, For Kin or Country explains why some states engage in aggressive irredentism and when others forgo those opportunities that is as relevant to Russia and Ukraine in 2014 as it was for Serbia, Croatia, and Armenia in the 1990s. |
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UNINA9910134095803321 |
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Hampton Roads international security quarterly |
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Portsmouth, VA, : Transatlantic Euro-American Multimedia, 2001- |
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Armies |
International Relations |
Military Science - General |
Military policy |
Diplomatic relations |
Periodicals. |
United States Military policy Periodicals |
United States Foreign relations 2001-2009 Periodicals |
United States Foreign relations 2009-2017 Periodicals |
United States |
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Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
Title from cover (viewed August 30, 2001). |
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