1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453205203321

Autore

Baez Benjamin

Titolo

Affirmative action, hate speech, and tenure : narratives about race, law, and the academy / / Benjamin Baez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-92965-2

1-315-02333-4

1-136-69936-8

1-136-69929-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/087

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs in education - Law and legislation - United States

Discrimination in higher education - Law and legislation - United States

Hate speech - United States

Minority college teachers - Tenure - United States

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by RoutledgeFalmer.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Permissions and Releases; 1. Race and Law in the Academy: Hate Speech, Tenure, and Affirmative Action; Hate Comes to Campus; Tenure, Race, and the Courts; Affirmative Action in the Academy; Race Politics; 2. Discourse, Ideology, and Power: Discursive Practices in Academe and Law; Law as a Discursive Practice; Law and Violence; Ideology and Interpellation; Truth and Power; Race and the Academy; 3. Hate Speech and the Power of Words; R.A.V. and "Burning" Speech; Words and Contexts; Words and Pain

Words and MarketsWords and Deeds; 4. Tenure and "Intentions"; Race and Tenure: A Study; The Academy and the Politics of Judicial Noninterference; Tenure, Merit, and Racism; Perpetrators and Victims: Agency and Structure; 5. The Stories We Tell: Law, Race, and Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court; Affirmative Action



and College Admissions; The Affirmative Action Stories; The Affirmative Action Stories: "Violence of the Word"; 6. Race and the Politics of the Axiomatic; Narratives and Court Speech: Axiomatic; Race Projects, the State, and Rights: Axiomatic

Race and Knowledge: AxiomaticAppendices; Appendix A; The Hate Speech Cases; Appendix B; The Tenure Cases; Appendix C; The Affirmative Action Cases; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Uniquely positioned as both a scholar and an attorney, Benjamin Baez provides a thought-provoking exploration on the current debate surrounding race and academic institutions.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394274503316

Autore

Hole Matthew <1639 or 40-1730.>

Titolo

The true reformation of manners, or The nature and qualifications of true zeal [[electronic resource] ] : in a sermon preach'd in the parish-church of Bridgwater: occasion'd by a more than ordinary concourse of dissenters there, upon that pretence. / / By Matth. Hole .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Printed by L. Lichfield, for Henry Clements, 1699

Descrizione fisica

[4], 32 p

Soggetti

Enthusiasm - Sermons

Reformation

Reformation - Sermons

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817052003321

Autore

Ferris William R.

Titolo

Inside private equity : thrills, spills and lessons from the author of Nothing ventured, nothing gained / / Bill Ferris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , 2013

ISBN

1-74343-369-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

338.040994

Soggetti

Venture capital - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; About the author; Title; Imprint; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Part one: Venture capital, good and bad; Introduction; Some deals that went badly wrong; Some deals that went wonderfully right; The twenty most important lessons-so far; Part two: Private equity, good and bad; Introduction; CHAMP is born; More deals that went badly wrong; Other deals that wentwonder fully right; Another thirteen lessons for me; Part three: Creation of the GP manager; The anatomy of the GP; GP management succession; The art and science of fundraising

Part four: Looking aheadIntroduction; Why bother with venture capital in Australia?; Will the PE business model survive?; Bring on the Australian republic-please!; Appendix: A short history of venture capital and private equity in Australia; A short history of venture capital and private equity in Australia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Following on from his best selling Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained , an eye-opening account of some of the successful deals and spectacular failures in the career of one of Australia's best known private equity investors.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689453803321

Titolo

HIV/AIDS in Africa : steps to prevention : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, September 27, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 66 p.)

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Africa - Prevention

HIV infections - Africa - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia