03747nam 22008895 450 991095486350332120240801034448.09786611915568978128191556612819155649780230610095023061009910.1057/9780230610095(CKB)1000000000550959(EBL)370420(OCoLC)314766444(SSID)ssj0000243459(PQKBManifestationID)12052402(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243459(PQKBWorkID)10322721(PQKB)11288056(DE-He213)978-0-230-61009-5(MiAaPQ)EBC370420(Perlego)3499700(EXLCZ)99100000000055095920160122d2008 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeeking Higher Ground The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader /edited by M. Marable1st ed. 2008.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2008.1 online resource (337 p.)Critical Black Studies,2945-7424Description based upon print version of record.9781403977793 1403977798 9781403983961 1403983968 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: Seeking Higher Ground: Race, Public Policy and the Hurricane Katrina Crisis; I. Politics and Place; II. Culture, Tradition, and Identity; III. Race and Repression; IV. Reimagining the Past and Reconstructing the Future; About the Authors; IndexHurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.Critical Black Studies,2945-7424RaceAfrican AmericansCultureEnvironmental sciencesSocial aspectsHuman rightsPolitical planningRace and Ethnicity StudiesAfrican American CultureEnvironmental Social SciencesHuman RightsPublic PolicyRace.African Americans.Culture.Environmental sciencesSocial aspects.Human rights.Political planning.Race and Ethnicity Studies.African American Culture.Environmental Social Sciences.Human Rights.Public Policy.976.335064Marable Manning1950-2011.518820Clarke Kristen1790885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954863503321Seeking Higher Ground4331461UNINA04056oam 2200577I 450 991095972660332120251116195903.01-317-81853-91-315-81899-X10.4324/9781315818993 (CKB)3710000000072621(EBL)1573300(SSID)ssj0001172944(PQKBManifestationID)11672649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001172944(PQKBWorkID)11216489(PQKB)11661245(MiAaPQ)EBC1573300(OCoLC)871453234(EXLCZ)99371000000007262120180706e20141987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Ba'th and the creation of modern Syria /David Roberts1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (350 p.)Routledge library editions. Syria ;volume 1"First published in 1987"--T.p. verso.1-138-98881-2 0-415-73496-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Ambiguity; Paradox; Ideology; Notes; 2. The Birth of Ba'thist Ideology; 'Greater Syria'; The founders of the Ba'th; Notes; 3. The Alaouites; Racial and territorial characteristics; Religion and history; Notes; 4. Coups and Politics 1947-58; The Founding Conference; International relations; Arab policy; Internal policy; Haurani; Shishakli; Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser; Notes; 5. Union with Egypt 1958-61; The Military CommitteeThe beginnings of disillusionNotes; 6. The Ba'th in Power; The coup of 8 March; The Sixth Pan-Arab Congress; Notes; 7. Ba'thist Doctrine; The Constitution; Summary; Fundamental principles; General principles; Internal policy; Foreign policy; Economic policy; Social policy; Education; Commentary; The Muntalaqat; Textual précis; Introduction; Unity; Freedom; Socialism; Schematic analysis; Commentary; Notes; 8. The Structure of the Ba'th; The National Progressive Front; Note; 9. Internal Conflicts 1963-70; The old and the new Ba'thists; The Neo-Ba'th in power; Notes; 10. A Short Balance-SheetThe economyPolitical aspects; Notes; 11. Hafiz al-Asad - I; The early programme; The 1973 War; Notes; 12. Hafiz al-Asad - II; Intervention in Lebanon; The Camp David Agreement; Alliance with Shi'a Iran; Developments in Lebanon; Relations with the Soviet Union; The ruling hierarchy; Notes; 13. Conclusions; Social effects; Place in the Arab world; Notes; 14. The Future; The Ba'th in Syria; The Ba'th in the Arab world; Syria's future; Notes; Appendix A: Chronology of the Ba'th in Iraq; Appendix B: Special Preface to the Constitution of the Party; Appendix C: Syria-IranAppendix D: The Syrian Ba'th PartyReference List and Bibliography; IndexThis book traces the development of modern Syria focusing on the contribution of the Ba'th party and Ba'thist ideology. It examines the roots of the Ba'th in the intellectual ferment of the 1940s and charts its growing influence on Syrian politics. Special attention is devoted to the crucial Sixth Congress of the Ba'th Party in 1963 and the key ideological document, the Muntalaqat, produced by Michel Aflaq. After 1963 the military became increasingly dominant until Hafiz al-Asad came to power in 1970. Since then the Party has been less dominant internally but Syria itself has establiRoutledge Library Editions: SyriaSyriaPolitics and government324.25691083324.25691083Roberts David1924-1987,1871834FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910959726603321The Ba'th and the creation of modern Syria4480792UNINA