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The accidental history of the U.S. immigration courts : war, fear, and the roots of dysfunction / / Alison Elizabeth Peck
| The accidental history of the U.S. immigration courts : war, fear, and the roots of dysfunction / / Alison Elizabeth Peck |
| Autore | Peck Alison Elizabeth <1970-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 342.730820269 |
| Soggetto topico |
Emigration and immigration - Political aspects
Emigration and immigration law - United States - History Immigration courts - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
America
Department of Justice FBI Great Depression Nazi propaganda Trump administration WWII asylum attorney general case proceedings executive branch fatal consequences fear fifth column history human tragedy immigration courts independent system injustice law enforcement agency laws legal analysis neutral political power spies war on terror war |
| ISBN | 0-520-38118-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I. crisis in the immigration courts -- 1. The Attorney General's Immigration Courts -- 2. Whittling Away at Asylum Law -- 3. Policing the Immigration Courts -- Part II. from world war ii to 9/11: the ghost of the fifth column -- 4. A New Type of Tough in the Department of Labor -- 5. Refusal -- 6. Invasion -- 7. The Welles Mission -- 8. Alien Enemies -- 9. Reckoning -- 10. Un Día de Fuego -- 11. President Bush's Department -- Part III. the future of the immigration courts -- 12. Checks and Imbalances -- 13. Reforming the Immigration Courts -- Epilogue: Portrait of an American in the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554275303321 |
Peck Alison Elizabeth <1970->
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| Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2021] | ||
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Breaking ranks [[electronic resource] ] : Iraq veterans speak out against the war / / Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz
| Breaking ranks [[electronic resource] ] : Iraq veterans speak out against the war / / Matthew Gutmann and Catherine Anne Lutz |
| Autore | Gutmann Matthew C. <1953-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina | 956.7044/31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LutzCatherine |
| Soggetto topico |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Protest movements - United States
Veterans - Political activity - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activism
afghanistan al qaeda anti war veterans anti war battles boot camp canada combat missions combat corruption deployment enlisting ethics female soldier holy war in country iraq isis islam middle east military ethics military nonfiction opposition to the war politics protest rape in the military rape religious fundamentalism sexual harassment soldier soldiers experience terrorism terrorist us military veteran violence war crimes war on terror war women in combat |
| ISBN |
1-282-91791-9
9786612917912 0-520-94790-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A different kind of war story -- Innocence -- Recruiting volunteers -- Training -- First missions -- War's crucible -- Inside Iraq, on the outskirts of hell -- Face to face with Iraqi civilians -- Awakenings -- Aftermath and activism -- Homecoming traumas -- Speaking out -- Six soldiers. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Iraq veterans speak out against the war |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785343403321 |
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Gutmann Matthew C. <1953->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister
| Epic encounters [[electronic resource] ] : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 / / Melani McAlister |
| Autore | McAlister Melani <1962-> |
| Edizione | [Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.56073/09/045 |
| Collana | American crossroads |
| Soggetto topico |
Mass media and public opinion - United States
Public opinion - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
abu ghraib afghani women afghanistan al qaeda counterterrorism cultural studies ethnic studies fireman first responders foreign policy government policy imperialism iraq war isis islam media middle east military new york nonfiction oil orientalism osama bin laden politics popular culture race religion religious extremism religious fundamentalism saddam hussein social justice sociology terrorism terrorist us foreign relations war on terror war world history world trade center |
| ISBN |
1-280-49194-9
9786613587176 0-520-93201-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface To The 2005 Edition -- Preface To The First Edition -- Introduction -- 1. "Benevolent Supremacy" -- 2. The Middle East In African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, And The Politics Of Oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The Good Fight -- 5. Iran, Islam, And The Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military Multiculturalism In The Gulf War And After, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790117403321 |
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McAlister Melani <1962->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Guantanamo [[electronic resource] ] : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman
| Guantanamo [[electronic resource] ] : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman |
| Autore | Lipman Jana K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina | 359.7097291/67 |
| Collana | American crossroads |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil-military relations - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay
Navy-yards and naval stations, American - Cuba - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american history
20th century cuban history 21st century american history 21st century cuban history american military caribbean cold war contract workers cuba cuban revolution empire fidel castro guantanamo bay guantanamo kid chicle labor history labor relations labor unions labor latin american history military expansion military occupation neocolonialism political post 9 11 postmodernism revolution united states of america us cuban relations us naval base us prison war on terror |
| ISBN |
1-282-77242-2
9786612772429 0-520-94237-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Between Guantánamo and GTMO -- Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment -- 1. The Case of Kid Chicle Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939-1945 -- 2. "We Are Real Democrats" Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940-1954 -- 3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940-1958 -- 4. A "Ticklish" Position Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959-1964 -- 5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements -- Epilogue. Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux -- Appendix. Guantánamo Civil Registry, 1921-1958 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464659803321 |
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Lipman Jana K
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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Guantanamo : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman
| Guantanamo : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman |
| Autore | Lipman Jana K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 359.7097291/67 |
| Collana | American crossroads |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil-military relations - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay
Navy-yards and naval stations, American - Cuba - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american history
20th century cuban history 21st century american history 21st century cuban history american military caribbean cold war contract workers cuba cuban revolution empire fidel castro guantanamo bay guantanamo kid chicle labor history labor relations labor unions labor latin american history military expansion military occupation neocolonialism political post 9 11 postmodernism revolution united states of america us cuban relations us naval base us prison war on terror |
| ISBN |
1-282-77242-2
9786612772429 0-520-94237-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Between Guantánamo and GTMO -- Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment -- 1. The Case of Kid Chicle Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939-1945 -- 2. "We Are Real Democrats" Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940-1954 -- 3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940-1958 -- 4. A "Ticklish" Position Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959-1964 -- 5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements -- Epilogue. Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux -- Appendix. Guantánamo Civil Registry, 1921-1958 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000203321 |
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Lipman Jana K
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009 | ||
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The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
| The insecure American [[electronic resource] ] : how we got here and what we should do about it / / edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman ; foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Disciplina | 973.93 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GustersonHugh
BestemanCatherine Lowe |
| Soggetto topico |
Security (Psychology) - United States
Nationalism - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american life american society americans anthropology anxious debt levels drug addiction ethnography gated communities health care system health insurance immigration insecure america insecurity job uncertainty money neoliberalism new economy policy politics poverty punitive governance race in america racial resentments racism safety net terrorism terrorist attacks undocumented immigration united states of america vulnerability wal mart war on drugs war on terror warmaking |
| ISBN | 0-520-94508-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Nation of Gated Communities -- 2. Warmaking as the American Way of Life -- 3. Republic of Fear The Rise of Punitive Governance in America -- 4. Neoliberalism, or The Bureaucratization of the World -- 5. The Age of Wal-Mart -- 6. Deindustrializing Chicago: A Daughter's Story -- 7. Racism, Risk, and the New Color of Dirty Jobs -- 8. Normal Insecurities, Healthy Insecurities -- 9. Cultivating Insecurity: How Marketers Are Commercializing Childhood -- 10. Uneasy Street -- 11. Body and Soul Profits from Poverty -- 12. Useless Suffering The War on Homeless Drug Addicts -- 13. Walling Out Immigrants -- 14. Compounding Insecurity: What the Neocon Core Reveals about America Today -- 15. Deploying Law as a Weapon in America's War on Terror -- 16. Death and Dying in Anxious America -- 17. Get Religion -- contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789999503321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 | ||
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Labour's foreign policy since 1951 [[electronic resource] /] / Rhiannon Vickers
| Labour's foreign policy since 1951 [[electronic resource] /] / Rhiannon Vickers |
| Autore | Vickers Rhiannon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina |
324.241072
327.41 |
| Collana | The Labour Party and the world |
| Soggetto topico | Socialism - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Labour Party
Suez crisis Vietnam War foreign policy liberal internationalism military force nuclear disarmament radicalisation rearmament war on terror |
| ISBN |
1-84779-595-1
1-78170-324-8 1-84779-475-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Labour's foreign policy approach; 2. The 1950s: new conflicts,rearmament and the bomb; 3. The Wilson governments,1964-1970; 4. Defence and foreign policyin the 1970s; 5. The radicalisation of foreignand defence policy in the 1980s; 6. New Labour triumphs; 7. Labour's foreign policyin the twenty-first century; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791949303321 |
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Vickers Rhiannon
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| Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2011 | ||
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Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi
| Land of the Unconquerable : The Lives of Contemporary Afghan Women / / Jennifer Heath, Ashraf Zahedi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.48/891593 |
| Soggetto topico |
Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century
Women - Afghanistan - Social conditions - 21st century Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century Women - Social conditions - 21st century - Afghanistan |
| Soggetto non controllato |
afghan women
afghan afghanistan agency al qaeda anthropology burqa community development domesticity education empowerment femininity feminism food security gender studies gender health islam justice marriage middle east muslim women nonfiction orientalism peace poetry politics prisoners prostitution religion religious fundamentalism religious women rural sex work social policy social science sociology urban war on terror war women womens studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-27805-7
9786613278050 0-520-94899-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status -- CHAPTER 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereo types, and Afghan Women's Agency -- CHAPTER 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience -- CHAPTER 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women -- CHAPTER 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube -- CHAPTER 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? -- CHAPTER 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts -- CHAPTER 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison -- CHAPTER 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul -- CHAPTER 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan -- CHAPTER 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences -- CHAPTER 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades -- CHAPTER 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security -- CHAPTER 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health -- CHAPTER 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women -- CHAPTER 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy -- CHAPTER 18. Chadari Politics Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice -- CHAPTER 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment -- CHAPTER 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success -- CHAPTER 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media -- CHAPTER 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts -- CHAPTER 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets -- CHAPTER 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791884703321 |
| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2011] | ||
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Manufacturing militarism : U.S. government propaganda in the war on terror / / Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall
| Manufacturing militarism : U.S. government propaganda in the war on terror / / Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall |
| Autore | Coyne Christopher J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Disciplina | 303.3750973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Propaganda, American
Propaganda - United States Militarism - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Iraq
U.S. national security state democracy militarism paid patriotism propaganda war on terror whistleblowing |
| ISBN | 1-5036-2837-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface - The Afghanistan Papers: Decades of Deceit -- 1 Propaganda: Its Meaning, Operation, and Limits -- 2 The Political Economy of Government Propaganda -- 3 Selling the Invasion of Iraq -- 4 The Post-invasion Propaganda Pitch -- 5 Paid Patriotism: Propaganda Takes the Field -- 6 Flying the Propagandized Skies -- 7 Propaganda Goes to Hollywood -- Conclusion: The Power of the Propagandized -- Appendix: DOD Sponsored Film Projects 2001–2017 -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554491403321 |
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Coyne Christopher J.
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2021] | ||
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Not much left [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of liberalism in America / / Tom Waldman
| Not much left [[electronic resource] ] : the fate of liberalism in America / / Tom Waldman |
| Autore | Waldman Tom <1956-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.510973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Liberalism - United States - History - 20th century
Liberalism - United States - History - 21st century Presidents - United States - Election - History - 20th century Presidents - United States - Election - History - 21st century Political campaigns - United States - History - 20th century Political campaigns - United States - History - 21st century Popular culture - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century Popular culture - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century |
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1960s america
american history american politics barry goldwater carter democratic party democrats and republicans electoral college george mcgovern history of liberals liberal politics political science political turbulence reagan self sabotage self-destructing party takeover of congress war in iraq war on terror |
| ISBN | 0-520-93286-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Quiet Americans -- Chapter 1. In Locke's Step -- Chapter 2. Which Way Did The '60S Go? -- Chapter 3. Unhappy Together -- Chapter 4. 1968 In America -- Chapter 5. Curious About George -- Chapter 6. Modern Times -- Chapter 7. I Am Woman, Say It Loud -- Chapter 8. Sexual Positions -- Chapter 9. Out Of Time -- Chapter 10. Yesterday's Gone -- Chapter 11. Pulling To The Right -- Chapter 12. Blue Culture, Red Politics -- Chapter 13. Coming Home? -- Epilogue: Who Are You? -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index |
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Waldman Tom <1956->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008 | ||
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