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Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt’s partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish refugees. After the war, as a member of the American delegation to the United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt slowly came to the conclusion that the partition of Palestine was the only solution both for the Jews in the displaced persons camps in Europe, and for the conflict between the Arabs and the Jews. When Israel became a state, she became deeply involved in supporting the work of Youth Aliyah and Hadassah, its American sponsor, in bringing Jewish refugee children to Israel and training them to become productive citizens. Her devotion to Israel reflected some of her deepest beliefs about education, citizenship, and community building. Her excitement about Israel’s accomplishments and her cultural biases, however, blinded her to the impact of Israel’s founding on the Arabs. Visiting the new nation four times and advocating on Israel’s behalf created a warm bond not only between her and the people of Israel, but between her and the American Jewish community.

The interconnection between monetary policy, sustainable business practices, and transformative technologies, such as artificial intelligence, is reshaping the foundations of our world. At the heart of all this complexity lies the simple truth that progress is a choice. It is a choice to see monetary policy not as a dry, technical discipline but as a powerful instrument for shaping inclusive, resilient, and sustainable economies. It is a choice to view businesses not merely as profit-seeking entities but as vital contributors to a thriving and equitable world. This volume investigates the importance of monetary policies at the country level and their influence on private businesses (how monetary policies affect private businesses). To avoid jeopardizing the sustainable future of the economy, as monetary policy focuses on restoring price stability in an environment of high inflation, most countries face a clear compromise between a monetary policy that seeks to reduce aggregate demand by increasing interest rates and one that aims to ensure financial stability. Among the research of this chapter are the aspects of globalization on monetary policies, determinations between the exchange rates of different countries and the European Union, evaluations of the size of the population, sustainability and monetary policies, financing of different sectors, the labor market of different countries and their implications, the stability of the sector financial, post-modern monetary innovation, and monetary implications on sustainable development.

Drawing from rich archival material, this book provides unprecedented access to the professional documents and historical context surrounding the life’s work of Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pioneering researcher of Family Systems Theory. To understand the origins and evolution of this theory, Catherine Rakow explores Bowen’s early years as a psychiatrist at the Menninger Foundation - at which time he became curious about the possibility of determining a factual basis for psychoanalytic theory - and explains how this research would foreground Bowen’s lifelong study of the family unit at the National Institute of Mental Health. From those seminal years of study and observation, Rakow explains how Bowen developed Family Systems Theory: A theory of human functioning that conceives of family as a naturally occurring, regenerating system. Rakow’s close engagement with Bowen’s practice and influences at this time allows for a fulsome account of the research process that Bowen undertook to develop this innovatory approach. In this book, Rakow demonstrates the value of Bowen’s work as a model and research methodology for those exploring the role of theory in improving family relationships, making it essential reading for marriage and family therapists, mental health professionals, students, those interested in the history of medicine, and curious individuals alike.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

This volume uses case studies to present the international literary exchange that took place in and around Berlin in the years directly following the construction of the wall and to show how cultural political activities intensified. The fourteen contributions describe in detail a phase in the development of Berlin in which the divided city took on a pioneering role in the internationalization of literary and cultural activities.

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Der "Krankenhaus-Report" erscheint jährlich als Buch und als Open Access-Publikation mit wechselndem Schwerpunktthema. Daneben stellt das Statistische Bundesamt Grund- und Diagnosedaten der Krankenhäuser bereit, und die „Krankenhauspolitische Chronik“ bietet wie in den Vorjahren eine differenzierte Sicht auf die Ereignisse.

To pay tribute to his countless key contributions in many different domains in Materials Chemistry, the journal Magnetochemistry has decided to publish this memorial Special Issue (SI) entitled Perspectives on Molecular Materials—A Tribute to Professor Peter Day, including a total of twenty-two contributions from some of his collaborators and friends.

Pädagogische Prozesse setzen ihrer Steuerung, Identifizierung sowie sprachlichen Fixierung einen Widerstand entgegen: Über den Zuwachs an Wissen und Kompetenz hinaus sind sie auf die Selbstbestimmung der Subjekte gerichtet. Diese aber stellt die Pädagogik vor zahlreiche Schwierigkeiten: Wie ist die Veränderung des Selbst durch Bildung zu denken? Was bedeuten Singularität und Existenzialität für die Pädagogik? Die Beiträge dieses Bandes verbinden pädagogische und philosophische Reflexionen, um so neue Denkräume angesichts eines widerständigen und nicht-souveränen pädagogischen Sprechens zu erschließen.

Este libro estudia la manipulación de las situaciones reales o latentes de guerra en la Hispanoamérica colonial. La irrupción de los apaches entre 1748 y 1790 en Nueva Vizcaya ocurrió en medio de reformas que intentaban fortalecer el poder real en los territorios de ultramar y determinaban una creciente injerencia de la metrópolis en los asuntos locales. Esta iniciativa amenazaba con socavar los intereses personales y corporativos de los poderosos de la provincia, quienes a través de la exaltación del peligro representado en el enemigo apache y de la promoción de la idea de la frontera de guerra, intentaron conservar privilegios, lograr beneficios y mantener la relativa autonomía de la que habían gozado desde los primeros años del poblamiento de la provincia. La autora cuestiona algunas premisas fuertemente arraigadas en la historiografía y construye una nueva mirada sobre las causas de la guerra en el Septentrión. Asimismo, se analiza la responsabilidad de los apaches en el estado de violencia de la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII y pone el acento de las explicaciones en las propias contradicciones de la sociedad neovizcaína y los intereses que la atravesaban.

This reprint aims to investigate some of the numerous ways in which Christianity venerated and represented the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Fifteen researchers in various areas of the Arts and Humanities have brought together here their efforts to address in part this inexhaustible objective. The reprint is divided into two main parts. In one of them, composed of six chapters, we study some of the several ways in which the Christian faithful rendered worship and devotion to the Virgin Mary during the more than one thousand years under consideration. The other part, made up of seven chapters, analyzes various iconographic manifestations through which medieval and Renaissance Christians made their devotion to the mother of Christ visible in pictorial or sculptural forms. Therefore, this reprint will be very useful not only for specialists in Christian studies, especially in Marian themes but also for those interested in the development of the societies and cultures of medieval and Renaissance Europe.

Qu’il s’agisse du noir en tant que couleur, matériau, support ou geste technique, cet ouvrage s’attache à explorer les utilisations et les enjeux esthétiques du noir au cinéma. De ce point de vue, l’ouvrage entend renouveler des approches du cinéma exclusivement construites autour de la couleur, faisant du noir non seulement l’attribut d’objets filmés, mais aussi un milieu ou bien une conduite créatrice. S’interroger sur la manière dont on « fait le noir » au cinéma invite à embrasser une large étendue d’objets filmiques, courant du film de fiction au film expérimental, et du film en prises de vue réelles au film d’animation. L’ouvrage réunit des chercheurs inscrits dans les domaines de l’histoire et de l’esthétique du cinéma, des arts plastiques et de la théorie de l’art.

Nicaragua es un símbolo. Y no cualquier clase de símbolo: es un símbolo revolucionario. Si Cuba demostró en 1959 que una revolución en Nuestra América era posible, Nicaragua lo ratificó veinte años más tarde. Por eso, la crisis que atraviesa Nicaragua desde 2018 obliga a la izquierda a posicionarse. Cuando proyectamos este libro no faltó quien cuestionara el proyecto, considerando vergonzoso proponer un análisis en lugar de ofrecer apoyo en las trincheras donde, a diario, morían jóvenes nicaragüenses. ¿Cabía pensar en un libro frente a este panorama? La respuesta es afirmativa. Este proyecto editorial -impulsado por el Grupo de Trabajo el Istmo Centroamericano- es un compromiso y un reto. El compromiso de pensar las realidades políticas, sociales, económicas y culturales de Centroamérica de manera colectiva, en perspectiva regional y con una mirada interdisciplinaria. El reto de revisar críticamente el proceso abierto por la Revolución, sus despliegues y desvíos, sus aciertos y controversias, el papel de Daniel Ortega y la responsabilidad de su gobierno en los acontecimientos recientes.

This open access book introduces the first systematic approach to the debate on the unity or fragmentation of practical reasoning and its profound implications for legal philosophy. Bringing together some of the foremost legal philosophers from the Hispanic-Latin world, the book presents a thoughtful dialogue with the Anglo-American literature, making it of interest to scholars from both cultural traditions. Although the topic is rarely discussed explicitly and systematically, it is pivotal to ongoing debates about legal normativity, the nature of law, legal authority, and the rationale behind legal decisions. This book fills this gap by providing a comprehensive perspective that illuminates the intersections between the philosophy of law and the philosophy of practical reasoning. It analyses law from the perspective of the agent and offers deep insights into critical issues in the field of law. The volume is divided into four parts. The 1st part addresses the question of the nature of reasons and the unity of practical and theoretical reasoning. The 2nd part deals with the question of whether practical reasoning works in a unified or fragmented way. The 3rd section examines the autonomy of legal normativity in relation to morality and other normative domains. In the 4th and concluding section, the authors analyse the implications of the thesis of the unity of practical reason for legal decision-making and the authority of law. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.