Author: University of Michigan. Board of RegentsPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Proceedings of the Board of Regents
Author: University of Michigan. Board of RegentsPublisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Critical Disaster Studies
Author: Jacob A.C. RemesPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812299728
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
This book announces the new, interdisciplinary field of critical disaster studies. Unlike most existing approaches to disaster, critical disaster studies begins with the idea that disasters are not objective facts, but rather are interpretive fictions—and they shape the way people see the world. By questioning the concept of disaster itself, critical disaster studies reveals the stakes of defining people or places as vulnerable, resilient, or at risk. As social constructs, disaster, vulnerability, resilience, and risk shape and are shaped by contests over power. Managers and technocrats often herald the goals of disaster response and recovery as objective, quantifiable, or self-evident. In reality, the goals are subjective, and usually contested. Critical disaster studies attends to the ways powerful people often use claims of technocratic expertise to maintain power. Moreover, rather than existing as isolated events, disasters take place over time. People commonly imagine disasters to be unexpected and sudden, making structural conditions appear contingent, widespread conditions appear local, and chronic conditions appear acute. By placing disasters in broader contexts, critical disaster studies peels away that veneer. With chapters by scholars of five continents and seven disciplines, Critical Disaster Studies asks how disasters come to be known as disasters, how disasters are used as tools of governance and politics, and how people imagine and anticipate disasters. The volume will be of interest to scholars of disaster in any discipline and especially to those teaching the growing number of courses on disaster studies.
Report of the President
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The President's Report
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ...
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Regents' Proceedings
Author: University of Michigan. Board of RegentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1608
Book Description
Our Compelling Interests
Author: Earl LewisPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691178836
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
How diversity and difference strengthen democracy and increase prosperity It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability. The major demographic changes taking place in America make discussions about such issues all the more imperative. Our Compelling Interests engages this conversation and demonstrates that diversity is an essential strength that gives nations a competitive edge. This inaugural volume of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Our Compelling Interests series illustrates that a diverse population offers our communities a prescription for thriving now and in the future. This landmark essay collection begins with a powerful introduction situating the demographic transitions reshaping American life, and the contributors present a broad-ranging look at the value of diversity to democracy and civil society. They explore the paradoxes of diversity and inequality in the fifty years following the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, and they review the ideals that have governed our thinking about social cohesion—such as assimilation, integration, and multiculturalism—before delving into the new ideal of social connectedness. The book also examines the demographics of the American labor force and its implications for college enrollment, graduation, the ability to secure a job, business outcomes, and the economy. Contributors include Danielle Allen, Nancy Cantor, Anthony Carnevale, William Frey, Earl Lewis, Nicole Smith, Thomas Sugrue, and Marta Tienda. Commentary is provided by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Patricia Gurin, Ira Katznelson, and Marta Tienda. At a time when American society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling Interests sheds light on how our differences will only become more critical to our collective success.
University of Michigan Official Publication
Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
General Register
Author: University of MichiganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1176
Book Description
Announcements for the following year included in some vols.
A Future in Ruins
Author: Lynn MeskellPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190648341
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Utopia -- Internationalism -- Technocracy -- Conservation -- Inscription -- Conflict -- Danger -- Dystopia