Social Systems

Forever Prisoners offers the first broad history of immigrant detention in the United States. Elliott Young focuses on five stories, including Chinese detained off the coast of Washington in the late 1880s, an "insane" Russian-Brazilian Jew caught on a ship shuttling between New York and South America during World War I, Japanese Peruvians kidnapped and locked up in a Texas jail during World War II, a prison uprising by Mariel Cuban refugees in 1987, and a Salvadoran mother who grew up in the United States and has spent years incarcerated while fighting deportation.

Politik, Moral und Utopie - "Für den politisch Sensiblen ist Politik überall, sie kriecht quasi durch jede Ritze. Wenn man mit dem Gang der politischen Geschäfte nicht einverstanden ist, erhitzt das die Gefühle. So entstehen politisches Engagement, aber auch Fanatismus und Frustration", schreibt Thilo Sarrazin. Wie funktioniert Politik? Wie kommen politische Fehlentscheidungen zustande? Warum sind gute Absichten oft von Erfolg gekrönt? Wo liegen die Gründe für den Erfolg oder Misserfolg von Gesellschaften?

In Breakdown: How Progressive Ideology is Eroding Morality and Redefining Mental Health in America, Dr. Richard Kradin explores how progressive ideology has infiltrated and now dominates the mental health field in America. Notions of political correctness, radical feminism, identity politics, and LGBTQ ideology have all become mainstream within the mental health field, representing a radical change from a field founded on honesty, uninhibited freedom of expression, and science. Dr. Kradin offers an alternative morality-based approach as a prescription for mental health.

Depicting American justice at its best and worst, The Prosecutors lifts the lid off today's legal system with details that are more shocking and graphic than any television show or best-selling novel.

This audio study guide for Courtroom 302 by Steve Bogira includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as the prison-industrial complex and the influences of corruption and politics on trial cases. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

The first geofence warrant was issued in 2016. By 2021, Google was responding to 11,000 geofence warrant requests per year from officers wanting a list of cell phones at a crime scene at the time a crime was being committed. This new aspect of Fourth Amendment constitutional law is exciting and complex. If you are a law enforcement officer, prosecutor, criminal defense lawyer, judge, or citizen who cares about the constitutional right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment, you need to listen to this book.

How can we be proud of a system of justice that often pressures the innocent to plead guilty? How can we claim that justice is equal when we imprison thousands of poor Black men for relatively modest crimes but rarely prosecute rich white executives who commit crimes having far greater impact? Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a leading authority on white-collar crime, explores these and other puzzles in Why the Innocent Plead Guilty and the Guilty Go Free, a startling account of our broken legal system.

Education is broken, but it doesn’t have to be. In Skoolz R Dumb, Alida Davis Abdullah a no-nonsense and season educator and parent, cuts through the jargon and exposes the deep flaws and truths about today’s educational system. From endless testing to rigid curriculums, she’s seen firsthand how these outdated systems crush creativity and drown out the dreams of students, educators, and parents. However, this book isn’t just about pointing fingers with critiques.

La tecnología tiene un papel determinante en lo cotidiano: el trabajo, la educación y la vida social. Pero es un área profundamente desigual para las mujeres. La disparidad comienza en la infancia—a las niñas les regalan una cocinita y a los niños, videojuegos—y continúa durante la escolarización, la formación profesional, la capacitación, en el ambiente laboral o cuando deciden emprender. Chicas en Tecnología® es una invitación a reiniciar el sistema, a que las mujeres consideren a la tecnología como una aliada para mejorar el mundo.

Inhalt: Einleitung - Übersicht der Wissenschaft; 1. Das Abstrakte Recht; 1.1. Das Eigentum; 1.2. Der Vertrag; 1.3. Das Unrecht; 2. Die Moralität; 2.1. Die Handlung und der Vorsatz; 2.2. Das Wohl und die Absicht; 2.3. Das Gute und das Gewissen; 3. Die Sittlichkeit; 3.1. Die Familie; 3.1.1. Die Ehe; 3.1.2. Eigentum der Familie; 3.1.3. Auflösung der Familie; 3.2. Die bürgerliche Gesellschaft; 3.2.1. Das System der Bedürfnisse; 3.2.2. Die Rechtspflege; 3.2.3 Die Polizei (Verwaltung); 3.3. Der Staat.

In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights from the ongoing collaboration that began at these meetings and provides a revelatory, unified, and coherent voice for fixing our troubled and damaged financial markets.

In this stunning new story of political economy, author Eric Robert Morse examines why the modern system has become so unwieldy and explains what must be done to correct it. His astute analysis and fascinating storytelling take readers on an epic journey, from the dawn of free-market capitalism during the age of exploration, through the industrial revolution and Adam Smith, to the rise of Keynesianism and the dominance of the welfare state....

In diesem Hörbuch werden die Grundlagen des politischen Systems der Bundesrepublik Deutschland erläutert und erklärt, die das grundlegende Verständnis für die politischen Abläufe, Entscheidungen und Akteure vereinfachen. Darüber hinaus wird Bezug auf die jüngeren historischen Ereignisse des Landes genommen, um gewisse politische Strukturen und Prozesse im richtigen Kontext einordnen zu können. Begriffe, die alltäglich verwendet und scheinbar als selbstverständlich erachtet werden, werden in diesem Werk differenziert erklärt.

Black Women and Public Health creates an urgently needed interdisciplinary dialogue about issues of race, gender, and health. An enduring history of racism, sexism, and dehumanization of Black women's bodies has largely rendered the health needs of the Black community inaudible and invisible. Grounded in the lived experiences and expertise of Black women, this collection bridges gaps between researchers, practitioners, educators, and advocates.

Joyful. Graceful. Blessed. Strong. Anxious. Depressed. Stigmatized. Stereotyped. What happens when motherhood isn’t what you expected—and when you reach out for support, you are met with judgment and prejudice? Sandra Igwe shares her journey as a young Black mother, coping with sleepless nights, anxiety, and loneliness after the birth of her first daughter. Burdened by cultural expectations of the “good mother” and the “strong Black woman” trope, her mental health struggles became an uphill battle.

AI and other high-tech tools embed and reinforce America’s history of prejudice and exclusion — even when they are used with the best intentions. Patrick K. Lin’s Machine See, Machine Do: How Technology Mirrors Bias in Our Criminal Justice System takes a deep and thorough look into the use of technology in the criminal justice system, and investigates the instances of coded bias present at every level.

Unleash your full potential and achieve success with practical insights for personal and professional growth, even if you've felt misunderstood for years. Are you searching for advice from someone inside the spectrum on building meaningful social connections and authentically advancing your career?

This audiobook is the tool that you need because it contains the protocol that will teach you to manage your time, make better decisions, and parent in a more loving and considerate way. This guide is going to teach you what mental models are all about, why they are so beneficial to your life, and how you can use them in any situation to save time, make the right decisions for you quickly, and even increase the amount of happiness that you want in your life.

In Building Tomorrow, Paddy Le Flufy brings together six organizational technologies being developed and implemented by pioneering experts. Each of them fundamentally redesigns a key element of our economic system. Together, they form a holistic vision of a new system–one that can help us avoid the catastrophe looming on the horizon.

Entdecke die Magie der Runen: Nutze die Kraft der alten Schriftzeichen für dein Leben. Bist du bereit, dein Bewusstsein zu erweitern und persönlich zu wachsen? Die Antwort könnte in den Runen liegen – uralte Symbole voller Weisheit und Kraft. Sie bieten dir einen klaren Weg zu Selbsterkenntnis und Transformation. In diesem Buch entschlüsselst du Schritt für Schritt, wie du die Runen in deinem Leben anwenden kannst, um deine Ziele zu erreichen. Das erwartet dich im Buch: Die Bedeutung jeder Rune entschlüsseln – Erfahre, wie du die Botschaften und Kräfte der Runen für dich nutzen kannst.