Birth Control and the State: A Plea and a Forecast by C.P. Blacker is a seminal work that explores the intersection of population control, public policy, and social reform in the early 20th century. Blacker's book presents a compelling argument for the implementation of birth control measures as a means of addressing the social, economic, and moral challenges posed by overpopulation. Drawing on extensive research and statistical data, Blacker highlights...

The text below is an excerpt from Friendly Fire. It is the early morning of April 18, 2002, following the mayhem of a bomb attack on a section of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, outside Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Edmonton-based soldiers were conducting a live-fire training exercise at a former al-Qaeda compound when a U.S. fighter pilot mistook them for the enemy. At Tarnak Farm, A Company begins to board the trucks that will take...

En este libro, la autora explora los orígenes del concepto de desarrollo sustentable y va más allá de los lugares comunes en que se ha convertido la sostenibilidad en el ámbito urbano. Presenta una propuesta para revolucionar la actual planeación con enfoque sustentable, hacia la práctica de una planeación para la sustentabilidad. Es decir, hacia un proceso de gestión del cambio que permita direccionar una transición culturalmente integrada...

Le parcours des personnes judiciarisées de 16 à 35 ans vers le désistement du crime et la (ré)intégration sociocommunautaire est généralement complexe et parsemé d'embuches. En plus de faire face à l'impact cumulatif de plusieurs adversités vécues tout au long de leur vie, beaucoup de ces jeunes sont confrontés à de multiples transitions : de l'adolescence à l'âge adulte, de la « délinquance » à l'« ex-délinquance »,...

This study of the invasion of compulsory sexual morality into human society, written in 1931, was Reich's first step in approaching the answer to the problem of human mass neuroses, preceding The Mass Psychology of Fascism and The Sexual Revolution. Growing out of Reich's involvement with the crucial question of the origin of sexual suppression, this attempt to explain historically the problem of sexual disturbances and neuroses draws upon the ethnological...

"Authority" and "A Prisoner's Story" come from the writing collection, Essays & More Straight from the Pen, available in print and as an eBook. The essays show the reality of prison life, the danger and insanity of life inside some of America's most violent prisons, and one man's struggle to keep the peace and survive without resorting to violence.

What is happening when we mistake one thing for another? Disorientations and double takes are a key part of the lived experience of modern capitalism. But the corollary of this is an existential anxiety which motivates a perpetual search for reassurances of our individual and collective identities. How do we escape self-estrangement and alienation on any level of existence? The experiential gaps in formal bureaucratic and marketised 'life' present...

I don't look for sympathy. I made the choices that put me in federal prison for thirty-five years, without parole. I'm sure most people couldn't care less about the life of any prisoner until they become the victim of one who escapes or gets out. To reduce crime rates and the national deficit, some would prefer to behead those who ran afoul of the law, rather than to pay the cost of incarceration. Punish the bastard! Feed 'em to the lions! they chant....

La diferencia parece obvia, pero en ocasiones se confunden las experiencias del envejecimiento y de la vejez; y aunque están estrechamente ligadas, comprender por qué no son lo mismo es fundamental para llevar una vida de calidad, independientemente de los años que se tengan. Este libro aborda las comprensiones y representaciones que tienen las mismas personas viejas, desde una perspectiva teórica, interdisciplinaria y fenomenológica, sobre la...

El propósito de El páramo reformista es entender qué nos hace resistentes al cambio. Si asumimos esta dificultad, quizás comprendamos por qué toda reforma debe ser sostenida y evaluada de manera permanente. Antes de creer en una transformación súbita y radical o pensar que solo se trata de reemplazar a quienes gobiernan, el autor busca convencernos de que este proceso es un camino cuesta arriba, en el cual es mucho más fácil fracasar que...