Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law

Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law
Author: Osama Siddique
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2013-06-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107038154

This book explores the complex relationship between colonial law and the reform of legal systems in postcolonial states.

Forging the Ideal Educated Girl

Forging the Ideal Educated Girl
Author: Shenila Khoja-Moolji
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2018-06-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520970535

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In Forging the Ideal Educated Girl, Shenila Khoja-Moolji traces the figure of the ‘educated girl’ to examine the evolving politics of educational reform and development campaigns in colonial India and Pakistan. She challenges the prevailing common sense associated with calls for women’s and girls’ education and argues that such advocacy is not simply about access to education but, more crucially, concerned with producing ideal Muslim woman-/girl-subjects with specific relationships to the patriarchal family, paid work, Islam, and the nation-state. Thus, discourses on girls’/ women’s education are sites for the construction of not only gender but also class relations, religion, and the nation.

Can't Catch a Break

Can't Catch a Break
Author: Susan Starr Sered
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2014-09-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520282787

Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, CanÕt Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world, Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality.

The House on Crash Corner

The House on Crash Corner
Author: Mindy Greenstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780975976098

This collection of true stories chronicles the author's childhood growing up in Brooklyn as the Yiddish speaking daughter of Holocaust survivors to her work with cancer patients to her life as a mom of two young boys to becoming a cancer patient herself.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Random Acts of Kindness
Author: Amy Newmark
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1611592607

The best way to make yourself feel great? Do a random act of kindness for someone! These 101 stories will make you smile and get you excited about what you can do, too. Make miracles happen for yourself and others. It’s easy. Just think outside the box and look around. There are so many ways that you can help—and it turns out the biggest beneficiary may be you! Scientific studies have shown that “doing good” is not only good for the recipient of the good deed, but also for the person doing it, making that person happier and healthier. So dive into these 101 stories of kindness, from the everyday to the extraordinary. If you need some help, you’ll find hope in these pages. And if you can give help, you’ll feel energized and inspired to find your own opportunities to perform random acts of kindess—every day!

Chicken Soup for the Soul: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Chicken Soup for the Soul: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Author: Amy Newmark
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1611599911

Get into the holiday spirit with these magical stories of family and friends… giving and sharing… joy and blessings! Prepare to be inspired by these tales of giving, gratitude, and kindness. You’ll also pick up some creative ways to make your own holidays even more special, with new plans for family fun, gift ideas, and recipes. These 101 real-life personal stories are filled with the cheer of the season. They’ll leave you smiling and eager to share the holidays, from Thanksgiving to Hanukkah to Christmas and New Year’s. We didn’t forget the kids either. The stories in this collection are “Santa safe,” meaning that they keep the magic alive even for precocious readers. And your purchase will support Toys for Tots as well, creating miracles for children all over the U.S.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Be You
Author: Amy Newmark
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1611590655

These 101 true stories from women who have found their coursge, their confidence, and their true selves will inspire you to live the life you want and deserve. The impactful stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul: You Go, Girl, are about women taking control, finding their voices, supporting other women, and inspiring others with their success. They chronicle simple changes and complex transformations, and provide easy-to-implement tips and powerful motivation for women of all ages to say "yes" to their best lives.

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life

Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mid and Later Life
Author: Scott D. Wright
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2016-01-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1784500372

Bringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life. Including a range of personal, academic and clinical perspectives, the book considers historical and contemporary perspectives on autism, including diagnosis, developmental outcomes and life course issues. Attention is given to medical, care and psychological issues that arise as people with ASD age, such as declining cognitive function and speech and communication issues. Family, community support, housing, advocacy, and socio-cultural considerations for older adults with ASD are also given careful consideration, and there are chapters on relationship and sexuality issues and on environmental design.

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century

Intelligent Governance for the 21st Century
Author: Nicolas Berggruen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2013-04-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745663583

For decades, liberal democracy has been extolled as the best system of governance to have emerged out of the long experience of history. Today, such a confident assertion is far from self-evident. Democracy, in crisis across the West, must prove itself. In the West today, the authors argue, we no longer live in "industrial democracies," but "consumer democracies" in which the governing ethos has ended up drowning households and governments in debt and resulted in paralyzing partisanship. In contrast, the long-term focus of the decisive and unified leadership of China is boldly moving its nation into the future. But China also faces challenges arising from its meteoric rise. Its burgeoning middle class will increasingly demand more participation, accountability of government, curbing corruption and the rule of law. As the 21st Century unfolds, both of these core systems of the global order must contend with the same reality: a genuinely multi-polar world where no single power dominates and in which societies themselves are becoming increasingly diverse. The authors argue that a new system of "intelligent governance" is required to meet these new challenges. To cope, the authors argue that both East and West can benefit by adapting each other’s best practices. Examining this in relation to widely varying political and cultural contexts, the authors quip that while China must lighten up, the US must tighten up. This highly timely volume is both a conceptual and practical guide of impressive scope to the challenges of good governance as the world continues to undergo profound transformation in the coming decades.