Taking Power

Author : John Foran
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139445184
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking Power written by John Foran and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Power analyzes the causes behind some three dozen revolutions in the Third World between 1910 and the present. It advances a theory that seeks to integrate the political, economic, and cultural factors that brought these revolutions about, and links structural theorizing with original ideas on culture and agency. It attempts to explain why so few revolutions have succeeded, while so many have failed. The book is divided into chapters that treat particular sets of revolutions including the great social revolutions of Mexico 1910, China 1949, Cuba 1959, Iran 1979, and Nicaragua 1979, the anticolonial revolutions in Algeria, Vietnam, Angola, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe from the 1940s to the 1970s, and the failed revolutionary attempts in El Salvador, Peru, and elsewhere. It closes with speculation about the future of revolutions in an age of globalization, with special attention to Chiapas, the post-September 11 world, and the global justice movement.

Author : John Holloway
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9780745318639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Change the World Without Taking Power written by John Holloway and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a radical rethinking of Marx's concept of revolution that shows how we can bring about social and political change today.

Author : David Novak
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101553960
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking People with You written by David Novak and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT MOTIVATION FROM A PROVEN MOTIVATOR.” —JACK WELCH Yum! Brands CEO David Novak learned long ago that you can’t lead a great organization of any size without getting your people aligned, enthusiastic, and focused relentlessly on the mission. But how do you do that? There are countless leadership books, but how many will actually help a Taco Bell shift manager, a Fortune 500 CEO, a new entrepreneur, or anyone in between? Over his fifteen years at Yum! Brands, Novak has developed a trademarked program—Taking People with You—that he personally teaches to thousands of managers around the world. He shows them how to make big things happen by getting people on their side. No skill in business is more important. And Yum!’s extraordinary success (at least 13 percent growth for each of the last ten years) proves his point. Novak knows that managers don’t need leadership platitudes or business school theories. So he cuts right to the chase with a step-by-step guide to setting big goals, building strong teams, blowing past your targets, and celebrating after you shock the skeptics. And then doing it again and again until consistent excellence becomes a core element of your culture.

Author : Eliza VanCort
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1523092750
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space written by Eliza VanCort and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long, women have been told to confine themselves-physically, socially, and emotionally. Eliza VanCort says now is the time for women to stand tall, raise their voices, and claim their space. Women fight the pressure to make themselves small in private, professional, and public spaces. VanCort, a teacher, consultant, and speaker, provides the necessary tools for women to rewrite the rules and create the stories of their choosing safely and without apology. VanCort identifies the five key behaviors of all Space-Claiming Queens: use your voice and posture to project confidence and power, end self-sabotage, forge connections, neutralize unsafe spaces, and unite across differences. Through personal narrative, research, and actionable strategies, VanCort provides how-tos on combating challenges, such as antimentors and microaggressions, and gives advice for building up your old girls club, asking for what you're worth, and owning your space without apology. Bold, fun, and enlightening, this book is birthed from VanCort's incredible story. Having a mother with schizophrenia forced VanCort to learn to be small and invisible at an early age, and suffering a traumatic brain injury as an adult required her to rethink communication from the ground up. Drawing on these experiences, and those of real women everywhere, VanCort empowers women to claim space for themselves and for their sisters with courage, empathy, and conviction because when we rise together, we rise so much higher.

Author : Bethany Casarjian
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964493346
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power Source written by Bethany Casarjian and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power Source is a book / curriculum / program designed to give highly at-risk youth the skills to prevent further high-risk behavior. It is an emotional literacy program that includes gaining coping and conflict resolution strategies; gaining insight into family pattens; identifying offending behavior and its impact on victims; learning how to stop the cycle of negative risk-taking patterns; and developing a positive future orientation.

Author : Learning Express LLC
Publisher : Learning Express (CA)
ISBN 13 : 9781576856338
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Test-Taking Power Strategies written by Learning Express LLC and published by Learning Express (CA). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a test can be nerve-wracking, especially when your future is riding on the results. And any kind of test-from high-stakes academic tests to career qualification exams-can be faced successfully with Test-Taking Power Strategies. Simple but invaluable tips to ace any test: the most effective ways to memorize, the 5 classic methods to overcome test anxiety, the right (and wrong) way to cram, the 10 most common test-day problems-and solutions, how test makers try to distract you, how to become an educated guesser, how to predict the subjects for essay questions in advance. More Essential Features and Strategies: Exclusive reviews covering critical basic writing skills for taking essay exams, Practice with various kinds of test questions, Help with real-world problems, such as anxiety and insufficient preparation time, Improve your skills in the elements of study, from breaking down assignments into manageable sections to getting the most out of readings and lectures. Book jacket.

Author : Kevin Salwen
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547486219
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Half written by Kevin Salwen and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true story of making a difference: “What does your family stand for? Read this book—it will change your life” (Daniel H. Pink). It all started when fourteen-year-old Hannah Salwen had a “eureka” moment. Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the same moment when a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said “You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.” Until that day, the Salwens had been caught up like so many of us in the classic American dream—providing a good life for their children, accumulating more and more stuff, doing their part but not really feeling it. So when Hannah was stopped in her tracks by this glaring disparity, her parents knew they had to do something. As a family, they made the extraordinary decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of the sale price to a worthy charity. What began as an outlandish scheme became a remarkable journey that transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone. In the end they learned that they had the power to change a little corner of the world—and found that it changed them, too. “You feel lighter reading this book, as if the heavy weight of house and car and appliances, the need to collect these things to feel safe as a family, are lifted and replaced by something that makes much more sense.” —Los Angeles Times

Author : Dolores L. Augustine
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800731981
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking on Technocracy written by Dolores L. Augustine and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German abandonment of nuclear power represents one of the most successful popular revolts against technocratic thinking in modern times—the triumph of a dynamic social movement, encompassing a broad swath of West Germans as well as East German dissident circles, over political, economic, and scientific elites. Taking on Technocracy gives a brisk account of this dramatic historical moment, showing how the popularization of scientific knowledge fostered new understandings of technological risk. Combining analyses of social history, popular culture, social movement theory, and histories of science and technology, it offers a compelling narrative of a key episode in the recent history of popular resistance.

Author : Sheri Hunter
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493421417
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Daring to Live written by Sheri Hunter and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When her husband, Mannard, unexpectedly passed away at just 50 years of age, Sheri Hunter was devastated. With her whole world falling down around her, she turned to her friends. Years before, she and these Dare Divas had gone on a whitewater rafting trip. Now they sought out other adventures--zip-lining, skydiving, mountain climbing, and more. Through these death-defying activities and the unwavering support of her friends, Sheri slowly found the strength to move forward in life. More than just a memoir, this empowering female travelogue pairs emotionally resonant, confessional storytelling with spiritual takeaways, challenging readers to engage fully in their own lives, surround themselves with friends who will support them, and face life's challenges with courage and faith. If you've ever experienced a sudden loss or upheaval in life, Sheri's story will reassure you that even if life as you knew it is over, the future God has for you is always full of new adventures.

Author : Ralph Heath
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1601638868
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrating Failure written by Ralph Heath and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating Failure is the definitive how-to manual for leaders seeking to embrace the power of failure as a learning tool to improve their organizations and achieve ever-greater goals. The business world (and, lately, the political arena) is convinced that the number one topic is change. Heath posits that it might well be failure, because if you do it right, failure can become a launching pad for change.Heath contends that "positive failures" are not only necessary steps on the path to success, but encourage greater freedom to take risks in pursuit of one's life goals. This counter-intuitive but powerful title includes:•Engaging stories of real-life business and personal failure experiences.•Practical steps to apply each chapter's "lessons" and change your approach to risk-taking and failure.•Positive, effective ways to eliminate the "fear of failure" that can hold you back in today's competitive, fast-changing world.Heath's insightful stories lay out his own failures and reveal his human side as a son, father, athlete, and business leader.