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We are living in a time of mind-boggling corruption, but we are also, as it happens, living in a golden age of whistleblowing. Over the past two decades, the brave insiders who decide to expose wrongdoing have gained unprecedented legal and social stature, emerging as the government's best weapon against corporate misconduct - and the citizenry's best defense against government gone bad. They are also forcing us to consider fundamental questions about our democracy, especially the proper balance between free speech and state secrecy, and between individual rights and corporate power. Drawing on relentless original research, including in-depth interviews with more than 200 whistleblowers and the elite coterie of legal trailblazers who have armed them for battle - plus scores of politicians, intelligence analysts, government watchdogs, cognitive scientists, and other experts - Crisis of Conscience is a modern-day David-and-Goliath saga, told through a series of riveting cases drawn from Big Pharma, the military, and beyond. Whistleblowers are not only heroes who expose and anatomise corruption and ensure that it is punished usually at enormous cost to themselves - Mueller shows how they are also models we all must think and act more like if our democracy is to survive.
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Commercial crimes --- White collar crimes --- WHITE COLLAR CRIMES --- COMMERCIAL CRIMES. --- FRAUD --- PREVENTION.
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During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon : 'alt-right', short for 'alternative right'. Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups : it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed with provocation and trolling, amorphous, predominantly online, and mostly anonymous. And it was energized by Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The author provides here an accessible introduction and gives vital perspective on the emergence of a group whose overt racism has confounded expectation for a more tolerant America. He explains the movement's origins, evolution, methods, and core belief in white-identity politics. The book explores how the alt-right differs from traditional white nationalism, libertarianism, and other online illiberal ideologies such as neoreaction, as well as from mainstream Republicans and even Donald Trump and Steve Bannon. The alt-right's use of offensive humor and its trolling-driven approach, based in animosity to so-called political correctness, can make it difficult to determine true motivations. Yet through exclusive interviews and a careful study of the alt-right's influential texts, the author is able to paint a full picture of a movement that not only disagrees with liberalism but also fundamentally rejects most of the tenets of American conservatism. He points to the alt-right's growing influence and makes a case for coming to a precise understanding of its beliefs without sensationalism or downplaying the movement's radicalism.
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This book is a forensic deep-dive into the dark arterial network of the anti-immigrant far-right. The author presents a map-like, chronological expose of the white nationalist origination of restrictionist policy and its comfortable convergence with capitalist political economy. He painstakingly details the methods by which these toxic ideas have enabled opportunists, demagogues, and fascist foot-soldiers to gain entry and influence within the political mainstream. Not to despair, the author also introduces us to the people, organizations, and efforts taking shape to defeat the resurgent far-right.
WHITE NATIONALISM--USA --- CONSERVATISM--USA --- RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS--USA --- USA--EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION
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By the time Matthias was in seventh grade, he felt he'd better belong to some group, lest he be alone and vulnerable. The punks and anarchists were identifiable by their tattoos and hairstyles and music. But it was the skinheads who captured his imagination. They had great parties, and everyone seemed afraid of them. "They really represented what it meant to be a strong man," he said. What draws young men into violent extremist groups? What are the ideologies that inspire them to join? And what are the emotional bonds forged that make it difficult to leave, even when they want to? Having conducted in-depth interviews with ex-white nationalists and neo-Nazis in the United States, as well as ex-skinheads and ex-neo-Nazis in Germany and Sweden, renowned sociologist Michael Kimmel demonstrates the pernicious effects that constructions of masculinity have on these young recruits. Kimmel unveils how white extremist groups wield masculinity to recruit and retain members-and to prevent them from exiting the movement. Young men in these groups often feel a sense of righteous indignation, seeing themselves as victims, their birthright upended in a world dominated by political correctness. Offering the promise of being able to ";take back their manhood,"; these groups leverage stereotypes of masculinity to manipulate despair into white supremacist and neo-Nazi hatred. Kimmel combines individual stories with a multiangled analysis of the structural, political, and economic forces that marginalize these men to shed light on their feelings, yet make no excuses for their actions. Healing from Hate reminds us of some men's efforts to exit the movements and reintegrate themselves back into society and is a call to action to those who make it out to help those who are still trapped.
RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS --- WHITE SUPREMACY MOVEMENTS --- MASCULINITY--PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS --- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY --- Right-wing extremists --- Masculinity --- White supremacy movements --- Far-right extremists --- Radicals --- Supremacist movements, White --- Supremacy movements, White --- White supremacist movements --- Social movements --- White nationalism --- Skinheads --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Men --- Psychological aspects --- #SBIB:324H60 --- #SBIB:316.346H30 --- #SBIB:321H81 --- 316.64 --- 316.64 Maatschappelijke attitudes --(sociale psychologie) --- Maatschappelijke attitudes --(sociale psychologie) --- Politieke socialisatie --- Gender studies: mannenproblematiek: algemeen --- Westerse politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw : nationalisme, corporatisme, fascisme, nationaal socialisme, rechtsextremisme, populisme --- White supremacy movements. --- Psychological aspects. --- Social problems --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies. --- Right-wing extremists - Case studies. --- Masculinity - Psychological aspects. --- Germany --- Sweden --- United States of America --- beliefs. --- cliques. --- clubs. --- economic. --- emotions. --- extremist groups. --- extremist. --- friendship. --- germany. --- groups. --- hate. --- hatred. --- ideology. --- interviews. --- manhood. --- marginalized groups. --- masculinity. --- mental health. --- morals. --- neo nazis. --- political correctness. --- political. --- recruitment. --- skinheads. --- society. --- sociology. --- sweden. --- toxic masculinity. --- united states. --- violence. --- violent. --- white nationalists. --- white power. --- white supremacist. --- young men. --- Violence --- Islam --- Anti-semitism --- Book --- Discrimination
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"In Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History: Alt/Histories, historians, sociologists, neuroscientists, lawyers, cultural critics, and literary and media scholars come together to offer an interconnected and comparative collection for understanding how contemporary far-right, neo-fascist, Alt-Right, Identitarian, and New Right movements have proposed revisions and counter-narratives to accepted understandings of history, fact and narrative. The innovative essays found here bring forward urgent questions to diverse public, academic, and politically-minded audiences interested in how historical understandings of race, gender, class, nationalism, religion, law, technology and the sciences have been distorted by these far-right movements. If scholars of the last twenty years, like Francis Fukuyama, believed that neoliberalism marked an "end of history," this volume shows how the far right is effectively threatening democracy and its institutions through the dissemination of alt-facts and histories"--
History --- History, Modern --- Philosophy. --- Philosophy --- HISTORY --- Right-wing extremists. --- Truthfulness and falsehood. --- White supremacy movements. --- General --- General. --- Modern --- RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS --- WHITE SUPREMACY MOVEMENTS --- HISTORY--PHILOSOPHY --- TRUTHFULNESS AND FALSEHOOD
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What is human trafficking? This volume critically examines the competing discourses surrounding human trafficking, the conceptual basis of global responses and the impact of these horrific acts worldwide.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING --- Human trafficking. --- Transnational crime. --- Sex crimes. --- Abuse, Sexual --- Sex offenses --- Sexual abuse --- Sexual crimes --- Sexual delinquency --- Sexual offenses --- Sexual violence --- Crime --- Prostitution --- Multinational crime --- Transborder crime --- Forced prostitution (Human trafficking) --- People trafficking --- Sex trafficking --- Traffic in persons --- Trafficking in human beings --- Trafficking in persons --- White slave traffic --- White slavery --- Sex crimes --- Exploitation. --- Violence. --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Conduct of life --- White slave traffic (Human trafficking) --- White slavery (Human trafficking) --- Offenses against the person
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"The first in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and inactions--have defined the course of our country What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president of the United States--as did Donald Rumsfeld, Leon Panetta, and a relative handful of others. The chiefs of staff, often referred to as "the gatekeepers," wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and--most crucially--enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeenliving chiefs and two former presidents, award-winning journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House, the press, and Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution--and, conversely, how Watergate, the Iraq War, and even the bungled Obamacare rollout mighthave been prevented by a more effective chief. Filled with shrewd analysis and never-before-reported details,The Gatekeepersoffers an essential portrait of the toughest job in Washington"--
Presidents --- Staff --- United States. --- Officials and employees --- United States --- Politics and government --- PRESIDENTS--USA--STAFF --- USA. WHITE HOUSE OFFICE--OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES --- USA--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- Presidents - United States - Staff --- United States - Politics and government
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Through unprecedented access to over 100 court files and sentences, and interviews with police and security personnel in both origin and destination countries, this book provides the most comprehensive exploration to date of human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Human trafficking --- Human smuggling --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Immigrant smuggling --- Migrant smuggling --- People smuggling --- Smuggling --- Illegal aliens --- Forced prostitution (Human trafficking) --- People trafficking --- Sex trafficking --- Traffic in persons --- Trafficking in human beings --- Trafficking in persons --- White slave traffic --- White slavery --- Sex crimes --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Sciences - General --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Gender Studies & Sexuality --- Ethnology. --- Political science. --- Crime --- Organized crime. --- Social justice. --- Human rights. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice. --- Organized Crime. --- Crime and Society. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. --- Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. --- Political Science. --- Cultural Anthropology. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Equality --- Justice --- Crime syndicates --- Organised crime --- Criminal sociology --- Criminology --- Sociology of crime --- Sociology --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Sociological aspects. --- Law and legislation --- Sociological aspects --- Europe [Eastern ] --- Russia --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Criminology. --- Criminals --- Study and teaching --- Illegal immigration --- White slave traffic (Human trafficking) --- White slavery (Human trafficking) --- Offenses against the person
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