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Are Americans Becoming
More Peaceful?
A Counterintuitive Examination of the
U.S. Public’s Attitude Toward War
Paul Joseph
Are Americans becoming
more peaceful-even after
the 2004 elections and
the seeming affirmation of
the war in Iraq? Through
most of 2005, support for
U.S. militarism appeared
to continue unabated. But
with the cumulative impact
of Abu Ghraib, Valerie
Plame, National Security
Agency wiretapping, and
more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers dead, Americans may
be changing their minds.
This book looks at the meaning of peace in the face
of war and offers an optimistic interpretation of the
public’s changing views. Even if U.S. citizens are not
ready to jump on the bandwagon of antiwar protest,
they are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with
the costs of war that can be measured not just in
dollars but in lives and international respect.
And, as Paul Joseph meticulously chronicles,
Americans are becoming ever more resistant to and
savvy about government management of the “facts”
surrounding war. In areas ranging from media and
photojournalism to gender and casualties, Joseph
shows us the images and then exposes the realities.
Contents
1 From Mobilized to Conditional war
2 Managing Fear
3 Managing Information
4 Managing the Media
5 Managing the Photographs
6 Managing Gender
7 Managing Militarism
8 Managing Casualties
9 From Managing War to Making Peace
Knowledge Politics
Governing the Consequences
of Science and Technology
Nico Stehr
This book argues that new
technologies and society’s
response to them have
created a relatively new
phenomenon, “knowledge
politics.” Nico Stehr
describes Western
society’s response to a
host of new technologies
developed only since
the 1970s, including
genetic experiments,
test-tube human conception, recombinant DNA
and embryonic stem cells, genetically engineered
foods, neurogenetics and genetic engineering,
and reproductive cloning and the reconstruction
of the human ancestral genome. He looks also
at the prospective fusion of nanotechnology,
biotechnology, information technology, transgenic
human engineering and cognitive science whose
products may, as its boosters claim, some day cure
disease, slow the aging process, eliminate pollution,
and generally enhance human performance.
Contents
Overview
Introduction: A Millsian World of Knowledge
1 Knowledge about Knowledge
2 The Governance of Knowledge
3 Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions
4 The Moralization of the Market
5 Globalization and Knowledge Politics
Outlook
Bibliography; Index
2006, 224 pages, 6 x 9”
1-59451-087-3 / 978-1-59451-087-8
paper $36.95 CRO
2006, 296 pages, 6 x 9”
1-59451-300-7 / 978-1-59451-300-8
paper $27.95 CRO
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