Social Systems

Black women are at higher risk of developing postnatal depression but are the least likely to be identified as depressed. Sharing the voices of other mothers, Sandra examines how culture, racism, stigma and a lack of trust in services prevent women getting the help they need. Breaking open the conversation on motherhood, race, and mental health, she demands that Black women are listened to, believed and understood.

While everyone knows of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the viral craze that swept the nation in summer 2014, too few know the truly inspirational story behind it. Pete Frates was a man at war with his own body, a man whose love for others was unshakable. He was a man who refused to fight alone and, in so doing, mobilized a global army to combat one of the most devastating diseases on earth: ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies. In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system.

Hard White explains how the mainstreaming of white nationalism occurred, pointing to two major shifts in the movement. While the book argues that white extremism will have enduring effects on American electoral politics for some time to come, it suggests that the way forward is to refocus the conversation on social solidarity, concluding with ideas for how to build this solidarity.

The sad truth is that the US criminal justice system doesn’t work for many different reasons - from our overflowing prisons, to the destructive war on drugs and disproportionate effect on minority communities, to conflicts between police and citizens and problems with prosecutors and the courts. In Fixing the US Criminal Justice System, author Paul Brakke provides an in-depth look from a conservative perspective at the many flaws in the system and how to fix them.

Being highly sensitive and empathic means you easily feel all the pain and suffering, in the world around you. Without tools, this can feel like a curse. Fortunately, you are not alone - and there is a solution! Empathic Mastery is a no-BS-tell-it-like-it-is guide, written for empaths, by an empath who’s cracked the code on how to go from psychic overwhelm and distress, to calm, confident, and able to use your abilities for good. Learn how to recognize what’s yours, and what isn’t, how to release the toxic energy you absorb, and so much more!

Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice.

A Tale of Two Economies details the ongoing battle between the material and the monetary economies. The good news is that the development of modern technology in our material economy has us on the brink of prosperity. The bad news is that a turf war over the money supply in our monetary economy is destroying our prospects for enjoying this success. Thus, we have rampant inflation and a growing gap between the rich and the poor today.

Inhalt: Enzyklopädie I : Einleitung in das System der Wissenschaft, Logik: Vorbegriff, Metaphysik, Empirismus, Kritische Philosophie, Das unmittelbare Wissen, Näherer Begriff und Einteilung der Logik, Die Lehre vom Sein, Qualität, Quantität, Das Maß, Die Lehre vom Wesen, Grund der Existenz, Die Erscheinung, Die Wirklichkeit, Die Lehre vom Begriff, Der subjektive Begriff, Begriff als solcher, Das Urteil, Der Schluß, Das Objekt, Mechanismus, Chemismus, Teleologie, Die Idee, Das Leben, Das Erkennen.

Your emotions unleash at any time. The relationships around you often result in devastation. Your life feels like a chaotic mess. Don't let the trauma of your past delegate your future. Your BPD symptoms or traits can set you up for more pain, agony, and failure if you don't control them now. Your BPD experiences, stress, trauma, and diet can set you up for the devastating disability called multiple sclerosis. Take back control of your life today. Your health and your sanity depend on it! We will show you how.

The most important skill for 21st-Century success, in all areas of life, is knowing yourself and others. Going beyond surface-level understanding allows you to know how you work best and what makes you tick. But then how do you communicate your needs to others? It all starts by knowing yourself, right where you are at this moment, what you want and how best to get there. This can be overwhelming and challenging if you try to do all the work without guidance.

Inhalt: A. Behandlungsarten der Geschichte. Ursprüngliche Geschichtsschreibung, Reflektierende Geschichtsschreibung, Philosophische Geschichtsschreibung. B. Bestimmung des Geistes in der Weltgeschichte. Die Natur des Geistes: Die Freiheit, Die Mittel zur Realisierung seiner Idee: Menschliche Tätigkeit, Die Gestalt seiner Realisierung: Der Staat. C. Der Gang der Weltgeschichte. Das Prinzip der Entwicklung, Der Anfang der Geschichte, Die Art des Ganges der Geschichte - Geographische Grundlage der Weltgeschichte: Die Neue Welt: Amerika, Die Alte Welt. Die geographischen Unterschiede.

As we notice the ways we need to grow and change, NLP helps us master ourselves before teaching us how to master the communications skills we need to be effective with others. The benefits of knowing and using NLP have been around since the 1970s, and today companies and professionals around the world use it to boost their team’s interpersonal and individual success. By using NLP, whether you’re in the boardroom or the living room, you can learn how to quickly improve yourself and influence others for the better!

For NK, life has been anything but a walk in the park. When NK Yahushua set out with her friend and her dog for a sunset hike in LA’s famous Griffith Park, she set out toward her own demise. Before the night was over, NK would be racially profiled by a park ranger, arrested without cause, and falsely imprisoned miles away from her Los Feliz home. And that would only be the beginning.

This is perhaps Allen's most directly sociological and philosophical work. In it, he treats of the evolution of the systems man has created to help navigate and manipulate the world. Along the way, he unpacks the ways in which the new science of flight will lead to a different consciousness, just as the locomotive had done in his lifetime; the reason people so often misunderstand the meaning of 'survival of the fittest', and its appropriate application to human life, and more.

In Breakdown: How Progressive Ideology is Eroding Morality and Redefining Mental Health in America, Dr. Richard Kradin explores how progressive ideology has infiltrated and now dominates the mental health field in America. Notions of political correctness, radical feminism, identity politics, and LGBTQ ideology have all become mainstream within the mental health field, representing a radical change from a field founded on honesty, uninhibited freedom of expression, and science. Dr. Kradin offers an alternative morality-based approach as a prescription for mental health.

When cybersecurity expert Jake Braun challenged hackers at DEFCON, the largest hacking conference in the world, to breach the security of an American voting machine, a hacker in Europe conquered the task in less than two minutes. From hacking into voting machines to more mundane, but no less serious problems, America's democracy faces unprecedented tests from within and without.

Health-care organizations cry out for a tool to decrease untoward events and bridge the communication gap between professional clinician teams and clients. Discover how to guide your team to creatively problem-solve, build emotional and social intelligence, increase workplace safety and employee retention, and guarantee client satisfaction with the results-don’t-lie Improv to Improve Healthcare system.

Every effective district leader wants to create the conditions for every employee to understand the system vision and know how to align their work to the district goals, so that every student is actively engaged and develops the knowledge, skills, and processes to become effective independent learners, who can solve problems and apply learning in novel situations.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a system where your entire childhood revolves around education? In this book, Maxime Wong takes you on an eye-opening journey through China’s school system, one of the most competitive and demanding in the world.