tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=4&term=political&utf8=%E2%9C%93Open Textbook Library - Search results for "political"2022-08-17T13:38:55Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png12292022-08-17T13:38:55Z2024-01-22T14:52:33ZReading Rhetorical Theory<img alt="Read more about Reading Rhetorical Theory" title="Reading Rhetorical Theory cover image" class="cover " width="327" height="437" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzkxMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e29ffb52aed0b1d863feecdbf4f3519646c4d1e/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-17%20at%208.38.40%20AM.png" />This is a textbook that was originally designed for a 3000-level large lecture course on “Rhetorical Theory” at the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities. An interdisciplinary tradition, rhetorical theory describes how speech, representation, and power are managed by techniques and technologies of communication. The plan of this book moves from rhetoric as an art of speech to rhetoric as a technology of power. The early chapters provide definitions and context for rhetoric as speech, middle chapters (e.g., on signs, symbols, visual images, argumentation, and narrative) describe rhetoric as representation, and the concluding chapters (e.g., on settler colonialism, secrecy, and digital rhetoric) elaborate on rhetoric as a technology of power. Of course, there is considerable overlap across these areas: the chapter on “rhetoric and ideology” sets the stage for later understandings of rhetoric as power; the chapter on “the rhetorical situation” hearkens back to the introductory understanding of rhetoric as speech. The book includes (audio and/or video) recordings with each chapter, as well as guidelines for proposed written assignments. Students using this resource should gain a thorough understanding of what rhetoric is, how it was practiced historically and today, and the ways that rhetoric wields an invisible influence over contemporary public and political life. Additionally, this book is designed for use across a variety of modalities, including in-person, online (synchronous/asynchronous), and hybridized formats. Additional resources (PowerPoint slides, quiz/exam questions) are also available to confirmed instructors upon request.12212022-08-17T21:31:04Z2024-03-25T13:29:43ZIntroduction to Financial Analysis<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Financial Analysis" title="Introduction to Financial Analysis cover image" class="cover " width="94" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mzg4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2dd6185184de3c1fc7746980a9923a24d9d425ba/thumbnail.jpeg" />This Open Textbook is a dynamic guide incorporating the essential skills needed to build a foundation in Financial Analysis. Students and readers will learn how to insightfully read a Financial Statement, utilize key financial ratios in order to derive forward-looking investment-related inferences from the accounting data, engage in elementary forecasting and modeling, master the theory of the Time Value of Money, and learn to price stocks and bonds in an environment in which interest rates constantly change. Ample problems and solutions, and review questions are provided to the student so that s/he can gauge his/her progress. This text will be continually updated in order to provide novel information and enhance students’ experiences.12002022-07-18T22:28:04Z2024-03-14T05:24:55ZThe Science of Sleep<img alt="Read more about The Science of Sleep" title="The Science of Sleep cover image" class="cover " width="407" height="527" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzgyMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--cb1733042d2b67df325f3675b8f95d47f600284e/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-18%20at%205.25.49%20PM.png" />The Science of Sleep teaches us the vital importance of sleep and how it determines our mental and physical health. It explores the neuroscience of sleep and cultural, social, and political aspects of how people view sleep and are affected by sleep.11762022-05-27T16:10:21Z2024-01-22T14:52:31ZWomen Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives - 2nd Edition<img alt="Read more about Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives - 2nd Edition" title="Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives - 2nd Edition cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="994" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzY5NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--f0ff3ff1ea8a65d0a7db55cdac6d377516a78134/Title-Women-Worldwide-768x994.png" />During the past few years, we’ve witnessed how interconnected our world is. These instances of global interconnection—both positive and negative—have differing impacts on people based on gender while also creating and reinforcing the ways people experience gender. We see that experiences of gender are always shaped by nationality, race/ethnicity, sexual identity, social class, ability, age, and religion. This social construction of gender, its shaping of the world, and its effects on individuals and groups of people are at the core of this textbook.11712022-05-27T15:36:52Z2024-01-22T14:52:31ZFood Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement<img alt="Read more about Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement" title="Food Studies: Matter, Meaning, Movement cover image" class="cover " width="683" height="1024" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzY4NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--15b2ec98b532a2cf02161203f0774a0474a68b2d/cover-683x1024.jpeg" />Food Studies aims to help readers understand and address numerous issues within food, food culture, and food systems. These subjects transcend disciplinary boundaries and call attention to how matter, meaning, and movement produce complex and dynamic food-human realities. Chapters range from sovereignty to breastfeeding, financialization to food porn, pollination to fair trade. Embedded throughout, art, poetry, illustration, and audiovisual works offer moments to reflect on and synthesize the text-based entries. Through reading, classroom discussion, and engaging with the extensive pedagogical tools, learners and teachers alike may acquire a new sense of things foodish—along with a new sense of their own place and role within food systems themselves.11502022-03-11T07:35:43Z2024-01-22T14:52:39ZIntroduction to Anthropology<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Anthropology" title="Introduction to Anthropology cover image" class="cover " width="606" height="783" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzQ1NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--da90654ff0429adaf1d9822d52da419b54721b9f/Capture.JPG" />Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, OpenStax Introduction to Anthropology is a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning. The text showcases the historical context of the discipline, with a strong focus on anthropology as a living and evolving field. There is significant discussion of recent efforts to make the field more diverse—in its practitioners, in the questions it asks, and in the applications of anthropological research to address contemporary challenges. In addressing social inequality, the text drives readers to consider the rise and impact of social inequalities based on forms of identity and difference (such as gender, ethnicity, race, and class) as well as oppression and discrimination. The contributors to and dangers of socioeconomic inequality are fully addressed, and the role of inequality in social dysfunction, disruption, and change is noted.11222022-01-08T00:56:51Z2024-01-22T14:52:31ZEffective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach<img alt="Read more about Effective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach" title="Effective Professional Communication: A Rhetorical Approach cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzI4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--57315b5fa6b9511dc3a57025fac43bcfdc1dadc8/RCM200OEROption2Final-350x453.png" />Welcome to Effective Professional Communication, your text book for the RCM 200 course at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As you already know, this course focuses on communicating in professional environments. Even if you haven’t held a job before, you know–at least on a basic level–that how you communicate changes depending on the context of your situation; specifically, you talk differently when you speak to customers/clients versus your co-workers versus your supervisors. Our goal in this text is to break down the communication process in professional environments so you can maximize your chance to get hired and retain your job once you graduate from university. We will do this by looking at communication through political, rhetorical, ethical, and interpersonal lenses and applying this knowledge to your future career.11182022-01-07T23:18:06Z2024-01-22T14:52:29ZMaking and Being<img alt="Read more about Making and Being" title="Making and Being cover image" class="cover " width="240" height="326" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzI4MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9ee959a01fe1ce8486f9face67b5119dafa4609b/making-and-being-51.jpg" />Making and Being offers a framework for teaching art that emphasizes contemplation, collaboration, and political economy. Authors Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard, two visual arts educators and members of the collective BFAMFAPhD*, share ideas and teaching strategies that they have adapted to spaces of learning which range widely, from self-organized workshops for professional artists to Foundations BFA and MFA thesis classes. This hands-on guide includes activities, worksheets, and assignments and is a critical resource for artists and art educators today. Making and Being is a book, a series of videos, a deck of cards, and an interactive website with freely downloadable content (click on links below to download worksheets, activities, and chapters as PDFs and editable Google Docs). *BFAMFAPhD is a collective that formed in 2012 to make art, reports, and teaching tools to advocate for cultural equity in the United States. The work of the collective is to bring people together to analyze and reimagine relationships of power in the arts. BFAMFAPhD core members are: Susan Jahoda, Emilio Martínez Poppe, Agnes Szanyi, Emily Tareila, Vicky Virgin, and Caroline Woolard. We wrote this book for those of you who want a holistic art education that includes how to be both more fully present with yourself and with others. The term holistic means that the parts of any given system are intimately interconnected; that they are understandable only in relation to the whole system. How can you talk about making a new project without talking about labor conditions? How can you talk about labor conditions without talking about payment? It’s time to address your artistic labor, your budgets your storage units, your gifts, and your well-being.11152023-08-18T20:38:56Z2023-08-21T13:47:42ZAmerica: The User’s Manual - Third Edition<img alt="Read more about America: The User’s Manual - Third Edition" title="America: The User’s Manual - Third Edition cover image" class="cover " width="808" height="1054" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTMzNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--716dd3a6c552678a1e845e8f4baf76305875cc05/Screenshot%202023-08-18%20at%203.33.36%20PM.png" />This is a free textbook written for introductory undergraduate courses in American politics. It may also be suitable for precocious high school students, as well as for non-students who want to learn how American government works.10872021-11-15T19:15:52Z2024-01-22T19:11:23ZNegotiating Climate Change in Crisis<img alt="Read more about Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis" title="Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis cover image" class="cover " width="1251" height="1875" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjk2MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9d4f270e8c2f6f0151134965df3e60da26ff0572/1488.jpg" />Climate change negotiations have failed the world. Despite more than thirty years of high-level, global talks on climate change, we are still seeing carbon emissions rise dramatically. This edited volume, comprising leading and emerging scholars and climate activists from around the world, takes a critical look at what has gone wrong and what is to be done to create more decisive action. Composed of twenty-eight essays—a combination of new and republished texts—the anthology is organised around seven main themes: paradigms; what counts?; extraction; dispatches from a climate change frontline country; governance; finance; and action(s). Through this multifaceted approach, the contributors ask pressing questions about how we conceptualise and respond to the climate crisis, providing both ‘big picture’ perspectives and more focussed case studies. This unique and extensive collection will be of great value to environmental and social scientists alike, as well as to the general reader interested in understanding current views on the climate crisis.
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