tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/textbooks?commit=Go&page=6&term=political&utf8=%E2%9C%93Open Textbook Library - Search results for "political"2020-07-19T23:13:01Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png8912020-07-19T23:13:01Z2023-08-31T14:10:16ZResonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context<img alt="Read more about Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context" title="Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context cover image" class="cover " width="571" height="739" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTI4NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--61165530d24ec0c99b4296501ca95224a4f5053d/reson.png" />Welcome to Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context! Although this book is intended primarily for use in the college music appreciation classroom, it was designed with consideration for independent learners, advanced high school students, and experienced musicians. That is to say, it includes enough detail that expert guidance is not required and is written using broadly-accessible language. At the same time, it addresses advanced topics and positions music as a serious object of study.8882020-07-19T22:03:30Z2024-01-22T14:52:08ZOregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden<img alt="Read more about Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden" title="Oregon’s History: People of the Northwest in the Land of Eden cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTI4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0b40aba041144567e2c9319ccc5bbf023201f675/oregonhistoy.jpg" />This “open textbook” is a social and cultural history of the people of Oregon representing powerful figures from the dominant Euro-American culture, the marginalized and oppressed, and social and political reformers who shaped the historical legacy of the state. It is a story of the diverse array of immigrants who helped build the state and strengthen it. The title is a recollection of the racial fantasies that European-American settlers created in their expansionist vision of the West and the state of Oregon. Initially the Oregon Territory was built on intolerance and racial exclusivity, but eventually Oregon embraces its diversity, but not without struggle and heartache. Our journey through the past starts with an essential question, “Who are the people of Oregon?”8792020-07-07T21:48:31Z2024-01-22T19:01:26ZMusic on the Move<img alt="Read more about Music on the Move" title="Music on the Move cover image" class="cover " width="225" height="337" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTIyMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5673eec6335ac823ac61b8463c987df75e0a0ccc/musiconmove.jpg" />Music is a mobile art. When people move to faraway places, whether by choice or by force, they bring their music along. Music creates a meaningful point of contact for individuals and for groups; it can encourage curiosity and foster understanding; and it can preserve a sense of identity and comfort in an unfamiliar or hostile environment. As music crosses cultural, linguistic, and political boundaries, it continually changes. While human mobility and mediation have always shaped music-making, our current era of digital connectedness introduces new creative opportunities and inspiration even as it extends concerns about issues such as copyright infringement and cultural appropriation. With its innovative multimodal approach, Music on the Move invites readers to listen and engage with many different types of music as they read. The text introduces a variety of concepts related to music's travels—with or without its makers—including colonialism, migration, diaspora, mediation, propaganda, copyright, and hybridity. The case studies represent a variety of musical genres and styles, Western and non-Western, concert music, traditional music, and popular music. Highly accessible, jargon-free, and media-rich, Music on the Move is suitable for students as well as general-interest readers. Citable link: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.98538558702020-07-05T18:35:19Z2024-03-11T13:14:17ZIntroduction to Human Geography - 2nd Edition<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Human Geography - 2nd Edition" title="Introduction to Human Geography - 2nd Edition cover image" class="cover " width="100" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk4MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--fecf402bfb363cf161a90d3d62d591ea4d1fa1a0/introgeog.jpg" />Geography is a diverse discipline that has some sort of connection to most every other academic discipline. This connection is the spatial perspective, which essentially means if a phenomenon can be mapped, it has some kind of relationship to geography. Studying the entire world is a fascinating subject, and geographical knowledge is fundamental to a competent understanding of our world. In this chapter, you will learn what geography is as well as some of the fundamental concepts that underpin the discipline. These fundamental terms and concepts will be interwoven throughout the text, so a sound understanding of these topics is critical as you delve deeper into the chapters that follow.8632020-07-03T03:23:34Z2024-03-25T13:15:22ZSlavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition<img alt="Read more about Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition" title="Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition cover image" class="cover " width="116" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDY5NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5cf2a566446fc2caa22b9e0487359cb59b28e23f/thumbnail.jpg" />Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework. It offers sound interdisciplinary analysis of selected historical and contemporary issues surrounding the origins and manifestations of White supremacy in the United States. By placing race at the center of the work, the book offers significant lessons for understanding the institutional marginalization of Blacks in contemporary America and their historical resistance and perseverance.8582020-06-29T20:21:45Z2024-01-22T14:52:09ZClassical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology<img alt="Read more about Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology" title="Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology 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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEzNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7b9f7ea94defcc74ad9850597176450c8dbf13b1/classic_socciaolg.jpg" />There are a few major themes that come up over and over again during the course of classical sociological theory’s development. All three classical theorists were writing at a time when sociology was a new and emerging discipline. This new discipline was called forth by momentous social changes taking place in European (and American) society during this time period. These changes were related to the rise of capitalism, industrialization, and new political representation for the majority of people (or, at least, a desire for such by many). Calls for socialism emerged as a response to recognition of new social divisions. Each of the three theorists you will read here weighed in on these historical changes, theorizing the contours and dynamics of this new “modern” society.8562020-06-29T19:47:15Z2024-01-22T14:52:07ZUnmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain - Second Edition<img alt="Read more about Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain - Second Edition" title="Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain - Second Edition cover image" class="cover " width="571" height="739" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEzMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ad673d7e7d253ff928e3c2d2923066871160efe5/cyberdomain.png" />Unmanned Aircraft Systems are an integral part of the US national critical infrastructure. The authors have endeavored to bring a breadth and quality of information to the reader that is unparalleled in the unclassified sphere. This textbook will fully immerse and engage the reader / student in the cyber-security considerations of this rapidly emerging technology that we know as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The first edition topics covered National Airspace (NAS) policy issues, information security (INFOSEC), UAS vulnerabilities in key systems (Sense and Avoid / SCADA), navigation and collision avoidance systems, stealth design, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms; weapons systems security; electronic warfare considerations; data-links, jamming, operational vulnerabilities and still-emerging political scenarios that affect US military / commercial decisions.8452020-06-25T19:21:20Z2024-01-22T19:00:52ZSpeak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy<img alt="Read more about Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy" title="Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="544" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA5NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e02a92e315b4d890c7ec073d9cbd42cf0524bb4/SpeakOutCoverFINAL2-011-1-350x544.jpg" />Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy is a contemporary, interdisciplinary public speaking textbook that fuses rhetoric, critical/cultural studies, and performance to offer an up-to-date resource for students. With a focus on advocacy, this textbook invites students to consider public speaking as a political, purposeful form of information-sharing.8382020-06-25T15:14:40Z2024-01-22T14:52:21ZCommunity Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice<img alt="Read more about Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice" title="Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice cover image" class="cover " width="652" height="844" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA4NCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--376fb2ecade85d1eada4df98f78a90fd806ea7c3/community_climate_change.png" />This reader is an Open Educational Resource, meant to accompany a graduate or higher-level undergraduate university course in climate change resilience, adaptation, and/or planning. While the material is geared toward students in urban and regional planning, it may also be of interest to students of urban studies, public health, geography, political science, sociology, risk management, and others. Each section of this volume includes (1) an introductory summary, (2) a reading list with full text articles, (3) student exercises meant to enhance understanding and facilitate in-class discussion, and (4) additional discussion prompts or activities for instructors to use in class. The format of materials is intended to convey key concepts, while leaving ample space for student exploration, discourse, and creativity. Lessons may culminate in an applied, imaginative final project, a sample framework of which is provided at the end of Section VI.8372020-05-25T18:46:28Z2024-01-15T14:16:08ZGlobal Corruption: Its Regulation under International Conventions, US, UK, and Canadian Law and Practice - Fourth Edition<img alt="Read more about Global Corruption: Its Regulation under International Conventions, US, UK, and Canadian Law and Practice - Fourth Edition" title="Global Corruption: Its Regulation under International Conventions, US, UK, and Canadian Law and Practice - Fourth Edition cover image" class="cover " width="624" height="792" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1NjIsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--401f022e41550c1dd2162041d4ba266b0b70a31a/GlobalCorruption_Cver_4thEd_2022_web.png" />This book has been specifically created to make it easier for professors to offer a law school course on global corruption. It is also designed as a resource tool for all persons working in the anti-corruption field. The book is issued under a creative commons license and can be used for free in whole or in part for non-commercial purposes. The first chapter sets out the general context of global corruption: its nature and extent, and some views on its historical, social, economic and political dimensions. Each subsequent chapter sets out international standards and requirements in respect to combatting corruption – mainly in the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) and the OECD Bribery of Foreign Officials Convention (OECD Convention). The laws of the United States and United Kingdom are then set out as examples of how those Convention standards and requirements are met in two influential jurisdictions. Finally, the law of Canada is set out. Thus, a professor from Africa, Australia, New Zealand or English speaking countries in Asia and Europe has a nearly complete coursebook – for example, that professor can delete the Canadian sections of this book and insert the law and practices of his or her home country in their place. While primarily directed to a law school course on global corruption, this book will be of interest and use to professors teaching courses on corruption from other academic disciplines and to lawyers and other anti-corruption practitioners.
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