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The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

The Dashing Ladies of Shiv Sena

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-03-23
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

Explores the activities and political personas of women activists in Shiv Sena, a militant Indian political party. Rich in detail, this book tells the stories of women of Shiv Sena (Shivaji’s Army), a militant political party in Western India. It provides insight into the political networks powered by lower-level women politicians in postcolonial, globalizing cities and on their margins. Based on more than ten years of in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with the women of Shiv Sena, the work shows how women political activists in urbanizing India conjure political authority through the inventive, dangerous, and transgressive political personas known as “dashing ladies.” Tarini Bedi develops a feminist theory of brokerage politics, arguing that political grids where women employ political, symbolic, and material resources through the political system may be seen as channels of what can be termed “political matronage.”

The AI Dilemma
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

The AI Dilemma

The misuse of AI has led to wrongful arrests, denial of medical care, even genocide-this book offers 7 powerful principles that business can use now to end the harm. AI holds incredible promise to improve virtually every aspect of our lives, but we can't ignore its risks, mishaps and misuses. Juliette Powell and Art Kleiner offer seven principles for ensuring that machine learning supports human flourishing. They draw on Powell's research at Columbia University and use a wealth of real-world examples. Four principles relate to AI systems themselves. Human risk must be rigorously determined and consciously included in any design process. AI systems must be understandable and transparent to an...

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 8)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 977

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 8)

More children born today will survive to adulthood than at any time in history. It is now time to emphasize health and development in middle childhood and adolescence--developmental phases that are critical to health in adulthood and the next generation. Child and Adolescent Health and Development explores the benefits that accrue from sustained and targeted interventions across the first two decades of life. The volume outlines the investment case for effective, costed, and scalable interventions for low-resource settings, emphasizing the cross-sectoral role of education. This evidence base can guide policy makers in prioritizing actions to promote survival, health, cognition, and physical growth throughout childhood and adolescence.

A Description of the Immigrant Population, November 2004
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 40

A Description of the Immigrant Population, November 2004

Written by David Brauser, et al. Presents the facts and research on immigration to help inform the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) projections of the federal budget and the economy. Focuses on the characteristics of immigrants, including where they come from, where they reside, and how those patterns have changed over time, as well as immigrants' level of education, the industries and occupations in which they work, and their earnings.

Report of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1472

Report of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportations

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Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 139

Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana

Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana