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books:

It's Not Okay Anymore: Your Personal Guide to Ending Abuse, Taking Charge, and Loving Yourself

3 reviews
Greg Enns, Jan Black

New Harbinger Pubns Inc, 1997

Excellent! One of the best investments you can give yourself
I purchased this book when I was struggling with the realization that I was in an abusive relationship. It helped me tremendously to face the truth about my situation, and at the same time this book helped me form an "action plan" of leaving my abusive husband. This book clearly defines the warning signs of abuse and that abuse of any kind, i.e. emotional, verbal or physical is not to be ...

Latin America: Its Problems And Its Promise
Jan Knippers Black

Westview Press, 2005

Jan Knippers Black's Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise is one of the most successful textbooks on Latin America. A multidisciplinary collection of invited chapters edited by Black and intended for introductory courses on Latin America, the new fourth edition chronicles the region's ongoing struggle to attain effective sovereignty, democracy and equity. It has been updated to include chapters on the impact of globalization, changing ...

Better Boundaries: Owning and Treasuring Your Life

11 reviews
Jan Black, Greg Enns

New Harbinger Publications, 1998

The Clichéd Title takes away from the value inside.
The whole concept and idea of boundaries tends to be overused and clichéd these days. Because of this, we may have lost sight of a fundamental development area for us to become fully human. This book was a wonderful gift from a friend. In my work, I am always referring to the need for clear boundaries in personal and professional situations. I tend to think that I have pretty good boundaries and ...

Development In Theory And Practice: Paradigms And Paradoxes, Second Edition
Jan Knippers Black

Westview Press, 1999

As wealthy countries focus more attention on the ravages of poverty and maldistribution of the world?s resources, the rationales for what is or is not done in the name of ?development? have become more elaborate and abstract. And as the literature has proliferated, communication among those who approach development from different perspectives, disciplines, and professions has become more strained. In this innovative text, Jan Black argues that ...

Inequity in the Global Village: Recycled Rhetoric and Disposable People

1 review
Jan Knippers Black

Kumarian Press, 1999

Up-to-date and Close-up look at Global Inquality.
I will assign this book to my senior-level World Affairs class. It gives a timely and close-up look at both the structural causes of poverty and its human consequences. Jan Knippers Black integrates graphic detail with descriptions of larger trends. She has a good conceptual grasp of global trends and is not shy about directly linking poverty to the policies of corporations, national ...