When most people, including social scientists, reflect on the ways that nations resolve their differences, they tend to think in terms of polar alternatives: war versus negotiation. This perspective ignores a third path: tacit bargaining, which is applicable, as this book shows, to a wide variety of international issues and is especially germane to the problem of treaty maintenance.

Between Fragmentation and Democracy explores the phenomenon of the fragmentation of international law and global governance following the proliferation of international institutions with overlapping jurisdictions and ambiguous boundaries. The authors argue that this problem has the potential to sabotage the evolution of a more democratic and egalitarian system and identify the structural reasons for the failure of global institutions to protect the interests of politically weaker constitue...

In "Redeemed," Mrs. George Sheldon Downs masterfully weaves a narrative that explores themes of forgiveness, redemption, and the transformative power of love. Set against a backdrop of societal upheaval, the novel is characterized by a lyrical prose style that resonates with emotional depth. Downs artfully employs vivid imagery and nuanced characterization, crafting a story that reflects the intricacies of human relationships and the quest for personal salvation within the broader framewor...

This book offers a comprehensive guide to using video intervention in psychotherapy or mental health coaching. A video is made of a patient interacting with someone else. The patient and the therapist then explore it together, profiting from its rich information.Downing clearly elaborates each step of such an intervention. Numerous possible techniques are described. If and when to bring in more such sessions is explained. How in couple or family therapy to use such work is covered ...

"Redeemed" tells the story of a protagonist who undergoes a significant personal transformation. The novel follows their journey from a life of moral or social difficulties to a path of redemption and self-improvement. This transformation is often depicted through personal struggles, ethical dilemmas, and ultimately, a significant change in character.The story is typically set against a backdrop of social or moral challenges, and the protagonist's redemption is achieved through a combinati...

The Sleeping Gypsy is an important collection of poems by an American writer who was but twenty-nine when awarded the coveted Prix de Rome in 1958. When George Garrett’s first collected verse, The Reverend Ghost and Other Poems, appeared in Scribner’s Poets of Today: IV, critics hailed the emergence of an authentic new talent of great promise. Babette Deutsch, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, said, “His poems are short, highly charged, and also, as he intended, clear. They move rapidly...

This hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and ultimately heartening novel is the companion to the critically acclaimed, national bestseller Perfect Agreement"Beautifully and economically written, and very funny." ―Linda Wertheimer, NPRThis is your chance to enroll in English 10 at highly rated Hellman College―if you can find a place to sit in the fantastically overcrowded classroom.Mark Sternum, whom readers first met in Downing...