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• - Une vue en perspective
• La croissance du produit intérieur brut français a décroché par rapport à la moyenne de l'OCDE depuis quarante ans
• Le diagnostic
• Le taux d'emploi continue d'être une source d'inquiétude
• La balance commerciale française, malgré quelques bonnes années (1992-2005), s'enfonce dans le déficit depuis 2006
• L'endettement public-français s'est continûment aggravé depuis & fin des années 1970
• La démographie : une toile de fond explicative et changeante
• - L'éducation : le lancinant problème
• Le système scolaire : des résultats médiocres
• L'apprentissage
• Essayons donc de comprendre les raisons profondes du succès allemand
• Les universités
• La dette publique française s'accroît inexorablement et notre insidieuse addiction à la dépense publique nous éloigne de la compétitivité
• L'augmentation continue de la dépense publique en France
• Les lourdes conséquences pour notre économie et notre société de cette addiction
• La fonction publique française pose un sérieux problème
• Tentons de comparer les fonctions publiques en France et en Allemagne
• Les procédures budgétaires et le contrôle parlementaire en France et en Allemagne : une comparaison qui donne à réfléchir
• Les solutions
• Est-ce là proposer une "austérité" irresponsable ?
• Le talon d'Achille de notre économie : faiblesse croissante de la compétitivité de notre industrie
• Les ambiguïtés de la "tertiarisation"
• Le marché du travail en France : "Quand les meilleures intentions provoquent parfois l'effet inverse de celui recherché"
• Le chômage
• Les évolutions
• Les raisons du chômage de masse en France
• "L'écosystème" allemand est plus performant que le nôtre
• La pression excessive exercée par nos finances publiques sur les ressources disponibles est aussi un puissant facteur explicatif
• Comment évaluer l'impact sur le chômage de la réglementation du marché de l'emploi ?
• La précarité de l'emploi
• Les contrats à durée déterminée
• Le temps partiel
• Les salaires en France et en Allemagne
• La situation du marché du travail français s'est améliorée, mais reste préoccupante
• La qualification et les compétences de notre population active sont relativement faibles
• L'évolution des salaires a été déconnectée de la productivité
• La demande de main-d'oeuvre qualifiée continue à croître en France
• Le problème des retraites : une exception bien française pour un problème mondial
• Un problème démographique mondial
• La pyramide des âges (structure de la population par âges) des pays développés change rapidement de forme
• Les effets économiques de ce vieillissement sans précédent sont considérables, notamment sur le poids croissant des retraites
• La solution pour la France : ne pas se tromper d'objectif
• Il faut encourager l'épargne retraite complémentaire
• La France est-elle inégalitaire ?
• Ne pas croire que tous nos problèmes seront réglés par la politique monétaire qui va être, pour longtemps, expansive
• Quelques éclairages en guise de conclusion
• Le centralisme administratif
• Le centralisme politique
• Le problème clé de l'excès des dépenses publiques
• Un décalage croissant et inquiétant.

"Jacques de Larosière a fait toute sa carrière au sommet des institutions financières : il a d'abord dirigé le Fonds monétaire international (1978-1987), avant de devenir gouverneur de la Banque de France (1987-1993), puis président de la Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement (1993-1998). Il est membre de l'Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Il est notamment l'auteur de : Les 10 préjugés qui nous mènent au désastre économique et financier, 50 ans de crises financières et Les lames de fond se rapprochent. "Cet essai a pour ambition de comprendre comment notre pays s'est laissé glisser, depuis une quarantaine d'années, au bas des classements internationaux pour ce qui est des performances économiques. Nous nous sommes profondément désindustrialisés tout en augmentant massivement l'appareil d'État, la dépense et les prélèvements publics. Cet essai entend montrer l'ampleur de nos retards et suggérer la manière de les combler afin de mettre à profit notre avantage démographique qui, à condition que l'on n'y mette pas de nouveaux obstacles, pourrait bien être à l'origine d'un "miracle" français." J. de L."--Page 4 of cover.

• Introduction: The meanings of abortion
• Abortion and women's bodies: Rosana and Giovanni
• Abortion and the Church: Femia and Antino
• Abortion and the law: Maria and Superio

A comprehensive history of abortion in Renaissance Italy. In this authoritative history, John Christopoulos provides a provocative and far-reaching account of abortion in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy. Drawing on portraits of women who terminated-or were forced to terminate-pregnancies, he finds that Italians maintained a fundamental ambivalence about abortion, despite injunctions from civil and religious authorities. Italians from all levels of society sought, had, and participated in abortions. Early modern Italy was not an absolute anti-abortion culture, an exemplary Catholic society centered on the "traditional family." Rather, Christopoulos shows, Italians held many views on abortion, and their responses to its practice varied. Bringing together medical, religious, and legal perspectives alongside a social and cultural history of sexuality, reproduction, and the family, Christopoulos offers a nuanced and convincing account of the meanings Italians ascribed to abortion and shows how prevailing ideas about the practice were spread, modified, and challenged. Christopoulos begins by introducing readers to prevailing medical ideas about abortion and women's bodies, describing the widely available purgative medicines and surgeries that various healers and women themselves employed to terminate pregnancies. He also explores how these ideas and practices ran up against and shaped theology, medicine, and law. Catholic understanding of abortion was changing amid religious, legal, and scientific debates concerning the nature of human life, women's bodies, and sexual politics. Christopoulos examines how ecclesiastical, secular, and medical authorities sought to regulate abortion, and how tribunals investigated and punished its procurers-or didn't, even when they could have.
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• Introduction: The meanings of abortion
• Abortion and women's bodies: Rosana and Giovanni
• Abortion and the Church: Femia and Antino
• Abortion and the law: Maria and Superio

A comprehensive history of abortion in Renaissance Italy. In this authoritative history, John Christopoulos provides a provocative and far-reaching account of abortion in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy. Drawing on portraits of women who terminated-or were forced to terminate-pregnancies, he finds that Italians maintained a fundamental ambivalence about abortion, despite injunctions from civil and religious authorities. Italians from all levels of society sought, had, and participated in abortions. Early modern Italy was not an absolute anti-abortion culture, an exemplary Catholic society centered on the "traditional family." Rather, Christopoulos shows, Italians held many views on abortion, and their responses to its practice varied. Bringing together medical, religious, and legal perspectives alongside a social and cultural history of sexuality, reproduction, and the family, Christopoulos offers a nuanced and convincing account of the meanings Italians ascribed to abortion and shows how prevailing ideas about the practice were spread, modified, and challenged. Christopoulos begins by introducing readers to prevailing medical ideas about abortion and women's bodies, describing the widely available purgative medicines and surgeries that various healers and women themselves employed to terminate pregnancies. He also explores how these ideas and practices ran up against and shaped theology, medicine, and law. Catholic understanding of abortion was changing amid religious, legal, and scientific debates concerning the nature of human life, women's bodies, and sexual politics. Christopoulos examines how ecclesiastical, secular, and medical authorities sought to regulate abortion, and how tribunals investigated and punished its procurers-or didn't, even when they could have.
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• Introduction: The meanings of abortion
• Abortion and women's bodies : Rosana and Giovanni
• Abortion and the Church : Femia and Antino
• Abortion and the law : Maria and Superio
• Conclusion

A comprehensive history of abortion in Renaissance Italy. In this authoritative history, John Christopoulos provides a provocative and far-reaching account of abortion in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy. Drawing on portraits of women who terminated-or were forced to terminate-pregnancies, he finds that Italians maintained a fundamental ambivalence about abortion, despite injunctions from civil and religious authorities. Italians from all levels of society sought, had, and participated in abortions. Early modern Italy was not an absolute anti-abortion culture, an exemplary Catholic society centered on the "traditional family." Rather, Christopoulos shows, Italians held many views on abortion, and their responses to its practice varied. Bringing together medical, religious, and legal perspectives alongside a social and cultural history of sexuality, reproduction, and the family, Christopoulos offers a nuanced and convincing account of the meanings Italians ascribed to abortion and shows how prevailing ideas about the practice were spread, modified, and challenged. Christopoulos begins by introducing readers to prevailing medical ideas about abortion and women's bodies, describing the widely available purgative medicines and surgeries that various healers and women themselves employed to terminate pregnancies. He also explores how these ideas and practices ran up against and shaped theology, medicine, and law. Catholic understanding of abortion was changing amid religious, legal, and scientific debates concerning the nature of human life, women's bodies, and sexual politics. Christopoulos examines how ecclesiastical, secular, and medical authorities sought to regulate abortion, and how tribunals investigated and punished its procurers-or didn't, even when they could have.
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"From missing persons to disenfranchised civil subjects, from individuals tainted with infamy to the dead, Absentees explores the varieties of "nonpersons, " human beings all too human, drawing examples, terms and concepts from the archives of European and American literature, legal studies, and the social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Part One: Vanishings
• I. The Removal
• II. Laws of Leaving
• III. Fictions of the Return
• IV. The Transient Image
• Part Two: Lessenings
• V. Decreases of the Head
• VI. Rules of Diminution
• VII. Of Ignominies
• VIII. Fictions of Persistence
• Part Three: Survivals
• IX. Returning to Riva
• X. The Semblant Body
• XI. The Recurrent Voice
• XII. Some Ones Left
• Being It
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index

• Foreword to the seventh edition
• The basic financial statements
• The accounting process
• Generally accepted accounting principles
• Recognition of revenues and expenses
• Current assets and liabilities
• Accounting for inventories
• Property, plant, and equipment and depreciation
• Intangible assets
• Accounting for investments
• Accounting for long term debt
• Accounting for leases
• Accounting for other long term liabilities
• Accounting for stock and stockholders' equity
• Partnership accounting
• Accounting for business combinations
• Earnings per share and financial ratios
• Special reporting issues
• Corporate finance : valuation
• International accounting issues

This product provides a well-rounded summary of the relevant accounting areas from basic financial statements to complex earnings-per-share ratios and corporate finance and valuation. Learn how to recognize revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities. It reviews accounting principles for many different areas, including acquisitions, investments, long-term debt, leases, stocks, and partnerships. It also discusses recent developments such as adoption of new requirements to place most operating leases on the lessee's balance sheet, a new principles based approach to accounting for revenue, and refinements in the accounting for stock options.
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• El Vacío: trauma, narrative, and the boundaries of coherence
• Dialogic memory and the uneven terrain of justice
• Disruption and agency in the public sphere
• Sites of memory, erasure, and belonging
• Nunca más and the intersections of genocide, loss, and survival
• On the limits of witnessing, on the boundaries of time

"Acts of Repair explores how ordinary people grapple with political violence in Argentina, a nation home to survivors of multiple genocides and periods of violence, including the Holocaust, the political repression of the 1976-1983 dictatorship, and the 1994 AMIA bombing. Despite efforts for accountability, the terrain of justice has been uneven and, in many cases, impunity remains. How can citizens respond to such ongoing trauma? Within frameworks of transitional justice, what does this tell us about the possibility of recovery and repair? Turning to the lived experience of survivors and family members of victims of genocide and violence, Natasha Zaretsky argues for the ongoing significance of cultural memory as a response to trauma and injustice, as revealed through testimonies and public protests. Even if such repair may be inevitably liminal and incomplete, their acts seeking such repair also yield spaces for transformation and agency critical to personal and political recovery"-- Provided by publisher

• Chapter 1: Excel Tricks and Data ToolsChapter Goal: A look at the most useful Data tools in Excel.
• No of pages: 40
• This chapter shows tricks and Excel tools to boost productivity. Features such as Text to Columns and Find and Replace that are known by many Excel users. But not a way shown in this chapter. It also covers some lesser known Data tools.
• Chapter 2: The 10 Power Functions of Excel Chapter Goal: Learn advanced Excel formulas like never before understanding them intimately. Then covering the 10 power functions behind dynamic reports and Excel models with 'real world' examples.
• No of pages: 60
• The chapter begins looking at ranges and Boolean expressions in detail. Functions are then categorised - some aggregate, some return ranges. We then move into the power functions and get creative with scenarios they can be used.
• Chapter 3: Advanced Formatting Techniques Chapter Goal: Learn advanced formatting tricks to add more meaning to your data.
• No of pages: 30
• This chapter will start with some advanced Conditional Formatting techniques. And then take formatting up another step with some very creative uses and unleash the power of Custom Formatting.
• Chapter 4: Advanced Chart Tricks Chapter Goal: Learn advanced chart tricks to make them pop.
• No of pages: 40
• This chapter will cover a variety of advanced charting tricks. These include automatically changing the color of key metrics, dynamically sort chart data and make them time relative and build creative labels.
• Chapter 5: Power Query - You Will Never Work the Same Way Chapter Goal: To understand the role of Power Query and how it will change the way you work with data.
• No of pages: 60
• This
• chapter is a guide to Power Query, one of the most important upgrades in Excel history. The chapter walks through several examples using Power Query to streamline coming data tasks and preparing data for analysis.
• Chapter 6: Power Pivot - The Internal Data Model of Excel Chapter Goal: An introduction guide to Power Pivot.
• No of pages: 60
• This
• chapter is a guide to Power Pivot, a feature that goes beyond the Excel spreadsheet. With Power Pivot we can store huge volumes of data, model it and perform powerful calculations. This is all covered in the chapter.
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Explore advanced skills in Excel and gain an amazing array of tricks and tools to increase your productivity. This book discusses new techniques such as power functions, chart tricks, and many more to master Excel. Advanced Excel Success starts with a few useful data tools in Excel followed by advanced formulas that will help you increase productivity. Here, you will learn power functions that aggregate, return ranges, and much more. Further, you will look at custom formatting tricks along with advanced charting tricks. These include automatically changing the color of key metrics, dynamically sorting chart data, and building creative labels. Next, you will understand the role of Power Query which is one of the most important upgrades in Excel. Power Query is the Microsoft Data Connectivity and Data Preparation technology that enables business users to seamlessly access data stored in hundreds of data sources and reshape it to fit their needs, with an easy-to-use, engaging, and no-code user experience. Finally, you will learn Power Pivot which is a distinct feature in Excel that goes beyond spreadsheets. After reading this book, you will be well equipped to work on Excel with its advanced features. What You Will Learn Work with the most useful data tools Understand formulas and the ten power functions Use advanced chart and formatting tricks and techniques for dynamic and effective visuals Work with power tools Who This Book Is For Excel users looking to take the next step to expert level.
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• Emotions on the move
• At home and unhomeliness
• Shame and desire
• Vulnerability and resistance
• Sacrifice and social heroism
• Mourning and movement
• Affect and activism.

"This book explores the politics of gendered labour migration in Southeast Asia through the stories and perspectives of Indonesian and Filipina women presented in films, fictions and performance to show how the emotionality of these texts contribute to the emergence and vitality of women's social movements in Southeast Asia. By placing literary and filmic narratives of Filipina and Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore within existing conversations concerning migration policies, the book offers an innovative approach towards examining contemporary issues of Asian migration. Furthermore, through rich ethnographic accounts, the book unpacks themes of belonging and displacement, shame and desire, victimhood and resistance, sacrifice, and grief to show that the stories of Filipina and Indonesian migrant women do not just depict their everyday lives and practices but also reveal how they mediate and make sense of the fraught politics of gendered labour diaspora and globalization. Contributing to the 'affective turn' of feminist and transnational scholarship, the book draws insight from the importance and centrality of affect, emotions and feelings in shaping discourses on women's subjectivity, labor and mobility. In addition, the book demonstrates issues of vulnerability and agency inherent in debates on social exclusion, human rights, development and nation-building in Southeast Asia. Offering an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to analyses of Asian migration, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Studies, literary and cultural studies, film studies, gender and women's studies and migration studies"-- Provided by publisher.

• Access to Energy at Household Level.- Access to Modern Energy Services for the Promotion of Sustainable Development.- Access to Renewable Energy Resources: A Gender and Inclusivity Perspective.- Affordable and Clean Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy.- Alternative Energy: Sources and Future Trends.- Assessing the Electricity Sector Reform Paradigm.- Available Energy: Powering the Energetic and Societal Needs of Sustainable Communities.- Bioenergy Alternatives for the Disposal of Carbon Oxides.- Biofuel and Biogas Policies: Economic, Regulatory and Sustainability Challenges.- Biofuel Development: Institutional Design Across the World.- Centralized Versus Decentralized Electrification Pathways.- Challenges of Reliable Power Supply with Emphasis on Renewables.- Charcoal Production Technology: Discussion about Energy Waste.- Civilian Uses and Challenges of Nuclear Energy.- Clean Energy Solutions and Sustainable Development.- Community Engagement, Customer Engagement, and Changes in Behavior.
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The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. The Encyclopedia encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 7, namely "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allow a better understanding and foster knowledge. Energy is crucial for achieving almost all others SDGs, from its role in the eradication of poverty through advancements in health, education, water supply and industrialization, to combating climate change. This book presents a set of papers on the state-of-the-art of knowledge and practices about energy sustainable, in terms of generation and demand energy, considering aspects of innovation, management, sources of energy, performance, society behavior, and infrastructure, among others. Concretely, the defined targets are: Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency Enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology Expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing states and landlocked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support Editorial Board Md. Mahmudul Alam, Justin Bishop, Luciana Londero Brandli, Elisa Conticelli, Marcos Antonio Leite Frandoloso, Haruna Musa Moda, Matti Sommarberg.
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• Foreword - William Mitchell Introduction
• 1. A Currency at the Service of the 'Colonial Pact'
• 2. The CFA System
• 3. Resistance and Reprisal
• 4. France in Command
• 5. At the Service of the Francafrique
• 6. An Obstacle to Development
• 7. An Unsustainable Status Quo Epilogue Postscript.
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Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism. The CFA Franc was created in 1945, binding fourteen African states and split into two monetary zones. Why did French colonial authorities create it and how does it work? Why was independence not extended to monetary sovereignty for former French colonies? Through an exploration of the genesis of the currency and an examination of how the economic system works, the authors seek to answer these questions and more. As protests against the colonial currency grow, the need for myth-busting on the CFA Franc is vital and this expose of colonial infrastructure proves that decolonisation is unfinished business.
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• Foreword. The many varieties of dealer--
• 1. Introduction-- Part I. The Sytem and the Market in the 1940s:
• 2. The government securities market--
• 3. Reserves, reserve requirements, and reserves management--
• 4. The institutional framework of open market operations-- Part II. The Accord and its Aftermath:
• 5. The accord--
• 6. Taking stock--
• 7. New directions--
• 8. Challenging the new restrictions--
• 9. An additional limitation on the conduct of open market operations-- Part III. The New Regime:
• 10. Monetary policy in 1954--
• 11. Policy instruments for reserves management--
• 12. Monetary policy in 1955--
• 13. Pragmatism in the accommodation of Treasury offerings--
• 14. 1956 and 1957-- Part IV. Summer 1958 and its Consequences:
• 15. The summer 1958 Treasury financings--
• 16. Innovations in Treasury debt management--
• 17. The Treasury-Federal reserve stuy of the government securities market-- Part V. The End of Bills Preferably:
• 18. The 1958-1960 gold drain--
• 19. Operation twist-- Part VI. The Sixties:
• 20. Treasury debt management in the 1960s--
• 21. Monetary policy in the 1960s--
• 22. Repurchase agreements in the 1960s-- Part VII. Updating Market Infrastructures - The Joint Study:
• 23. The association of primary dealers--
• 24. Dealer finance--
• 25. The government securities clearing arrangement--
• 26. Securities lending--
• 27. The book-entry system, Part I-- Part VIII. The Seventies:
• 28. Treasury debt management in the 1970s--
• 29. Monetary policy in the 1970s--
• 30. Open market operations in the 1970s-- Part IX. Infrastructure in the Seventies:
• 31. The secondary market in the 1970s--
• 32. The book-entry system, Part II--
• 33. Coda--
• 34. After 1979.
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In this book Garbade, a former analyst at a primary dealer and researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, traces the evolution of open market operations, Treasury debt management, and the microstructure of the US government securities markets following the 1951 Treasury-Federal Reserve. This volume examines how these operations evolved, responding both to external forces and to one another. Utilising a vast scope of primary material, the work provides insight into how officials fashioned the instruments, facilities, and procedures needed to advance their policy objectives in light of their novel freedoms and responsibilities. Students and scholars of macroeconomics, financial regulation, and the history of central banking and the Federal Reserve will find this volume a welcome addition to Garbade's earlier studies of Treasury debt operations during World War I, the 1920s, and the Great Depression and since 1983.
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• Introduction Part I: Mass Aging in Prison: How Did We Get Here?
• 1. An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure
• 2. Intersecting Perspectives on Aging, Diversity, Difference, and Justice
• 3. Trauma and Diversity Among Older Adults in Prison
• 4. "I Try to Make the Best of It": A Look Inside the Resilient Minds of Older Adults in Prison
• 5. Trauma, Mental Health, and Medical Concerns of Older Adults in the Prison System
• 6. How Do We Co-Construct Community? A Conceptual Map for Reuniting Older Adults in Prison with Their Families and Communities
• 7. "Coming Out" of Prison: LGBTQ+ Older Adults' Experiences Navigating the Criminal Justice System Part II: Realizing a Caring Justice World
• 8. A Caring Justice Partnership Paradigm: Transforming the World from the Inside Out
• 9. Accepting the Gift of Life: Incarcerated Older Adults' Prescription for Living Longer, Happier, and Healthier Lives
• 10. Realizing a Caring Justice World: Promising Global Practices for Justice-Involved Older Adults Afterword
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2 Notes Index.
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Today, more than 200,000 men and women over age fifty are languishing in prisons around the United States. It is projected that by 2030, one-third of all incarcerated individuals will be older adults. An already overcrowded and underserved prison system is straining to manage the needs of incarcerated older adults with growing frailty and health concerns. Separated from their families and communities despite a low risk of recidivism, incarcerated older adults represent a major social-justice issue that reveals the intersectional factors at play in their imprisonment. How do the people aging in prison understand their life experiences? In Aging Behind Prison Walls, Tina Maschi and Keith Morgen offer a data-driven and compassionate analysis of the lives of incarcerated older people. They explore the transferable resiliencies and coping strategies used by incarcerated aging adults to make meaning of their lives before, during, and after imprisonment. The book draws on extensive quantitative and qualitative research as well as national datasets. It features rich narrative case studies that present stories of trauma, coping, and well-being. Based on the data, Maschi and Morgen present a solution-focused caring-justice framework in order to understand and transform the individual- and community-level structural factors that have led to and perpetuate the aging-in-prison crisis. They offer concrete proposals-at the community and national policy levels-to address the pressing issues of incarcerated elders.
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• Introduction
• Histories of Active Aging: Aktywność across Eras
• Aspiring to Activity: Transforming Aging through Education
• Beyond Activity: Sustaining Relations in Institutional Care
• Remembering the Polish Nation: Connections across Third and Fourth Ages
• Rethinking Memory: Everyday Rhythms of Dementia
• Gardens of Memory: Reimagining Home and Nation
• Conclusion

"Active aging programs that encourage older adults to practice health-promoting behaviors are proliferating worldwide. In Poland, the meanings and ideals of these programs have become caught up in the sociocultural and political-economic changes that have occurred during the lifetimes of the oldest generations-most visibly, the transition from socialism to capitalism. Yet practices of active aging resonate with older forms of activity in late life in ways that exceed these narratives of progress. Moreover, some older Poles come to live valued, meaningful lives in old age despite threats to respect and dignity posed by illness and debility. Through intimate portrayals of a wide range of experiences of aging in Poland, Jessica C. Robbins shows that everyday practices of remembering and relatedness shape how older Poles come to be seen by themselves and by others as living worthy, valued lives. In Aging Nationally in Contemporary Poland, we see how memories and understandings of the Polish nation intersect with ideals and experiences of late life to produce forms of life that are not reducible to binary categories of health or illness, independence or dependence, or socialism or capitalism"-- Provided by publisher