South-South Solidarity and the Latin American Left

(University of Wisconsin Press, 2022)
LIB 303

Transnational solidarity movements often play an important role in reshaping structures of global power. However, there remains a significant gap in the historical literature on collaboration between parties located in the Global South. Facing increasing repression, the Latin American left in the 1960s and 1970s found connection in transnational exchange, organizing with distant activists in Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. By exploring the particularities of South-South solidarity, this volume begins new conversations about what makes these movements unique, how they shaped political identities, and their lasting influence. Jessica Stites Mor looks at four in-depth case studies: the use of legal reform to accomplish the goals of solidarity embedded in Mexico’s revolutionary constitution, visual and print media circulated by Cuba and its influence on the agenda of the Afro-Asian block at the United Nations, organizing on behalf of Palestinian nationalism in reshaping Argentina’s socialist left, and the role of Latin American Catholic activists in challenging the South African apartheid state. These examples serve as a much-needed road map to navigate our current political climate and show us how solidarity movements might approach future struggles.

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Author

Jessica Stites Mor is an associate professor of History at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. She is author of Transition Cinema: Political Filmmaking and the Argentine Left since 1968 (Pittsburgh, 2012), co-editor of El Pasado que miramos (The Past We View, Paídos, 2009) with Claudia Feld, and editor of Human Rights and Transnational Solidarity in Cold War Latin America (Wisconsin, 2013). She has also co-edited a special issue on South-South Solidarity for the Journal of Latin American and Iberian Research (2014), and authored several other journal articles. She is also editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, which has its home in the Latin American Studies Program at UBCO.

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Okanagan Geology: British Columbia
2nd edn

(Okanagan Geology Committee, 2004)
LIB 303

Travel through ancient history, visualize the volcanism in the Okanagan, imagine mountain-building forces, envision the landscape 12,000 years ago when Glacial Lake Penticton stretched for two hundred kilometres or more, and discover the beginnings of present-day Okanagan Lake and area. These are just a few of the fascinating subjects in this account of Okanagan geology.

This book is designed for the local layperson, visitors, and as a resource guide for educators. It focuses on the geologic landmarks of the area and how geology has influenced the evolution of the present landscape and touched the lives of everyone. It is hoped that the information provided will enrich the visitor, inspire earth science students and offer everyone a new perspective on the natural history of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. Profits from the book will be dedicated to the Kelowna Geology Committee Award endowment fund for geological, water science, engineering and archeology students, and for local projects to enhance the awareness of geologic history.

A special feature describes the potential geohazards of the Kelowna 2003 Firestorm and the impact on the Okanagan watershed affected by the Okanagan Mountain Park forest fire. Other additions include an account of the gems in the Okanagan bedrock near Kelowna, the birth of Canada’s diamond exploration capital, a chapter on the geology of Okanagan Valley wines, and features along the Mission Creek Greenway and Scenic Canyon Regional Park.

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Authors

Murray A. Roed is a geological and engineering consultant with a PhD in Geology from the University of Alberta, and has taught as a sessional at UBC Okanagan. He is the lead author and editor of the Okanagan Geology series, and painted the cover art.

John D. Greenough is a professor of Petrology and Mineralogy in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences at UBC Okanagan. He received his PhD from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He specializes in using the trace element composition of mafic rocks to study the early history of the Earth and the processes that cause differentiation in recent basalt lava flows. Along with his various research projects, a number of personal and professional interests occupy his time. These include Science Photography and exploring the world of Gemology.

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Microeconomics
Theory with Applications (7th edn)

(Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009)
ART 376

Economics provides people with a way to understand everyday human behaviour. Microeconomics: Theory with Applications teaches students how to look at the world in a different way.  Using a variety of applications and lively and interesting examples, this new edition brings the theory to life.

A real-world emphasis is demonstrated throughout the text to reinforce the understanding of economic theory and at the same time to show how theory can be used to explore specific economic models to address specific questions.

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Author

B. Curtis Eaton is an applied economic theorist. He thinks about and then models real situations which have captured his attention. He has worked in a number of economic areas, including industrial organization, labour economics, economic geography and organizational theory. He was educated at the University of Colorado, receiving a BA in 1965 and a PhD in 1969. He joined the Economics Department at the University of Calgary in 1999. Prior to joining the department of Economics, Philosophy at Political Science at UBC Okanagan, he worked at three other Canadian universities: The University of British Columbia (1969 to 1980), The University of Toronto (1981 to 1987), and Simon Fraser University (1987 to 1999).

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Carnaps Wissenschaftslogik
An Investigation into the Dual-Level Conception

(Mentis, 2020)
ART 210

Carnap describes the logic of science as the discipline that was to succeed traditional philosophy in the 20th century. The central point of reference of Carnap’s work is the mathematical logic developed by Frege and Russell. This also applies to the dual-level conception of scientific theories. Carnap explicitly recognizes that the meaning of theoretical terms depends on the axioms of the respective theory. Thereby, he overcomes the dogmas of empiricism within logical empiricism. However, Carnap does not fully specify the formal semantics of theoretical terms so that the overcoming of the dogmas of empiricism remains incomplete. This is the basis of the essential task of the present study, which consists in precisely describing the interpretation of theoretical terms through postulates within the framework of mathematical logic. In its entirety, the present treatise can be read as an attempt to continue the discussion with Carnap begun by Wolfgang Stegmüller.

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Author

Holger Andreas is an associate professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan. He has also held appointments at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich and at the University of Bonn. His research focuses on the logical analysis of scientific reasoning and scientific theories, including interrelations between non-monotonic reasoning, belief change, and paraconsistent reasoning.

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Norm and Nature

(Oxford University Press, 1992)
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Norm and Nature deals with the traditional conflict in legal philosophy between positivistic and anti-positivistic theories of law. It examines the conflict with respect to seven central issues in legal philosophy – law as a reason for action, law and authority, the internal point of view to law, the acceptance of law, discretion and principle, interpretation and semantics, and law and the common good.

It has three theses. Firstly, that the opposition to positivism is based on acceptance of, rather than rejection of, claims made by positivism. Secondly, that the conflict between positivism and anti-positivism is irresolvable and finally, that the understanding of why this is so is the key to the understanding of the nature of law. Tension between formal and substantive considerations comprises the essence of law. The central theses presuppose that anti-positivism or natural law theory is defensible as an account of the nature of law. More than half the book, therefore, is a criticism of the prevailing orthodoxy of legal positivism and a defence of an anti-positivist view, making Norm and Nature important not only for the originality of its central theses, but also for its critique of positivism and for the thoroughness of its examination of contemporary legal thought.

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Author

Roger A. Shiner is an adjunct professor of Philosophy at UBC Okanagan. He began his university teaching career at the University of Alberta specializing in Ancient Philosophy and Ethics. He specialized in philosophy of law from mid-1970s onwards. He also began research and teaching in aesthetics around the same time, and began teaching business ethics in mid-1980s. He took an early retirement from the University of Alberta in 1966, before teaching part-time for Okanagan University College in 2002 and subsequently for both Okanagan College and UBCO. He retired from teaching in 2018.

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