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Die gegenständliche Arbeit behandelt die Waldbe­tretung und den Waldaufenthalt aus öffentlich-rechtlicher Sicht. Zunächst wird untersucht, welcher Materiengesetzgeber diesbezügliche Regelungen vornehmen darf und wie das Betreten des Waldes und der Aufenthalt in diesem in der österreichischen Rechtsordnung geregelt wird. Im Zentrum der Untersuchungen stehen dabei auch die zahlreichen bundes- und landesgesetzlichen Bestimmungen außerhalb des For...

Explores questions of masculinity, privilege, and identity to explain why some men become feminists while others become men's rights activistsIn the evolving landscape of gender activism in the United States, it is intriguing that four-in-ten American men now identify as feminists. Despite this seemingly positive shift, gender inequality remains deeply rooted in the US. Good Guys, Bad Guys delves into this paradox, unraveling the complexities ...

A scholarly edition of a classic textbook on logic Najm al-DÄ«n al-KÄ?tibī‿s al-RisÄ?lah al-Shamsiyyah is a scholarly edition and translation of The Rules of Logic, with commentary and notes. Composed by Najm al-DÄ«n al-KÄ?tibÄ«, a scholar of the ShÄ?fiÊ¿Ä« school of law, al-RisÄ?lah al-Shamsiyyah is the most widely read introduction to logic in the Arabic-speaking world. It has probably enjoyed a longer shelf-life than any other logic text...

Underneath the formal health care safety net system is an informal, threadbare, and disconnected infrastructure of free health services - a Third Net - that provides a patchwork of basic care to millions of undocumented and uninsured migrants across the country"--

In one of the first scholarly examples of Christian premarital counseling, the book explores how religious communities attempt to intervene to emotionally socialize couples into a vision of a covenant marriage which they view as distinct from what they view as the contractual approach in secular society"--

Incorporating insights from leading experts across a range of disciplines, including the social sciences, the humanities, and the biological sciences, When Animals Die offers a fascinating and comprehensive examination of animal death, one of the most fraught aspects of human relations with other-than-human animals"--

Examines Black Americans' suspicion about the potential political harassment of Black elected officialsIn Marked Men, Nyron N. Crawford offers a novel perspective on political scandal, corruption, and racial politics in the United States. Contrary to traditional beliefs that politicians are forgiven for their transgressions because of the benefits they provide their constituents, Crawford argues that Black Americans view political misdeeds by ...

Illuminates how food activism has been taking shape and where it is headedAs climate change, childhood obesity, and food insecurity accelerate at an alarming pace, activists around the country are working to address the pressing need for healthy and sustainable solutions to feed the population. Food Activism Today investigates the new approaches food activists are taking as they formulate alternatives to the current unsustainable agro-industri...

There Was Nothing There: Williamsburg, The Gentrification of a Brooklyn Neighborhood explores the daily, lived-effects of gentrification for neighborhood residents- those who are newcomers and those who have remained as Williamsburg transformed around them"--

If 'the purpose of the Eucharist is the transformation of those who receive it, ' Squires's book cultivates within the reader the conditions for that transformation. Engaging the heart and mind of those who take and read, Squires illuminates the theological and historical treasures of the Church's tradition for our own time. By weaving music, culture, and recent history into his setting, Squires makes present for contemporary readers a rich Eu...

How a grassroots abolitionist project of cultural healing counters the carceral state in a Chicanx community in CaliforniaFor many, gang involvement can be a guaranteed life sentence, a force which traps them in an inescapable cycle of violence even if it does not lead to actual prison time. Healing Movements explores the work of formerly gang-involved Chicanx men and women in California who draw on the social connections made during their gan...

This book offers a sweeping and in-depth look at the global movement to curtail LGBTI rights, exploring both how this moral conservative movement functions-in terms of its key actors, claims, and venues of resistance-and how the LGBTI movement responds to it"--

Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communitiesThe New Sanctuary Movement is a network of faith-based organizations committed to offering safe haven to those in danger, often in churches, often outside the law, and often at risk to themselves. The practice of sanctuary, with its capacity to provide safety, shelter, and protection to society's most vulnerable, gained significant prominence after the 2016 p...

Reveals the underexplored politics and activism of non-traditional sexual minoritiesOver the past four decades, there has been significant research focused on the political and social lives of lesbian, gay, and transgender (LGT) individuals, exploring how these sexual communities interact with politicians and voters who identify as straight. However, due to societyâEUR(TM)s binary view of sexuality, this research has overlooked non-traditional...

F*ck the Army! resurrects the history of the FTA, an antiwar variety show led by Jane Fonda in 1971, building a new theory of revolutionary activism out of the theatrical acts of solidarity and resistance that soldiers and civilians performed together, on stage and off, as they sought to end the U.S. war in Vietnam by connecting struggles for liberation across the lines of race, gender, and nationality"--

Highlights how millennial Jewish stars symbolize national politics in US mediaJewish stars have longed faced pressure to downplay Jewish identity for fear of alienating wider audiences. But unexpectedly, since the 2000s, many millennial Jewish stars have won stellar success while spotlighting (rather than muting) Jewish identity. In Millennial Jewish Stars, Jonathan Branfman asks: what makes these explicitly Jewish stars so unexpectedly appeal...

A look at the labor trans and gender-nonconforming youth perform in high school as they navigate their relationships with teachers, peers, the curriculum, and policy in order to create other, queerer worlds in which to exist"--

Though many see religion and race as separate public school issues, Ribovich reframes religion's role in twentieth-century American public education by using New York City as a window into how religion undergirded school policies and practices on race before and after school prayer and Bible-reading became unconstitutional"--

The book primarily looks at the operation of shipping companies in the Austria-Hungary while also providing insight into the phenomenon of emigration during the period of mass migration to the USA. In terms of time, the book primarily looks at the last two decades of the long 19th century, incorporating the period up until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. It was during this period that emigration from the Habsburg Monarchy reached ...

This isn't just another who-wrote-Shakespeare book. We're now at the 400 anniversary of the great deception of 1623, and we ask, how come it was so successful? This should be an epic tale of interest to every Englishman - whereby the great genius was marginalised, and a guy who could not read or write got all the credit! Then the 'Gunpowder plot' of 1605 wasn't at all what it appeared to be. Both of these ploys were brilliantly successful, the...