D Lamb: 20 books
Pathologist of the Mind
Adolf Meyer and the Origins of American Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
During the first half of the twentieth century, Adolf Meyer was the most authoritative and influential psychiatrist in the United States. In 1908, when the Johns Hopkins Hospital established the first American university clinic devoted to psychiatry—still a nascent medical specialty at the time—Meyer...
Rethinking Absorptive Capacity
A New Framework, Applied to Afghanistan's Police Training Program
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
When recipients cannot absorb the aid and attention they are offered, the common response is “capacity building”—as if the source of the problem is the recipient’s implementation capacity. In this report, Robert D. Lamb and Kathryn Mixon present the results of their research on the sources...
Absorptive Capacity in the Security and Justice Sectors
Assessing Obstacles to Success in the Donor-Recipient Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
In development, stabilization, and peace building, donors increasingly recognize the importance of being sensitive to the local contexts of their efforts. Yet the use of “blueprints” remains widespread. Even when standard approaches are modified for particular aid partners, there often remains...
Colombia
Peace and Stability in the Post-Conflict Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
This report from the CSIS Americas Program provides a detailed look at the challenges the Colombian government confronts as it moves from providing security to developing rural areas that were previously conflict zones. In particular, the report examines such issues as remaining security needs; land...
by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Sarah Minot
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict. How can we tell when a country is likely to remain stuck in a cycle of violence? What factors suggest it might be “ripe” for stabilizing and peace building? The authors studied...
Rethinking Legitimacy and Illegitimacy
A New Approach to Assessing Support and Opposition across Disciplines
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
This report introduces a new assessment framework for legitimacy and illegitimacy that governments, businesses, and other organizations can use to better understand the sources and dynamics of support or opposition for any entity, policy, or program. It includes an intellectual history of the concept...
by Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Joy Aoun
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Can the United States prevent or end conflicts and protect its interests without using military force? Do U.S. civilian institutions have the right mix of support, funding, and capabilities to respond to major crises and political transitions? In July 2013, CSIS raised these questions before more...
You’Re Parenting Again?
What You Should Know About Raising Your Grandchildren
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Grandparents raising their grandchildren are a new demographic emerging at a staggering rate because the parents are either unwilling or incapable of raising their own children. The rational for this work is derived from the challenges this author and his wife have because of parenting their grandchildren....
Your Family Matters
Loving Your Children Even When They Hurt, Rebel and Won't Listen!
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Training children is not easy! When has it ever been easy? Seeing children to adulthood requires selflessness, sacrifice, prayer, and the willingness to not quit when its tough. Your Family Matters is written in journal style that will take you on a journey of a family who had every reason to quit...
Hegel—From Foundation to System
From Foundations to System
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
One of the guiding thoughts throughout this work is that G. W. F. Hegel is the philosopher of the modern age, that subsequent phil osophers, whether or not they have read his works, must take their stand in relation to Hegel. My purpose is not only to present Hegel, but to show that his influence...
by D G Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2018
Having successfully evaded the colony’s underworld and corrupt police, Joshua finds himself trapped alone in a sterile white room. But it is no ordinary room, changing and shifting in response to his reactions and behaviors. Ultimately, he will have to make a choice… one that will forever change...
by D G Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Kidnapped and brought to an unknown planet…
Joshua Vernon must lead a team of diverse teens in training for deeply covert missions. As the strains of head-to-head competitions rise for the team, the risks become extreme, stretching his leadership skills to their limits. All the while…
Mysterious...
Packaging Girlhood
Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The stereotype-laden message, delivered through clothes, music, books, and TV, is essentially a continuous plea for girls to put their energies into beauty products, shopping, fashion, and boys. This constant marketing, cheapening of relationships, absence of good women role models, and stereotyping...
by Jeff Smith, David G. Lamb Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2018
***ALL BOOK PROCEEDS ARE DONATED IN SUPPORT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS AND/OR CANCER RESEARCH*** This is the personal story of a middle-aged man named Jeff Smith, reflecting back on what his life has been like since suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a car accident at the age of...
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