Reviews for Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals

The average rating for Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-11-07 00:00:00 Mark Keavney The Nature of the Right: American and European Politics and Political Thought Since 1789 is a brief but ambitious examination of the political, social, economic and historical dimensions of right-wing thought, one that, in the words of co-editor Roger Eatwell, aims to "map out the nature of the right" and its distinct "styles of thought". Despite first being published in 1989, the book remains instructive and interesting almost three decades on, with many of the essays included shedding fascinating light on the historical and philosophical roots of the right in its many forms. The first half of the book is almost exclusively concerned with an examination of the terms "right" and "left", with Eatwell, across five essays, addressing the problem of formulating an acceptable general typology. Rejecting "essentialist" definitions that focus on key principles and beliefs, he instead conceives the right as being "a variety of responses to the left" - that is, to the rise "liberalism and socialism/Marxism" since 1789. Eatwell's arguments and the five styles of the right-wing thought that he maps out (namely, the "reactionary right", the "moderate right", the "radical right", the "extreme right" and the "new right") are convincing, and he helps to formulate a clear and coherent analytical framework. This analytical framework is then illustrated in the second half of the book, which examines the aforementioned styles of thought. All five essays, produced by leading experts in their particular fields, offer interesting analyses of each specific variety of the right, despite the sections on the moderate right and new right being understandably, but not significantly, outdated. Particularly illuminating are the sections on Charles Maurras and the German conservative revolutionary movement, as well as Michael Billig's essay on anti-Semitic conspiracy theories amongst European neo-fascists. Right-wing thought has developed and evolved since the book's initial publication, but The Nature of the Right: American and European Politics and Political Thought Since 1789 nonetheless remains an important and engaging study, one that has much to say about right-wing ideologies and their multifaceted characteristics.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-20 00:00:00 Wilson Whitaker This itself is a classic. It was published in 2000 - yet remains relevant to this day, and more likely than not, for many years to come. Here, Scruton outlines a conservatism seemingly shrouded in mystery and gathering dust, as it were. A forgotten ideology misappropriated by other ideologues. This kind of conservatism doesn't place emphasis on money, the individual, on greed - that isn't conservatism. It places emphasis on tradition, allegiance, loyalty, law and order, society, family, faith. This is what is important to a great society. The fact this has been forgotten by many Conservatives, bar perhaps the Cornerstone Group, has left our society in mortal decline. Conservatism isn't neo-liberalism. It isn't about destroying the state and getting out of the way like a young William Hague once said. It places such emphasis on the state, as Scruton outlines, to assert its legitimate authority and power. When you leave the sphere, you leave a vacuum to be filled by decadence. That is what has occurred and where Thatcher went wrong. And clearly, as Scruton brilliantly outlines, the state shouldn't make education subordinate to its aims for society, but rather to society itself. Ultimately private schools are preferable because of their focus on a classical education rather than 'Women's Studies' or 'Football Studies', and more likely than not, are not a secular hell hole of 'play nice and no winning'. Ultimately, liberalism is incompatible with conservatism. Let's not pretend otherwise. So we shall sail down the road of destruction with no end in sight. But hell, I will fight on. For as Scruton outlines, you shouldn't just abandon the wreck because the going gets tough. Just look at Poland for an example of a resurgent nation. We should have confidence in our ability as a nation again, not shun it. Let us say the things that ought to be said, and those that hear it with a sound mind shall follow. The rest will be sheep - that is man, but never mind. No Surrender.