Peacebuilding with women in Ukraine using narrative to envision a common future / by Flaherty, Maureen P., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Study context: Ukraine -- Gender, empowerment and social change: women hold up half the sky -- Finding our voices: narrating our lives -- Telling stories, sharing visions -- Uncovering stories beneath the snow: January/February 2011 -- Return to Ukraine: July 2010 -- Reviewing the process: what has this got to do with peacebuilding? -- Peacebuilding informed by women's work in Ukraine.…”
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Study on the long-term retention of selected scientific and technical records of the federal government working papers /

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Looking for loopholes processes of incorporation of illegal immigrants in the Netherlands / by Leun, Joanne van der

Table of Contents: “…Incorporation of illegal immigrants and internal migration control -- Loopholes in the labour market : informal employment -- Crime as alternative option : illicit employment -- Internal surveillance in practice : the police -- Close encounters with the welfare state : limits of the Linking act -- Summary and conclusions. …”
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Improving metrics for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program

Table of Contents: “…Synopsis -- Summary -- Introduction -- Committee Assessment of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Metrics Report -- Improvements to CTR Metrics References -- Glossary and List of Acronyms -- Appendix A: Congressional Mandate -- Appendix B: Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Metrics Report -- Appendix C: National Research Council Reports Directly Relevant to Cooperative Threat Reduction -- Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix E: List of Information-Gathering Sessions.…”
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Bordieuan Field Theory as an Instrument for Military Operational Analysis by Gunneriusson, Håkan

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Terms in Search for a Theoretical Definition -- Chapter 2: Field Theory -- Chapter 3: The Political Field in the Operational Area -- Chapter 4: Field Operations as Information Warfare and Operationalisation of Theory -- Chapter 5: The Pre-War Strategic Situation in the Balkans from a Field Theory Perspective -- Chapter 6: The Events in 1990 -- Chapter 7: The Events in 1991 -- Chapter 8: The Events in 1992 -- Chapter 9: Epilogue: Beyond 1992 -- Chapter 10: Conclusions of the Empirical Example -- Chapter 11: Post Scriptum: Hybrid Warfare and the Yugoslavian Blueprint. .…”
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Capturing campaign effects

Table of Contents: “…House elections / Gary C. Jacobson -- Informational rhythms of incumbent-dominated congressional elections / Laurel Elms and Paul M. …”
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Political careers, corruption, and impunity Panama's assembly, 1984-2009 / by Guevara Mann, Carlos

Table of Contents: “…Political representation and representative assemblies -- The party system: parties and actors in Panama's assembly -- Formal institutional incentives to behavior -- Informal institutions and assembly members' behavior -- Political advancement through reelection: prospects and possibilities in Panama -- Political advancement through reelection: the legal and illegal uses of patronage -- Political advancement through reelection: party switching and electoral manipulation -- Personal enrichment through legal means: assembly members' wages in comparative perspective -- Personal enrichment through legal means: expanding emoluments and privileges -- Personal enrichment through illegal means -- Preserving immunity through reelection.…”
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The Evolution of Political Knowledge : Theory and Inquiry in American Politics /

Table of Contents: “…Kinder -- Landmarks in the Study of Congress since 1945: Sketches for an Informal History -- Nelson W. Polsby and Eric Schickler -- The President and the Bureaucracy in the United States -- Joel D. …”
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White House special handbook how to rule the world in the 21st century / by Kryzhanovskiĭ, M. (Mikhail), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Political management at the top -- Electability -- The fight for the presidency -- Meet the electorate: basic information and the 2004 election state by state -- Campaign planning -- Iowa, New Hampshire: farm problems, energy costs, trade issues -- Who voted for whom in the 2004 presidential election -- Controlling the White House -- Domestic policy -- Managing the US Congress -- Foreign policy -- Managing spies at the top -- Which service is the best -- Techniques of special influence -- Surveillance -- How to run agents (secret sources) -- FBI helpers -- Identifying spies -- Strategies -- Presidential security -- Managing the military -- Commander-in-chief -- Strategy and tactics -- Learning from the past -- Learning from past presidents -- Where does the CIA fit in -- Happened to them? …”
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Privacy in peril by Rule, James B., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The making of an issue -- The tensions of privacy and disclosure -- Privacy regimes in turmoil -- Blaming technology -- The idea of privacy protection -- Legislating privacy protection -- Spreading shadows -- Constraints and countercurrents -- Government surveillance -- Government surveillance in America -- Parallels abroad -- The coalescence of government surveillance -- Conclusion -- Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising -- The United States : a virtually free market for personal information -- Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints -- Surveillance in motion -- Safe harbor -- Some rare privacy victories -- Conclusion -- The future of privacy -- Privacy protection : the official response -- Privacy codes : a balance sheet -- Origins of the conflict -- The destination -- Collapsing resistance? …”
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Deliberation and democracy : innovative processes and institutions /

Table of Contents: “…: the discourse quality index (DQI) as possible tool / André Bächtiger and Jürg Steiner -- Information, deliberation, and direct democracy : evidence from the Swiss expulsion initiative / Marco R. …”
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Making a difference progressive values in public administration / by Box, Richard C.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The case for progressive values -- Making a difference -- Regressive and progressive values -- A conceptual framework -- Human behavior -- Immanent critique in the American context -- Describing the value pairs -- Aggressiveness/cooperation -- Belief/knowledge -- Economics as end/economics as means -- Great inequality/limited inequality -- Earth as resource/earth as home -- Practice and change -- The public professional as agent of change -- Creating change in policy and practice -- Gather information and present it to others -- Change how policy is implemented -- Advocate for programs and policies -- Normative teaching and scholarship -- Beyond the given: normative thought in public administration -- Against the grain: teaching progressive values -- Acceptance and refusal: analysis of current conditions -- Contingent theory -- Analytic approach -- Use of knowledge -- Agency and action -- Toward a progressive public administration -- "Small junctures of theory and practice" -- References -- Index -- About the author.…”
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Barriers to effective civil society organisations : political, social and financial shifts / by Malila, Vanessa

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Ibrahim Natil -- Introducing barriers to effective civil society organisations / Ibrahim Natil -- Africa CSOs civic spaces : bridging the information gap through social media / Vanessa Malila -- The changing civil society and the hybrid regime in Iran / Mohsen Moheimany and Alireza Najafinejad -- Reinvention of nationalism and the moral panic against foreign aid in Egypt / Ahmed El Assal and Amr Marzouk -- Civil society in the Gaza Strip : Qatari humanitarian aid / Ola Alkahlout -- NGO's rights-based approach between contextual appropriateness and political transformation in neopatrimonial in Cambodia / Rikio Kimura -- Civil society and left-wing governments in Latin America : the limits of influence / Chris O'Connell -- Shifting landscape in Morocco : civil society activism in post 2011 uprisings / Mohammed Yachoulti -- A case study of two Irish faith-based CSOs / Youcef Sai -- Conclusion: Implications and future direction / Ibrahim Natil.…”
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Fulfilling the Promise of Technology Transfer Fostering Innovation for the Benefit of Society /

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Privacy in the modern age : the search for solutions /

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Explorations in Early Southeast Asian History : The Origins of Southeast Asian Statecraft /

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China's changing political landscape prospects for democracy /

Table of Contents: “…/ Barry Naughton -- Political implications of China's information revolution : the media, the minders, and their message / Richard Baum -- Legalization without democratization in China under Hu Jintao / Jacques deLisle -- Staying in power : what does the Chinese Communist Party have to do? …”
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Intergovernmental management for the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…Rabe -- From oversight to insight : federal agencies as learning leaders in the information age / Shelley H. Metzenbaum -- Performance management and intergovernmental relations / Beryl A. …”
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Islam and democracy the failure of dialogue in Algeria / by Volpi, Frédéric

Table of Contents: “…Understanding political democratisation at the beginning of the XXI century -- Algeria and the 'third wave' of democratic transitions -- Islam and the 'west' : a clash of ideologies in Algeria -- New political actors for a new international order -- Political ideas and practices in historical perspective -- Genealogies of state power : colonial experiences post colonial dilemmas -- Historical perspectives on Islamic fundamentalist ideology : a pragmatic account -- The Algerian political opening : democratic symbols and authoritarian practices (1988-1991) -- The 1988 October riots : the symbol of a new era -- The Algerian democratic opening : successes and failures -- The 1992 coup d'état and beyond : war as politics through other means (1992-1994) -- The 1992 coup d'état -- The military in control : The repressive option -- The Islamic movement : from political opposition to 'holy' war -- A new authoritarianism : guided democracy versus radical Islam (1995-2000) -- The re-composition of the political field -- Electoral marketing : formal representation and informal authoritarianism -- On the margins of politics : the military and the Islamic guerrillas -- A civil society in transition : survivalist strategies and social protest -- Coping with violence and deprivation : survivalist strategies -- The articulation of social protest : defying the regime -- The international arena : strengths and weaknesses of the new world order -- The political economy of the conflict : the role of international actors -- Algeria as the future of democratisation in the Muslim world -- Exporting the jihad : the internationalisation of radical Islamic actors -- Learning and unlearning to be democratic.…”
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Digital diplomacy and international organisations : autonomy, legitimacy and contestation /

Table of Contents: “…Searching for a new museum definition : ICOM versus the world of museum professional / Natalia Grincheva -- The United Nations in the digital age : harnessing the power of new digital information and communication technologies / Caroline Bouchard -- CLOCK, CLOUD and contestation : the digital journey of the Commonwealth Secretariat / Nabeel Goheer -- Tweeting to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war? …”
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