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Maras gang violence and security in Central America /

Table of Contents: “…Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez -- Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf -- Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum -- Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo -- Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- Responses to gang violence -- State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz -- Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves -- The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? …”
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The end of the Maoist era Chinese politics during the twilight of the Cultural Revolution, 1972-1976 / by Teiwes, Frederick C.

Table of Contents: “…The Tiananmen Incident and Mao's last days, April-September 1976 -- 8. The purge of the "Gang of Four," September-October 1976.…”
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Taiwan and China : Fitful Embrace /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Lowell Dittmer -- Taiwan's national identity and cross-strait relations / Yi-Huah Jiang -- Changing identities in Taiwan under Ma Ying-jeou / Jean-Pierre Cabestan -- Paths crossed but never merged: changes and continuities of Taiwanese in Mainland China / Shu Keng & Ruihua Lin -- Chinese national identity under reconstruction / Gang Lin & Weixu Wu -- Chinese youth nationalism in a pressure pot / Rou-lan Chen -- Varieties of state capitalism across the Taiwan Strait: a comparison and its implications / Chih-shian Liou -- The nature and transition of Taiwanese investment in China: business orientation, profit seeking, and politicization / Chung-min Tsai -- Cross-strait economic relations and China's rise: the case of the IT sector / Tse-Kang Leng -- Social entrepreneurialism in post-developmental state Taiwan / You-Tian Hsing -- Pivot, hedger, or partner: strategies of lesser powers caught between hegemons / Yu-Shan Wu -- A farewall to arms? …”
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City administration in the ancient Near East proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2 /

Table of Contents: “…Tsirkin -- The role of the ḫazannu in the Neo-Assyrian empire / Greta Van Buylaere -- The city-administration of Ugarit / Wilfred H. van Soldt -- New light from an unpublished archive of Meskigalla, Ensi of Adab, housed in the Cornell University collections : professions and labor in the Ur III period / Giuseppe Visicato -- A Babylonian gang of potters : reconstructing the social organization of crafts production in the late third millennium BC southern Mesopotamia / Jacob Dahl -- What work did the Damgars do? …”
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Captured peace : elites and peacebuilding in El Salvador / by Wade, Christine J.

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