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The responsibility to protect ending mass atrocity crimes once and for all / by Evans, Gareth J., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…-- After the crisis : the responsibility to rebuild -- Institutional preparedness : the actors.…”
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The European public sphere from critical thinking to responsible action /

Table of Contents: “…The European public sphere and multi-level governance structures and actors.…”
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The European public sphere from critical thinking to responsible action /

Table of Contents: “…The European public sphere and multi-level governance structures and actors.…”
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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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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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Imagining Methodism in eighteenth-century Britain enthusiasm, belief, & the borders of the self / by Anderson, Misty G., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Historicizing methodism -- The new man: Desire, transformation, and the methodist body -- Words made flesh: Fanny Hill and the language of passion -- Actors and ghosts: Methodism in the theater of the real -- "'My Lord, my love:' the performance of public intimacy and the Methodist hymn -- A usable past: reconciliation in Humphry Clinker and the spiritual Quixote.…”
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Imagining Methodism in eighteenth-century Britain enthusiasm, belief, & the borders of the self / by Anderson, Misty G., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Historicizing methodism -- The new man: Desire, transformation, and the methodist body -- Words made flesh: Fanny Hill and the language of passion -- Actors and ghosts: Methodism in the theater of the real -- "'My Lord, my love:' the performance of public intimacy and the Methodist hymn -- A usable past: reconciliation in Humphry Clinker and the spiritual Quixote.…”
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Improving health care safety and quality reluctant regulators / by Healy, Judith

Table of Contents: “…-- How safe is health care? -- Regulatory actors : who governs health care? -- Regulating the health professions -- Safety cultures and safety systems -- Regulating staff : internal management -- Regulating organizations : external reviews -- Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring -- Regulation by patients -- Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.…”
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Improving health care safety and quality reluctant regulators / by Healy, Judith

Table of Contents: “…-- How safe is health care? -- Regulatory actors : who governs health care? -- Regulating the health professions -- Safety cultures and safety systems -- Regulating staff : internal management -- Regulating organizations : external reviews -- Regulation by enforcement : laws, money, and monitoring -- Regulation by patients -- Responsive regulation : trust and transparency.…”
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Globalization and organization world society and organizational change /

Table of Contents: “…Drori -- The worldwide diffusion of business education, 1881-1999 : historical trajectory and mechanisms of expansion / Hyeyoung Moon and Christine Min Wotipka -- The making and expansion of international management standards : the global diffusion of ISO 9000 quality management certificates / Peter Mendel -- Transparent accounting as a world societal rule / Yong Suk Jang -- Dynamics of corporate responsibility / Suzanne Shanahan and Sanjeev Khagram -- The spread of a 'human resources' culture : institutional individualism and the rise of personal development training / Xiaowei Luo -- Turning the university into an organizational actor / Georg Krücken and Frank Meier.…”
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The future of transatlantic relations perceptions, policy and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Transatlantic relations : a theoretical framework / Serena Simoni -- The future of trans-atlantic relations : a view from Canada / David Rudd -- The United States and the transatlantic relationship : a test for US foreign and national security policy / Joyce P Kaufman -- Transatlantic relations and the United Kingdom / Andrew Dorman -- France and transatlantic relations / Adrian Treacher -- Germany : from civilian power to international actor / Gale Mattox -- Turkey and the US : a transatlantic future? …”
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Business and climate policy the potentials and pitfalls of private voluntary programs /

Table of Contents: “…Tables and figures -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Marrying climate policy and private voluntary programs / Karsten Ronit -- Cross-sectoral and multi-sectoral programs -- Private voluntary programs in environmental governance : climate change and the financial sector / Jennifer Clapp and Jason Thistlethwaite -- Private voluntary programs on climate change : US federal government as the sponsoring actor / Lily Hsueh and Aseem Prakash -- Sectors -- The role of private voluntary climate programs affecting forests : assessing their direct and intersecting effects / Laura Bozzi, Benjamin Cashore, Kelly Levin, and Constance McDermott -- Emerging private voluntary programs and climate change : the blind spots of the agrifood sector / Doris Fuchs and Frederike Boll -- Climate change, private voluntary programs and the automobile industry / Tony Porter -- Conclusions -- Private voluntary programs in climate policy : potentials and pitfalls / Karsten Ronit -- Index.…”
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The future of transatlantic relations perceptions, policy and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Transatlantic relations : a theoretical framework / Serena Simoni -- The future of trans-atlantic relations : a view from Canada / David Rudd -- The United States and the transatlantic relationship : a test for US foreign and national security policy / Joyce P Kaufman -- Transatlantic relations and the United Kingdom / Andrew Dorman -- France and transatlantic relations / Adrian Treacher -- Germany : from civilian power to international actor / Gale Mattox -- Turkey and the US : a transatlantic future? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Business and climate policy the potentials and pitfalls of private voluntary programs /

Table of Contents: “…Tables and figures -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Marrying climate policy and private voluntary programs / Karsten Ronit -- Cross-sectoral and multi-sectoral programs -- Private voluntary programs in environmental governance : climate change and the financial sector / Jennifer Clapp and Jason Thistlethwaite -- Private voluntary programs on climate change : US federal government as the sponsoring actor / Lily Hsueh and Aseem Prakash -- Sectors -- The role of private voluntary climate programs affecting forests : assessing their direct and intersecting effects / Laura Bozzi, Benjamin Cashore, Kelly Levin, and Constance McDermott -- Emerging private voluntary programs and climate change : the blind spots of the agrifood sector / Doris Fuchs and Frederike Boll -- Climate change, private voluntary programs and the automobile industry / Tony Porter -- Conclusions -- Private voluntary programs in climate policy : potentials and pitfalls / Karsten Ronit -- Index.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Globalization and organization world society and organizational change /

Table of Contents: “…Drori -- The worldwide diffusion of business education, 1881-1999 : historical trajectory and mechanisms of expansion / Hyeyoung Moon and Christine Min Wotipka -- The making and expansion of international management standards : the global diffusion of ISO 9000 quality management certificates / Peter Mendel -- Transparent accounting as a world societal rule / Yong Suk Jang -- Dynamics of corporate responsibility / Suzanne Shanahan and Sanjeev Khagram -- The spread of a 'human resources' culture : institutional individualism and the rise of personal development training / Xiaowei Luo -- Turning the university into an organizational actor / Georg Krücken and Frank Meier.…”
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Understanding international conflicts : an introduction to theory and history / by Nye, Joseph S.

Table of Contents: “…-- Origins of the great twentieth-century conflicts -- Balance of power and World War I -- The failure of collective security and World War II -- The Cold War -- Intervention, institutions, and regional and ethnic conflicts -- Globalization and interdependence -- The information revolution, transnational actors, and the diffusion of power -- A new world order?.…”

Trading Places : Accessing land in African cities / by Napier, Mark, 1964 December 22-

Table of Contents: “…-- Defining markets: a set of transactions between actors -- In the meantime ... moving towards secure tenure by recognising local practice -- Getting land governance right in sub-Saharan cities: more than land administration -- Choices and decisions: locating the poor in urban land markets.…”
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Understanding international conflicts : an introduction to theory and history / by Nye, Joseph S.

Table of Contents: “…-- Origins of the great twentieth-century conflicts -- Balance of power and World War I -- The failure of collective security and World War II -- The Cold War -- Intervention, institutions, and regional and ethnic conflicts -- Globalization and interdependence -- The information revolution, transnational actors, and the diffusion of power -- A new world order?.…”

Trading Places : Accessing land in African cities / by Napier, Mark, 1964 December 22-

Table of Contents: “…-- Defining markets: a set of transactions between actors -- In the meantime ... moving towards secure tenure by recognising local practice -- Getting land governance right in sub-Saharan cities: more than land administration -- Choices and decisions: locating the poor in urban land markets.…”
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Introduction to economic geography : globalization, uneven development and place / by MacKinnon, Danny

Table of Contents: “…Introducing economic geography -- Approaches to economic geography -- Shaping the capitalist economy : key actors and processes -- Spaces of production and consumption -- The state and the economy -- The changing geography of the multinational corporations -- Changing geographies of work and employment -- Geographies of development -- The uneven geographies of finance -- Commodity chains and global production networks -- Knowledge, creativity and regional development -- Alternative economic geographies -- Conclusion.…”