Search Results - "Africanization"

Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World /

Table of Contents: “…Pythons, Pigs, and Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, Benin, West African A.D. 1650-1727 / Neil L. Norman -- Chapter 15. …”
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Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World /

Table of Contents: “…Pythons, Pigs, and Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, Benin, West African A.D. 1650-1727 / Neil L. Norman -- Chapter 15. …”
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Working to be someone child focused research and practice with working children /

Table of Contents: “…/ Christopher Pole -- Child work and child labour in Italy: the point of view of the children / Maria Teresa Tagliaventi -- Work: a way to participative autonomy for children / Beatrice Hungerland -- Citizenship and working children's movements and organisations -- The stakes of children's participation in Africa: the African movement of working children and youth 179 / Hamidou Coly -- Working with working children in India / Nandana Reddy -- Dialogue and empowerment for change: the influence of organisations of working children in Southeast Asia on the social status of working children / Dominique Pierre Plateau -- Do the participation articles in the convention on the rights of the child (CRC) present us with a recipe for children's citizenship? …”
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Consolidated legal texts for the Special Court for Sierra Leone by Jalloh, Charles

Table of Contents: “…UN Security Council resolution 1315 (2000) -- Agreement between the United Nations and the government of Sierra Leone on the establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Rules of procedure and evidence -- Headquarters agreement between the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- UN Security Council resolution 1688 (2006) -- Memorandum of understanding regarding administrative arrangements between the International Criminal Court and the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Rules governing the detention of persons awaiting trial or appeal before the Special Court for Sierra Leone or otherwise detained on the authority of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Code of professional conduct for counsel with the right of audience before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Code of ethics for interpreters and translators employed by the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Directive on the assignment of counsel -- Practice direction on filing documents before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on disclosure by the prosecution by the prosecutor pursuant to rule 66 of the rules of procedure and evidence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on filing documents under rule 72 of the rules of procedure and evidence before the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on filing amicus curiae applications pursuant to rule 74 of the rules of procedure and evidence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on certain appeals before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on the procedure following a request by a state, the truth and reconciliation commission, or other legitimate authority to take a statement from a person in the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- The National Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991 (Act no. 6 of 1991) -- The Special Court Agreement, 2002 Ratication Act, 2002 -- The Special Court Agreement, 2002 (Ratication) Amendment Act, 2002 -- The Lome Peace Agreement (Ratication) Act, 1999 -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000 -- The Criminal Procedure Act, 1965 -- Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act -- An ordinance to prevent cruelty to children -- Malicious Damage Act, 1861 -- Peace agreement between the government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) (Abidjan Accord) -- Economic community of West African states six-month peace plan for Sierra Leone (Conakry Accord) -- Peace agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front of Sierra Leone (Lome peace agreement) -- Abuja cease're agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front (Abuja cease? …”
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Race and Rurality in the Global Economy /

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Foreword; References; Introduction; Interrogating Race and Rurality in the Time-Spaces of Globalization and Development; Notes; References; 1 Global Economies and Historical Change: Rethinking Social Struggles and Transformations in Africa's Zones of Rurality (1500-1800); Introduction; A Materialist Approach to African History; Re-Centering Africa in Globalizing Economies; The Late Imperial Age: The Askiyate; The Post-Imperial Age: Agents and Structures; Military Aristocracies and Ulama: Fandugu and Moridugu…”
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Working to be someone child focused research and practice with working children /

Table of Contents: “…/ Christopher Pole -- Child work and child labour in Italy: the point of view of the children / Maria Teresa Tagliaventi -- Work: a way to participative autonomy for children / Beatrice Hungerland -- Citizenship and working children's movements and organisations -- The stakes of children's participation in Africa: the African movement of working children and youth 179 / Hamidou Coly -- Working with working children in India / Nandana Reddy -- Dialogue and empowerment for change: the influence of organisations of working children in Southeast Asia on the social status of working children / Dominique Pierre Plateau -- Do the participation articles in the convention on the rights of the child (CRC) present us with a recipe for children's citizenship? …”
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Consolidated legal texts for the Special Court for Sierra Leone by Jalloh, Charles

Table of Contents: “…UN Security Council resolution 1315 (2000) -- Agreement between the United Nations and the government of Sierra Leone on the establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Statute of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Rules of procedure and evidence -- Headquarters agreement between the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- UN Security Council resolution 1688 (2006) -- Memorandum of understanding regarding administrative arrangements between the International Criminal Court and the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Rules governing the detention of persons awaiting trial or appeal before the Special Court for Sierra Leone or otherwise detained on the authority of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Code of professional conduct for counsel with the right of audience before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Code of ethics for interpreters and translators employed by the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Directive on the assignment of counsel -- Practice direction on filing documents before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on disclosure by the prosecution by the prosecutor pursuant to rule 66 of the rules of procedure and evidence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on filing documents under rule 72 of the rules of procedure and evidence before the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on filing amicus curiae applications pursuant to rule 74 of the rules of procedure and evidence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on certain appeals before the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- Practice direction on the procedure following a request by a state, the truth and reconciliation commission, or other legitimate authority to take a statement from a person in the custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- The National Constitution of Sierra Leone, 1991 (Act no. 6 of 1991) -- The Special Court Agreement, 2002 Ratication Act, 2002 -- The Special Court Agreement, 2002 (Ratication) Amendment Act, 2002 -- The Lome Peace Agreement (Ratication) Act, 1999 -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000 -- The Criminal Procedure Act, 1965 -- Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act -- An ordinance to prevent cruelty to children -- Malicious Damage Act, 1861 -- Peace agreement between the government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) (Abidjan Accord) -- Economic community of West African states six-month peace plan for Sierra Leone (Conakry Accord) -- Peace agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front of Sierra Leone (Lome peace agreement) -- Abuja cease're agreement between the government of Sierra Leone and the revolutionary united front (Abuja cease? …”
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Race and Rurality in the Global Economy /

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Foreword; References; Introduction; Interrogating Race and Rurality in the Time-Spaces of Globalization and Development; Notes; References; 1 Global Economies and Historical Change: Rethinking Social Struggles and Transformations in Africa's Zones of Rurality (1500-1800); Introduction; A Materialist Approach to African History; Re-Centering Africa in Globalizing Economies; The Late Imperial Age: The Askiyate; The Post-Imperial Age: Agents and Structures; Military Aristocracies and Ulama: Fandugu and Moridugu…”
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Librarians as community partners an outreach handbook /

Table of Contents: “…Dunatov -- Outreach to newly enrolled African American college students / by Jamie Seeholzer -- Serving multicultural patrons at the Arapahoe Library District / by Katya B. …”
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Librarians as community partners an outreach handbook /

Table of Contents: “…Dunatov -- Outreach to newly enrolled African American college students / by Jamie Seeholzer -- Serving multicultural patrons at the Arapahoe Library District / by Katya B. …”
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Gender violence interdisciplinary perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Stetz -- Undeclared war : African-American women writers explicating rape / Opal Palmer Adisa -- "To Judge Faolain, dead long enough : a summons" / Linda McCarriston -- Domestic violence : the intersection of gender and control / Michael P. …”
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Ambiguous pleasures sexuality and middle class self-perceptions in Nairobi / by Spronk, Rachel

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Hip and ambitious in Nairobi -- Conceiving sexuality -- Interfaces of pleasure and anxiety -- Structure of the book -- The study of sexuality -- Sexuality research in Kenya -- Health approaches to sexuality -- Sexuality research in the context of AIDS in Africa -- The dynamics of sexuality: the focus of this study -- Anthropology and sexuality -- The social construction of sexuality, and its limits -- Sex as embodied experience -- Historicising sexuality -- Methodological aspects of sexuality research -- Researching sex and sexuality: research places and practices -- Researching sex and sexuality: collection and validity of data -- An unmarried with partner, non-Kenyan, white female young professional -- Young professionals: emblems of social transformation -- Sexuality and societal transformations -- Gender and sexuality in colonial times -- Gender and sexuality in postcolonial times -- Social transformation and moral anxiety -- The young and ambitious in Nairobi -- Classifying young professionals -- Hesitations about ethnicity and issues of belonging -- Living independently and single -- Nightlife and dating -- Young urban professionals and the formation of a contemporary identity -- Explorers of a modern identity -- Young professionals' position towards customary ways of living -- 'Westernization' -- Africanness -- Conclusion -- Society in flames: sexuality in the context of AIDS -- AIDS as a context of life -- Africanist perspectives on AIDS and sexuality -- Policies of the government and nongovernmental organizations -- The definition of 'risk groups' -- The medicalization of sexuality -- Christian perceptions of AIDS and sexuality -- The remoralization of sexuality -- Sexuality and contemporary lifestyles -- AIDS as the disease of 'immorality' -- The public emergence of the intimate -- Intimacy as part of lifestyle -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sexual desire, career, and femininity -- Female sexuality in Nairobi, Kenya and beyond -- Pamela, Martha, Njeri, Tayiani and Dorcas -- The importance of dating -- 'Playing hard to get' -- To give and to receive sexual pleasure -- Chastity and the realization of sexual pleasure -- Boundaries of sexual pleasure -- Between sexual allure and limited availability -- Appropriating sexual pleasure -- Sexual pleasure and conventional expectations -- Communicating ambiguity -- Embodying transformations -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sex, riches and masculinity -- Male sexuality in Nairobi society, Kenya and beyond -- Alex, Eric, Tom, Maurice and Ongeri -- Men's sexual debut -- Circumcision as constitutive to masculinity -- Sex as a skill-being a 'good lover' -- Love in relation to sexual drive -- Sex and having 'arrived' -- Moving between sexual prowess and restrained potency -- Sexual desire as a physical craving -- Balancing too much and too little sex -- The waning dominant patriarchal ideology -- Accommodating change -- Conclusion -- Sign of the times: media and the therapeutic ethos of romantic love -- Romantic love and the twin spheres of consumption and mass media -- Representing romantic love: films, television and advertisements -- Television -- Advertising -- The privileging of the image -- The manifestations of romantic love: music -- Practicing romantic love: dating -- Practices of mediation: magazines -- The therapeutic discourse on relationships -- Sign of the times: imaginations and practices of romantic love versus 'Westernization', or the perils of modernity -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: sexuality and its ambiguous pleasures -- Researching sexuality in Africa -- The pleasures and anxieties of sexuality -- Middle-class lifestyles and self-perceptions -- Sex and sophistication - self and embodiment.…”
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Gender violence interdisciplinary perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Stetz -- Undeclared war : African-American women writers explicating rape / Opal Palmer Adisa -- "To Judge Faolain, dead long enough : a summons" / Linda McCarriston -- Domestic violence : the intersection of gender and control / Michael P. …”
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Ambiguous pleasures sexuality and middle class self-perceptions in Nairobi / by Spronk, Rachel

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Hip and ambitious in Nairobi -- Conceiving sexuality -- Interfaces of pleasure and anxiety -- Structure of the book -- The study of sexuality -- Sexuality research in Kenya -- Health approaches to sexuality -- Sexuality research in the context of AIDS in Africa -- The dynamics of sexuality: the focus of this study -- Anthropology and sexuality -- The social construction of sexuality, and its limits -- Sex as embodied experience -- Historicising sexuality -- Methodological aspects of sexuality research -- Researching sex and sexuality: research places and practices -- Researching sex and sexuality: collection and validity of data -- An unmarried with partner, non-Kenyan, white female young professional -- Young professionals: emblems of social transformation -- Sexuality and societal transformations -- Gender and sexuality in colonial times -- Gender and sexuality in postcolonial times -- Social transformation and moral anxiety -- The young and ambitious in Nairobi -- Classifying young professionals -- Hesitations about ethnicity and issues of belonging -- Living independently and single -- Nightlife and dating -- Young urban professionals and the formation of a contemporary identity -- Explorers of a modern identity -- Young professionals' position towards customary ways of living -- 'Westernization' -- Africanness -- Conclusion -- Society in flames: sexuality in the context of AIDS -- AIDS as a context of life -- Africanist perspectives on AIDS and sexuality -- Policies of the government and nongovernmental organizations -- The definition of 'risk groups' -- The medicalization of sexuality -- Christian perceptions of AIDS and sexuality -- The remoralization of sexuality -- Sexuality and contemporary lifestyles -- AIDS as the disease of 'immorality' -- The public emergence of the intimate -- Intimacy as part of lifestyle -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sexual desire, career, and femininity -- Female sexuality in Nairobi, Kenya and beyond -- Pamela, Martha, Njeri, Tayiani and Dorcas -- The importance of dating -- 'Playing hard to get' -- To give and to receive sexual pleasure -- Chastity and the realization of sexual pleasure -- Boundaries of sexual pleasure -- Between sexual allure and limited availability -- Appropriating sexual pleasure -- Sexual pleasure and conventional expectations -- Communicating ambiguity -- Embodying transformations -- Conclusion -- Ambiguous pleasures: sex, riches and masculinity -- Male sexuality in Nairobi society, Kenya and beyond -- Alex, Eric, Tom, Maurice and Ongeri -- Men's sexual debut -- Circumcision as constitutive to masculinity -- Sex as a skill-being a 'good lover' -- Love in relation to sexual drive -- Sex and having 'arrived' -- Moving between sexual prowess and restrained potency -- Sexual desire as a physical craving -- Balancing too much and too little sex -- The waning dominant patriarchal ideology -- Accommodating change -- Conclusion -- Sign of the times: media and the therapeutic ethos of romantic love -- Romantic love and the twin spheres of consumption and mass media -- Representing romantic love: films, television and advertisements -- Television -- Advertising -- The privileging of the image -- The manifestations of romantic love: music -- Practicing romantic love: dating -- Practices of mediation: magazines -- The therapeutic discourse on relationships -- Sign of the times: imaginations and practices of romantic love versus 'Westernization', or the perils of modernity -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: sexuality and its ambiguous pleasures -- Researching sexuality in Africa -- The pleasures and anxieties of sexuality -- Middle-class lifestyles and self-perceptions -- Sex and sophistication - self and embodiment.…”
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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…69 -- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 73 -- Changes in the structure of demand and employment 74 -- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500--1820 88 -- Endnotes 105 -- References 108 -- 3The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500--2003 111 -- European--Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 112 -- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500--1820 115 -- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500--1820 116 -- Endnotes 178 -- References 179 -- 4The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 1--2003AD 183 -- Introduction 183 -- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century 185 -- The Islamic conquest and its implications 188 -- Egypt as Islamic state 192 -- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves 206 -- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa 209 -- Black Africa and the impact of Islam 214 -- The European encounter with Africa 217 -- Africa from 1820 to 1960 227 -- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards 231 -- Appendix 237 -- Endnotes 239 -- References 240 -- Advances in macro-measurement since 1665 -- 5political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement 249 -- William Petty (1623--87) 250 -- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620--74) 256 -- Gregory King (1648--1712) and Charles Davenant (1656--1714) 258 -- Patrick Colquhoun (1745--1820) 282 -- French political arithmetic, 1695--1707 284 -- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century 287 -- Bibliography 288 -- 6Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? …”
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Feminisms redux an anthology of literary theory and criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Gilbert and Susan Gubar -- "Dancing through the minefield : some observations on the theory, practice, and politics of a feminist literary criticism" (1980) / Annette Kolodny -- "What has never been : an overview of lesbian feminist literary criticism" (1981) / Bonnie Zimmerman -- "Aesthetics" from How to suppress women's writing (1983) / Joanna Russ -- "Caste, class, and canon" (1981/1987) / Paul Lauter -- "A criticism of our own : autonomy and assimilation in Afro-American and feminist literary theory" (1989) / Elaine Showalter -- "Introduction" from Gender in African women's writing : identity, sexuality, difference (1997) / Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi -- "Introduction : on the politics of literature" from The resisting reader : a feminist approach to American fiction (1978) / Judith Fetterley -- "The father's seduction" from The daughter's seduction: feminism and psychoanalysis (1982) / Jane Gallop -- "Constructing the subject : deconstructing the text (1985) / Catherine Belsey -- "Introduction" from Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire (1985) / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "Gender assymetry and erotic triangles" from Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire (1985) / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "Apostrophe, animation, and abortion" (1986) / Barbara Johnson -- "Feminist politics : what's home got to do with it?" …”
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Feminisms redux an anthology of literary theory and criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Gilbert and Susan Gubar -- "Dancing through the minefield : some observations on the theory, practice, and politics of a feminist literary criticism" (1980) / Annette Kolodny -- "What has never been : an overview of lesbian feminist literary criticism" (1981) / Bonnie Zimmerman -- "Aesthetics" from How to suppress women's writing (1983) / Joanna Russ -- "Caste, class, and canon" (1981/1987) / Paul Lauter -- "A criticism of our own : autonomy and assimilation in Afro-American and feminist literary theory" (1989) / Elaine Showalter -- "Introduction" from Gender in African women's writing : identity, sexuality, difference (1997) / Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi -- "Introduction : on the politics of literature" from The resisting reader : a feminist approach to American fiction (1978) / Judith Fetterley -- "The father's seduction" from The daughter's seduction: feminism and psychoanalysis (1982) / Jane Gallop -- "Constructing the subject : deconstructing the text (1985) / Catherine Belsey -- "Introduction" from Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire (1985) / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "Gender assymetry and erotic triangles" from Between men: English literature and male homosocial desire (1985) / Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- "Apostrophe, animation, and abortion" (1986) / Barbara Johnson -- "Feminist politics : what's home got to do with it?" …”
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Handbook of marriage and the family /

Table of Contents: “…IV Diversity in Family Life -- 27.Family Lives of Lesbian and Gay Adults / Charlotte J. Patterson -- 28.African American Families: Research Progress and Potential in the Age of Obama / Mia A. …”
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Handbook of marriage and the family /

Table of Contents: “…IV Diversity in Family Life -- 27.Family Lives of Lesbian and Gay Adults / Charlotte J. Patterson -- 28.African American Families: Research Progress and Potential in the Age of Obama / Mia A. …”
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Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD essays in macro-economic history / by Maddison, Angus

Table of Contents: “…69 -- The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 73 -- Changes in the structure of demand and employment 74 -- The european transformation of the Americas, 1500--1820 88 -- Endnotes 105 -- References 108 -- 3The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500--2003 111 -- European--Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 112 -- The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500--1820 115 -- The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500--1820 116 -- Endnotes 178 -- References 179 -- 4The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 1--2003AD 183 -- Introduction 183 -- The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century 185 -- The Islamic conquest and its implications 188 -- Egypt as Islamic state 192 -- The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves 206 -- The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa 209 -- Black Africa and the impact of Islam 214 -- The European encounter with Africa 217 -- Africa from 1820 to 1960 227 -- Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards 231 -- Appendix 237 -- Endnotes 239 -- References 240 -- Advances in macro-measurement since 1665 -- 5political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement 249 -- William Petty (1623--87) 250 -- John Graunt: the first demographer (1620--74) 256 -- Gregory King (1648--1712) and Charles Davenant (1656--1714) 258 -- Patrick Colquhoun (1745--1820) 282 -- French political arithmetic, 1695--1707 284 -- Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century 287 -- Bibliography 288 -- 6Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? …”
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