Shipwrecked Identities : Navigating Race on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast / by Pineda, Baron L., 1967-

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Global urban growth a reference handbook / by Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? …”
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Global urban growth a reference handbook / by Williams, Donald C., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Global urban growth -- Urban growth pressures and sprawl in America -- Background to the current crisis : land resources and public policy in America historic evolution of urban land use in America -- The contemporary phenomenon of urban sprawl : costs and consequences -- Making better use of the land : the debate over controlling urban sprawl -- Containing sprawl through local zoning -- State-wide prescriptions for sprawl -- Preserving rural lands from urban sprawl -- Fighting sprawl by reclaiming central cities -- Improving life in the suburbs -- Recent trends in the debate over sprawl -- The smart growth movement -- The property rights challenge -- Federal smart growth initiatives -- New trends in urban growth -- References -- Urban growth around the world -- Urban growth in the developed world -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe and Russia -- Future directions for Europe and Russia -- Japan and East Asia -- Canada -- Urban growth in the developing world -- Urbanization in historical perspective -- Cities of the developing world today -- Life in the slums -- Growth and evolution of slums -- Latin America -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Middle East -- South Asia -- Southeast Asia -- China -- Future directions in the developing world -- What can be done about slums? …”
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Global promise quality assurance and accountability in professional psychology /

Table of Contents: “…Ritchie -- Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists / Janel Gauthier -- Practice and regulation of professional psychology in Latin-America / Laura Hernández-Guzmán and Juan José Sánchez-Sosa -- Professional mobility and quality assurance within the European Union / Ingrid Lunt -- Accountability in professional psychology in the United Kingdom / Ingrid Lunt -- Accountability of psychology in the Netherlands / Henk T. van der Molen and Klaas H. …”
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Child slaves in the modern world

Table of Contents: “…Lawrance, "All we want is make us free" : the voyage of la amistad's children through the worlds of the illegal slave trade -- Gwyn Campbell, Children and bondage in imperial Madagascar, ca. 1790/1895 -- Cecily Jones, Youthful rebels : young people, agency, and resistance against colonial slavery in the British Caribbean plantation world -- Sue Taylor, Family strategies : slave parents and children in the Caracas courts, 1750/1854 -- Nara Milanich, Degrees of bondage: children's tutelary servitude in modern Latin America -- Martin Klein, Children and slavery in the western Sudan -- Bernard Moitt, Slavery and guardianship in postemancipation Senegal : colonial legislation and minors in Tutelle, 1848/1905 -- Trevor R. …”
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Child slaves in the modern world

Table of Contents: “…Lawrance, "All we want is make us free" : the voyage of la amistad's children through the worlds of the illegal slave trade -- Gwyn Campbell, Children and bondage in imperial Madagascar, ca. 1790/1895 -- Cecily Jones, Youthful rebels : young people, agency, and resistance against colonial slavery in the British Caribbean plantation world -- Sue Taylor, Family strategies : slave parents and children in the Caracas courts, 1750/1854 -- Nara Milanich, Degrees of bondage: children's tutelary servitude in modern Latin America -- Martin Klein, Children and slavery in the western Sudan -- Bernard Moitt, Slavery and guardianship in postemancipation Senegal : colonial legislation and minors in Tutelle, 1848/1905 -- Trevor R. …”
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Global promise quality assurance and accountability in professional psychology /

Table of Contents: “…Ritchie -- Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists / Janel Gauthier -- Practice and regulation of professional psychology in Latin-America / Laura Hernández-Guzmán and Juan José Sánchez-Sosa -- Professional mobility and quality assurance within the European Union / Ingrid Lunt -- Accountability in professional psychology in the United Kingdom / Ingrid Lunt -- Accountability of psychology in the Netherlands / Henk T. van der Molen and Klaas H. …”
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Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on the concept of 'legal reception' in the light of the civil law codification in Latin America / Francisco J. Andres Santos -- Libraries of civil codes as mirrors of normative transfers from Europe to the Americas : the experiences of Lorimier in Quebec (1871-1890) and Varela in Argentina (1873-1875) / Agustín Parise -- Translations of the "American model" in nineteenth century Argentina : constitutional culture as a global legal entanglement / Eduardo Zimmermann -- Modern constitutionalism and legal transfer : the political offence in the French Charte Constitutionnelle (1830) and the Belgian Constitution (1831) / Bram Delbecke -- Discovering legal silence : global legal history and the liquidation of state bankruptcies (1854-1907) / Lea Heimbeck -- The history of European international law from a global perspective : entanglements in eighteenth and nineteenth century India / Clara Kemme -- Global criminology and national tradition : the impact of reform movements on criminal systems at the beginning of the 20th century / Michele Pifferi.…”
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Entanglements in Legal History: Conceptual Approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on the concept of 'legal reception' in the light of the civil law codification in Latin America / Francisco J. Andres Santos -- Libraries of civil codes as mirrors of normative transfers from Europe to the Americas : the experiences of Lorimier in Quebec (1871-1890) and Varela in Argentina (1873-1875) / Agustín Parise -- Translations of the "American model" in nineteenth century Argentina : constitutional culture as a global legal entanglement / Eduardo Zimmermann -- Modern constitutionalism and legal transfer : the political offence in the French Charte Constitutionnelle (1830) and the Belgian Constitution (1831) / Bram Delbecke -- Discovering legal silence : global legal history and the liquidation of state bankruptcies (1854-1907) / Lea Heimbeck -- The history of European international law from a global perspective : entanglements in eighteenth and nineteenth century India / Clara Kemme -- Global criminology and national tradition : the impact of reform movements on criminal systems at the beginning of the 20th century / Michele Pifferi.…”
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Intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Young and Dmitry Shulgin -- Andean Pact countries of Latin America / Walter R. Jaffe and Elinor Arteaga-Marcano -- Costa Rica / Silvia Salazar -- European Union / R. …”
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Decentralizing governance emerging concepts and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Carino -- Decentralization, deconcentration, and poverty reduction in the Asia Pacific / Peter Blunt and Mark Turner -- Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations : navigating a viable path to reform / Paul Smoke -- Government decentralization and decentralized governance in Latin America : the silent revolution by the local level / Enrique Cabrero -- Devolution with accountability : learning from good practices / G. …”
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Influencing change building evaluation capacity to strengthen governance /

Table of Contents: “…Leading the change process -- Working towards development results : the case of Sri Lanka / Dhara Wijayatilake -- Capacity building and the evaluation of institutions : the core analytical framework / Eduardo Wiesner -- From project evaluations towards assessing institutional performance / Todor Dimitrov -- Evaluation systems as strategy management tools : building Dubai's institutional learning capacity / Mohammad Jaljouli -- Good practice and lessons learned -- Conceptual framework for developing evaluation capacities : building on good practice and capacity development / Caroline Heider -- Supporting evaluation capacity on environment and development / Rob van der Berg -- Capacity building : the Indian experience / Rashmi Agrawal and BVLN Rao -- Environmental/rural development and food security program in Madagascar / Bali Andriantseheno -- Recognizing "helping" as an evaluation capacity development strategy in South Africa / Stephen Porter -- Capacity building in M&E through the design and implementation of results-based M&E systems : lessons learnt from Africa, Asia, and Latin America / Gilles Clotteau, Marie-Helene Boily, Sana Darboe, and Frederic Martin -- Postscript : perspectives on the future -- Where is development evaluation going? …”
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Influencing change building evaluation capacity to strengthen governance /

Table of Contents: “…Leading the change process -- Working towards development results : the case of Sri Lanka / Dhara Wijayatilake -- Capacity building and the evaluation of institutions : the core analytical framework / Eduardo Wiesner -- From project evaluations towards assessing institutional performance / Todor Dimitrov -- Evaluation systems as strategy management tools : building Dubai's institutional learning capacity / Mohammad Jaljouli -- Good practice and lessons learned -- Conceptual framework for developing evaluation capacities : building on good practice and capacity development / Caroline Heider -- Supporting evaluation capacity on environment and development / Rob van der Berg -- Capacity building : the Indian experience / Rashmi Agrawal and BVLN Rao -- Environmental/rural development and food security program in Madagascar / Bali Andriantseheno -- Recognizing "helping" as an evaluation capacity development strategy in South Africa / Stephen Porter -- Capacity building in M&E through the design and implementation of results-based M&E systems : lessons learnt from Africa, Asia, and Latin America / Gilles Clotteau, Marie-Helene Boily, Sana Darboe, and Frederic Martin -- Postscript : perspectives on the future -- Where is development evaluation going? …”
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Archives, recordkeeping, and social justice /

Table of Contents: “…Duff -- Social Justice and Historical Accountability in Latin America : Access to the Records of the Truth Commissions in Chile / by Joel A. …”
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Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction / by Bezerra, Lígia

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- EVERYDAY CONSUMPTION -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theories of Consumption -- Historicizing Consumption in Latin America -- Consumption and Everyday Life -- Chapter One A Consumer's Dystopia -- Bonassi's Luxúria: Brazil, Country of the Future! …”
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Intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Young and Dmitry Shulgin -- Andean Pact countries of Latin America / Walter R. Jaffe and Elinor Arteaga-Marcano -- Costa Rica / Silvia Salazar -- European Union / R. …”
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Decentralizing governance emerging concepts and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Carino -- Decentralization, deconcentration, and poverty reduction in the Asia Pacific / Peter Blunt and Mark Turner -- Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental fiscal relations : navigating a viable path to reform / Paul Smoke -- Government decentralization and decentralized governance in Latin America : the silent revolution by the local level / Enrique Cabrero -- Devolution with accountability : learning from good practices / G. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Archives, recordkeeping, and social justice /

Table of Contents: “…Duff -- Social Justice and Historical Accountability in Latin America : Access to the Records of the Truth Commissions in Chile / by Joel A. …”
Taylor & Francis
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