Search Results - "advocacy"

The paradox of gender equality how American women's groups gained and lost their public voice / by Goss, Kristin A., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Women's citizenship and American democracy -- Suffrage and the rise of women's policy advocacy -- The second wave surges "and then" -- From public interest to "special interests" -- Sameness, difference, and women's civic place -- What drove the changes? …”
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The letter and the spirit of nineteenth-century American literature justice, politics, and theology / by Loebel, Thomas, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The justice of sentencing, or how (not) to speak -- "A" confession : how to avoid speaking the name of the father -- Constituting justice : Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic narratives -- The feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the political : Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ethical critique of justice -- Exodus politics and the redemption of difference -- Rendering justice in The Grandissimes : advocacy and others' voices -- Conclusion : Confederate democracy and the non-in-different Constitution.…”
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Red states, blue states and the coming sharecropper society by Cummings, Stephen D., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…America today -- The great American divide : red states versus blue states -- Red state, blue state demographics -- Implications of a red-state dominated America -- The Democratic Party and the advocacy of a blue-state culture -- Democrats in the 1920s -- William Jennings Bryan and his red-state legacy -- Toward a twenty-first century new deal.…”
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School-based health care advancing educational success and public health /

Table of Contents: “…Strategic partnerships for fiscal and policy advocacy -- section 4. School-based health care : looking to the future.…”
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Red states, blue states and the coming sharecropper society by Cummings, Stephen D., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…America today -- The great American divide : red states versus blue states -- Red state, blue state demographics -- Implications of a red-state dominated America -- The Democratic Party and the advocacy of a blue-state culture -- Democrats in the 1920s -- William Jennings Bryan and his red-state legacy -- Toward a twenty-first century new deal.…”
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School-based health care advancing educational success and public health /

Table of Contents: “…Strategic partnerships for fiscal and policy advocacy -- section 4. School-based health care : looking to the future.…”
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The letter and the spirit of nineteenth-century American literature justice, politics, and theology / by Loebel, Thomas, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…The justice of sentencing, or how (not) to speak -- "A" confession : how to avoid speaking the name of the father -- Constituting justice : Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic narratives -- The feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the political : Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ethical critique of justice -- Exodus politics and the redemption of difference -- Rendering justice in The Grandissimes : advocacy and others' voices -- Conclusion : Confederate democracy and the non-in-different Constitution.…”
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AIDS, meeting the challenge : data, facts, background / by Weinreich, Sonja

Table of Contents: “…Natural history and HIV transmission -- Global, regional and country-specific spread of HIV/AIDS -- Vulnerable population groups -- Gender equity -- Children -- Young people -- Socio-economic context -- Stigma and discrimination -- Human rights -- People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) -- Prevention -- Mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) -- Care -- Antiretroviral therapy -- HIV/AIDS on the international agenda -- Advocacy and lobbying -- Culture and tradition -- Churches, theology, and HIV/AIDS -- Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS.…”

Legal ethics in the practice of law / by Zitrin, Richard A, 1947-, Cole, Liz Ryan, 1947-, Langford, Carol M (Carol Mae), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…What price justice? What price advocacy? --Tactics, free speech, and playing by the rules --The special problems of the government lawyer --The lawyer acting as advisor --The lawyer as part of the law firm structure --Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice --The economics of lawyering --Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.…”

AIDS, meeting the challenge : data, facts, background / by Weinreich, Sonja

Table of Contents: “…Natural history and HIV transmission -- Global, regional and country-specific spread of HIV/AIDS -- Vulnerable population groups -- Gender equity -- Children -- Young people -- Socio-economic context -- Stigma and discrimination -- Human rights -- People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) -- Prevention -- Mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) -- Care -- Antiretroviral therapy -- HIV/AIDS on the international agenda -- Advocacy and lobbying -- Culture and tradition -- Churches, theology, and HIV/AIDS -- Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS.…”

Legal ethics in the practice of law / by Zitrin, Richard A, 1947-, Cole, Liz Ryan, 1947-, Langford, Carol M (Carol Mae), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…What price justice? What price advocacy? --Tactics, free speech, and playing by the rules --The special problems of the government lawyer --The lawyer acting as advisor --The lawyer as part of the law firm structure --Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice --The economics of lawyering --Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.…”

Reflections on judging / by Posner, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…The road to 219 South Dearborn Street -- The federal judiciary evolves -- The challenge of complexity -- Formalism and realism in appellate decision making -- The inadequate appellate record -- Coping strategies for appellate judges I : judicial self-restraint -- Coping strategies for appellate judges II : interpretation -- Make it simple, make it new : opinion writing and appellate advocacy -- Forays into the district court -- What can be done, modestly?…”
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Reflections on judging / by Posner, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…The road to 219 South Dearborn Street -- The federal judiciary evolves -- The challenge of complexity -- Formalism and realism in appellate decision making -- The inadequate appellate record -- Coping strategies for appellate judges I : judicial self-restraint -- Coping strategies for appellate judges II : interpretation -- Make it simple, make it new : opinion writing and appellate advocacy -- Forays into the district court -- What can be done, modestly?…”
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In Contempt : Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature / by Kalsem, Kristin, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias -- A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence : narrating the gothic reality of coverture -- Legislative histories and literary herstories : infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman" -- Birth control on trial : law, literature, and libel -- Sitting in judgment : a cross-examination of women, law, and empire -- Appealing women : late-century publication of private wrongs.…”
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In Contempt : Nineteenth-Century Women, Law, and Literature / by Kalsem, Kristin, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. Narrative advocacy, outlaw texts, and nineteenth-century Portias -- A novel approach to feminist jurisprudence : narrating the gothic reality of coverture -- Legislative histories and literary herstories : infanticide, bastardy, and the "lewd woman" -- Birth control on trial : law, literature, and libel -- Sitting in judgment : a cross-examination of women, law, and empire -- Appealing women : late-century publication of private wrongs.…”
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Practices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / by Dupret, Baudouin

Table of Contents: “…Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.…”
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Practices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / by Dupret, Baudouin

Table of Contents: “…Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.…”
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Employment of English : Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies / by Berube, Michael, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Cultural studies and cultural capital -- The blessed of the earth -- Professional obligations and academic standards -- Peer pressure : political tensions in the bear market -- Straight outta normal : nonprofit fiction publishing on the margins -- English for employment -- Professional advocates : when is "advocacy" part of one's vocation? -- Free speech and discipline : the boundaries of the multiversity -- Extreme prejudice : the coarsening of American conservatism -- Cultural criticism and the politics of selling out. …”
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Employment of English : Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies / by Berube, Michael, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Cultural studies and cultural capital -- The blessed of the earth -- Professional obligations and academic standards -- Peer pressure : political tensions in the bear market -- Straight outta normal : nonprofit fiction publishing on the margins -- English for employment -- Professional advocates : when is "advocacy" part of one's vocation? -- Free speech and discipline : the boundaries of the multiversity -- Extreme prejudice : the coarsening of American conservatism -- Cultural criticism and the politics of selling out. …”
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Invisible giant Cargill and its transnational strategies / by Kneen, Brewster

Table of Contents: “…. : the numbers -- Origins, organization and ownership -- Policy advocacy and capitalist subsidies -- Creatures : feeding and processing -- Cotton, peanuts & malting -- Processing : oilseeds, soybeans, corn & wheat -- Invisible commodities -- E-commerce -- Coming and going : transport and storage -- A typical story : Canada and Mexico -- Fertilizer -- The West Coast -- Rivers of soy : South America -- Juice -- The 'Far East' -- Seeds -- Salt -- Only Cargill's Future?…”
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