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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The Asian Financial Crisis (1997) -- a catalyst for changeIndonesia -- external power interest divergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; East Timor's vote for independence; Calls for external intervention in East Timor; Indonesian failure to resist sovereignty violation; INTERFET as a violation of Indonesian sovereignty; Theoretical assessment of the East Timor crisis (1999); Contrasting theoretical arguments; 5. …”
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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The Asian Financial Crisis (1997) -- a catalyst for changeIndonesia -- external power interest divergence; ASEAN institutional cohesion; East Timor's vote for independence; Calls for external intervention in East Timor; Indonesian failure to resist sovereignty violation; INTERFET as a violation of Indonesian sovereignty; Theoretical assessment of the East Timor crisis (1999); Contrasting theoretical arguments; 5. …”
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Japan's foreign policy since 1945 by Cooney, Kevin J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the story of Japan after World War II -- The catalyst for change -- The problem and the questions -- The literature -- Elite Interviews -- The variables -- Objectives and expected significance of the book -- Ouline of the book -- The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy -- Historical background -- Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990 -- The Gulf War requires change -- The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy -- The peace keeping operations law (PKO) -- Towards a security council seat and beyond -- Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security -- Japanese limitations -- Alternative security -- The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing -- Alternative views of Japanese security -- Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan -- A model of foreign-policy restructuring -- Talking to the policy makers themselves -- What are the foreign-policy makers thinking -- Planning for Japan's future security -- Japan's national security -- Abandonment -- Japan's options -- The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world -- Adjusting to the post-cold war world -- Gaiatsu -- The myth of Gaiatsu -- What is Japan doing? …”
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Japan's foreign policy since 1945 by Cooney, Kevin J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the story of Japan after World War II -- The catalyst for change -- The problem and the questions -- The literature -- Elite Interviews -- The variables -- Objectives and expected significance of the book -- Ouline of the book -- The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy -- Historical background -- Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990 -- The Gulf War requires change -- The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy -- The peace keeping operations law (PKO) -- Towards a security council seat and beyond -- Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security -- Japanese limitations -- Alternative security -- The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing -- Alternative views of Japanese security -- Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan -- A model of foreign-policy restructuring -- Talking to the policy makers themselves -- What are the foreign-policy makers thinking -- Planning for Japan's future security -- Japan's national security -- Abandonment -- Japan's options -- The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world -- Adjusting to the post-cold war world -- Gaiatsu -- The myth of Gaiatsu -- What is Japan doing? …”
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Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society /

Table of Contents: “…Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Maria Luddy -- Women and philanthropy in France : from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries / Evelyne Diebolt -- Women and philanthropy in Brazil : an overview / Leilah Landim -- The Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as a catalyst of deep-seated change / Per Selle -- Women and philanthropy in colonial and post-colonial Australia / Shurlee Swain -- Parallel power structures, invisible careers, and the changing nature of American Jewish women's philanthropy / Susan M. …”
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Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society /

Table of Contents: “…Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland / Maria Luddy -- Women and philanthropy in France : from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries / Evelyne Diebolt -- Women and philanthropy in Brazil : an overview / Leilah Landim -- The Norwegian voluntary sector and civil society in transition : women as a catalyst of deep-seated change / Per Selle -- Women and philanthropy in colonial and post-colonial Australia / Shurlee Swain -- Parallel power structures, invisible careers, and the changing nature of American Jewish women's philanthropy / Susan M. …”
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PEM fuel cells thermal and water management fundamentals / by Wang, Yun

Table of Contents: “…Water and its transport in the polymer electrolyte membrane -- 4.1 Introduction to the polymer electrolyte membrane -- 4.2 Ion transport and ionic conductivity -- 4.2.1 Proton transport -- 4.2.2 Ionic conductivity correlations -- 4.2.3 Ionic conductivity measurement -- 4.3 Water transport in polymer electrolyte membranes -- 4.3.1 Transport mechanisms -- 4.3.2 Water holding capacity -- 4.4 Water quantification using neutron radiography -- 4.5 Ion transport in cathode catalyst layers -- 4.5.1 Variation in water content in catalyst layers -- 4.5.2 Proton transport in cathode catalyst layers -- 4.5.3 Multiple-layered cathode catalyst layers -- 4.6 Chapter summary --…”
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PEM fuel cells thermal and water management fundamentals / by Wang, Yun

Table of Contents: “…Water and its transport in the polymer electrolyte membrane -- 4.1 Introduction to the polymer electrolyte membrane -- 4.2 Ion transport and ionic conductivity -- 4.2.1 Proton transport -- 4.2.2 Ionic conductivity correlations -- 4.2.3 Ionic conductivity measurement -- 4.3 Water transport in polymer electrolyte membranes -- 4.3.1 Transport mechanisms -- 4.3.2 Water holding capacity -- 4.4 Water quantification using neutron radiography -- 4.5 Ion transport in cathode catalyst layers -- 4.5.1 Variation in water content in catalyst layers -- 4.5.2 Proton transport in cathode catalyst layers -- 4.5.3 Multiple-layered cathode catalyst layers -- 4.6 Chapter summary --…”
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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities European and Scandinavian perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…/ Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir -- From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson -- Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington -- The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davíđ Pór Björgvinsson -- Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide -- General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? …”
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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities European and Scandinavian perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…/ Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir -- From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch -- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson -- Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington -- The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davíđ Pór Björgvinsson -- Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide -- General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? …”
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The arts and state governments at arm's length or arm in arm? / by Lowell, Julia, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…At arms-length -- SAAS governance structure and decisionmaking processes -- Advocacy -- Insulation or isolation? -- 3. Catalysts for change -- Budgetary trends -- Political developments -- 4. …”
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The arts and state governments at arm's length or arm in arm? / by Lowell, Julia, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…At arms-length -- SAAS governance structure and decisionmaking processes -- Advocacy -- Insulation or isolation? -- 3. Catalysts for change -- Budgetary trends -- Political developments -- 4. …”
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Jesuit and feminist education intersections in teaching and learning for the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Dreyer -- Mary, the hidden catalyst: reflections from an Ignatian pilgrimage to Spain and Rome / Margo J. …”
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Sons of anarchy and philosophy brains before bullets /

Table of Contents: “…Kolb -- "Each Savage Event was a Catalyst for the Next": The Historic and the Homeric Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way / Peter S. …”
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Jesuit and feminist education intersections in teaching and learning for the twenty-first century /

Table of Contents: “…Dreyer -- Mary, the hidden catalyst: reflections from an Ignatian pilgrimage to Spain and Rome / Margo J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Sons of anarchy and philosophy brains before bullets /

Table of Contents: “…Kolb -- "Each Savage Event was a Catalyst for the Next": The Historic and the Homeric Sons of History: How SAMCRO Lost and Found Its Way / Peter S. …”
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The Future Internet Future Internet Assembly 2011: Achievements and Technological Promises /

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The Future Internet Future Internet Assembly 2012: From Promises to Reality /

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The social, cultural and environmental costs of hyper-connectivity : sleeping through the revolution / by Hynes, Mike

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Opposing Democracy in the Digital Age : The Yellow Shirts in Thailand / by Sinpeng, Aim, 1983-

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