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The ethics of species by Sandler, Ronald L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The value of species -- The conservation biology dilemma -- Assisted colonization -- Shifting goals and changing strategies -- The (in)significance of species boundaries -- Homo sapiens in particular -- Artifactual species -- Conclusion.…”
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On the Margins of Tibet : Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier / by Kolas, Ashild

Table of Contents: “…The setting -- Religious sites and the practice of religion -- The dilemmas of education in Tibetan areas -- In search of Tibetan culture -- Culture as a way of life -- Tibetan culture on the margins: destruction or reconstruction?…”
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Governing by network the new shape of the public sector / by Goldsmith, Stephen, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The new shape of government -- Advantages of the network model -- Challenges of the network model -- Designing the network -- Ties that bind -- Networks and the accountability dilemma -- Building the capacity for network governance -- The road ahead.…”
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Harlem between heaven and hell by Taylor, Monique M.

Table of Contents: “…Harlem between heaven and hell -- Insiders and outsiders -- The dilemma of racial difference -- Class conflict and Harlem's black gentry -- Racial bonds and the communion of fellowship -- Home ownership and political participation.…”
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Captives of revolution : the socialist revolutionaries and the Bolshevik dictatorship, 1918-1923 / by Smith, Scott B. (Scott Baldwin), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Dilemmas of civil war -- The shape of dictatorship -- Komuch -- The politics of the Eastern Front -- Between Red and White -- The end of the Party of Socialist Revolutionaries -- "Renegades of Socialism" and the making of Bolshevik political culture.…”
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Amsterdam Human Capital /

Table of Contents: “…The emergence of the regional city : spatial configuration and institutional dynamics / Sako Musterd and Willem Salet -- Amsterdam in retrospect -- Amsterdam as the "compleat citie": a city plan read in five episodes / Geert Mak -- Between civic pride and mass society : Amsterdam in retrospect / Michiel Wagenaar -- The historical roots of the daily urban system / Henk Schmal -- The economic restructuring of the historic city center / Pieter Terhorst and Jacques van de Ven -- The current state : dilemmas and perspectives -- The economic, infrastructural and environmental dilemmas of spatial development -- The Randstad : the creation of a metropolitan economy / Pieter Tordoir -- Transport and land use concepts for the emerging urban region / Luca Bertolini, Frank le Clercq, and Loek Kapoen -- Utilities as tools for shaping the city : waste management and power supply / Maarten Wolsink -- Regional greenbelts and the problem of institutional fragmentation / Marijke van Schendelen -- The social dilemmas of spatial development -- Understanding segregation in the metropolitan area of Amsterdam / Sako Musterd and Wim Ostendorf -- The metropolitan population : origin and mobility / Cees Cortie -- Amsterdam human capital : what about children? …”
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Communities of informed judgment Newman's illative sense and accounts of rationality / by Aquino, Frederick D., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Re-reading Newman -- University sermons : a preliminary investigation -- Cultivating personal judgment : a methodological dilemma -- A social epistemology of informed judgment -- Shaping communities of theological judgment.…”
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Privateers of the Americas : Spanish American privateering from the United States in the early republic / by Head, David

Table of Contents: “…Captain Chaytor's dilemma -- Diplomacy with Spain and Spanish America -- New Orleans and Barataria -- Baltimore -- Galveston and Amelia Island -- Service and toil in Spanish America -- Conclusion. …”
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Agricultural economics / by Drummond, H. Evan (Harold Evan), 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The food industry -- Introduction to agricultural economics -- Introduction to market price determination -- The firm as a production unit -- Costs and optimal output levels -- Supply, market adjustments, and input demand -- Imperfect competition and government regulation -- The theory of consumer behavior -- The concept of elasticity -- Money and financial intermediaries -- The circular flow of income -- Monetary policy -- Fiscal policy -- International trade -- Agricultural policy -- Food marketing : from stable to table -- Futures markets -- Financial markets -- Investment analysis -- Farm service sector -- The economics of market failure -- The Malthusian dilemma -- Economic development and food.…”

Truth, autonomy, and speech feminist theory and the First Amendment / by Williams, Susan Hoffman, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…The theoretical foundations of the law of free expression : truth and autonomy -- Philosophical foundations : Cartesianism and liberalism -- The feminist critique -- The feminist dilemma -- Reconstructing truth -- Reconstructing autonomy -- Free speech and truth -- Free speech and narrative autonomy.…”
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Designing your organization using the star model to solve 5 critical design challenges / by Kates, Amy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The authors -- Fundamentals of organization design -- Designing around the customer -- Organizing across borders -- Making a matrix work -- Solving the centralization-decentralization dilemma -- Organizing for innovation -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Decision tools -- Bibliography.…”
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The multivoiced body society and communication in the age of diversity / by Evans, Fred J., 1944-

Table of Contents: “…The age of diversity -- History of the dilemma : cosmos, chaos, chaosmos -- Society as a multivoiced body -- Modernism and subjectivity -- Postmodernism and language -- The primacy of voices -- Communication and an ethics for the age of diversity -- The social unconscious -- Globalization, resistance, and the new solidarity -- Democracy and justice in the multivoiced body.…”
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Saving the neighborhood racially restrictive covenants, law, and social norms / by Brooks, Richard Rexford Wayne

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Before covenants -- The big guns silenced -- Pushing down the ghosts -- The calculus of covenants -- The emergence of the norm breakers -- The great dilemma for legal norms -- After Shelley -- Game changes in the twilight of covenants -- Conclusion.…”
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Russia's virtual economy by Gaddy, Clifford G.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Illusion versus reality -- Roots of the virtual economy -- "Igor" in the virtual economy -- Evolution of the virtual economy -- A simple accounting exercise -- Running out of value -- The virtual state -- Mr. Putin's dilemma…”
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Global justice reform a comparative methodology / by Chodosh, Hiram

Table of Contents: “…-- Comparing comparisons -- The most neglected branch -- Between rocks and hard places -- Emergence from the dilemmas -- Conclusion : the prospects for a comparative methodology in global justice reform.…”
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Life and death in captivity : the abuse of prisoners during war / by Wallace, Geoffrey P. R., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.…”
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Ethics and animals an introduction / by Gruen, Lori

Table of Contents: “…Animal research; 5. Dilemmas of captivity; 6. Animals in the wild; 7. Protecting animals.…”
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Souls of the city religion and the search for community in postwar America / by Diamond, Etan

Table of Contents: “…: building new religious communities in suburbia -- From small town to mall town : rural communities and their congregations -- What is "our" community? The dilemma of the inner-city congregation -- Tying the metropolis together -- Finding community in the modern metropolis.…”
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Victims as offenders the paradox of women's violence in relationships / by Miller, Susan L.

Table of Contents: “…Defining the dilemma -- The controversy about women's use of force -- The research project : female offenders and the criminal justice system -- On the beat : the police ride-along study -- After arrest : criminal justice professionals and social service providers -- A day in the life : inside a female offender's treatment group -- The contexts of "violent" behavior -- Implications.…”
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Stravinsky inside out by Joseph, Charles M.

Table of Contents: “…Truths and illusions : rethinking what we know -- Rediscovering the American Apollon musagète : Stravinsky, Coolidge, and the forgotten Washington connection -- Fathers and sons : remembering Sviatoslav Soulima -- The would-be Hollywood composer : Stravinsky, the literati, and "the dream factory" -- Television and The flood : anatomy of an "inglorious flop" -- Film documentaries : the composer on and off camera -- Letters, books, private thoughts : reading between the lines -- Boswellizing an icon : Stravinsky, Craft, and the historian's dilemma.…”
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