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Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / by Zamora, Emilio

Table of Contents: “…Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi.…”
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Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / by Zamora, Emilio

Table of Contents: “…Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi.…”
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How to get a Phd a handbook for students and their supervisors / by Phillips, Estelle M.

Table of Contents: “…How to manage your supervisors -- 10. Equal opportunities for non-traditional research students (i.e. women-- with some comments for men-- international, mature and part-time students) -- 11. …”
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How to get a Phd a handbook for students and their supervisors / by Phillips, Estelle M.

Table of Contents: “…How to manage your supervisors -- 10. Equal opportunities for non-traditional research students (i.e. women-- with some comments for men-- international, mature and part-time students) -- 11. …”
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Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom / by Friedman, Joel Wm. (Joel William), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…A privileged son of the South -- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946 -- At the bar, 1948-1953 -- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana -- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana -- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation -- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966 -- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett -- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana -- Implementing Brown throughout the nation -- Internal discord threatens the court -- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases -- A vigilant steward of fairness -- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment -- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit -- Honoring the legacy.…”
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Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom / by Friedman, Joel Wm. (Joel William), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…A privileged son of the South -- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946 -- At the bar, 1948-1953 -- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana -- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana -- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation -- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966 -- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett -- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana -- Implementing Brown throughout the nation -- Internal discord threatens the court -- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases -- A vigilant steward of fairness -- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment -- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit -- Honoring the legacy.…”
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Raising boys' achievement in secondary schools by Younger, Mike, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…-- Raising boys' achievements within an inclusive context -- The context of the classroom : pedagogies and teacher-learning styles -- The context of the individual : target-setting and mentoring -- Organizational contexts : equal opportunities in the single-sex classroom -- The socio-cultural key -- Gender and achievement in special schools -- Policy directions within an inclusive context.…”
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Raising boys' achievement in secondary schools by Younger, Mike, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…-- Raising boys' achievements within an inclusive context -- The context of the classroom : pedagogies and teacher-learning styles -- The context of the individual : target-setting and mentoring -- Organizational contexts : equal opportunities in the single-sex classroom -- The socio-cultural key -- Gender and achievement in special schools -- Policy directions within an inclusive context.…”
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Women embracing Islam gender and conversion in the West /

Table of Contents: “…Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy Jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories / Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen.…”
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Women embracing Islam gender and conversion in the West /

Table of Contents: “…Conversion and gender, two contested concepts / Willy Jansen -- Gender and conversion to Islam in the West / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Contextualizing conversion -- The quest for peace in submission: reflections on the journey of American women converts to Islam / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- The shaping of a Scandinavian "Islam": converts and gender equal opportunity / Anne Sofie Roald -- Symbolizing distance: conversion to Islam in Germany and the United States / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr -- Discourses and narratives -- Gender, conversion, and Islam: a comparison of online and offline conversion narratives / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The shifting significance of the halal/haram frontier: narratives on the hijab and other issues / Stefano Allievi -- Trajectories and paradigms -- Female conversion to Islam: the Sufi paradigm / Haifaa Jawad -- African American Islam as an expression of converts' religious faith and nationalist dreams and ambitions / Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons -- Feminism and conversion: comparing British, Dutch, and South African life stories / Margot Badran -- Transmission and identity -- How Deborah became Aisha: the conversion process and the creation of female Muslim identity / Nicole Bourque -- Keeping the faith: convert Muslim mothers and the transmission of female Muslim identity in the West / Marcia Hermansen.…”
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Global futures in East Asia youth, nation, and the new economy in uncertain times /

Table of Contents: “…Arai -- Neoliberal speech acts : the Equal Opportunity Law and projects of the self in a Japanese corporate office / Miyako Inoue -- Workplace dramas and labor fantasies in 1990s Japan / Gabriella Lukacs -- Governmental entanglements : the ambiguities of progressive politics in neoliberal reform in South Korea / Jesook Song.…”
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Global futures in East Asia youth, nation, and the new economy in uncertain times /

Table of Contents: “…Arai -- Neoliberal speech acts : the Equal Opportunity Law and projects of the self in a Japanese corporate office / Miyako Inoue -- Workplace dramas and labor fantasies in 1990s Japan / Gabriella Lukacs -- Governmental entanglements : the ambiguities of progressive politics in neoliberal reform in South Korea / Jesook Song.…”
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A Contemporary History of Exclusion : The Roma Issue in Hungary from 1945 to 2015 / by Majtenyi, Balázs

Table of Contents: “…-- Divide at Impera : the opportunities and impossibilities of self-organization -- Movement -- National minority culture, national culture -- Questions of equal treatment and equal opportunity -- Anti-discrimination -- Equal opportunity -- Roma programs -- Education -- Employment -- Social policy and the Roma -- Aid -- Segregation -- Disciplinary society -- The transformation of discourses -- Research methods -- Panopticon : Roma policy, 2010-2015 -- The Hungarian National Cooperation System -- The anti-egalitarian character of the system -- Changing minority legislation -- New social policy? …”
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A Contemporary History of Exclusion : The Roma Issue in Hungary from 1945 to 2015 / by Majtenyi, Balázs

Table of Contents: “…-- Divide at Impera : the opportunities and impossibilities of self-organization -- Movement -- National minority culture, national culture -- Questions of equal treatment and equal opportunity -- Anti-discrimination -- Equal opportunity -- Roma programs -- Education -- Employment -- Social policy and the Roma -- Aid -- Segregation -- Disciplinary society -- The transformation of discourses -- Research methods -- Panopticon : Roma policy, 2010-2015 -- The Hungarian National Cooperation System -- The anti-egalitarian character of the system -- Changing minority legislation -- New social policy? …”
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Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers /

Table of Contents: “…/ Lisa Berntsen and Tesseltje de Lange -- Bottom-up approaches to the regularisation of undocumented migrants : the Swiss case / Lucia Della Torre -- When nationalism meets soft skills : towards a comprehensive framework for explaining ethno-migrant inequality in the Dutch labour market / Hans Siebers -- Collective agreements and equal opportunities for women and disadvantaged groups / Johan Graafland.…”
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Towards a Decent Labour Market for Low-Waged Migrant Workers /

Table of Contents: “…/ Lisa Berntsen and Tesseltje de Lange -- Bottom-up approaches to the regularisation of undocumented migrants : the Swiss case / Lucia Della Torre -- When nationalism meets soft skills : towards a comprehensive framework for explaining ethno-migrant inequality in the Dutch labour market / Hans Siebers -- Collective agreements and equal opportunities for women and disadvantaged groups / Johan Graafland.…”
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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America Evidence and Perspectives /

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META-NET Strategic Research Agenda for Multilingual Europe 2020

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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America Evidence and Perspectives /

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META-NET Strategic Research Agenda for Multilingual Europe 2020

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