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Japan's nuclear disarmament policy and the U.S. security umbrella by DiFilippo, Anthony, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Detoured on the Path to Nuclear Disarmament -- The Watershed -- Technology, Choice and Nuclear Weapons -- The Politics of Japanese Nuclear Disarmament: Where Government Policies and Civil Society Converge and Diverge -- Japanese Security Policy and the New Agenda Coalition -- The International Dimensions of Japan's Anti-Nuclear Weapons Policies: Issues in Disarmament and Nonproliferation -- Tokyo and the Axis of Evil -- Security and Identity.…”
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Medical malpractice by Sloan, Frank A.

Table of Contents: “…-- An increased threat of lawsuits and higher premiums : the consequences -- Governments' responses to medical malpractice crises--and their effects -- Ceilings on nonmonetary and total losses -- Compensating plaintiffs' attorneys -- Juries and health courts -- Patient safety and medical malpractice -- Medical malpractice insurance and insurance regulation -- Reinsurance -- No-fault for medical injuries -- Reforms : what can be done.…”
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Slavery and the meetinghouse the Quakers and the abolitionist dilemma, 1820-1865 / by Jordan, Ryan P., 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Quakers, slavery, and the "peaceable kingdom" -- Quaker gradualists and the challenge of abolitionism -- Slavery, religious liberty, and the "political" abolitionism of the Indiana Anti-Slavery Friends -- Friends and the "children of Africa" : Quaker abolitionists confront the Negro pew -- "Progressive" Friends and the government of God -- Quaker pacifism and civil disobedience in the antebellum period -- Conclusion: "Fighting Quakers," abolitionists, and the Civil War.…”
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A cultural history of Cuba during the U.S. occupation, 1898-1902 by Iglesias Utset, Marial, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Empty pedestals and barracks converted into schools : the dismantling of symbols of colonial power -- Policies governing celebrations : Catholic, North American, and patriotic fiestas -- Attempts at linguistic colonization and the struggle to preserve Spanish : Anglicized words and expressions and their tropes -- The "decolonization" of names : national identity and the selection of patriotic place names -- The socialization of symbols representing the idea of country -- Public culture and nationalism.…”
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Sanctuary and crime in the middle ages, 400-1500 by Shoemaker, Karl

Table of Contents: “…Authority, intercession, and penance -- Roman aristocratic traditions, imperial penal law, and sanctuary -- Reassessing early medieval sanctuary legislation -- The transmission and reception of sanctuary legislation in the early middle ages -- Sanctuary, blood feud, and the strength of Anglo-Saxon government -- Sanctuary in the century after the Norman conquest -- Sanctuary and Angevin law reforms -- The role of canon law in the destruction of sanctuary.…”
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QTL association mapping

Table of Contents: “…Contents: QTLs affect continuous traits -- Generally mapped from pedigree or family data -- Genome-wide association studies extended to QTLs -- Alternative models for genetic values -- Regress trait values on genetic markers -- Power of regression tests -- Case-control tests when QTL governs probability of affection -- Case-only Hardy-Weinberg tests.…”
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The new American imperialism Bush's war on terror and blood for oil / by Fouskas, Vassilis

Table of Contents: “…Money, oil, and power -- Controlling governments -- The new American way of war -- Neo-imperialist ideology -- The battle for Caspian oil -- The U.S.…”
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Prisoners of want the experience and protest of the unemployed in France, 1921-45 / by Perry, Matt, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The experience of unemployment in France between the wars -- Movements of the unemployed in the 1920s -- The Parisian unemployed movement, 1930-33 -- Early regional unemployed movements, 1931-33 -- The Lille to Paris hunger march -- After the hunger march : the rising militancy of the unemployed in 1934 -- The coming of the Popular Front and the unemployed movements -- The Popular Front government and the unemployed -- Unemployment and the war years, 1940-45.…”
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Child poverty and inequality securing a better future for America's children / by Lindsey, Duncan, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…The color of child poverty -- Growing inequality : from the "era of the middle class" to the "era of the wealthy class" -- Doing for children what we have done for seniors : government efforts to end poverty -- The failure of welfare reform to reduce child poverty -- Eliminating welfare and reducing child poverty -- Embracing capitalism : investing in our children -- Closing : the world we leave our children.…”
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The theory of taxation and public economics by Kaplow, Louis

Table of Contents: “…Optimal income taxation; Elaboration and extensions; Income and commodity taxation -- Government expenditures. Transfer payments; Goods and services -- Additional aspects of taxation. …”
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Clean Diamond Trade Act

Table of Contents: “…Conflict diamonds: agency actions needed to enhance implementation of the Clean Diamond Trade Act / United States Government Accountability Office -- Kimberley process rough diamonds / Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs -- Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control / Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury -- Public Law 108-19, An Act: "Clean Diamond Trade Act."…”
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Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Section I Scientific evidence for Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas -- Section II Practical implementation and needs for a transition towards Nature-based solutions in cities -- Section III Nature-based solutions and social-environmental justice in cities -- Section IV Governance Implications and Economic Viability of Nature-based solutions -- Conclusions.…”
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Microeconomic theory : a heterodox approach / by Lee, Frederic S., 1949-2014

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The making of heterodox microeconomics -- Structure, agency, and modeling the economy -- The business enterprise : structures -- The business enterprise : agency and causal mechanisms -- Markets and demand for the social product -- Competition, the market price, and market governance -- Microeconomics and the social provisioning process -- Appendix 1 Heterodox microeconomics course syllabus -- Appendix 2 Narrative-qualitative-analytical problem sets -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Finding the best and the brightest a guide to recruiting, selecting, and retaining effective leaders / by Thoms, Peg, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The selection of leaders matters -- What we know about effective leaders -- Identifying necessary leader attributes -- Recruiting leaders -- Leadership selection tools -- Developing and conducting a structured interview -- Structured interview questions -- Putting the pieces together -- Developing leaders to fit the organization -- Retaining effective leaders -- Selecting government leaders -- Improving organizations through improved leadership.…”
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Virus alert security, governmentality, and the AIDS pandemic / by Elbe, Stefan, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Examining the evidence on AIDS and security -- Security in the era of governmentality : AIDS and the rise of health security -- National security : sovereignty, medicine and the securitization of AIDS -- Human security : discipline, healthy bodies, and the global curing machine -- Risk and security : government, military risk groups, and population triage -- The power of AIDS : responding to the governmentalization of security.…”
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Al-Qaeda goes to college : impact of the war on terror on American higher education / by Castagnera, James

Table of Contents: “…: Al Qaeda's academic sympathizers -- Domestic terrorists (I): the crazies -- Domestic terrorists (II): the animal advocates -- With friends like these: government regulation of academia -- Raiders of the lost relics -- Counter-terrorism is big business on college campuses -- The Saudi Arabian windfall -- Anthropologists go to war -- Conclusion: summing up: far more wins than losses for our industry.…”
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Agile project management for business transformation success / by Paquette, Paul, Frankl, Milan

Table of Contents: “…Agile teamwork functionality -- 6. Governance and enterprise agile -- 7. Agile processes -- 8. …”
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"A Road to Peace and Freedom" : The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954 / by Zecker, Robert, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- A practical demonstration in democracy: the IWO -- A plan for plenty: the IWO tames capitalism -- We dare entertain thoughts not to the liking of present-day bigots: race, civil rights and the IWO -- A mandolin orchestra could attract a lot of attention: interracial fun -- Foreign policy and the IWO -- A fraternal order sentenced to death!: government suppression -- Conclusion.…”
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Beyond the state : The colonial medical service in British Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Beyond the state -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: looking beyond the state: Anna Greenwood -- 2 Crossing the divide: medical missionaries and government service in Uganda, 1897-1940: Yolana Pringle -- 3 The government medical service and British missions in colonial Malawi, c.1891-1940: crucial collaboration, hidden conflicts: Markku Hokkanen -- 4 The maintenance of hegemony: the short history of Indian doctors in the Colonial Medical Service, British East Africa: Anna Greenwood and Harshad Topiwala -- 5 The Colonial Medical Service and the struggle for control of the Zanzibar Maternity Association, 1918-47: Anna Greenwood -- 6 Elder Dempster and the transport of lunatics in British West Africa: Matthew M. …”
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International logistics

Table of Contents: “…Governments' interest and involvement in international logistics -- Logistics in different parts of the world -- Ocean ships and shipping -- Chartering bulk ocean carriers -- The ocean liner contract system -- International air transportation -- Surface transport to and from ports, and to and from Canada and Mexico -- Seaports, airports, canals and tunnels -- International logistics functions and intermediaries -- Terms of sale and payment -- Documentation and insurance -- Logistics of export product movement.…”
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