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Industrial agriculture and ape conservation /

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The international financial crisis have the rules of finance changed? /

Table of Contents: “…Kane -- Regulatory governance and agency design : an old topic, made extra relevant by the financial crisis / Michael Klein -- The sentinal : improving the governance of financial policies / Ross Levine -- Holding regulators and government more accountable : comments / R. …”
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Emerging trends in asset recovery /

Table of Contents: “…Schulz -- Money laundering, corruption and the collapse of kleptocracies / Melis Mambetzhanov -- Political immunities : obstacles in the fight against corruption / Sílvio Antonio Marques -- Proactive cooperation within the mutual legal assistance procedure / Rudolf Wyss -- Asset recovery : an ongoing dialogue / Marcus Davies -- Money laundering, liability and sanctions for financial intermediaries : the issue of having the assets of politically exposed persons in Switzerland / Oliver Longchamp and Mark Herkenrath -- Between restoration, adaptation and appropriation : governance in post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire / Till Förster -- Hurdles in asset recovery and fighting corruption by developing countries : the Kenya experience / Jesse Mwangi Wachanga.…”
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Corruption, social sciences and the law : exploration across the disciplines /

Table of Contents: “…By Jane Ellis Chapter 4, Reduction of Corruption as Good Governance. By Habib Haque Khondker Chapter 5, Cui bono? …”
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Cybersecurity for information professionals : concepts and applications /

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Twenty Years of Education Transformation in Gauteng 1994 to 2014 /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Introduction / Martin Prew and Felix Maringe -- Policy and planning -- Gauteng Department of Education : a policy review / Shireen Motala, Seán Morrow and Yusuf Sayed -- Implementation frameworks and systems -- Twenty years of curriculum development in Gauteng : successes and challenges / Felix Maringe -- Structure and governance of systems, stakeholder engagement, roles and powers / A.D. …”
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Medical surge capacity workshop summary /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Goals and objectives -- The communications challenge : definitions, standards, and metrics -- Legal authorities and government support -- An integrated approach to alternate care -- Establishing alternate care facilities -- Creating situational awareness : a systems approach -- At-risk populations : behavioral health effects and medical needs -- Fatality management strategies -- Ramping down and recovery from a mass-casualty incident -- Financing surge capacity and preparedness -- Conclusions.…”
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Human rights in China

Table of Contents: “…Hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, September 20, 2006 / U.S. Government Printing Office.…”
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Blind oracles : intellectuals and war from Kennan to Kissinger / by Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…The social rule of the man of knowledge -- Scientific management and war, 1910-1960 -- Theorists of war, 1945-1953 -- RAND in opposition, 1946-1961 -- Accented and unaccented realism, 1946-1961 -- RAND and the Kennedy administration, 1961-1962 -- Cuba and Nassau, 1962 -- Intellectuals in power, 1961-1966 -- The Kennedy school of government, 1964-1971 -- The Pentagon papers -- Henry Kissinger -- Diplomats on foreign policy, 1976-2001.…”
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Child abduction prevention, investigation, and recovery / by Snow, Robert L.

Table of Contents: “…Child abductions in the United States -- Sex offender abductions -- Infant abductions -- Psychotic abductions -- Family abductions -- International abductions -- Other types of child abduction -- Secondary victims of child abduction -- Why some children stay -- Police response to child abduction -- What the government can do -- What parents can do -- Helping victims of abduction recover -- Some final thoughts about child abduction.…”
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Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain : Networks, Power, and Everyday Life / by Kekki, Saara, 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Network Analysis and the Study of Japanese American History -- From Immigration to Incarceration: The Japanese in the United States, 1890-1942 -- Heart Mountain Community and Modeling the Networks -- Those Who Govern: Political Power -- Sense of Belonging -- Individuals of Power and Power Families -- Women of Heart Mountain -- Disobedience behind Barbed Wire: Passive and Active Resistance -- Onward: Routes to Freedom -- Epilogue: Networks of Power and the Power of Networks.…”
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Religion and the Making of Nigeria / by Vaughan, Olufemi

Table of Contents: “…Islam and Christianity in the making of modern Nigeria -- Islam and colonial rule in northern Nigeria -- Christianity and the transformation of colonial southern and northern Nigeria -- The politics of religion in northern Nigeria during decolonization -- Religion and the postcolonial state -- Religious revival and the state : the rise of pentecostalism -- Expanded Sharia : the northern Ummah and the fourth republic -- Expanded Sharia : resistance, violence, and reconciliation -- Sharia politics, Obasanjo's PDP federal government, and the 1999 constitution.…”
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Cities & the Sea : Port City Planning in Early Modern Europe / by Konvitz, Josef W.

Table of Contents: “…The Origins and Practice of Port City Planning -- The 16th Century Background -- Seaworthy Cities: Planning in the Expanding European World of the 17th Century -- The New Port Cities of France, 1660-1720 -- The Search for New Port Cities in France -- The Government Proceeds to Plan -- Civic Order and Patterns of Growth in the New Cities -- The Decline of Port City Planning -- Port City Planning after the 17th Century.…”
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Sunset limited the Southern Pacific Railroad and the development of the American West, 1850-1930 / by Orsi, Richard J.

Table of Contents: “…Foundations: "These mountains look too ugly and I see too much work ahead": building the Southern Pacific Company, 1850/1930; Men of vision: Southern Pacific leaders, land, agriculture, and the development of California and the West -- Land settlement: "Stand on the rights of the Company and make a square fight of it": land-grant myths, conflicts with government, and squatterism; The Mussel Slough affair; A land of "well-tilled little farms": land-grant development; Promoting the far West: 1860s-1900s -- Water: "The satisfactory supply is yet undiscovered": the Southern Pacific as a pioneer water developer; "A great encouragement for others": private irrigation; "This splendid country is to be reclaimed": public irrigation; "The government is hard to deal with": federal reclamation -- Agriculture: "Evangel train": scientific agriculture; "The damndest railroading you ever heard of": marketing the produce of western farms -- Conservation: "Shall this destruction proceed?"…”
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The Presbyterian Church of East Africa an account of its Gospel Missionary Society origins, 1895-1946 / by Wamagatta, E. N.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude to the coming of the missionaries -- Kikuyuland and the Kikuyu people -- Imposition of colonial rule -- The GMS and its establishment in Kenya -- The People's Church of Christ -- The AIM connection -- Establishment in Kikuyuland -- The abortive Kibichoi Mission station -- GMS Kambui and Ng'enda mission stations -- Challenges to missionary work -- Reception of the missionaries in Kikuyuland -- Conflict with Kikuyu culture -- Attributes of GMS missionaries -- The educational approach to missionary work -- The pioneering period -- The era of growth and challenges -- African quest for high schools -- Problems with the government -- Problems with educational work -- The medical approach to missionary work -- The medical personnel -- The struggle against "witch doctors" -- Other gospel connections -- The government connection -- The evangelical approach to missionary work -- Conversion and GMS baptisms -- Persecution of mission adherents -- A time of growth and expansion -- Confrontation with Kikuyu nationalism -- Confrontation with Kikuyu cultural nationalism -- Spiritual slumber in Kikuyuland -- African leadership in the GMS church -- Merger with the Church of Scotland mission -- Financial problems -- The abortive GMS AIM merger -- Schism in the People's Church of Christ -- Human resources and other problems -- The road to the GMS-CSM merger.…”
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Integration Processes and Policies in Europe Contexts, Levels and Actors /

Table of Contents: “…Translocal activities of local governments and migrant organisations:Edith van Ewijk & Gery Nijenhuis -- 9. …”
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