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Public response to a proposed field trial of genetically engineered mosquitoes in the United States a case study /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Recent transmissions of mosquito-borne disease -- Oxitec proposal of a Florida Keys trial of genetically engineered mosquitoes -- FDA "Finding of No Significant Impact" -- FDA public comments analyzed -- Themes: ecological implications; human health; concerns about genetically modified organisms generally; government and industry mistrust -- Georeferenced attitudes to genetically engineered mosquitoes -- Results of Florida's non-binding referendum -- Importance of public trust to successful public health interventions.…”
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Moral leadership a transformative model for tomorrow's leaders / by Caldwell, Cam

Table of Contents: “…Leadership and trust -- 3. Leadership and governance: the obligations of stewardship -- 4. Leadership and culture -- 5. …”
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The Power of Systems : How Policy Sciences Opened Up the Cold War World /

The power of systems : how policy sciences opened up the Cold War world /

by Rindzevičiūtė, Eglė

Table of Contents: “…The rise of system-cybernetic governmentality -- Grey eminences of the scientific-technical revolution -- Bridging East and West: the birth of IIASA -- Shaping a transnational systems community (1): networks and institutions -- Shaping a transnational systems community (2): family versus war room -- The East-West politics of global modelling -- From nuclear winter to the Anthropocene -- Acid rain: scientific expertise and governance across systemic divide -- The avant-garde of system-cybernetic governmentality.…”
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The European Higher Education Area Between Critical Reflections and Future Policies /

Table of Contents: “…Hans de Wit, Miri Yemini, Randall Martin -- Part II: Higher Education Financing and Governance -- 10. Background Note for the Section on Financing and Governance [Overview Paper]. …”
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International marketing and export management / by Albaum, Gerald S.

Table of Contents: “…International marketing and exporting -- Bases of international marketing -- The international environment : culture; economic, forces; and competition -- The international environment : government, political and legal forces -- Market selection : definition and strategies -- Information for international market(ing) decisions -- Market entry strategies -- Export entry modes -- Nonexport entry modes -- Product decisions -- Pricing decisions -- Financing and methods of payment -- Promotion and marketing communication -- Supply chain management/logistics and handling export orders -- Organization of international marketing activities.…”

Drowning in laws labor law and Brazilian political culture / by French, John D.

Table of Contents: “…The CLT in foreign and domestic perspective -- The enigma of Brazilian labor law : Vargas and the government's bureaucratic Trabalhista Empire, 1950-1954 -- Labor law through the prism of subjectivity : legal consciousness, grievances, and class mobilization -- The politics of aphorism : the social question as a police matter (caso de polićia)…”
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Making technology work applications in energy and the environment / by Deutch, John M., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Gasohol -- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies -- Electricity from coal -- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants -- Greenhouse gases and global warming -- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle -- Managing nuclear waste -- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation -- Natural gas -- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries -- Synthetic fuels -- Fuel cells for automobiles -- Energy models and statistics -- The government's role in innovation -- Conclusions.…”
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United States policy toward the Armenian question and the Armenian genocide by Payaslian, Simon

Table of Contents: “…United States relations with the young Turk government -- 3. The Wilson administration and the Ittihadist regime -- 4. …”
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Caribbean exchanges slavery and the transformation of English society, 1640-1700 / by Amussen, Susan Dwyer

Table of Contents: “…The English Caribbean and Caribbean England -- Trade and settlement : England and the world in the seventeenth century -- Islands of difference : crossing the Atlantic, experiencing the West Indies -- A happy and innocent way of thriving : planting sugar, building a society -- Right English government : law and liberty, service and slavery -- Due order and subjection : hierarchy, resistance, and repression -- If her son is living with you she sends her love : the Caribbean in England, 1650-1700 -- Race, gender, and class crossing the English Atlantic.…”
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Debtor nation the history of America in red ink / by Hyman, Louis, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Making credit modern: the origins of the debt infrastructure in the 1920s -- Debt and recovery: New Deal housing policy and the making of national mortgage markets -- How commercial bankers discovered consumer credit: the Federal Housing Administration and personal loan departments -- War and credit: government regulation and changing credit practices -- Postwar consumer credit: borrowing for prosperity -- Legitimating the credit infrastructure: race, gender and credit access -- Securing debt in an insecure world -- Epilogue: debt as choice, debt as structure.…”
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The rise of the individual in 1950s israel a challenge to collectivism / by Rozin, Orit

Table of Contents: “…Austerity: desperate housewives and the government -- Austerity and the rule of law -- The law enforcement s -- In the city square -- Austerity tested: the local elections of 1950 -- The municipal election results and their significance -- From poll to poll: the elections for the Second Knesset -- The outcome of the elections to the Second Knesset -- Somewhere in the transit camp -- Terms of abhorrence: how old-time Israelis viewed immigrants from the Islamic World -- Parents, parenting, and children -- The construction of a collective: relations between immigrants and old-time Israelis. 000.…”
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French urban planning, 1940-1968 the construction and deconstruction of an authoritarian system / by Newsome, W. Brian, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Crisis of housing and urban planning under the Second Empire and the Third Republic -- Authoritarian programs of urban planning under the Vichy regime -- Reconstruction and urban planning under the provisional government and the Fourth Republic -- From reconstruction to new construction : overcoming the postwar housing crisis -- The evolution of theories of democratization : the work of Paul-Henry Chombart de Lauwe -- From propaganda to participation : the evolution of the marketing strategies of the Ministry of Reconstruction -- The democratization of architectural and urban planning under the Gaullist Republic.…”
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Cinema and community : progressivism, exhibition, and film culture in Chicago, 1907-1917 / by Luckett, Moya

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Progressivism, modernity, and transitional cinema -- From crowds to communities: Progressive Era spectatorship theories -- Progressivism and early feature films: textuality, oversight, uplift -- Celebrity, self-awareness, and the consciousness of self -- Private pleasures and public space: community culture and the dominance of neighborhood theaters -- Oversight and regulation: film censorship, local government, and social reform -- Citizenship and black cinema -- Patriotism and patronage: regional and national identity in Chicago's theaters during World War I -- Conclusion.…”
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Mapping decline : St. Louis and the fate of the American city / by Gordon, Colin (Colin E.)

Table of Contents: “…Our house : the twentieth century at 4635 North Market Street -- Local politics, local power : governing greater St. Louis, 1940-2000 -- "The steel ring" : race and realty in greater St. …”
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The American non-dilemma : racial inequality without racism / by DiTomaso, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Introduction : racial inequality without racism -- Jobs, opportunities, and fairness : the stakes of equal opportunity -- Community, networks, and social capital -- The American dream : individualism and inequality -- The transformation of post-civil rights politics : race, religion, class, and culture -- The white electorate : the white working class, religious conservatives, professionals, and the disengaged -- Government, taxes, and welfare -- Affirmative actions and equal opportunity : changes in access to education and jobs for women, African Americans, and immigrants -- Conclusion : Myrdal's dilemma and the American non-dilemma.…”
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Reference and information services in the 21st century : an introduction / by Cassell, Kay Ann

Table of Contents: “…Introducing reference and information service -- Determining the question : in-person, telephone, and virtual reference interviews -- Finding the answer : basic search techniques -- Answering questions about books, magazines, newspapers, libraries and publishing, and bibliographic networks : bibliographic resources -- Answering questions about anything and everything : encyclopedias -- Answering questions that require handy facts : ready reference sources -- Answering questions about words : dictionaries -- Answering questions about events and issues, past and present : indexes and full-text databases -- Answering questions about health, law, and business : special guidelines and sources -- Answering questions about geography, countries, and travel : atlases, gazetteers, maps, geographic information systems, and travel guides -- Answering questions about the lives of people : biographical information sources -- Answering questions about governments : government information sources -- When and how to use the Internet as a reference tool -- Reader's advisory work / Mary K. …”

Public ends, private means strategic purchasing of health services /

Table of Contents: “…Preker -- Stewardship, governance, and management / Alexander S. Preker ... …”
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Forging environmentalism justice, livelihood, and contested environments /

Table of Contents: “…--The value of legality in environmental action / Sheila Jasanoff -- Environmental transformations and the values of modernity / Arun Agrawal -- Evaluating environmental justice claims / Robert Melchior Figueroa -- Framing shared values : reason and trust in environmental governance / Clark A. Miller -- How shall we study environmental values? …”
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Corporate irresponsibility America's newest export / by Mitchell, Lawrence E.

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Effective healthcare leadership

Table of Contents: “…/ Mansour Jumaa -- Strategic leadership for healthcare management / Mark Hodder and Stuart Marples -- Healthcare governance through effective leadership / Rob McSherry, Alyson Wadding and Paddy Pearce -- The CLINLAP model - a model for nursing management and leadership development / Mansour Jumaa -- Implementing the CLINLAP model : a case study of policy change in managing deliberate self-harm / Janice Phillips, Helen Julu, Gülner Salih and Chris Gbolo -- Leadership through group clinical supervision / Jo Alleyne and Mansour Jumaa -- Leadership for evidence-based practice / Mansour Jumaa, Ilkka Kunnamo and Melanie Jasper -- Leadership with emotional intelligence / Mansour Jumaa -- Leading change in primary and community care / Lindsey Hayes -- Leading an older persons' outreach and support team through transformational leadership / Nadia Chambers -- Leadership for practice development / Theresa Shaw -- Leadership in an interprofessional context : learning from learning disability / Janet McCray -- The challenges for leadership for the future / Melanie Jasper.…”
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