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Shadows of a sunbelt city : the environment, racism, and the knowledge economy in Austin / by Tretter, Eliot, M.

Table of Contents: “…Urban transformations -- Sustaining a higher quality of life : the environment, crime, and the remaking of Austin's downtown -- Contesting sustainability : "smart growth" and the redevelopment of Austin's east side -- What is past is prologue : urban governance, comprehensive planning, and political reform -- Reflections: Outside the shadows.…”
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Legal ethics in the practice of law / by Zitrin, Richard A, 1947-, Cole, Liz Ryan, 1947-, Langford, Carol M (Carol Mae), 1958-

Table of Contents: “…--Tactics, free speech, and playing by the rules --The special problems of the government lawyer --The lawyer acting as advisor --The lawyer as part of the law firm structure --Mental health, substance abuse, and the realities of modern practice --The economics of lawyering --Admissions, discipline, and some other rules of lawyering.…”

Waste Production and Utilization in the Metal Extraction Industry / by Ndlovu, Sehliselo

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Overview -- chapter 2 Legislation and Policies Governing the Environmental and Health Impacts of Metallic Waste -- chapter 3 Mining and Beneficiation Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 4 Ferrous Metals Waste Production and Recycling -- chapter 5 Ferroalloys Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 6 Base Metals Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 7 Hydrometallurgical Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 8 Metal Manufacturing and Finishing Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 9 Post-Consumer Waste Production and Utilization -- chapter 10 Conclusions and Future Outlook.…”
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COVID-19 epidemiology and variants new challenges and future of the pandemic /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Emergence of new variants and their new evolutionarily advantageous traits -- Probability of the emergence of additional variants and a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 -- Potential immune escape mechanisms of a theoretical new SARS-CoV-2 strain -- What can governments and individuals do to reduce the probability of emergence of additional variants -- Efficacy shown to date by COVID-19 vaccines and their projected impact in controlling the pandemic -- Update on current COVID-19 treatments (including convalescent antibody therapy, Remdesivir and dexamethasone) and the importance of the time window for their administration.…”
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Materializing the nation : commodities, consumption, and media in Papua New Guinea / by Foster, Robert John, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Your money, our money, the government's money : finance and fetishism in Melanesia -- Commercial nation making. …”
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Writing Self, Writing Empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary / by Kinra, Rajeev

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court -- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective -- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance -- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm -- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters -- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world -- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline -- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.…”
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The taking of American Indian lands in the Southeast a history of territorial cessions and forced relocations, 1607-1840 / by Miller, David W. (David Wesley), 1926-

Table of Contents: “…Before European intrusion and early patterns of exploitation -- Jamestown -- Pushing west from the Virginia coastal region (1646-1687) -- England and France compete and clash -- The Cherokee and the French and Indian War -- The Carolinas, Georgia, and the Southern tribes (1663-1763) -- Southern tribes after the Proclamation of 1763 (1763-1775) -- Virginia and the Cherokee agree on a boundary (1768-1771) -- Land grabbers and early Kentucky settlements -- The Southern frontier during the war years (1775-1783) -- The Creek and a vacillating partner (1783-1789) -- The Creek deal with the federal government and Spain (1789-1795) -- The Chickasaw and Choctaw (1783-1795) -- Benjamin Hawkins leads -- The Cherokee, state of Franklin, and North Carolina -- The Cherokee, the Creek, the Chickamauga, and the new federal government (1789-1796) -- Blount's downfall and a 1797 treaty line -- Jefferson and the Southern nations (1801-1809) -- Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase and anarchy in 1810 -- The Creek War (1813-1814) -- Andrew Jackson's 20 million acres and the Battle of New Orleans (1814-1815) -- Exploiting the Mississippi Territory (1815-1816) -- The Cherokee of the East and West (1817-1828) -- The Chickasaw and Choctaw (1816-1820) -- The Creek (1818-1829) -- Jackson and Florida (1816-1829) -- Removal to the West--Choctaw -- Removal to the West--Chickasaw -- The betrayal of the Creek -- Seminole saga -- The Cherokee versus Georgia -- Cherokee intransigence -- The Trail of Tears -- After the exodus.…”
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The new economic diplomacy decision-making and negotiation in international economic relations /

Table of Contents: “…/ Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock -- Factors shaping economic diplomacy : an analytical toolkit / Stephen Woolcock -- Economic diplomacy in practice : domestic decision-making / Nicholas Bayne -- Challenge and response in the new economic diplomacy / Nicholas Bayne -- Making government policy : the G8 and G20 in 2010 / Deborah Bronnert -- Serving the private sector : India's experience in context / Kishan Rana -- NGOs in economic diplomacy / Duncan Green and Phil Bloomer -- Multi-level economic diplomacy : the case of investment / Stephen Woolcock -- US economic diplomacy towards Asia / Matthew Goodman -- European Union economic diplomacy / Stephen Woolcock -- Economic diplomacy for small and low income countries / Teddy Soobramanien -- Plurilateralism and multilateralism : comparing institutions / Nicholas Bayne -- The OECD : lessons from investment and services / Ken Heydon -- The decline of the G8 summit and lessons for the G20 / Nicholas Bayne -- International financial regulation : architecture and process / David Green -- The International Monetary Fund and global economic cooperation / Stephen Pickford and Nick Joicey -- Governments and climate change : the UN negotiating process / Thomas Christensen -- Climate change negotiations : the contribution of business / Joan MacNaughton -- Brazilian economic diplomacy : agriculture and the WTO / Braz Baracuhy -- The future of economic diplomacy / Nicholas Bayne and Stephen Woolcock.…”
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The Wiley Blackwell companion to political geography /

Table of Contents: “…Barkan -- The state / Alex Jeffrey -- Federalism and multilevel governance / Herman van der Wusten -- Geographies of conflict / Clionadh Raleigh -- Security / Lauren Martin -- Violence / James Tyner -- Justice / Farhana Sultana -- Power / Joe Painter -- Citizenship / Patricia Ehrkamp and Malene H. …”

Advanced project portfolio management and the PMO multiplying ROI at warp speed / by Kendall, Gerald I.

Table of Contents: “…The PMO in detail -- The governance board and prioritization -- Management -- Linking project progress to strategic objectives -- Delivery management and acceleration -- Project portfolio management -- Resource portfolio management -- Asset portfolio management -- Managing the multi-project environment -- The critical chain approach -- Reducing negative human behavior -- PMO organization models -- PMO roles and responsibilities -- Inputs and outputs to a PMO -- PMO measurement system -- EPM tools and their value on project delivery -- PMO, PMI and the PMBOK -- Part IV. …”
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Global social change historical and comparative perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Jorgenson -- Globalization, hegemony, and global governance -- Spatial and other "fixes" of historical capitalism / Giovanni Arrighi -- Contemporary intracore relations and world systems theory / Peter Gowan -- Global social movements -- Gender and globalization : female labor and women's mobilization / Valentine M. …”
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Overcoming fragmentation in Southeast Europe spatial development trends and integration potential /

Table of Contents: “…/ Thanassis Kalogeressis and Lois Labrianidis -- Development planning and territorial integration prospects in South Eastern Europe : a foresight exercise in the region of central Macedonia / Dimitris Foutakis and Elisavet Thoidou -- Southeast Europe within changing European geographies : tracing socio-economic disparities and potentials of integration / Peter Schoen and Petra Pelster -- The new generation of European sustainable development documents and strategic development schemes of Serbia and Montenegro : the problem of correspondence / Miodrag Vujosevic -- Settlement patterns in Europe : elements and comparative typology / Alma Zavodnik-Lamovsek -- Transport infrastructure priorities and territorial cohesion prospects in SE Europe / Magda Pitsiava -- Territorial governance, institutional structures and trans-frontier cooperation prospects in South-Eastern Europe / Panayiotis Getimis and Leeda Demetropoulou.…”
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Aviation infrastructure performance a study in comparative political economy /

Table of Contents: “…Morrison and Clifford Winston -- The European Union : evolution of privatization, regulation, and slot reform / David Gillen and Hans-Martin Niemeier -- Part two: Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada -- Airport policy in Australia and New Zealand : privatization, light-handed regulation, and performance / Peter Forsyth -- Airport planning and regulation in the United Kingdom / Anne Graham -- Airport policy in Canada : limitations of the not-for-profit governance model / Michael W. Tretheway and Robert Andriulaitis -- Part three: China and developing countries -- Airport policy and performance in mainland China and Hong Kong / Anming Zhang and Andrew Yuen -- Air transportation infrastructure in developing countries : privatization and deregulation / Kenneth Button -- Synthesis and conclusions / Clifford Winston and Ginés de Rus.…”
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Global development 2.0 can philanthropists, the public, and the poor make poverty history? /

Table of Contents: “…Gregory Dees -- Leveraging knowledge to end poverty / Ashok Khosla -- Effecting change through accountable channels / Jane Nelson -- Collaborative governance : the new multilateralism for the twenty-first century / Simon Zadek -- Aid : from consensus to competition? …”
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Building equality and opportunity through social guarantees new approaches to public policy and the realization of rights /

Table of Contents: “…Georgieva -- Increasing social inclusion through social guarantees / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió and Andrew Norton -- Democratic governance and institution building for inclusive social policy : the Latin American experience / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió, Sophia V. …”
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The eye, the hand, the mind 100 years of the College Art Association /

Table of Contents: “…Levy -- CAA, pedagogy and curriculum : a historical effort, an unparalleled wealth of ideas / Matthew Israel -- Visual resources for the arts / Christine l. Sundt -- Governance and diversity / Judith K. Brodsky, Mary D. …”
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The dual state parapolitics, Carl Schmitt and the national security complex /

Table of Contents: “…Gibbs -- The unusual suspects: Africa, parapolitics, and the national security state complex / Rico Carisch -- State hierarchy and governance: of shadows or equivelance in regulating global crisis / Mark Findlay -- Dual state: the case of Sweden / Ola Tunander -- Canadian stalking horse : a parallel power / David MacGregor -- A study in gray: the affaire moro and notes for a reinterpretation of the Cold War and the nature of terrorism / Guido Giacomo Preparata -- Schmitt, ergenekon, and the neocons / Len Bracken -- The spectacle and the partisan / Jeff Kinkle -- Targeting journalists and media in the new world order / Stig A. …”
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Making foreign direct investment work for Sub-Saharan Africa : local spillovers and competitiveness in global value chains /

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Global trends and transitions in security expertise : nuclear deterrence to climate change and back again / by McGann, James G.

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WAQF-led Islamic social finance : innovative solutions to modern applications /

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