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Transnational Japan in the Global Environmental Movement by Avenell, Simon

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The Roots of Latino Urban Agency /

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The Roots of Latino Urban Agency /

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Construction innovation /

Table of Contents: “…Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- An industrial network perspective on innovation in construction -- Innovation diffusion across firms -- Clients shaping construction innovation -- Innovation in road building : removing obstacles for diffusion of novel building products -- Innovating for integration : clients as drivers of industry improvement -- Project delivery systems and innovation : the case of us road building -- The leitmotif of building-products innovation in Finland : from commercial technology exploitation to sustainable development.…”
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Construction innovation /

Table of Contents: “…Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- An industrial network perspective on innovation in construction -- Innovation diffusion across firms -- Clients shaping construction innovation -- Innovation in road building : removing obstacles for diffusion of novel building products -- Innovating for integration : clients as drivers of industry improvement -- Project delivery systems and innovation : the case of us road building -- The leitmotif of building-products innovation in Finland : from commercial technology exploitation to sustainable development.…”
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My name is Jody Williams a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize / by Williams, Jody, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…-- A special place in hell -- Claude, Casey, and the Corvair convertible -- V-I-E-T-N-A-M, marriage, and Mexico -- The making of a grassroots activist -- The pamphlet -- Boots on the ground : Sandinista interlude -- Dinner with the death squad -- I thought I wanted a straight job-instead I got landmines -- Landmines and love -- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 landmine ban world tour -- Whirlwind : October 10 to December 10, 1997 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow page.…”
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My name is Jody Williams a Vermont girl's winding path to the Nobel Peace Prize / by Williams, Jody, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…-- A special place in hell -- Claude, Casey, and the Corvair convertible -- V-I-E-T-N-A-M, marriage, and Mexico -- The making of a grassroots activist -- The pamphlet -- Boots on the ground : Sandinista interlude -- Dinner with the death squad -- I thought I wanted a straight job-instead I got landmines -- Landmines and love -- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 landmine ban world tour -- Whirlwind : October 10 to December 10, 1997 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations follow page.…”
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Counting on communication the Uganda nutrition and early childhood development project / by Cabañero-Verzosa, Cecilia

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Counting on communication the Uganda nutrition and early childhood development project / by Cabañero-Verzosa, Cecilia

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Across Anthropology : Troubling Colonial Legacies, Museums, and the Curatorial /

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Across Anthropology : Troubling Colonial Legacies, Museums, and the Curatorial /

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Multiple moralities and religions in post-Soviet Russia

Table of Contents: “…Caldwell -- An ethos of relatedness: foreign aid and grassroots charities in two orthodox parishes in North-Western Russia / Detelina Tocheva -- "A lot of blood is unrevenged here": moral disintegration in post-war Chechnya / Ieva Raubisko -- Morality, utopia, discipline: new religious movements and Soviet culture / Alexander A. …”
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Multiple moralities and religions in post-Soviet Russia

Table of Contents: “…Caldwell -- An ethos of relatedness: foreign aid and grassroots charities in two orthodox parishes in North-Western Russia / Detelina Tocheva -- "A lot of blood is unrevenged here": moral disintegration in post-war Chechnya / Ieva Raubisko -- Morality, utopia, discipline: new religious movements and Soviet culture / Alexander A. …”
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Bloody Lowndes civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / by Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.…”
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Bloody Lowndes civil rights and Black power in Alabama's Black Belt / by Jeffries, Hasan Kwame, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Conditions unfavorable to the rise of the Negro : the pursuit of freedom rights before the civil rights era -- I didn't come here to knock : the making of a grassroots social movement -- We ain't going to shed a tear for Jon : school desegregation, White resistance, and the African American response -- I'm going to try to take some of the freedom here back home : the federal government and the fight for freedom rights -- We gonna show Alabama just how bad we are : the birth of the original Black Panther Party and the development of freedom politics -- Tax the rich to feed the poor : Black power and the election of 1966 -- Now is the time for work to begin : Black politics in the post-civil rights era -- Epilogue: That black dirt gets in your soul : the fight for freedom rights in the days ahead.…”
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The academic, social, and psychological impacts of service learning / by Duncan, Joyce, 1946-, Taylor, Teresa Brooks

Table of Contents: “…Imparting social change -- Grassroots and community organizing -- Brief history of community organizing -- Group work -- Creative conflict -- Democracy, political voice, and voting --…”
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The academic, social, and psychological impacts of service learning / by Duncan, Joyce, 1946-, Taylor, Teresa Brooks

Table of Contents: “…Imparting social change -- Grassroots and community organizing -- Brief history of community organizing -- Group work -- Creative conflict -- Democracy, political voice, and voting --…”
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Battling pornography the American feminist anti-pornography movement, 1976-1986 / by Bronstein, Carolyn

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Battling pornography the American feminist anti-pornography movement, 1976-1986 / by Bronstein, Carolyn

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Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online / by Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.…”
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