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Downsizing Democracy : How America Sidelined Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public / by Crenson, Matthew A., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…From popular to personal democracy -- The rise and fall of the citizen -- Elections without voters -- Political parties: the old patronage and the new -- Disunited we stand -- From masses to mailing lists -- The jurisprudence of personal democracy -- Movements without members -- Privatizing the public -- Does anyone need citizens?…”
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Accelerate your career in nursing : a guide to professional advancement and recognition / by Phillips, Janice Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Identifying personal and professional strengths and opportunities for future development -- Joining professional nursing organizations to grow personally and professionally -- Portfolio development : an essential tool for professional advancement and recognition -- Validating one's distinction when seeking professional recognition -- Selecting appropriate nominators and sponsors -- Admission to graduate school : crafting successful applications -- How to land fellowships and internships by expressing your professional best -- Expressing your professional best through persuasive communication -- Advocating for professional nursing organizations -- Expressing your professional best : one of nursing's best : her personal journey.…”
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Climate Change Impacts and Women's Livelihood : Vulnerability in Developing Countries / by Momtaz, Salim, Asaduzzaman, Muhammad

Table of Contents: “…Vulnerability and Sustainable Livelihood Framework: Methodological Considerations 3.1 The Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) 3.1.1 Core concepts of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework 3.1.2 Modelling the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF) 3.1.3 Application of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) around the world and its relevance to this study 3.2 Understanding and assessing vulnerability 3.2.1 Vulnerability assessment 3.2.2 The Disaster Crunch Model 3.2.3 The Livelihood Vulnerability Index (LVI) 3.2.4 LVI-IPCC: IPCC framework approach 3.3 Selection of the study area 3.4 Research design 3.4.1 Data sources 3.4.2 Sampling procedure 3.5 Data collection 3.5.1 Household surveys through personal interviews 3.5.2 Focus group discussion (FGD) 3.5.3 Key informant interviews 3.5.4 Direct observation through a transect walk 3.6 Data Analysis 3.6.1 Quantitative analysis 3.6.1.1Calculation of LVI 3.6.1.2 Calculation of IPCC-LVI 3.6.1.3 Vulnerability spider diagram and vulnerability triangle 3.6.2 Qualitative analysis 3.7 Conclusion 4. …”
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Ethnic Marketing : Theory, Practice and Entrepreneurship / by Pires, Guilherme D., Stanton, John

Table of Contents: “…. -- References -- CHAPTER 12: PROMOTION AND PERSONALISATION --The promotional element--Serving anyone that comes through the door--Marketing communications and minority co-ethnic groups--The challenges of a dynamic environment--Understanding communication as information processing activity --The value proposition--Typical tactical activities -- Language--Media--Message -- Effective ethnic communication - more than just language--Intra-ethnic group segmentation: communicating in portinhol--Communicating to reduce perceived risk -- Word-of-mouth--Grassroots / Viral marketing -- Relational communications for ethnic loyalty -- Co-ethnic business to business cooperation -- The personalisation element--Simultaneity / inseparability as vehicle for responsiveness and personalization--Conclusion--References -- CHAPTER 13: PEOPLE, ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY --Ethnocentrism within national boundaries--Dealing with cultural distance -- Cultural distance is not all about language--Language preference matters -- Typical tactical activities deployed by ethnic minority businesses --The choice of people to employ -- Employing family members--Employing co-ethnic staff (other than family members)--Employing staff that share their ethnicity with the target market--Using ethnic networks for recruiting consumers and suppliers -- Ethnic sensitivity skills training -- Management training and skills acquisition -- People tactics for competitive advantage--Ethnic minority business: Ethics and social responsibility -- Statement of Ethics, AMA -- Disadvantage, vulnerability and poor business practices--Exposure to ICT based structural change--Flexibility and evolutionary dynamism--Summary --References -- CHAPTER 14: ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES, ethnic MARKETING AND ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP --The Political Environment--Ethnicity, migration and the future of ethnic marketing--Implications from differences in immigration policies and acculturation --Longstanding countries of immigration --Australian Migration Policy Sketch -- Current Policy towards Permanent Immigration--Australian Multicultural Policy -- Canada, New Zealand and the USA -- USA -- Past Major Emigration Countries--Germa -- German policies facilitating/hindering multiculturalism--France--United Kingdom -- The potential for ethnic marketing in other environments -- South Africa -- Conclusion--References.…”
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The making of a psychotherapist by Symington, Neville

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Personal qualities -- pt. 2. Professional dilemmas.…”
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Genteel mavericks : professional women sculptors in Victorian Britain / by Hurtado, Shannon Hunter, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…part I. Personal experiences -- part II. Public perceptions.…”
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Other ways of growing old : anthropological perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Van Arsdale -- Old age in Gwembe District, Zambia / Elizabeth Colson and Thayer Scudder -- Respected elder or old person / James D. Nason -- Growing in respect / N. …”

In there with the kids crafting lessons that connect with students / by Kobrin, David, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-- In there with the kids -- Where teaching comes from -- When the teacher presents -- All schoolwork is not created equal -- Why they killed Socrates -- When a teacher's energy isn't enough -- Being critical and thinking critically -- Valuing the feeling person -- How the sports stars get so good -- Rounding the circle of learning.…”
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Party lines competition, partisanship, and congressional redistricting /

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Health care ethics a Catholic theological analysis / by Ashley, Benedict M.

Table of Contents: “…Bioethics in a multicultural age -- Ethics and needs of the common person -- Sexuality and reproduction -- Reconstructing and modifying the human body -- Mental health: ethical perspectives -- Suffering and death -- Social responsibility -- Pastoral care.…”
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The contrarian effect why it pays (big) to take typical sales advice and do the opposite / by Port, Michael, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…From the Old World to the New -- Typical tactics are out of sync with the market -- Typical tactics are focused on the wrong person -- Typical tactics damage relationships and long-term potential -- Typical tactical harm reputations and create unintended consequences -- Contrarian primer -- Pendulum swing.…”
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Between one and one another by Jackson, Michael, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Preamble -- The philosopher who would not be king -- Hermit in the water of life -- Writing workshop -- How much home does a person need? -- Clearings in the bush -- The Gulf of Corinth -- It's other people who are my old age -- Objects in mirror appear closer than they appear -- I am an other -- Yonder -- Reading Siddhartha to Freya at Forest Lake -- On the work and writing of ethnography.…”
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Claude Monet by Kalitina, N. N. (Nina Nikolaevna)

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings of Impressionism -- Claude Monet-the person -- Early life -- Formative years -- From figure painting to landscape painting -- The first Impressionist exhibition -- The Argenteuil period -- From the single painting to the series -- Monet's reception in Russia -- Exhibitions -- Biography.…”
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The paradox of relevance ethnography and citizenship in the United States / by Greenhouse, Carol J., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Relevance in question -- Templates of relevance -- Texts and contexts -- Textual strategy and the politics of form -- The discourse of solutions -- Democracy in the first person -- Gendering difference and the impulse to fiction -- Markets for citizenship.…”
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Finding dignity at the end of life : a spiritual reflection on palliative care /

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Reason and the rule of faith conversations in the tradition with John Paul II /

Table of Contents: “…Questions on the nature and importance of truth for the Catholic intellectual -- section 3. Person, freedom and the good in contemporary intellectual culture.…”
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Leaving it at the office a guide to psychotherapist self-care / by Norcross, John C., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Valuing the person of the psychotherapist -- Refocusing on the rewards -- Recognizing the hazards / with Joan Laidig -- Minding the body -- Nurturing relationships -- Setting boundaries -- Restructuring cognitions / with Maria A. …”
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Political careers, corruption, and impunity Panama's assembly, 1984-2009 / by Guevara Mann, Carlos

Table of Contents: “…Political representation and representative assemblies -- The party system: parties and actors in Panama's assembly -- Formal institutional incentives to behavior -- Informal institutions and assembly members' behavior -- Political advancement through reelection: prospects and possibilities in Panama -- Political advancement through reelection: the legal and illegal uses of patronage -- Political advancement through reelection: party switching and electoral manipulation -- Personal enrichment through legal means: assembly members' wages in comparative perspective -- Personal enrichment through legal means: expanding emoluments and privileges -- Personal enrichment through illegal means -- Preserving immunity through reelection.…”
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Human behavior in the social environment theories for social work practice / by Thyer, Bruce A.

Table of Contents: “…Buttell) Chapter 6: Psychosocial Theory (Roberta R. Greene) Chapter 7: Person-Centered Theory (Michael J. Holosko, Jeffrey Skinner, and Ra'Shanda S. …”
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Recovering self-evident truths : Catholic perspectives on American law /

Table of Contents: “…Lee -- A theological anthropology of the human person / Lorenzo Albacete -- A philosophical anthropology of the human person : can we know the nature of human persons? …”
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