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Inheritance in Contemporary America The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations / by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…-- The political economy of giving and receiving -- The legacy of the modern welfare state -- The dilemma -- Employer pension versus personal savings -- Cross-national research -- Dimensions of giving between generations -- The joy of giving -- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil? …”
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Inheritance in Contemporary America : The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations / by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…-- The political economy of giving and receiving -- The legacy of the modern welfare state -- The dilemma -- Employer pension versus personal savings -- Cross-national research -- Dimensions of giving between generations -- The joy of giving -- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil? …”
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Recent social trends in Bulgaria, 1960-1995

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 0.1 Demographic Trends 33 -- 0.2 Macro-economic Trends 42 -- 0.3 Macro-technological Trends 54 -- 1 Age Groups -- 1.1 Youth 62 -- 1.2 Elders 68 -- 2 Microsocial -- 2.1 Self-identification 72 -- 2.2 Kinship Networks 77 -- 2.3 Community and Neighbourhood Types 83 -- 2.4 Local Autonomy 91 -- 2.5 Voluntary Associations 99 -- 2.6 Sociability Networks 104 -- 3 Women -- 3.1 Female Roles 107 -- 3.2 Childbearing 112 -- 3.3 Matrimonial Models 116 -- 3.4 Women's Employment 122 -- 3.5 Reproductive Technologies 136 -- 4 Labour Market -- 4.1 Unemployment 138 -- 4.2 Skills and Occupational Levels 142 -- 4.3 Types of Employment 147 -- 4.4 Sectors of the Labour Force 153 -- 4.5 Computerization of Work 158 -- 5 Labour and Management -- 5.1 Work Organization 162 -- 5.2 Personnel Administration 166 -- 5.3 Sizes and Types of Enterprises 173 -- 6 Social Stratification -- 6.1 Occupational Status 180 -- 6.2 Social Mobility 192 -- 6.3 Economic Inequality 198 -- 6.4 Social Inequality 206 -- 7 Social Relations -- 7.1 Conflict 218 -- 7.2 Negotiation 224 -- 7.3 Norms of Conduct 230 -- 7.4 Authority 235 -- 7.5 Public Opinion 243 -- 8 State and Service Institutions -- 8.1 Educational System 247 -- 8.2 Health System 254 -- 8.3 Welfare System 259 -- 8.4 The State 265 -- 9 Mobilizing Institutions -- 9.1 Labour Unions 269 -- 9.2 Religious Institutions 276 -- 9.3 The Military 281 -- 9.4 Political Parties 289 -- 9.5 Mass Media 294 -- 10 Institutionalization of Social Forces -- 10.1 Dispute Settlement 302 -- 10.2 Institutionalization of Labour Unions 307 -- 10.3 Social Movements 311 -- 10.4 Interest Groups 317 -- 11 Ideologies and Beliefs -- 11.1 Political Differentiation 325 -- 11.2 Confidence in Institutions 331 -- 11.3 Economic Orientations 336 -- 11.4 Radicalism 341 -- 11.5 Religious Beliefs 347 -- 12 Household Resources -- 12.1 Personal and Family Income 353 -- 12.2 Informal Economy 359 -- 12.3 Personal and Family Wealth 362 -- 13 Life-Style -- 13.1 Market Goods and Services 367 -- 13.2 Mass Information 375 -- 13.3 Personal Health and Beauty Practices 382 -- 13.4 Time Use 386 -- 13.5 Daily Mobility 389 -- 13.6 Household Production 392 -- 13.7 Forms of Erotic Expression 395 -- 13.8 Mood-altering Substances 401 -- 14 Leisure -- 14.1 Amount and Use of Free Time 409 -- 14.2 Vacation Patterns 413 -- 14.3 Athletics and Sports 415 -- 14.4 Cultural Activities and Practices 418 -- 15 Educational Attainment -- 15.1 General Education 426 -- 15.2 Vocational and Professional Education 431 -- 15.3 Continuing Education 439 -- 16 Integration and Marginalization -- 16.1 Ethnic Minorities 440 -- 16.2 Crime and Punishment 448 -- 16.3 Emotional Disorders and Self-destructive Behaviour 459 -- 16.4 Poverty 465 -- 17 Attitudes and Values -- 17.1 Satisfaction 470 -- 17.2 Perceptions of Social Problems 476 -- 17.3 Orientations to the Future 479 -- 17.4 Values 483 -- 17.5 National Identity 489.…”
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Transforming Henry James /

Table of Contents: “…Three Manic James: The Early Letters and Roderick Hudson / Leland S. Person -- ch. Four Rome as Pure Experience: Henry's and William's Early Letters / Susan Gunter -- ch. …”
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Transforming Leader Paradigms How to Replace Blanket Solutions with Problem Solving for Complexity. by Luckman, Jim

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From Therapeutic Relationships to Transitional Care : A Theoretical and Practical Roadmap /

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Escargotesque, or, What Is Experience / by Bowker, Matthew H.

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E-learning and the science of instruction : proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning / by Clark, Ruth Colvin, Mayer, Richard E., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Principle 3: Avoid e-Lessons with Extraneous Audio Psychological Reasons to Avoid Extraneous Audio in e-Learning Evidence for Omitting Extraneous Audio What to Look for in e-Learning 9. Applying the Personalization and Embodiment Principles: Use Conversational Style, Polite Wording, Human Voice, and Virtual Coaches Chapter Summary Personalization Principle: Use Conversational Rather than Formal Style, Polite Wording Rather than Direct Wording and Human Voice Rather than Machine Voice Psychological Reasons for the Personalization Principle Promote Personalization through Conversational Style Promote Personalization through Polite Speech Promote Personalization through Voice Quality Embodiment Principle: Use Effect On-screen Coaches to Promote Learning Implications for e-Learning What to Look for in e-Learning 10. …”
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The psychology of gratitude

Table of Contents: “…Roberts -- Part II: Social, personality and developmental approaches to gratitude -- Gratitude in modern life : its manifestations and development / Dan P. …”
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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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Barbara Jordan speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Table of Contents: “…Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments -- My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan -- Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974 -- The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. …”
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Affirmative action and the law : efficacy of national and international approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard -- Universalism or fragmentation : United Nations Treaty bodies and affirmative actions in Latin-America, the United Kingdom, South Africa, China, and India / Elvira Dominguez Redondo -- Unravelling history and undermining law through politics : the erosion of diversity protection and emerging existential threats to India and China / Joshua Castellino and Sayantani Sen -- Efficacy of affirmative action measures in the United Kingdom and South Africa / Erica Howard -- Effectiveness of affirmative action measures in Brazil / Narciso Leandro Xavier Baez -- The implementation process of affirmative action measures in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Peru / Iván Obando Camino, Gustavo Rayo-Urrutia, Alberto Olivares-Gallardo, Rodrigo Hernández-Fernandez -- Affirmative actions in Central America : influence of the international legislation and jurisprudence of the inter-American system / Amalia Patricia Cobos Campos -- Women on corporate boards of public listed companies -- a UK and EU gender diversity conundrum / Hamiisi Junior Nsubuga -- Persons with disabilities and access to higher education in Brazil / Ingo Wolfgang Sarlet and Gabrielle Bezerra Sales Sarlet -- Achieving substantive equality : mainstreaming duties to complement affirmative action measures / Erica Howard -- Conclusion / Elvira Dominguez Redondo and Erica Howard.…”
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The cultural fusion of Sufi Islam : alternative paths to mystical faith /

Table of Contents: “…Tasting the sweet: Guru Nanak and Sufi delicacies / Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh -- The 'Sufism' of Monsieur Ibrahim / Milad Milani -- Promoting social and religious harmony: Bāul's origin, migration west and Roji Sarker's performance in the British Bangladeshi diaspora / Clinton Bennett -- Making passion popular: sung poetry in Urdu and its social effects in South Asia / Scott Kugle -- Shaping the way we believe: Sufism in modern Turkish culture and literature / Huseyin Altindis -- Orthodoxy, sectarianism, and ideals of Sufism in an early Ottoman context: Eṣrefoğlu Rumi and his book of the Sufi path / Bariṣ Baṣtürk -- Calligraphy as a Sufi practice / Manuela Ceballos -- The abstraction of love: personal emotion and mystical spirituality in the life narrative of a Sufi devotee / Pnina Werbner -- "O beloved my limbs long for thee": devotionalism and gender transgression in the songs of Miazbhandariyya Tariqa in Bangladesh / Sarwar Alam -- Injecting God into politics: modelling Asma' ul Husna as a Sufi-based panacea to political conflict in contemporary Malaysia / Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid and Noorulhafidzah Zawawi -- Sufism and communism: the poetry of Fu'ād Ḥaddād / Abdullah Ramadan Khalaf Moursi and Mohamed A. …”
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SPeak performance : using the power of metaphors to communicate vision, motivate people, and lead your organization to success / by Walz, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Culture, markets, and personal growth -- 19. The power of words to transform through metaphors -- Endorsements -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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Business decision-making : streamlining the process for more effective results / by Frankl, Milan

Table of Contents: “…(Computers are dumb) -- Experience counts (What you do not know is important) -- Learn from your failures (Do not reinvent the wheel) -- Personal presence management (Your time is not yours) -- Safety first (Without it nothing else counts) -- People count (Show them) -- Quality is free (The devil is in the detail) -- Believe in numbers--but not too much (What you can measure, you might manage) -- The customer is always right (Most of the time) -- If it ain't broken, break it (Innovate) -- Managing errors (No blame) -- The dog ate my shipment (The inconceivable is not so) -- Let go of the banana (delegate) or (delegation pitfalls) -- Everybody knows the future (Is planning overrated?) …”
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Placing the Academy Essays on Landscape, Work, and Identity /

Table of Contents: “…Buchanan -- Running in place: the personal at work, in motion, on campus, and in the neighborhood / Rona Kaufman.…”
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From Shtetl to Stardom Jews and Hollywood /

Table of Contents: “…"If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler -- part 3. Up-close and personal -- 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs -- 8. …”
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Plessner's Philosophical Anthropology : Perspectives and Prospects /

Table of Contents: “…Plessner's Theory of Eccentricity -- 9. The Duty of Personal Identity -- 10. Anthropology as a Foundation of Cultural Philosophy -- 11. …”
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Fathers, Preachers, Rebels, Men : Black Masculinity in U.S. History and Literature, 1820-1945 /

Table of Contents: “…O'Brien -- The political is personal : black family manhood and the social science of E. …”
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From Shtetl to Stardom : Jews and Hollywood /

Table of Contents: “…"If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler -- part 3. Up-close and personal -- 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs -- 8. …”
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