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Community media international perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Use of television as a community media by farmers in Bangladesh / M. Abul Kashem ; Restricted opportunities for community broadcasting in Belgium / Frieda Saeys and Tomas Coppens ; Video-identity : images and sounds of citizenship construction in Brazil / Rogério Santana Lourenco ; Implications of globalization for community broadcasting in Ghana / Kwasi Ansu-Kyeremeh ; Vox populi or lonely voices in the wasteland of the ionosphere : the case of Israeli community television / Hillel Nossek ; Asian models of community communication, with Kazakhstan as a case study / Saule Barlybaeva and Alma I. …”
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Creating new states theory and practice of secession / by Pavković, Aleksandar

Table of Contents: “…-- Secessions and secessionist movements -- Peaceful secessions : Norway, Slovakia and Quebec -- Violent secessions : Biafra, Bangladesh, Chechnya -- Multiple secessions and state dissolution : the USSR and Yugoslavia -- Explanatory theories -- Normative theories -- Secession and the law -- Why new states?…”
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The lentil botany, production and uses /

Table of Contents: “…Singh -- The impact of improvement research: the case of Bangladesh and Ethiopia / Aden A. Aw-Hassan ... [et al.].…”
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Women, violence, and the media readings in feminist criminology /

Table of Contents: “…Petee -- Rapist freed, victim punished : newspaper accounts of violence against women in Bangladesh / Mahfuzul I. Khondaker and Melissa H. Barlow -- Media images of wartime sexual violence : ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia / Yaschica Williams and Janine Bower -- The haunting of Jane Tennison : investigating violence against women in Prime suspect / Madelaine Adelman, Gray Cavender, and Nancy C. …”
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Confronting genocide Judaism, Christianity, Islam /

Table of Contents: “…Rubenstein -- Islam and genocide : the case of Bangladesh in 1971 / Mohammad Omar Farooq -- The genocidal twentieth century in the Balkans / Paul Mojzes -- "Death was everywhere, even in front of the church" : Christian faith and the Rwandan genocide / Stephen R. …”
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International political earthquakes by Brecher, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Conflict and crisis: concepts and overview findings on earthquakes I -- Protracted conflict-crisis model and findings on earthquakes II -- Crisis escalation to war: concepts, model, and findings on earthquakes III -- Crisis severity and impact: concepts and model -- Crisis intensity and fallout: findings on earthquakes IV -- Structure and stability: concepts and model -- Findings on the polarity-stability nexus -- Ethiopian (Abyssinian) War 1934-36, multipolarity, Africa -- Berlin Blockade 1948-49, bipolarity, Europe -- Bangladesh 1971, bipolycentrism, Asia -- Gulf War I 1990-91, unipolycentrism, Middle East -- Coping/crisis management: findings on earthquakes V -- What have we learned?…”
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Women leading education across the continents sharing the spirit, fanning the flame /

Table of Contents: “…Lyman, Anastasia Athnasoula-Reppa and Angeliki Lazaridou -- Women and educational leadership in a Muslim society: a study of women college heads in Pakistan / Saeeda Shah -- Preparing women for educational leadership: opportunities in nonformal education in Bangladesh / Jill Sperandio -- Overview for Part V / Marilyn L. …”
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Emerging evidence on vouchers and faith-based providers

Table of Contents: “…Ortega -- Literacy and numeracy in faith-based and government schools in Sierra Leone / Quentin Wodon and Yvonne Ying -- Comparing faith-based and government schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Prospere Backiny-Yetna and Quentin Wodon -- Student achievement in religious and secular secondary schools in Bangladesh / Mohammad Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury and Amit Dar -- Does money matter?…”
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Women and the contested state religion, violence, and agency in South and Southeast Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Contesting traditions : religion and violence in South Asia / Peter van der Veer -- The citizen as sexed : women, violence, and reproduction / Veena Das -- The nuclear fetish : violence, affect, and the postcolonial state / Betty Joseph -- Overcoming the silent archive in Bangladesh : women bearing witness to violence in the 1971 Liberation War / Yasmin Saikia -- The watch of Tamil women : women's acts in a transitional warscape / Patricia Lawrence -- Mothers and wives of the disappeared in southern Sri Lanka : fragmented geographies of moral discomfort / Alex Argenti-Pillen -- The other body and the body politic : contingency and dissonance in narratives of violence / Mangalika de Silva -- Buddha's mother and the billboard queens : moral oower in contemporary Burma / Monique Skidmore -- With patience we can endure / Ingrid Jordt -- To marry a man or a spirit? …”
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Muslim women of power gender, politics, and culture in Islam / by Bennett, Clinton

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : five women, four countries -- Women leaders : the debate -- Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan -- Khaleda Zia and Bangladesh -- Tansu Çiller and Turkey -- Sheikh Hasina and Bangladesh -- Megawati Sukarnoputri and Indonesia -- Conclusion : gender, politics and culture in Islam.…”
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Combating micronutrient deficiencies food-based approaches /

Table of Contents: “….] -- A food systems approach to increase dietary zinc intake in Bangladesh based on an analysis of diet, rice production and processing / Anne-Marie B. …”
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India and Pakistan continued conflict or cooperation? / by Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Historic roots of the problem -- The first Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir -- The second Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir -- The third Indo-Pakistani war and the birth of Bangladesh -- The Indo-Pakistani Simla summit and Zia's coup -- Afghanistan's impact on Indo-Pakistani relations -- Pakistan's proxy war and Kashmir's Azaadi revolution -- Recent attempts to resolve escalating Indo-Pakistani conflicts -- The stalled Indo-Pakistani peace process -- Potential solutions to the Kashmir conflict.…”
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South Asian media cultures audiences, representations, contexts /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Shakuntala Banaji -- Talking back to 'Bollywood' : Hindi commercial cinema in north-east India / Daisy Hasan -- 'Adverts make me want to break the television' : Indian children and their audiovisual media environment in three contrasting locations / Shakuntala Banaji -- Urdu for image : understanding Bangladeshi cinema through its theatres / Lotte Hoek -- Musical media and cosmopolitanisms in Nepal's popular music, 1950-2006 / Paul D. …”
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Megacities and global health

Table of Contents: “…Conceptual framework : megacities and public health / Greg Pappas -- The urban ecology of megacities / David Vlahov -- Housing, crowding, migration : case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh / Omar Rahman -- Emerging infectious disease threats in megacities : case study of Brazil / Mary Wilson -- Developing health indicators for megacities : case study of the European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS) / Arpana Verma -- Environmental and occupational hazards : case study of Karachi, Pakistan / Greg Pappas & Zafar Fatmi -- Forced displacement of African-Americans in New York City and the international diffusion of MDR-HIV / Rodrick Wallace -- Megacities and disaster preparedness / Irshad Shaikh & Greg Pappas -- Tackling health issues in a megacity : case study from London / Neil Blackshaw -- Emergency response : case study of NYC / Linda Landesman -- Suburbs of megacities : case study of Los Angeles / Dennis Andrulis, Najia Siddiqui -- Public health impacts of megacities and primary care responses / Omar Khan, Tom Peterson.…”
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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia

Table of Contents: “…Weiss -- Gender and law(s) : moral regulation in contemporary Bangladesh / Shelley Feldman -- Shifting practices and identities : nontraditional relationships among Sunni Muslim Egyptians and Emiratis / Frances S. …”
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Special economic zones progress, emerging challenges, and future directions /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Community radio in the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…"It's Only Community Radio": the British Campaign for Community Radio / PETER LEWIS -- Low Power Community Radio in the US: the Beginnings, the First 10 years and Future Prospects / Brandy Doyle -- When commercialism and militarization prevail: examining community radio in the philippines / LISA BROOTEN -- From Pirates to Partners: The Legalization of Community Radio in Uruguay / EVAN LIGHT -- From Elite Perceptions to Marginal Voices: Community Radio in Bangladesh / S.M. SHAMEEM REZA -- Community Radio, Mobile Phones and the Electromagnetic Spectrum / JANEY GORDON -- The Theoretical Context. …”
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Skill formation regimes in south Asia a comparative study on the path-dependent development of technical and vocational education and training for the garment industry / by Maurer, Markus

Table of Contents: “…Sri Lanka -- pt. D Bangladesh -- pt. E. Final part -- pt. F. Annexes.…”
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Where am I wearing? a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / by Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: We have it made -- A consumer goes global -- Tattoo's tropical paradise -- Fake blood, sweat, and tears : anti-sweatshop protestors -- Jingle these -- Undercover in the underwear biz -- Bangladesh amusement park -- Inside my first sweatshop -- Child labor in action -- Arifa, the garment worker -- Hope -- No black and white, only green -- (Update for revised edition) Hungry for choices -- Labor day -- Year zero -- Those who wear Levi's -- Those who make Levi's -- Blue jean machine -- Progress -- Treasure and trash -- (Update for revised edition) The faces of crisis -- PO'ed VP -- Life at the bottom -- Growing pains -- The real China -- On a budget -- An all-American Chinese Walmart -- The Chinese fantasy -- (Update for revised edition) Migration -- For richer, for poorer -- (Update for revised edition) Restarting, again -- Return to fantasy island -- Amilcar's journey -- An American dream -- Touron goes glocal -- Appendix A: Discussion questions -- Appendix B: Note to freshman me -- Appendix C: Where are you teaching? …”
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Traitors suspicion, intimacy, and the ethics of state-building /

Table of Contents: “…Xiconhoca: Mozambique's ubiquitous post-independence traitor / Lars Buur -- Denunciatory practices and the constitutive role of collaboration in the Bangladesh War / Nayanika Mookherjee -- Intimacy, loyalty, and state formation: the specter of the "anti-national" / Richard W. …”
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