Toward an intellectual history of Black women

Table of Contents: “…Harper and the politics of intellectual maturity -- PART III: Redefining the subject of study -- Ann Petry's Harlem -- Daughter of Haiti: Marie Viewx Chauvet -- The polarities of space: segregation and Alice Walker's intervention in Southern Studies -- Story, history, discourse: Maryse Condé's Segu and Afrodiasporic historical narration -- PART IV: Intellectual activism -- From ladies to women: Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and women's political activism in post-world war II Nigeria -- Living by the word: June Jordan and Alice Walker's quest for a redemptive art and politics -- Not to rely completely on the courts: Florynce Kennedy and black feminist leadership in the reproductive rights battle -- Professor Merze Tate: diplomatic historian, cosmopolitan woman -- PART V: The long view -- Histories, fictions, and black womanhood bodies: race and gender in twenty-first-century politics -- Contributors -- Index.…”
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Ethnicity & democracy in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Ethnicity & the politics of democratic nation-building in Africa / Bruce Berman, Dickson Eyoh & Will Kymlicka -- Individuals' basic security needs and the limits of democratization in Africa / Peter Ekeh -- Ethnicity, bureaucracy & democracy: the politics of trust / Bruce Berman -- Nation-building & minority rights: comparing Africa & the West / Will Kymlicka -- Moral and political argument in Kenya / John Lonsdale -- Contesting local citizenship: liberalization & the politics of difference in Cameroon / Dickson Eyoh -- The burdens of the past & the challenges of the present: coloured identity & the rainbow nation / Cheryl Hendricks -- Reaching the limits of universal citizenship: 'minority' struggles in Botswana / Jacqueline S. …”


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Performance Tools by Bouchefra, Ahmed

Table of Contents: “…Performance Tools; Notice of Rights; Notice of Liability; Trademark Notice; About SitePoint; Preface; Who Should Read This Book?…”
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Religion and Nationalism in Chinese Societies

Table of Contents: “…Multiple religious and national identities: Mazu pilgrimages across the Taiwan Strait after 1987 / Hsun Chang -- 14. Salvation and rights in Hong Kong / Mariske Westensorp.…”
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Local knowledges, local practices : writing in the disciplines at Cornell

Table of Contents: “…Shaw -- Writing animals / Elizabeth Oltenacu -- Exoticizing the familiar : familiarizing the exotic / Jane Fajans -- "You can make a difference" : human rights as the subject matter for a first-year writing seminar / Billie Jean Isbell -- Writing from (field) experience / Kathryn S. …”
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New Challenges for the Eurozone Governance Joint Solutions for Common Threats?

Table of Contents: “…Changes in Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in European Countries: An Empirical Analysis on the Short- and Long-Run Effects of Flexibility Measures -- 13. Austerity, Human Rights Erosion and Political Radicalization: Implications for Eurozone Governance Reform -- 14. …”
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Intellectual Property and Assessing its Financial Value : with a focus on life sciences by Sas, Benedikt

Table of Contents: “…; Trademark, trade name, and company name; Developing a trademark; Registering the mark; Maintaining rights and protections; Protected geographical status in the European Union; Domain names; Notes; 5Copyrights; Defining copyright; Copyright and legislation; Obtaining copyright; Registration; Possible ways to protect software: case study of PredOxyPack; Notes; 6Assessing the financial value of IP; Introduction.…”
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Children in South African families : lives and times by Makiwane, Monde

Table of Contents: “…Gumede and Mzikazi Nduna -- Children's rights in South African families / Jace Pillay -- Continuity and change: relationships, childbearing and children's living arrangements / Monde Makiwane, Ntombizonke A. …”
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An anthology of nonviolence : historical and contemporary voices

Table of Contents: “…. -- pt. 3: Contemporary voices of nonviolence: The Nobel Peace Prize lecture / Dalai Lama -- The almond tree in your front yard / Thich Nhat Hanh -- Selections from Long walk to freedom / Nelson Mandela -- pt. 4: Contemporary issues and women's voices of nonviolence: Speciesism today / Peter Singer -- Selections from Race matters / Cornel West -- Draft of a global program / Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith -- It is all about human/civil rights / Doris Hunter -- Taking empirical data seriously: an ecofeminist philosophical perspective / Karen J. …”


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New South African Review 5 : Beyond Marikana. by Nieftagodien, Noor

Table of Contents: “…Part 4: South Africa in the International ArenaIntroduction to Part 4; Chapter 13: The evolution of South Africa's foreign policy; Chapter 14: South Africa, the BRICS and human rights: In bad company?; Chapter 15: Trading with the frenemy: How South Africa depends on African trade; Contributors; Index…”
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New courts in Asia

Table of Contents: “…/ Connie Carter -- The Constitutional Court of Thailand, 1998-2006 : a turbulent innovation / Andrew Harding -- The Constitutional Court and the judicialization of Korean politics / Tom Ginsburg -- Institutional choice and the new Indonesian Constitutional Court / Hendrianto -- The Indonesian human rights court / Mark Cammack -- 'Shopping forums' : Indonesia's administrative courts / Adriaan Bedner -- Genealogy of the administrative courts and the consolidation of administrative justice in Thailand / Peter Leyland -- Compromising courts and harmonizing ideologies : mediation in the administrative chambers of the people's courts of the People's Republic of China / Michael Palmer -- The politics of Indonesia's anti-corruption court / Benjamin H. …”
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Nursing, caring, and complexity science for human-environment well-being

Table of Contents: “…Lopez-Devine -- Human rights and humanoid relationships in nursing and complexity science / Rozzano Locsin ... …”
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Critical medical anthropology : perspectives in and from Latin America

Table of Contents: “…Naming, framing and shaming through obstetric violence: A critical approach to the judicialisation of maternal health rights violations in Mexico…”
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Child Protection. by Healey, Justin

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Translating asymmetry, rewriting power

Table of Contents: “…Negotiating asymmetry: The language of animal rights and animal welfare -- Chapter 3. Helpers, professional authority, and pathologized bodies: Ableism in interpretation and translation -- Chapter 4. …”
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Sleeping Tigers The Asahi Baseball Story

Table of Contents: “…Asahi: Heroes in the Japanese Community (1:10) -- Little Tokyo: Buoyed by Sports (1:06) -- Baseball: a Perfect Cultural Fit for Japan (1:44) -- Japanese Baseball Infatuation (1:10) -- A Community Determined to Prove Itself (1:12) -- Building a Japanese Dream Team (1:24) -- Using Brainpower: New Baseball Strategies (0:58) -- Japanese Baseball: Skill, not Strength (1:53) -- Leveling the Baseball Playing Field (1:24) -- Overcoming Adversity to Achieve Social Acceptance (2:08) -- A Baseball Dream Ends Suddenly (1:44) -- World War II: Mass Expulsion of Enemy Aliens (2:21) -- A Betrayal of Canada's Japanese Community (1:09) -- Life in Internment (1:55) -- Facing Segregation in Canada (1:56) -- Stripped of Rights as Enemy Aliens (2:07) -- Lifting Spirits through Sports (2:32) -- Finding Common Ground through Sports (2:06) -- Organizing a Baseball Tournament (1:31) -- Slocan Valley Championship (1:43) -- End of the Vancouver Japanese Community (2:50) -- A Dispersed Baseball Team (1:35) -- A Forgotten Japanese Canadian Baseball Team (2:46) -- Reviving Baseball in the Japanese-Canadian Community (2:13) -- Acknowledging the Asahi Team's Contribution (1:46) -- Attending the Big League (3:30) -- Keeping a Japanese Community Spirit Alive (0:58) -- Credits: Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story (1:38)…”
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The vanishing languages of the Pacific rim

Table of Contents: “…Krauss -- Documenting and/or preserving endangered languages / Bernard Comrie -- Linguistic fieldwork among speakers of endangered languages / Colette Grinevald -- Language policy and language rights / David Bradley -- Using written records to revitalize North American languages / Toshihide Nakayama -- Indigenous voices and the linguistics of language revitalization / Marcellino Berardo and Akira Y. …”
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Islam in the world today : a handbook of politics, religion, culture, and society

Table of Contents: “…World of Islam: a brief historical survey / Heribert Busse -- Sunni Islam / Bernd Radtke -- Shi'i Islam / Werner Ende -- Revivalist movements in Islam from the eighteenth to the twentieth century and the role of Islam in modern history: anticolonialism and nationalism / Rudolph Peters -- Distribution of Muslims throughout the world: figures and information on the present situation / Peter Heine and Riem Spielhaus -- Intra-Islamic discussion on a modern economic and social system / Johannes Reissner -- Islamic economics in practice: interest-free financial management / Volker Nienhaus -- Developments in law / Hans-Georg Ebert -- Status of Islam and Islamic law in selected countries -- Islamic Diaspora: Europe and America -- Discussion within Islam on secularism, democracy, and human rights / Alexander Flores -- Situation of women in Islamic countries / Wiebke Walther -- Islamist groups and movements / Guid Steinberg and Jan-Peter Hartung -- Mystical brotherhoods and popular Islam / Frederick De Jong -- Sects and social groups / Werner Schmucker -- Islam and non-Islamic minorities / Johanna Pink -- International Islamic organizations / Johannes Reissner -- "Orientalistics" and Orientalism / Reinhard Schulze -- Islam and cultural self-assertion / Rotraud Wielandt -- Islam and local traditions / Olaf Schumanm and Lode Frank Brakel -- Is there an Islamic linguistic sphere? …”
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Music, music therapy and trauma : international perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Fragile rhythms and uncertain listenings : perspectives from music therapy with South African children / Mercédès Pavlicevic ; 6. UK. Music and human rights / Matthew Dixon ; 7. Ireland. See me, hear me, play with me : working with the trauma of early abandonment and deprivation in psychodynamic music therapy / Ruth Walsh Stewart and David Stewart ; 8. …”
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Business Regulation and Non-State Actors : Whose Standards? Whose Development?. by Reed, Ananya Mukherjee

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