Feminism and the new democracy : re-siting the political

Table of Contents: “…Jones -- Feminism of the North and West for export : transnational capital and the racializing of gender / Zillah Eisenstein -- Exilic affinites : diasporic coalitions in an epidemic / Kate Mehuron -- Forgotten history : myth, empathy and assimilated culture / Karen Engle and Ranjana Khanna -- Hate speech and human rights / Renata Salecl -- Equality, difference and democracy : recent feminist debates in the United States / Nancy Fraser -- Reflections from contemporary women's movements in India / Manisha Desai -- (Be)coming out : lesbian identity and politics / Shane Phelan -- Genealogical feminism : a political way of looking / Lee Quinby -- Spare parts, family values, old children, cheap / Patricia J. …”


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Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and Guide to the Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples -- Water a unique phenomenon and resource -- Water and its Management: Dependence, Linkages and Challenges -- A drop in the ocean: on writing histories of water resource management -- Water Ethics -- Water law and rights -- Water discourses -- The water security discourse and its main actors -- Water governance and policies -- Economics of water security -- Drivers, pressures and stressors: the societal framework of water resources management -- Water resources management: integrated and adaptive decision making -- Observation, monitoring and data management -- Assessment of water quantity -- Assessment of land/catchment use and degradation -- Freshwaters: global distribution, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and human pressures -- Water, energy and food relations in Gulf Cooperation Council -- Examples of water resources management options -- Examples of water and land use management -- Water and energy -- Water management and stewardship in mining regions -- Water-related hazard and risk management -- Groundwater and conjunctive use management -- Storage Reservoir Operation and Management -- Complexity in water management and governance.…”
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Turkey and the European Union domestic politics, economic integration, and international dynamics

Table of Contents: “…/ Esra Çayhan -- The Cyprus obstacle on Turkey's road to membership in the European Union / Semin Suvarierol -- The question of asylum and illegal migration in European Union-Turkish relations / Kemal Kirişci -- Human rights, the European Union, and the Turkish accession process / William Hale -- The intellectual roots of anti-European sentiments in Turkish politics : the case of radical Turkish nationalism / Nergis Canefe and Tanıl Bora -- Turkey's slow EU candidacy : insurmountable hurdles to membership or simple Euro-skepticism? …”
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Ecology is permanent economy : the activism and environmental philosophy of Sunderlal Bahuguna by James, George Alfred, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…""Chapter 13 Social Ecology, Religion, and the Tehri Protest""""The Dam and the Hindu Right""; ""The Rising Tide and the Judgment of the Supreme Court""; ""Chapter 14 Against the Tide: Bahugunaâ€?…”
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Gangs : the origins and impact of contemporary youth gangs in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Moral panic and the response to gangs in California / Patrick Jackson with Cary Rudman -- Gangs and civil rights / Robert A. Destro -- Public policy and gangs : social science and the urban underclass / Scott Cummings, Daniel J. …”


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The founders on religion a book of quotations

Table of Contents: “…Addiction -- Afterlife -- Age -- America -- American Revolution -- Animals -- Atheism -- Bible : value of -- Bible : accuracy of the text -- Bible : exegesis of -- Bible : Old Testament -- Bible : revision of -- Calvinism -- Catholicism -- Catholicism : Jesuits -- Chaplains -- Children -- Christianity -- Christianity : Christian nation -- Church and state -- Clergy -- Communion -- Conscience : see liberty of conscience -- Consolation -- Constitution of the United States -- Creeds -- Crime and punishment -- Death -- Deism -- Divorce -- Ecumenicism -- Education -- Episcopalians -- Faith -- Fast and Thanksgiving days -- God -- Grief -- Hell -- Indians : see Native Americans -- Islam -- Jesus -- Jews -- Laws -- Liberty of conscience -- Marriage -- Millennium -- Miracles -- Missionary and Bible societies -- Morality -- Native Americans -- New England -- Oaths -- Patriotism -- Paul, the apostle -- Persecution -- Plato -- The poor -- Prayer -- Presbyterians -- Proclamations : see fast and Thanksgiving days -- Profanity -- Prophecy -- Providence -- Quakers -- Reason -- Religion, freedom of : see liberty of conscience -- Religion : propensity of humans for -- Religion : social utility of -- Republicanism -- Rights -- Sabbath -- Sin -- Slavery -- Trinity -- Unitarianism -- Universalism -- Virgin Mary -- War -- Women.…”
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Married Women and the Law of Property in Victorian Ontario. by Chambers, Lori

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 'So Entirely under His Power and Control': The Status of Wives before Reform -- 2 'A Life That Is Simply Intolerable': Alimony and the Protection of Wives -- 3 'To Properly Protect Her Property': Marriage Settlements in Upper Canada -- 4 'If the Laws Were Made More Salutary': The Act of 1859 -- 5 'The Difference between Women's Rights and Women's Wrongs': The Acts of 1872 and 1873 -- 6 'Many Frauds Not Previously Practicable': Creditors and the Acts of 1859 and 1872 -- 7 'But How Are You to Exempt it from His Control?'…”
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Treating the mentally ill

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- People with mental illnesses should not be imprisoned / Human Rights Watch.…”


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Closing the coverage gap : role of social pensions and other retirement income transfers

Table of Contents: “…Robalino and Robert Holzmann -- Measuring the coverage gap / Alvaro Forteza, Leonardo Lucchetti, and Montserrat Pallares-Miralles -- Pensions and old-age poverty / Stephen Kidd and Edward Whitehouse -- Rights-based approach to social security coverage expansion / Krzysztof Hagemejer -- Social pensions in low-income countries / Armando Barrientos -- Social pensions in four middle-income countries / Mukul G. …”
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Brazil in twenty-first century popular media : culture, politics, and nationalism on the world stage

Table of Contents: “…Brazil at a socio-cinematic crossroads: state intervention on screen / by Mercedes Vazquez -- Offline dimensions of online favela youth reactions to human rights violations before the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro / by Leonardo Custódio -- The MST and its educational program on the world stage / by Anthony Pahnke -- Conclusion: Gingando e Jogando o Jeito Brasileiro: playing Brazil / by Naomi Pueo Wood.…”
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Food politics : how the food industry influences nutrition and health by Nestle, Marion

Table of Contents: “…Starting early : underage consumers -- Pushing soft drinks : "pouring rights" -- Deregulating Dietary Supplements. Science versus supplements : "a gulf of mutual incomprehension" -- Making health claims legal : the supplement industry's war with the FDA -- Deregulation and its consequences -- Inventing Techno-Foods. …”
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Global health care : issues and policies

Table of Contents: “…Global health -- Global health in developed societies : examples in the United States, Sweden, Japan, and the United Kingdom -- Developing countries : Egypt, China, India, and South Africa -- Global perspectives on economics and healthcare -- Global perspectives on politics and public health policy -- Ethics of end-of-life care from a global perspective -- Infectious diseases from a global perspective -- HIV/AIDS, stigma, and disclosure : a need for a human rights perspective -- Global use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and treatments -- Global perspectives on selected chronic cardiovascular diseases -- Global perspectives on diabetes, respiratory, and orthopedic chronic diseases -- Global perspective of cancer -- Global perspectives on violence, injury, and occupational health -- Global perspectives on nutrition -- Global perspectives on mental health -- Global perspectives on environmental health -- Global health in reproduction and infants -- Global health of children -- Global health of the older adult -- A unique perspective on health care in Panama -- Health and healthcare in Mexico -- Health and healthcare in Israel -- Establishing medical and nursing education programs in the country of Georgia.…”


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Interrogating postfeminism : gender and the politics of popular culture

Table of Contents: “…race and postfeminism in media culture / Sarah Banet-Weiser -- The fashion police : governing the self in what not to wear / Martin Roberts -- Divas, evil black bitches, and bitter black women : African American women in postfeminist and post-civil-rights popular culture / Kimberly Springer -- Subjects of rejuvenation : aging in postfeminist culture / Sadie Wearing.…”
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African Americans and the media by Squires, Catherine R., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The nineteenth century : from slavery to reconstruction ; The great black migration and the growth of the urban black press, 1910-1945 ; The civil rights movement, and beyond ; Black magazines after World War II -- Section 2: Film. …”


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Women in Southeast Asian nationalist movements : a biographical approach

Table of Contents: “…Camagay -- Shamsiah Fakeh and Aishah Ghani in Malaya : nationalists in their own right, feminists ahead of their time / Helen Ting -- Lily Eberwein : her life and involvement in the anti-cession movement in Sarawak / Welyne J. …”
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Faith and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Religious Communities by Albrecht, Ruth

Table of Contents: “…A Swiss Champion of Women's Rights; In the Discipleship of Jesus; Bible Reading as Motivation for Diaconal-Social Initiatives; Reading among German-Speaking Catholic Women and the Significance of the Bible between 1850 and 1914; Between Service and Rebellion; Portraits of Mary and of Biblical Scenes in the Work of Marie Ellenrieder (1791-1863); Old Testament Women in Bible Illustrations of the Nineteenth Century in the Works of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Gustave Dore; Contributors; Ancient Sources Index; Modern Authors Index…”
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Autism : Challenging Behavior

Table of Contents: “…Autistic Children Introduced (2:18) -- Applied Behavior Analysis (1:44) -- School's Approach (1:53) -- Jeremiah (2:15) -- Philosophical Difference on Autism (1:57) -- Rooting Out Autism (1:44) -- Who a Child Is (1:09) -- Going Against Nature (0:52) -- Parenting and Behaviorism (1:39) -- Routine (1:50) -- Expense of ABA (1:40) -- Lack of Funding (4:18) -- Spectrum (1:49) -- Repetitive Behaviors (4:31) -- Overcoming Resistance to Food (2:08) -- Refusing Food (1:56) -- Food Anxiety (2:12) -- Panic Attack (1:42) -- Options for Special Needs Parents (2:27) -- Success Story (3:34) -- Home Video (2:25) -- Defense of Methods (0:53) -- Respecting Child's Rights (2:35) -- Case for Accepting Autism (1:38) -- Philosophical Defense of ABA (1:56) -- Struggle of Parent (2:09) -- Progress in Program (1:34) -- Pushing Children (1:24) -- Credits: Autism: Challenging Behavior (0:40)…”
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Feminist agendas and democracy in Latin America

Table of Contents: “…The effectiveness of legal strategies in Argentina / Beatríz Kohen ; Violence against women in Brazil : international litigation and local advances / Flavia Piovesan ; Gender and human rights : lessons from the Peruvian truth and reconciliation Commission / Julissa Mantilla Falcón -- Part III: International and cross-border activism. …”


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Scottish Criminal Evidence Law : Current Developments and Future Trends. by Duff, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Cadder and beyond: suspects' rights and the public interest: Claire McDiarmid; 2. …”
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Banking Theory, Law and Practice. by Gordon, E.

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; contents; banker and customer; deposits ; pass book ; bank customers -- special types ; negotiable instruments ; cheques ; material alteration ; crossing ; endorsement ; marking ; paying banker ; collecting banker ; rights of a banker ; loans and advances; modes of charging security ; unsecured advances; securities for advances; advances against goods ; advances against documents of title to goods ; advances against stock exchange securities ; miscellaneous securities ; subsidiary services ; classification of banks ; investment policy and balance sheet of a bank ; credit creation.…”
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