Unlocking credit : the quest for deep and stable bank lending.

Table of Contents: “…The role of economic and financial institutions -- Economywide institutions and banking credit : protecting creditor rights -- Information sharing in financial markets -- Access to financing for small and medium enterprises -- Foundations of housing finance -- pt. …”
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Punctuated equilibrium and the dynamics of U.S. environmental policy

Table of Contents: “…Brock -- Path dependency and adroit innovation : the case of California water / Helen Ingram and Leah Fraser -- On social traps and lobster traps : choppy waters on the voyage toward fisheries' harvesting rights / Robert Repetto and Richard B. Allen -- Behavioral thresholds and institutional rigidities as explanations of punctuated equilibrium processes in Pacific Northwest forest policy dynamics / Benjamin Cashore and Michael Howlett -- The political economy of U.S. greenhouse gas controls / Lee Lane -- Automobile fuel efficiency policy : beyond the CAFE controversy / James A. …”
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Digitalizing the global text : philosophy, literature, and culture

Table of Contents: “…On being old and queer : Plato’s seventh letter in the digital age, or resisting neoliberalism / Paul Allen Miller -- Local cultures, global audiences : the dream (and nightmare) of the world novel / Alexander Beecroft -- Global public, digital public : neo-epistolarity and tactical consumption in À toi / Bennett Yu-Hsiang Fu -- Wagner in China : negotiating the national, the universal, and the global / Nicholas Vazsonyi -- Right to the city : the metropolis and “Gangnam style” / Julie Choi -- The garden of living paths : interactive narratives in global Geek culture / Mou-Lan Wong -- The ontological turn : a new problematic for literature and globalization / Meili Steele -- Altered realism in ontological fiction : Never let me go and Point Omega / Chi-she Li -- Ghost in the machine : fetishism and the laboring body in Marx, Dickens, and Mayhew / Hisup Shin.…”
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Let's talk about it domestic violence

Table of Contents: “…(2:21) -- Generational Violence (2:58) -- An Abuser Speaks Out (3:57) -- Depression, Anger, Alcohol, and Violence (4:46) -- Violent Attack on a Woman in Front of her Daughter (3:30) -- Psychology of Abuse (3:31) -- Affects of Domestic Violence on Children (3:52) -- Domestic Violence: Human Rights Violations (2:58)…”
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Animal Studies The Key Concepts. by Calarco, Matthew R.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- ABOLITIONISM -- ABSENT REFERENT -- ACTIVISM -- AGENCY -- ANIMAL-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX -- ANIMAL LIBERATION -- ANIMAL WELFARE AND ANIMAL RIGHTS -- ANIMOT -- ANTHROPOCENE -- ANTHROPOCENTRISM -- ANTHROPOLOGICAL MACHINE -- ANTHROPOMORPHISM -- ART -- BECOMING-ANIMAL -- BIOPOLITICS -- CAFO -- CAPITALISM -- CAPTIVITY -- CARNOPHALLOGOCENTRISM -- CLIMATE CHANGE -- COLONIALISM -- COMPANION SPECIES -- DEATH -- DEHUMANIZATION -- DISABILITY -- EMPATHY -- ENTERTAINMENT -- ENVIRONMENTALISM -- EQUAL CONSIDERATION -- ETHICS -- ETHOLOGY…”
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Revisiting gender inequality : perspectives from the People's Republic of China

Table of Contents: “…/ Song Shaopeng -- Labor markets, gender, and social stratification / Tong Xin -- Gender and gendered working time rights / Guo Huimin and Li Xiang -- Urban new poverty from a gender perspective / Jin Yihong -- Son preference and the tradition of patriarchy in rural China / LI Huiying -- The everyday lives and media representation of rural left-behind women / Zhu Shanjie -- Gender and rural crises in China's transition towards a market economy / Hu Yukun -- Village women's participation in local public affairs / Guo Xiajuan and Zhang Jing -- Contributor bios.…”
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Bioethics : issues and dilemmas

Table of Contents: “…Clark, Justin Eisenman and Stephen Szapor -- Medical ethics in obstetrics -- a French experiment / Patrick Leblanc and Pierre-Olivier Arduin -- The "real world" of ethical decision-making : insights from research / Pam McGrath -- The rights of future generations in environmental ethics / Carlo Petrini -- Two different approaches to principles of biomedical ethics : a philosophical analysis and discussion of the theories of the American ethicists Tom L. …”
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Libertarianism defended by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…-- Justice, self, and natural rights -- Individualism and the vitality of community life -- Economics and human values -- Finding the rational man -- A positive libertarian view of government -- Liberalism and atomistic individualism -- Anarchists and minarchists : allies after all? …”
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Kotch's Maternal and Child Health

Table of Contents: “…Rights, Justice, and Equity -- A Life Course Perspective on Maternal and Child Health and Health Inequities -- Families and Health -- An Overview of Maternal and Child Health History: A Political Determinants of Health Perspective -- Women's Health -- Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health -- The Reproductive and Perinatal Health of Women, Pregnant Persons, and Infants -- Toddlers and Preschool-Age Children -- School-Age Children -- Adolescent Health -- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs -- Environmental Health -- Maternal, Child, and Family Nutrition -- Women, Children, and Family Oral Health -- Child and Family Mental Health -- Global Maternal and Child Health -- Research Methods -- Assessment and Program Planning -- Program Monitoring and Evaluation -- Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Women and Children: Politics and Policy -- Advocacy and Policy Development -- Leadership in Maternal and Child Health -- Index.…”
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Governing land for women and men : a technical guide to support the achievement of responsible gender-equitable governance of land tenure.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction Genger-equitable governance of land tenure -- MODULE 1: Policy-making Gender-equitable participation in land policy-making -- MODULE 2: Legal issues The Foundations for achieving gender-equitable governance of land tenure -- Gender-equitable land tenure governance and exercising rights to land -- MODULE 3: Institutions Building gender-equitable land institutions and developing capacity for responsible governance of land tenure…”
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Excel best practices for business by Abdulezer, Loren

Table of Contents: “…Data -- Let the Data Speak for Itself: Viewing and Presenting Data -- Creating and Using Smart Data -- Analyzing Data -- How Not to Get Stuck in the MUD (Messed-Up Data) -- Special Topics: Getting the Numbers Right -- Going for the Facelift: Spreadsheet Makeovers -- Spreadsheet Auditing: Challenging the Numbers of Others -- Spreadsheet Portals, XML, and Web Services -- Assistive Technologies and Assistive Portals -- Appendix A: Excel Configuration and Setup -- Appendix B: Information for Macintosh Users -- Appendix C: Excel Best Practice Techniques and Hip Pocket Tips -- Appendix D: What's on the CD-ROM.…”
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Punctuated equilibrium and the dynamics of U.S. environmental policy

Table of Contents: “…Brock -- Path dependency and adroit innovation : the case of California water / Helen Ingram and Leah Fraser -- On social traps and lobster traps : choppy waters on the voyage toward fisheries' harvesting rights / Robert Repetto and Richard B. Allen -- Behavioral thresholds and institutional rigidities as explanations of punctuated equilibrium processes in Pacific Northwest forest policy dynamics / Benjamin Cashore and Michael Howlett -- The political economy of U.S. greenhouse gas controls / Lee Lane -- Automobile fuel efficiency policy : beyond the CAFE controversy / James A. …”
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Beyond black and white : affirmative action in America

Table of Contents: “…The Affirmative Action Debate (4:40) -- Subtle Racial Discrimination (4:49) -- Factors of Race and Skin Color (1:51) -- Racial Grouping: Pros and Cons (1:43) -- Race and Other Plus Factors (2:59) -- Consequences of a Ban (2:58) -- The Voice of the Majority (3:46) -- Race and Economics (4:12) -- Inequities in K-12 Education (1:21) -- Business and Affirmative Action (4:40) -- Language of Equality? (1:47) -- Minority Rights and the Constitution (1:53) -- Outreach vs. …”
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Christianity, democracy, and the shadow of Constantine

Table of Contents: “…Moral argument in the human rights debate of the Russian orthodox church -- Post-communist orthodox countries and secularization : the Lautsi case and the fracture of Europe -- Power to the people : orthodoxy, consociational democracy, and the move beyond phyletism -- Power, protest, and perichoresis : on being church in a troubled world -- Strange fruit : Augustine, liberalism, and the good Samaritan -- An orthodox encounter with liberal democracy -- Democracy and the dynamics of death : orthodox reflections on the origin, purpose, and limits of politics -- "I have overcome the world" : the church, the liberal state, and Christ's two natures in the Russian politics of theosis -- Emperors and bishops of Constantinople -- Stepping out of Constantine's shadow -- "You cannot have a church without an Empire" : political orthodoxy in Byzantium -- Roman catholicism and democracy : the postconciliar era -- How (not) to be a political theologian.…”
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Brain, attachment, personality : an introduction to neuroaffective development by Hart, Susan (Psychologist)

Table of Contents: “…The dynamic brain in a dynamic environment : an epigenetic understanding -- Genetics and embryology : the cradle of personality -- The brain : a complex and dynamic structure -- Windows of opportunity : the programmable hardwired system -- Resonance, synchronicity, and mirror neurons : the basic units of brain circuitry and affect attunement -- The basic body-sensing and affect-regulating brain : brainstem and cerebellum -- The brain of motor systems and emotions : the diencephalon and the limbic system -- The brain of complex emotions, mentalization, abstraction, and reason : the parietal lobes and the prefrontal cortex -- Neurotransmitters, peptides, and hormones : the messengers of the brain -- The affect-regulating system of the brain -- Girls, boys, men, and women : the impact of sex hormones and environment on differences between the sexes -- The lateralized brain : right and left hemisphere -- Memory and its impact on the formation of personality and mentalization -- The foundation of personality : self and consciousness.…”
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Globalisation, Inequalities and the Commodification of Well-Being. by Muchie, Mammo

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Globalization, Inequalities and Commodification of Life and Well-being -- Introduction -- Globalization and the Commodification of Science -- New Media, Global Networks and Human Rights -- The Dubious Dichotomy Between Welfare And Workfare -- A Capability Based Concept of Development in the Era of Globalization -- Constraints on Capability Formation of Indigenous Communities: the Case of Human Development between Akha and Hmong Groups in South East Asia -- Globalization and Its Impact on Education…”
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Seventh generation earth ethics : native voices of Wisconsin by Loew, Patty

Table of Contents: “…Community Activis t: Walter Bresette (Red Cliff Ojibwe) -- Environmental Warrior : Hilary Waukau (Menominee) -- Keeper of the Water : Frances Van Zile (Sokaogon (Mole Lake) Ojibwe) -- Treaty Rights Guardian : James Schlender (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) -- Elder, Environmentalist, Scholar : Joe Rose (Bad River Ojibwe) -- Lifelong Educator : Dorothy Davids (Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican) -- Culture Keeper : William Gollnick (Oneida) -- Indian Attorney : Thomas St. …”
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Personal Financial Planning for Executives and Entrepreneurs The Path to Financial Peace of Mind by Nathanson, Michael J., Craig, Jeffrey T., Geoghegan, Jennifer A., Lee, Nadine Gordon, Haber, Michael A., Hieken, Seth P., Ilteris, Matthew C., McDonald, D. Scott, Salvati, Joseph A., Stelljes, Stephen R.

Table of Contents: “…Managing Some of Life's Great Risks through Insurance -- 12. Finding the Right Advisors -- 13. The Alternative Story of Delilah, Redemption, and the Promise Land.…”
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Gambling on authenticity : gaming, the noble savage, and the not-so-new Indian

Table of Contents: “…"It's a Question of Fairness": Fee-to-Trust and Opposition to Haudenosaunee Land Rights and Economic Development / Meghan Y. McCuneMasking Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin: Uncovering Cultural Representation at Casino Rama / Darrel Manitowabi; About the Contributors.…”
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High tide of the confederacy 1863, the turning point in the war

Table of Contents: “…Emancipation Proclamation - The Northern Liberators (2:45) -- State's Right - The South's Position (3:06) -- Dissent in the South (2:07) -- Conscription (1:41) -- Battles of Fredericksburg (2:13) -- Confederate Leaders (2:49) -- The Cavalry (2:15) -- Infantry Tactics During the Civil War (2:44) -- Music's Role During the Civil War (3:20) -- Southern Soldier - Combat Ready? …”
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